Manchester Dalek gathering confirmed as world record

02 November 2007

Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry’s attempt at a world record ‘largest number of Daleks’ earlier this year is confirmed as the world’s largest.

The record attempt, staged in Manchester on 26 August 2007, saw 70 Daleks (not 67 as we previously reported) gathered in the same place at the same time. As a result, the gathering will be added into the Guinness Book of Records. The previous record was 50 Daleks.

Ian Griffin, director at the Museum of Science and Industry, said: “Our World Record attempt for the largest gathering of Daleks was one of the most exciting events we’ve held at the Museum and really captured people’s imagination.”

As previously reported, the Museum’s Doctor Who Up Close exhibition is having an extended run – closing in January 2008 instead of November 2007.