Dalek Pond

OLD DALEK HEAD FOUND IN POND…EX-POND-INATE! Dalek rescued from village pond.
A pond-clearance team got the shock of their lives when a Dr Who Dalek head popped up from the murky depths.
Team members were using rakes to bring up debris from the pond, in the New Forest, Hampshire.
Marc Oakland, clad in waders, had already fished out an old table football game, dozens of lager cans and even a muddy skateboard.
But then he noticed something round and grey rising up from the muddy water.
“I’d just shifted a tree branch with my foot,” said Marc.
“I noticed something dark and round slowly coming up to the surface. I got the shock of my like when a dalek head bobbed up right infront of me! The sales executive, 42, said: “It must have been down there for some time. It was covered in mould and water weed, and had quite a bit of damage. “But the eye-stalk was intact and the head and neck stayed in one piece as I carefully lifted it out.”
Pond warden Tony Brown, 70, was leading the volunteer squad clearing dumped rubbish from the pond in a village near Beaulieu, Hampshire. He said: “We made a very thorough search of the rest of the bottom of the pond and there were definitely no alien remnants lurking. “We’ve all agreed it best to keep the pond’s exact location under wraps. The last thing we want are sci-fi fans descending on the pond frantically seraching for other dalek parts!”
Mr Brown, who trained as a pond warden with Southern Water, has been helping clear out the area for the past eight years.
He said many wildlife species lived happily in the secluded waters, but children regularly threw beercans, broken bottles and fence posts into it. “We’ve dredged up everything from shopping trolleys, toys, and bicycles. But this is the first time a dalek’s appeared. And we have no idea how it ended up in there, or how long ago.”
Pictured: Marc Oakland
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