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ambitionwasmassivg" ays avies."In 1964 heyhad 7, eDalek ntasioof Ea hl.Theycor'q.ueredheplanetwith Daleks n a com€rof IBBCstudiol

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doctor-who

dramaSydneyNewmanspecified o"bug-eyed onsters", ithin atheDaleks hadarrived."Their

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