--- title: Trump Dalek Appears on London Streets During President Visit description: A dalek trump has appeared in London to protest Donald Trump. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 13, 2018 3:20 PM UTC  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 13: A demonstrator dressed as the statue of Liberty attends the Drag Protest Parade LGBTQi March against Trump on July 13, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. Drag queens hold a mass rally in Central London against the Trump administration?s record on LGBT rights including a ban on transgender personnel. The President of the United States and First Lady, Melania Trump, touched down yesterday in the UK on Air Force One for their first official visit. Today the President will visit Prime Minister Theresa May at Chequers and take tea with the Queen at Windsor Castle. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images) LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 13: A demonstrator dressed as the statue of Liberty attends the Drag Protest Parade LGBTQi March against Trump on July 13, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. Drag queens hold a mass rally in Central London against the Trump administration?s record on LGBT rights including a ban on transgender personnel. The President of the United States and First Lady, Melania Trump, touched down yesterday in the UK on Air Force One for their first official visit. Today the President will visit Prime Minister Theresa May at Chequers and take tea with the Queen at Windsor Castle. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images) John Keeble—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 13, 2018 3:20 PM UTC In Series One of the revamped [_Doctor Who_](http://time.com/4860071/doctor-who-jodie-whittaker/), the Doctor’s companion Rose explained that the Doctor had showed her a better way of living. “You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand. You say ‘no.’ You have the guts to do what’s right, when everyone else just runs away.” A fan appears to have taken that message to heart and applied it to take a stand against U.S. President[ Donald Trump](http://time.com/5334381/president-trump-putin-europe-nato/) during his visit to [London](http://time.com/5337793/trump-theresa-may-england-visit/). Someone created a Dalek—the Doctor’s arch-rival whose only mission is to [exterminate](http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/audio/S1%5F06) all lesser life in the universe—and transformed it into political protest that is roaming the streets of London. Spotted by _The Independent_ political reporter Ben Kentish, who posted it to Twitter, the Dalek is outfitted in a red tie and a wig reminiscent of Trump’s hair. The Dalek is surrounded by “secret service” agents clad in sunglasses and earpieces as it wanders down a city sidewalk and [across Westminster Bridge](https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/07/13/dalek-donald-trump-london/). > [](https://twitter.com/BenKentish/status/1017485301562990592) This isn’t the only protest that London residents planned for the president’s visit. In addition to [mass demonstrations](http://time.com/5337991/trump-uk-protests/) in the capital and dozens of similar events planned [around the country,](https://www.stoptrump.org.uk/events/) a giant [“Trump baby” balloon](http://time.com/5331447/trump-baby-inflatable-london-khan/) of a very orange Trump wearing a diaper flew over the city. Trump told _The Sun_ the blimp makes him feel “[unwelcome](http://time.com/5337991/trump-uk-protests/).” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5338168/trump-dalek/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5338168/trump-dalek/"},"headline":"A Trump 'Dalek' in a Red Tie Has Taken to the Streets of London","datePublished":"2018-07-13T15:20:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:50.619Z","description":"No word on who the Dalek Trump wants to exterminate","url":"https://time.com/5338168/trump-dalek/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","doctor who","london","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted84b9474a6f3099/69893554ab6d772b3f6b32c0/gettyimages-997766360.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted84b9474a6f3099/69893554ab6d772b3f6b32c0/gettyimages-997766360.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Protests Against Donald Trump's Visit Take Place Across The UK","caption":"Protests Against Donald Trump's Visit Take Place Across The UK","creditText":"John Keeble—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5338168/trump-dalek/","name":"A Trump 'Dalek' in a Red Tie Has Taken to the Streets of London"}}]}] ```