David Whitchurch, 56, decided to brighten his garden by jazzing up his waste recycler - but admits his Blue Peter skills leave a lot to be desired.
His Dalek is made out a sink plunger, a whisk from a electric food mixer, bleach bottle tops haphazardly stuck on with wonky sticky tape and dotted with uneven golden blobs David, of Mansfield, Notts., said: "I went out on a gloomy winter day and I looked at the bin and thought it looked a bit pathetic and boring. So I went to my local hardware shop and decided to cheer it up a bit.