Retro Universal Robots
Retro Universal Robots, or RUR for short, formerly Canberra Daleks & Robots (a name which still appears on a duplicate of their official website as of 2024), is an Australian company specialising in hiring out science-fiction props for events and productions, both amateur and professional.
Their catalogue includes seven Dalek props created between 1987 and 2012 by founding member Andrew Corson, as well as a Whomobile, Marvin the Paranoid Android, and the Meccano Meccanoid, among others. In addition to being used in various non-professional capacities and celebrations, the props have made several appearances adjacent to, or outright constituting, official Doctor Who media. The first known was the appearance of Corson's in Reeltime Pictures's documentary The Doctor Down Under, an overview of Australian Doctor Who fandom released in 2004.
Corson's Dalek props were then hired out by Soma Films at the behest of BBC Worldwide for the production of a narrative Robots Ad [+]Loading...["Robots Ad (TV story)"] for the Australia bank ANZ in 2005, with Corson operating his Grey Dalek and Gold Dalek on-screen while another performer portrayed a movie-style Blue Dalek. An Imperial Dalek was also shipped to the filming location, but all its scenes were ultimately cut.
