So, you’ve found our devilish page of hidden secrets, eh? The Inner Sanctum of Altered Vistas where lurks a terrible evil. Or something. Actually, what lurks here is a list of all the little in-jokes that have featured in our productions so far. Of course, there may be some that even we have forgotten about, so if you spot one that isn’t on the list, feel free to drop us a line and we’ll happily add it to this page.

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1) The rockets in the silo that Drenz stares down at all bear the insignia DVRS-75. That’s Davros ‘75, for those who didn’t pick up on it the first time.

2) Yarvelling’s laboratory contains a couple of little winks. First of these is the symbol on the wall which is the symbol of the Kaled Elite from Genesis of the Daleks.

3) There is a page of Mark Harris’ Technical Manual lying on the bench. It shows the (not terribly accurate) plans of a Dalek, surprisingly enough.

1) The opening narration slyly drops mention of the Ocean of Death, the Serpent Island and the Crystal Continent, three unlikely places from the map of Skaro that featured in the 1977 Dalek Annual.

2) A bit of a cultural one here, but as the slave trading Krattorian ship comes into land on Skaro, the music closely echoes Marche Slave by Tchaikovsky.

3) When Sala and Astolith creep into the weapons workshop, there is a Special Weapons Dalek lurking in the background.

4) The decorative Dalek-shaped wall relief outside the Dalek Meeting Hall is a wink to the Cyber-emblem that generously decorates the tombs in The Tomb of the Cybermen.

1) During the opening scene, as Zeg heads for the lift, the Emperor gives a rousing recital from the closing moments of Genesis of the Daleks.

2) The symbol on the Daleks’ scanners is taken directly from The Dalek Invasion of Earth, where it liberally adorns the monuments around London.

3) More symbols from The Dalek Invasion of Earth appear around the Emperor’s chamber as he talks with the Black Dalek, and in the Emperor’s courtyard. These ones came from the bomb that was set to destroy London.

4) As Zeg slides through the jungle, he is disturbed by a Magnetron, one of the creatures from The Daleks, or The Dead Planet, or The Mutants, or whatever you want to call it.

5) As Zeg explores the old Dalek Workshops, there is a picture of Davros on the wall of the small curved office that he looks into. Appropriately, his skin has been coloured blue.

1) Not so much an in-joke as a nod to the series, but the Skarosian star system that appears on the Emperor’s screen as he details the Proto disasters is modelled on the one that appears in Remembrance of the Daleks. And just as a matter of interest, but has anyone noticed that the bridge of the Dalek ship in Remembrance of the Daleks bares more than a passing resemblance to a cut-down, budget-stricken version of the bridge that appears in these early Dalek strips?

2) The sequence with the pyroflames is lifted shot for shot from the similar sequence in The Daleks’ Master Plan.

1) The sequence where the Dalek enters the saucer laboratory to find the Emperor with his casing open and receiving a tune up mirrors a similar scene with Darth Vader in one of the original Star Wars films.

1) As the Black Dalek watches Station GX.YUR being devoured by rust, he says “Switch it off”, a reference to Davros saying the same thing as he watches the Kaled dome being destroyed in Genesis of the Daleks.

2) “Do not fight in here! Do not fight in here!” chants one of the Daleks as his compatriots start slaughtering each other. This line is a steal from Evil of the Daleks, one of the Emperor’s lines as civil war rages on Skaro.

3) As the Emperor spares the Black Dalek’s life, the incidental music echoes the Doctor Who theme. “You would make a good Dalek”, indeed!

1) The incidental music on this one on a couple of occasions plays one of the recurring themes from Death to the Daleks.

2) Aboard the Monstron ship, sat on the edge of the desk in the centre of the room are original hardback copies of Doctor Who and the Zarbi and Doctor Who and the Crusaders. Obviously the Monstrons have good taste in reading material.

3) “We will get our power! We will get our power!” chant the Daleks as they prepare to drain electricity from the giant eel. This line is a steal from Power of the Daleks.

