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==On Daleks, hamsters, and villains in general == | ==On Daleks, hamsters, and villains in general == | ||
Always call a spade "a spade": Daleks are simply squid-snot housed inside 1960's murder caskets that were created with a real world budget of £250. And yet I find Daleks amusing, and can't take my eyes off them. I'm not so much a fan of ''Doctor Who'' as I am a fan of the Daleks. But why would I have this level of fascination in a race of awful space monsters from a television show I have mediocre interest in? So I've given it some thought, and it is probably on account of two very different things: their physical appearance, and, their nature as the ultimate antagonist of the show. | |||
# When it comes to physical appearance, they are very stubby, expressionless, and their arms appear rather inflexible. Now my favorite pets during childhood were hamsters; although they resemble Daleks not-at-all, when you pick them up, they do share an overall stubbiness, a blank stare, and goofy little front paws that stick out... all of which I found endlessly amusing back then.2 | # When it comes to physical appearance, they are very stubby, expressionless, and their arms appear rather inflexible. Now my favorite pets during childhood were hamsters; although they resemble Daleks not-at-all, when you pick them up, they do share an overall stubbiness, a blank stare, and goofy little front paws that stick out... all of which I found endlessly amusing back then.2 | ||
# Next there is the Daleks' nature as perhaps the ultimate antagonist of the show. When it comes to fiction, I naturally prefer to learn about the villains on account of the fact that my brain automatically plays devil's advocate. To save time, I try to limit myself to the most influential villains of any fictional universe (the other example being the top-most masterminds in ''[http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page 24]''). I do not believe that any other antagonists (the Master, the Cybermen, or anyone else) has done more to influence the Doctor and his universe than the Daleks. | # Next there is the Daleks' nature as perhaps the ultimate antagonist of the show. When it comes to fiction, I naturally prefer to learn about the villains on account of the fact that my brain automatically plays devil's advocate. To save time, I try to limit myself to the most influential villains of any fictional universe (the other example being the top-most masterminds in ''[http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page 24]''). I do not believe that any other antagonists (the Master, the Cybermen, or anyone else) has done more to influence the Doctor and his universe than the Daleks. | ||
Below are some galleries of Dalek images which I have here on the project. Eventually I will add some of my own screen captures if I feel an article is lacking. | |||
== | == Daleks and the Ninth Doctor == | ||
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File:D9-8f-c122.jpg|[[Simmons (Dalek)|Simmons]] gets suction-cupped to death by [[Metaltron]] | File:D9-8f-c122.jpg|[[Simmons (Dalek)|Simmons]] gets suction-cupped to death by "[[Metaltron]]" | ||
File:Dalek corners Rose.jpg| | File:Dalekdecoding.jpg|"Metaltron" overcomes modern human technology with ease | ||
File:Dalek corners Rose.jpg|"Metaltron", unintentionally rejuvenated by [[Rose Tyler]] | |||
File:Elevate or elevator.jpg|"Metaltron" has not killed Rose... | File:Elevate or elevator.jpg|"Metaltron" has not killed Rose... | ||
File:DalekMutant3.jpg|"Metaltron" chooses suicide over his newfound emotions | File:DalekMutant3.jpg|"Metaltron" chooses suicide over his newfound emotions | ||
File:Self extermination.jpg|"Metaltron" becomes ''an hero'' | File:Self extermination.jpg|"Metaltron" becomes ''an hero'' | ||
File:Dalek invasion fleet.jpg|The [[Dalek | File:Dalek invasion fleet.jpg|The [[Dalek Fleet]] | ||
File:Parting-dalekemperor.jpg|The [[Dalek Emperor]] | File:Battle of the Game Station.png|The fleet sends a boarding party to [[Satellite 5]] | ||
File:Dalek Emperor.jpg|Another view of the Emperor | File:Parting-dalekemperor.jpg|The [[Dalek Emperor]], survivor of the Time War | ||
File:Dalek Emperor.jpg|Another view of the Emperor with his bodyguards | |||
