Extermimaze! Extermimaze! Doctor Who fan creates huge Dalek that covers an entire 18-acre maize field

A Doctor Who fan has celebrated his love of the TV time-lord by carving the biggest image of a Dalek ever created into a maze.

Farmer Tom Pearcy’s tribute to the BBC show is over 300m, or 1,000ft, long and cut out of an 18-acre field of more than one million maize plants.

The design makes up York Maze, the largest maze in Europe and one of the largest in the world.

An aerial view of the Dalek, cut into the York Maze, which this year celebrates 50 years of the TV series Doctor Who. It is the biggest image of a Dalek ever created, over 300m long, cut out of an 18 acre field

An aerial view showing the shape of a Dalek cut into the York Maze (left). On the right Colin Baker, the sixth Doctor, runs from the Daleks during a photocall to launch the 2013 York Maze which this year celebrates 50 years of the television series Doctor Who An aerial view showing the heads of two 'Doctors', William Hartnell from 1963 and Matt Smith from 2013, cut into the York Maze which this year celebrates 50 years of the television series Doctor Who

Along with the enormous Dalek the bold design also includes an image of the first Doctor, William Hartnell, and the most recent, Matt Smith.

The maze was inspired by the show's 50th anniversary.

Tom said: 'Like many kids I grew up watching Doctor Who from behind the sofa and fell in love with the show.

'I wanted to create a piece of art as a tribute to the 50th anniversary and also make it interactive so visitors can have their own adventures in time and space inside the maze.'

Colin Baker: 'It is fantastic to see how much interest there is in the 50th anniversary of the show. 'What they have created with their giant maize maze has to be one of the most imaginative ways to mark the 50th anniversary I have seen.'

The sixth Doctor, Colin Baker met up with some of his old foes at the launch of the maze.

'It is fantastic to see how much interest there is in the 50th anniversary of the show,' Mr Baker said. ' What they have created with their giant maize maze has to be one of the most imaginative ways to mark the 50th anniversary I have seen.

Matt Smith who has said Doctor Who fans can look forward to it being the 'biggest, best, most inventive and most exciting year for the show' as it celebrates its 50th anniversary.

'I have been invited to join events all over the world this year, but what York Maze have created with their giant maize maze has to be one of the most imaginative ways to mark the 50th anniversary.

'Who would have thought almost thirty years after I played the Doctor that the show would continue to go from strength to strength reaching a new generation of fans.'

Visitors can explore the 10km of pathways which make up the intricate maize maze.

Mr Baker added: 'It is great that children and their families will be able to have their own Doctor Who inspired adventures in the York Maze this summer.

'Who would have thought almost thirty years after I played the Doctor that the show would continue to go from strength to strength reaching a new generation of fans.'

York Maze has previously seen tributes to Star Trek, James Bond, Harry Potter, Big Ben and the Mayan God of Corn.

It is open to the public from Saturday, 13 July to Monday, 2 September.







