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In an interview for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' ([[DWM 114]] - July 1986), Stuart explained that, inspired by the [[Doctor Who Special (1973)|Radio Times Tenth Anniversary Special]] (which included instructions), to build his own life-size Dalek which he found to be "just not viable". He turned his attention to building a scaled down model. Having made a couple of mock-ups that were favourably viewed at the Longleat Convention, he later met up with [[Simon Lydiard]] (ex-editor of the defunct [[Fanzine|Skaro fanzine]]) a colleague who suggested he take the idea to [[BBC|BBC Merchandising]]. Stuart was refused permission to use the word 'Dalek' in advertisements for his models in ''Exchange and  Mart''.  BBC Merchanding helpfully suggested they may be interested if the idea was supported by a manufacturer. returning some time later stuart's models so impressed [[Chris Crouch]] and Brian Codd (of [[Terry Nation]]) enough to win him the world rights to making Dalek kits.

Stuart himself was responsible for all the the modelling, tooling, artwork, research and a lot of his own photography. However, there were quite a few errors, the biggest error stating the Saucer Commander from "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" was actually dark red and silver, when it was clearly black and silver.

The Dalek models, based on the ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' versions, were customisable allowing other favourite variants to be constructed, accurate to a 1:5 scale and including a well researched Dalek history, appealed to collectors and model-makers.