4) The Monstrons search for alien lifeforms on their data screen is, of course, one big joke. One small British teaspoon of no monetary value whatsoever to anyone who can accurately name all the creatures that appear and where they come from!

1) On one of Alison’s monitor screens in the first episode you can see the opening titles of the Dalek Chronicles. This is something of a nod to The Mind Robber, where you can see the closing captions on the TARDIS monitor screen.

1) There is a variation of the Dalek-styled Cyberlogo above the lift doors in the first pre-credits Emperor sequence.

2) When the Dalek ship blows away the Mechanoid ship’s cloud cover, the music briefly references the Empire’s theme from Star Wars and its sequels. Always my favourite piece of Star Wars music, that. Much better than the bland, romantic music the rebels get served with.

3) The plasma sparks seen on a variety of Dalek screens throughout the episode were actually filmed in the Blackpool Doctor Who Exhibition where they play on a circular monitor screen, so if anyone thought they looked familiar, now you know why!

1) Nobody can have failed to have noticed the unsubtle homage to Thunderbirds when the Phrynian interceptors launch, complete with sliding swimming pool, lowering palm trees and a hint of the Thunderbirds theme on the incidental score. Not the most subtle wink ever - more like a punch in the face!

2) There are some Target novelisations lying on the Controller’s rooftop desk, which include, for no other reason than that I always admired it, The Claws of Axos.

1) Some of the items on the bench when Daak kits himself out as a Dalek Killer are props from Children of the Revolution, including guns from that story, and one of the lifting devices.

1) The Cybermen recharging units all bare the names of Cybermen from The Tenth Planet.

1) As several people have spotted, an Amaryll spore floats past the camera in the opening sequence. They’re still out there, you know. Floating and waiting and pollinating.

2) “All hail the saviour” squawks one of the Daleks as the Emperor saves Skaro. This is a line lifted directly from Children of the Revolution, though there it was aimed at the Doctor.

1) Although you never see it directly, the ceiling of the Zerovian council chamber is actually the Seal of Rassilon. You can just make out the swirling shadow of it in some shots.

2) Some of the shots of the Daleks and Mechanoids at war on the Zerovian scanner directly mimic scenes from the final episode of The Chase. Always a favourite Doctor Who sequence for me. Shame about the five and a half episodes of drivel that precede it!

3) Still with those Zerovians, and we have a reference to weapons of mass destruction. How very topical!

4) When 2K lands on Skaro (just after the title sequence), we see the dead forest, as featured in the very first Dalek series.

5) There is a Dalek shuttle from Remembrance of the Daleks in the spacefield, not to mention some of the old-style Richard Jennings saucers, presumably by this point decommissioned and headed for the scrap yard - at least until the new series arrives when those same saucers will make an impressive return.

1) Talking about the pipe from the Lake of Mutations, the Emperor and the Red Dalek make oblique reference to the trek through the mountains undertaken by Ian, Barbara and the Thals in the first televised Dalek story (not to mention the first Aaru movie).

1) The background sound in the Daleks’ base comes from the Aaru films.

1) Planet of the Daleks gets a name check in the Emperor’s opening speech.

2) The Forbidden Islands are taken from one of the Dalek annuals, as is the Serpent Sea.

3) The Black Dalek gives amorous looks at the Slyther as it is captured. Perhaps he’s thinking what a nice pet it would make. Just the sort of pet it would be lovely to take with you to Bedfordshire...

4) The symbol of the Kaled Elite from Genesis of the Daleks makes another appearance on the wall of Lodian’s underground base, just as it did in Genesis of Evil.

5) Zet uses the same type of gun that Zolfian uses in Genesis of Evil.

1) The Emperor’s statement that the Dalek code of life is both to command each other and serve each other comes from the Dalek Book.

2) In the Dalek rest compartments, we have writing on the wall taken from the dome of a new series Dalek.

3) The rogue Dalek’s rest compartment contains a Varga plant, from Mission to the Unknown/The Daleks’ Master Plan.

4) The device used by the Emperor to go into his resting phase was seen previously in The Pentaray Factor, serving the same purpose, although we didn’t know it back then.