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In 1963's Doctor Who episode titled "The Dead Planet", famous for introducing The Daleks, the responsibility for designing them was originally assigned to what then-set designer? Unfortunately (or fortunately) this man left the company just before production, leaving the responsibility to Raymond Cusick. The set designer who left would later go on to fame and fortune as a film director.

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