For debate.

The Daleks were essential to Doctor Who becoming a television phenomenon 🤔

#DoctorWho #TheDaleks

@HannahHowe Ummm… that's a debate? Or am I missing some context?
@clonezone Without the Daleks, Doctor Who would have become a popular television series. With the Daleks, it became a phenomenon. True or false?

@HannahHowe I don't know about the first part. One of those counterfactuals that historians have problems with.

But the Daleks did happen and they were a phenomenon. Accepted wisdom within the Whovians.