The Great Dalek Hunt is a scavenger hunt created for the Long Island Doctor Who convention in 2025 by long-time attendees Jorj Bauer, Susan J. Talbutt, and Jakob Talbutt-Bauer. The goals are to provide attendees with a low stakes game for the weekend, and give back to an event and people that have brought so much joy into so many lives.
You are playing a Dalek. Your orders are to invade as many planets, and exterminate as many beings as you can in order to conquer the galaxy and obtain unlimited rice pudding. Around the convention space are photos of planets, companions, Time Lords and other characters from Doctor Who. Each photo has a QR code that will track that you have found that objective. The game is opt-in; the first time you see an objective, you will be asked if you would make a good Dalek. Click the Yes, I DO love rice pudding! button to play, or No, but thanks to decline.
This year's game is Dalek vs Doctor, a two-player mobile game. Tell the server you want to start the game and you'll be paired with another con-goer also ready to go head-to-head with you.
Long ago, the Nimon siphoned energy from entire civilizations via dimensional tunneling. Before their final defeat, one of them seeded a dimensional core — an unstable transmat drive powered by psionic resonance — at the heart of this labyrinth ...
We did not make Dalek badges this year because the cost per badge was so high due to recent tariffs. We hope prices will drop and we can make them next year.
If you need help with the scavenger hunt, playing Dalek vs. Doctor, or just want to meet the maintainers, look for the three attendees (Jorj, Sue, and Jakob) hanging out by the Daleks, and may have ribbons. We will also be at The Art of the Fan Saturday at 3, and Whovian Family Values, Saturday at 5.