# Dalek brand label? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 2, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-brand-label/957064 "2022-01-02T03:33:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-brand-label/957064/1 "2022-01-02T03:33:34Z")
The current Daleks have some sort of label/badge under their head stalks. What does it say? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-brand-label/957064/2 "2022-01-02T03:34:28Z")
Exterminate! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-brand-label/957064/3 "2022-01-02T04:10:38Z")
I just looked at images from a search for “[Dalek 2021](https://www.google.com/search?q=dalek+2021&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiykoC6mJL1AhUPZawKHb4pBc4Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=dalek+2021&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECAAQQzIGCAAQCBAeMgYIABAIEB5QAFgAYOcJaABwAHgAgAFMiAFMkgEBMZgBAKoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=xCTRYbKgAY_KsQW-05TwDA&bih=906&biw=1200&client=safari)” and I don’t see a label/badge with any writing or graphic on it anywhere. [![](https://www.denofgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Doctor-Who-Revolution-of-the-Daleks-Dalek-cropped.jpg?resize=768%2C432) ](https://www.denofgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Doctor-Who-Revolution-of-the-Daleks-Dalek-cropped.jpg?resize=768%2C432) [![](https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Radio-Times-Revolution-of-the-Daleks.jpg) ](https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Radio-Times-Revolution-of-the-Daleks.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-brand-label/957064/4 "2022-01-02T04:29:52Z")
[Here](https://www.deviantart.com/samon05/art/Eve-Of-The-Daleks-2-900056437), and [here](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-eve-of-the-daleks-review/), for example. You have to zoom in, and you can’t read it. But they can be seen below the eye stalk in Eve Of The Daleks and (I think) recent episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-brand-label/957064/5 "2022-01-02T04:42:48Z")
Ah, the bronze Daleks… they are nametags. [![](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Doctor-Who-Special-2020-Revolution-Of-The-Daleks_final_21722865_21722855-43dd.jpg?quality=90&strip=all) ](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Doctor-Who-Special-2020-Revolution-Of-The-Daleks_final_21722865_21722855-43dd.jpg?quality=90&strip=all) [ETA:](https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Bronze_Dalek) > Though generally appearing as foot soldiers, bronze Daleks could also be of higher ranks, distinguished from their subordinates only by their individual identifcation tag. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-brand-label/957064/6 "2022-01-02T14:19:09Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I just looked at images from a search for “[Dalek 2021](https://www.google.com/search?q=dalek+2021&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiykoC6mJL1AhUPZawKHb4pBc4Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=dalek+2021&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECAAQQzIGCAAQCBAeMgYIABAIEB5QAFgAYOcJaABwAHgAgAFMiAFMkgEBMZgBAKoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=xCTRYbKgAY_KsQW-05TwDA&bih=906&biw=1200&client=safari)” and I don’t see a label/badge with any writing or graphic on it anywhere. Example: [![](https://gmdecals.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dalek.jpg) ](https://gmdecals.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dalek.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-brand-label/957064/7 "2022-01-02T14:22:51Z")
When I saw this thread, I was wondering if the Daleks would be putting out a clothing line. I’ll take a look when I watch the new episode, but I would guess something to do with ranking as well. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-brand-label/957064/8 "2022-01-02T14:48:49Z")
Thanks for the image, Peter\_Morris. I couldn’t see the ‘labels’ clearly during the episodes, and couldn’t tell if they were letters or not. It just struck me that these things were you’d expect an appliance label to be. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-brand-label/957064/9 "2022-01-02T14:59:00Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > appliance label It says in Dalek ‘Manufactured by GE’ (General Extermination Company). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-brand-label/957064/10 "2022-01-02T15:05:02Z")
Yes; the post above yours contains a large high-quality pic; zooming in shows that each Dalek has a unique graphic, consistent with the Doctor Who Wiki’s entry describing them as individual identification. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-brand-label/957064/11 "2022-01-02T15:26:21Z")
It’s Dalekese for “Bob”.