What happens when you cross a Dalek with a stained-glass window? You get the most weirdly beautiful looking killer pepperpot the world has ever seen. This ridiculously ornate take on Doctor Who ...

8) Construct Dalek’s body from 11 plywood panels attached to thicker wooden frame 9) Decorate body with halved polystyrene balls, to represent ‘hemispheres’ on Dalek’s lower torso.

The Dalek itself is entirely on the up-and-up by council rules. But the shed — built to protect AllenDalek from the elements when the museum is closed — is posing a problem.