- Raymond Cusick
Raymond Cusick, also known as Ray Cusick or Raymond P. Cusick, was a designer for the
British Broadcasting Corporation . He is best known for designing theDalek s, a race of mutants who move around in tank-like travel machines, for the science fiction television series "Doctor Who ".Cusick was also the BBC staff designer responsible for set design on a large number of "Doctor Who" stories, designing not just futuristic settings but also historical sets and diorama. Cusick worked on a large variety of television programmes for the BBC including comedy, variety, drama, single plays, and films.
As Cusick was a BBC employee at the time he designed the Daleks, he was on a salary and not paid royalties. Given the large revenue generated by merchandise featuring Cusick's Dalek design, some feel that he should have been paid a royalty (as was script writer
Terry Nation , who created the concept of the Daleks but not their design or appearance). However, this was not in the terms of his contract. Despite this, the BBC did recognise his contribution with an "ex-gratia" payment. Cusick himself never asks for more money; just to be recognised as the designer.In the late 1970s, he was a designer for the James Burke BBC programme "Connections".
He now lives with his wife in a village in Sussex, UK. He recently (July 2008) appeared in a BBC3 episode of 'Doctor Who Confidential', when he spoke of the original dalek design and how the concept came to fruition.
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Raymond Cusick lives in a town called Horsham, West Sussex. Since he has retired as an art director for the BBC, his hobby is writing about wars that have taken place. In his spare time he goes on war walks and helps Horsham Museum with their items and memorbilia of past wars. Raymond unfortanatley lost his wife, phyliss cusick. But luckily, Raymond has two daughters, Claire Heawood and Janet Cusick. Also he has six grandchildren so he certainly isn't by himself.
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