File:Assault Dalek Arm.jpg|The unique [[manipulator arm]] of an [[Assault Dalek]] | File:Assault Dalek Arm.jpg|The unique [[manipulator arm]] of an [[Assault Dalek]] | ||
File:Imperial dalek.jpg|The unique, black-domed, double-[[gunstick]] [[Emperor's Personal Guard]] | File:Imperial dalek.jpg|The unique, black-domed, double-[[gunstick]] [[Emperor's Personal Guard]] | ||
File:Dalek Emperor close up The Parting of the Ways.jpg|Close-up of the Emperor | File:Dalek Emperor close up The Parting of the Ways.jpg|Close-up of the Emperor | ||
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== Daleks and the Tenth Doctor == | |||
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File:Void Ship.jpg|The Cult's [[Void Ship]] | File:Void Ship.jpg|The Cult's [[Void Ship]] | ||
File:Cult of Skaro.jpg|The [[Cult of Skaro]] | File:Cult of Skaro.jpg|The [[Cult of Skaro]] and the [[Genesis Ark]] | ||
File:D10-9b-c044.jpg|[[Rajesh Singh]], rather brutally killed by the Cult | File:D10-9b-c044.jpg|[[Rajesh Singh]], rather brutally killed by the Cult | ||
File:Cybermen and daleks meet.jpg|An amusing encounter between a Cult Dalek and a pair of [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] | File:Cybermen and daleks meet.jpg|An amusing encounter between a Cult Dalek and a pair of [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] | ||
File:Ten confronts cult of skaro.jpg|The [[Tenth Doctor]] | File:Ten confronts cult of skaro.jpg|The [[Tenth Doctor]], utterly fearless in the [[eyestalk|face]] of the most dangerous Daleks yet | ||
File:Genesis Ark opened.jpg|Dalek Sec oversees the opening of the [[Genesis Ark]] | File:Genesis Ark opened.jpg|Dalek Sec oversees the opening of the [[Genesis Ark]] | ||
File:Void vacuum.jpg|Daleks are hurled back into [[The Void]] | File:Void vacuum.jpg|Daleks are hurled back into [[The Void]] | ||
File:Emergency temporal shift.jpg|[[Dalek Caan]] uses an [[temporal shift]] | File:Emergency temporal shift.jpg|[[Dalek Caan]] uses an emergency [[temporal shift]] | ||
File:DW Stolen Earth Valiant attack.jpg|[[New Dalek Empire]] individuals swarm the ''Valiant'']] | File:DW Stolen Earth Valiant attack.jpg|[[New Dalek Empire]] individuals swarm the ''Valiant'' | ||
File:Crucible.jpg|The ''[[Crucible]]'': headquarters of the New Dalek Empire | |||
File:On the Crucible.jpg|Daleks aboard the ''[[Crucible]]'' | |||
File:Davros Stolen Earth.jpg|[[Davros]] | File:Davros Stolen Earth.jpg|[[Davros]] | ||
File:The-supreme-dalek-stolen-earth.jpg|The [[Supreme Dalek (New Dalek Empire)|Supreme One]] of the New Dalek Empire | |||
File:Supreme Dalek The Stolen Earth.jpg|Close-up of the Supreme One | |||
File:82.jpg|[[Dalek Caan]], aboard the ''[[Crucible]]'' | File:82.jpg|[[Dalek Caan]], aboard the ''[[Crucible]]'' | ||
File:Caan mutant.jpg|Close-up of Caan | File:Caan mutant.jpg|Close-up of Caan | ||
File:Reality bomb full size.jpg|[[Reality bomb]] | File:Reality bomb full size.jpg|[[Reality bomb]] | ||
File:Realitybomb.jpg|Reality bomb view 2 | File:Realitybomb.jpg|Reality bomb view 2 | ||
File:RoseTylerJE1.jpg|Rose, imprisoned in the Vault aboard the '' | File:Crucible core of z-neutrino energy.jpg|[[Z-Neutrino]] energy core of the ''Crucible'' | ||
File:RoseTylerJE1.jpg|Rose, imprisoned in the Vault aboard the ''Crucible'' | |||
File:Beholding the might.jpg|The Doctor's "children of time" are powerless | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
</center> | </center> | ||
== | |||
* [http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21572725-ray-cusick-designer-daleks-died-february-21st-aged-84-ray-cusick Ray Cusick, designer of the Daleks] | == Daleks and the Eleventh Doctor == | ||
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File:Iamthedoctorandyouarethedaleks.jpg|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] confronts an "Ironside" | |||
File:DalekEye.jpg|The Doctor bluffs the last 3 Daleks in existence | |||
File:NewParadigmDaleks.jpg|The [[New Dalek Paradigm]] emerges | |||
File:Daleks.jpg|The Doctor and the New Dalek Paradigm | |||
File:DalekOswyn.jpg|An incarnation of [[Clara Oswald]] is trapped inside a Dalek casing | |||
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== Daleks and the Twelfth Doctor == | |||
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File:Rusty.jpg|[[Rusty (Into the Dalek)|Rusty]] | |||
