Doctor Who’s Daleks named ‘Greatest Monsters in the Galaxy’
August 18th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANILondon, Aug 18 (ANI): Sci-fi fans have chosen the metal-clad mutant race of Daleks as their favourite monsters in the galaxy.
Daleks, which were first spotted in ‘Doctor Who’ in 1963, beat creatures from Star Trek, Lord Of The Rings and the Alien and Predator films.
The poll by magazine SFX revealed that the green-faced and horned character Lorne from Buffy TV spin-off series Angel bagged the second place and creatures seen in Ridley Scott’s 1979 film ‘Alien’ were third.
Gollum from ‘Lord Of The Rings’ ranked fifth, while the hideous shape-changing nasty from ‘The Thing’ came in at eighth spot, reports The Telegraph.
Another Doctor Who foe, the Cybermen, was placed 13th.
The top 20 monsters were listed as:
1. The Daleks - Doctor Who
2. Lorne - Angel
3. Aliens - Alien franchise
4. Death - Discworld
5. Gollum - Lord Of The Rings
6. The Shadows - Babylon 5
7. Gizmo - Gremlins
8. The Thing - The Thing
9. Aslan - The Chronicles Of Narnia
10. Predators - Predator franchise
11. The Borg - Star Trek
12. Pilot - Farscape
13. The Cybermen - Doctor Who
14. Godzilla - Godzilla
15. Ludo - Labyrinth
16. Pinhead - Hellraiser
17. Nibbler - Futurama
18. The Great Dragon - Merlin
19. Frankenstein’s Monster - Frankenstein
20. Slimer - Ghostbusters (ANI)
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