Doctor Who`s Daleks named `Greatest Monsters in the Galaxy`

London: Sci-fi fans have chosen the metal-clad mutant race of Daleks as their favourite monsters in the galaxy.

Daleks, which were first spotted in `Doctor Who` in 1963, beat creatures from Star Trek, Lord Of The Rings and the Alien and Predator films. The poll by magazine SFX revealed that the green-faced and horned character Lorne from Buffy TV spin-off series Angel bagged the second place and creatures seen in Ridley Scott`s 1979 film `Alien` were third. Gollum from `Lord Of The Rings` ranked fifth, while the hideous shape-changing nasty from `The Thing` came in at eighth spot, reports The Telegraph. Another Doctor Who foe, the Cybermen, was placed 13th. The top 20 monsters were listed as: 1. The Daleks - Doctor Who 2. Lorne - Angel 3. Aliens - Alien franchise 4. Death - Discworld 5. Gollum - Lord Of The Rings 6. The Shadows - Babylon 5 7. Gizmo - Gremlins 8. The Thing - The Thing 9. Aslan - The Chronicles Of Narnia 10. Predators - Predator franchise 11. The Borg - Star Trek 12. Pilot - Farscape 13. The Cybermen - Doctor Who 14. Godzilla - Godzilla 15. Ludo - Labyrinth 16. Pinhead - Hellraiser 17. Nibbler - Futurama 18. The Great Dragon - Merlin 19. Frankenstein`s Monster - Frankenstein 20. Slimer - Ghostbusters ANI