File:Rusty eye.jpg|Rusty's real eye | |||
File:Shrunken Twelve at eye level with Rusty.jpg|The shrunken [[Twelfth Doctor]] meets Rusty | |||
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== Every Dalek-lover should read == | |||
* The Economist's obit [http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21572725-ray-cusick-designer-daleks-died-february-21st-aged-84-ray-cusick Ray Cusick, designer of the Daleks] | |||
Latest revision as of 00:42, 1 September 2019
On Daleks, hamsters, and villains in general[[edit] | [edit source]]
Always call a spade "a spade": Daleks are simply squid-snot housed inside 1960's murder caskets that were created with a real world budget of £250. And yet I find Daleks amusing, and can't take my eyes off them. I'm not so much a fan of Doctor Who as I am a fan of the Daleks. But why would I have this level of fascination in a race of awful space monsters from a television show I have mediocre interest in? So I've given it some thought, and it is probably on account of two very different things: their physical appearance, and, their nature as the ultimate antagonist of the show.
- When it comes to physical appearance, they are very stubby, expressionless, and their arms appear rather inflexible. Now my favorite pets during childhood were hamsters; although they resemble Daleks not-at-all, when you pick them up, they do share an overall stubbiness, a blank stare, and goofy little front paws that stick out... all of which I found endlessly amusing back then.2
- Next there is the Daleks' nature as perhaps the ultimate antagonist of the show. When it comes to fiction, I naturally prefer to learn about the villains on account of the fact that my brain automatically plays devil's advocate. To save time, I try to limit myself to the most influential villains of any fictional universe (the other example being the top-most masterminds in 24). I do not believe that any other antagonists (the Master, the Cybermen, or anyone else) has done more to influence the Doctor and his universe than the Daleks.
Below are some galleries of Dalek images which I have here on the project. Eventually I will add some of my own screen captures if I feel an article is lacking.
Daleks and the Ninth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
"Metaltron" overcomes modern human technology with ease
"Metaltron", unintentionally rejuvenated by Rose Tyler
"Metaltron" has not killed Rose...
"Metaltron" chooses suicide over his newfound emotions
"Metaltron" becomes an hero
The Dalek Fleet
- Battle of the Game Station.png
The fleet sends a boarding party to Satellite 5
The Dalek Emperor, survivor of the Time War
Another view of the Emperor with his bodyguards
The unique manipulator arm of an Assault Dalek
The unique, black-domed, double-gunstick Emperor's Personal Guard
Close-up of the Emperor
Daleks and the Tenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Cult's Void Ship
The Cult of Skaro and the Genesis Ark
Rajesh Singh, rather brutally killed by the Cult
An amusing encounter between a Cult Dalek and a pair of Cybermen
The Tenth Doctor, utterly fearless in the face of the most dangerous Daleks yet
Dalek Sec oversees the opening of the Genesis Ark
Daleks are hurled back into The Void
Dalek Caan uses an emergency temporal shift
New Dalek Empire individuals swarm the Valiant
The Crucible: headquarters of the New Dalek Empire
Daleks aboard the Crucible
The Supreme One of the New Dalek Empire
Close-up of the Supreme One
Dalek Caan, aboard the Crucible
Close-up of Caan
Reality bomb view 2
Z-Neutrino energy core of the Crucible
Rose, imprisoned in the Vault aboard the Crucible
The Doctor's "children of time" are powerless
Daleks and the Eleventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Eleventh Doctor confronts an "Ironside"
The Doctor bluffs the last 3 Daleks in existence
The New Dalek Paradigm emerges
The Doctor and the New Dalek Paradigm
An incarnation of Clara Oswald is trapped inside a Dalek casing
Daleks and the Twelfth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
Rusty's real eye
The shrunken Twelfth Doctor meets Rusty
Every Dalek-lover should read[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Economist's obit Ray Cusick, designer of the Daleks
