Manufacturer: Bell Toys Ltd
Year: 1965
Original Price: 29/11d (approx £1.50) (large set), unknown (small set)


Taking a leaf out of the BBC Scenic Design Handbook, this incredible toy involved cutting shapes out of sheets of white expanded polystyrene using a battery-heated wire. These vaguely Dalek-like creations could then be painted (paints supplied!) and assembled to create a realistic scene of cut-out Daleks presiding over a landscape to rival even that of The Web Planet. The problems with this were twofold. First, the heated wire tool easily doubled as a torture instrument for use on the younger sister/brother. Second, the entire Dalek army could be rendered useless by an unfortunately open window or a slamming door. Luckily few of this toy exist today, and those that do are locked safely away, out of the reach of older brothers/sisters.