A DR Who superfan whose life revolves around the show is celebrating its 60th anniversary.

Nicholas Wade from Poole has been a fan of the hit TV show for decades.  

Doctor Who tells the story of a Time Lord who defeats aliens with a trusty sidekick and travels in a Tardis.

When he was younger, Nick challenged himself to create a life-size Dalek. The 60-year-old said: “When I was about 13, I made a Dalek out of cardboard because I couldn't afford plywood.

“So, I got a load of cardboard from my dad’s factory, didn't say what it was about, and then made a fiberglass dome head in school in woodwork plastics, and then just made the rest out of bits and pieces.

“My father died when I was 15, a few years later, and my mother wanted everything gone, so I poured petrol over it and burnt it in the back garden.

“They're so big, they take up so much space that you must have quite a big room or a big shed or something to get one in there.

“They're much bigger than people think because they were designed for somebody to sit down in."

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Nick also revealed that his favourite episode was ‘Genesis of the Daleks’ which aired in 1975. He said added: “It's a lot of people's favourites because it went back to the start of the Daleks and that introduced Davros.

“I like Doctor Who because it's completely different and the actor can change, which is completely unique in the world.

“A lot of the writers were scientists and they're so good and Russell T Davis is a brilliant writer.”

Nick also featured in a few Doctors Who episodes.

In the episode ‘Army of Ghosts’, He played a technician in the Torchwood Control Room.

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Through his work as an extra on set, Nick was lucky enough to meet David Tennant, Billie Piper, and Tracy Ann Obermann from East Enders.

“It was massively exciting, when I was an extra, I used to take my sandwiches in the control room.”

Nick also created a cyberman mask which was made entirely out of toilet roll when he was 12.

A 'Robot of Death' mask was also made by Nick in 1977 out of paper mache and cardboard as well as Nick's own K9 dog.