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The man who designed the Daleks, the most formidable of Doctor Who's many enemies, was paid just £80 by the BBC, according to The Mirror today.
Instead, royalty payments go to the family of the late Terry Nation, who wrote the first Dalek script.
Raymond Cusick has revealed that he came up with the design for the Daleks over lunch in the BBC staff canteen.
Cusick told The Mirror, "We went to lunch in the canteen and I was scribbling on the back of napkins the ideas of the Daleks.
"I picked up what could have been a salt pot and moved it around the table. I said, 'It moves like that, without any arms or legs.' The design was already partly on paper and partly in my head at the time."
He added, "I worked on the programme for three years but quite honestly, I got fed up with it. Nobody, apart from my bosses, was actually saying thanks to me. The producer and the head of the design at the time were a bit upset about it. They got me an ex-gratia payment of £100, which after tax came to £80, 10 shillings and sixpence.
"When you are a BBC employee, you sign a 14-page contract and all my work over the years belonged to the BBC."
The Daleks return to TV screens in a new episode of Doctor Who, tonight at 7pm on BBC One.
Instead, royalty payments go to the family of the late Terry Nation, who wrote the first Dalek script.
Raymond Cusick has revealed that he came up with the design for the Daleks over lunch in the BBC staff canteen.
Cusick told The Mirror, "We went to lunch in the canteen and I was scribbling on the back of napkins the ideas of the Daleks.
"I picked up what could have been a salt pot and moved it around the table. I said, 'It moves like that, without any arms or legs.' The design was already partly on paper and partly in my head at the time."
He added, "I worked on the programme for three years but quite honestly, I got fed up with it. Nobody, apart from my bosses, was actually saying thanks to me. The producer and the head of the design at the time were a bit upset about it. They got me an ex-gratia payment of £100, which after tax came to £80, 10 shillings and sixpence.
"When you are a BBC employee, you sign a 14-page contract and all my work over the years belonged to the BBC."
The Daleks return to TV screens in a new episode of Doctor Who, tonight at 7pm on BBC One.
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