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This, believe it or not, is a Dalek.

A 'Hayakawa' Dalek, to be precise, as drawn by Michiaki Sato for the Japanese translations of the Target novelisations of 'The Daleks' and 'Day of the Daleks', produced by Hayakawa Books. Sato, it seems, worked purely from the descriptions in those books and...well, it shows. Everything described is there, just not in the way it is on screen. The result is a very interesting design that, while perhaps not as threatening as an 'actual' Dalek, has a charm all of its own.

This is my reinterpretation of Sato's design, and the start of a sub-series within the Dalek Evolution project - Project Infinity. This is my excuse to lever in all the 'alternate' Daleks that don't fit with the regular time line - the Movie Daleks, the spider Daleks from 'Fire and Brimstone', etc.

So far, I plan to include the following:

The Hayakawa Daleks
The Aaru movie Daleks
The Mentor Daleks from 'Dalek Empire'
The Leakey spider Daleks from 'Fire and Brimstone'
The Nelvana Daleks from the proposed 'Animated Series'
The Turner Daleks from 'The Dalek Chronicles'

Likely, I'll stop there, since that's already a folder full and I want to limit myself to semi-official variants.

However, if anyone spots a glaring omission on the list, please let me know (though the Dark Dimension SWD and the deformed Ultimate Adventure Daleks are both out - the DDSWD because it's been done perfectly by Mechmaster and the UA Daleks because they are deformed and ugly).

Description
This, believe it or not, is a Dalek.

A 'Hayakawa' Dalek, to be precise, as drawn by Michiaki Sato for the Japanese translations of the Target novelisations of 'The Daleks' and 'Day of the Daleks', produced by Hayakawa Books. Sato, it seems, worked purely from the descriptions in those books and...well, it shows. Everything described is there, just not in the way it is on screen. The result is a very interesting design that, while perhaps not as threatening as an 'actual' Dalek, has a charm all of its own.

This is my reinterpretation of Sato's design, and the start of a sub-series within the Dalek Evolution project - Project Infinity. This is my excuse to lever in all the 'alternate' Daleks that don't fit with the regular time line - the Movie Daleks, the spider Daleks from 'Fire and Brimstone', etc.

So far, I plan to include the following:

The Hayakawa Daleks
The Aaru movie Daleks
The Mentor Daleks from 'Dalek Empire'
The Leakey spider Daleks from 'Fire and Brimstone'
The Nelvana Daleks from the proposed 'Animated Series'
The Turner Daleks from 'The Dalek Chronicles'

Likely, I'll stop there, since that's already a folder full and I want to limit myself to semi-official variants.

However, if anyone spots a glaring omission on the list, please let me know (though the Dark Dimension SWD and the deformed Ultimate Adventure Daleks are both out - the DDSWD because it's been done perfectly by Mechmaster and the UA Daleks because they are deformed and ugly).