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On 2025-06-02 09:14:00 +0000, Mickmane said:
> On 02.06.25, Your Name  <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>> On 2025-06-01 12:19:15 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>> 
>>> Technically, we had Daleks last night, along with the greatest
>>> Doctor of all time from the best era of the show.
>> 
>> Using the Daleks is probably expensive since the BBC do not own the
>> rights to them.
> 
> How not?

The idea of the Daleks was created by Terry Nation, and his estate 
still owns the copyright for the characters, although the BBC does own 
the copyright for the pepper-pot design.


    "Copyright for the Daleks was maintained by Terry Nation
     rather than the BBC and has passed to his estate after his
     death. A number of licensed usages have been made over the
     years."
     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek>

    "Though the design of the Daleks is owned by the BBC, the
     character of The Daleks is owned by estate of their creator,
     Terry Nation. This results in something of a joint ownership
     of the characters, where neither can really move forward
     without the other."
     
<https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2018/01/18/the-strange-copyright-of-doctor-who/> 





>> RTD has said he won't be using the 'traditional enemies of the
>> Doctor' as much or at all.
> 
> Boo.