Doctor Who fans outraged after iconic villain Davros returns to the show but looks VERY different

DOCTOR Who fans were left outraged after iconic villain Davros returned to the show — standing up and no longer disfigured.

The Daleks’ creator has been depicted with withered features in a mobile life support unit since first appearing in 1975.

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But when actor Julian Bleach reprised the role on Friday for a Children in Need special with David Tennant’s ­Doctor he was able- bodied and unscathed.

The BBC drama’s boss Russell T Davies said he took issue with Davros being a “wheelchair-user who is evil”.

He said: “A lot of us on the production team did too, associating disability with evil.”

But the move has been slammed as “woke” by fans.

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Ian Levine said: “Speaking out as a disabled man in a wheelchair, I am highly offended by Russell T Davies’ claim to change Davros to no longer be in a wheelchair, for fear of offending people like me.

“What the hell comes next? Changing a Dalek for fear of offending a salt shaker? World gone mad.”

Rob Keeley added: “What’s offensive is treating all ­disabled people as the same, assuming we all automatically identify with one another.”

But the change to the character is here to stay, Russell vowed.

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He said: “Davros used to look like that, and now he looks like this.

“We are absolutely standing by that."