The Daleks are the most enduring villains of Doctor Who, the long-running British science fiction series first broadcast by the BBC in 1963. Created by Terry Nation, the armoured mutants became famous for their grating electronic voices and their obsession with the Doctor, their greatest enemy. Short clips of their dialogue have circulated for years in fan edits, reaction videos and meme soundboards, because the voice is instantly recognisable even out of context. That familiarity keeps the question useful as shorthand for sci-fi menace and comic suspicion.