User:Blue Rook

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.

1. 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
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

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  Simmons gets suction-cupped to death by "Metaltron"

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  "Metaltron" overcomes modern human technology with ease

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  "Metaltron", unintentionally rejuvenated by Rose Tyler

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  "Metaltron" has not killed Rose...

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  "Metaltron" chooses suicide over his newfound emotions

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  "Metaltron" becomes an hero

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  The Dalek Fleet

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  The fleet sends a boarding party to Satellite 5

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  The Dalek Emperor, survivor of the Time War

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  Another view of the Emperor with his bodyguards

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  The unique manipulator arm of an Assault Dalek

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  The unique, black-domed, double-gunstick Emperor's Personal Guard

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  Close-up of the Emperor

Daleks and the Tenth Doctor

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  The Cult's Void Ship

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  The Cult of Skaro and the Genesis Ark

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  Rajesh Singh, rather brutally killed by the Cult

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  An amusing encounter between a Cult Dalek and a pair of Cybermen

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  The Tenth Doctor, utterly fearless in the face of the most dangerous Daleks yet

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  Dalek Sec oversees the opening of the Genesis Ark

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  Daleks are hurled back into The Void

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  Dalek Caan uses an emergency temporal shift

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  New Dalek Empire individuals swarm the Valiant

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  The Crucible: headquarters of the New Dalek Empire

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  Daleks aboard the Crucible

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  Davros

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  The Supreme One of the New Dalek Empire

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  Close-up of the Supreme One

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  Dalek Caan, aboard the Crucible

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  Close-up of Caan

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  Reality bomb

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  Reality bomb view 2

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  Z-Neutrino energy core of the Crucible

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  Rose, imprisoned in the Vault aboard the Crucible

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  The Doctor's "children of time" are powerless

Daleks and the Eleventh Doctor

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  The Eleventh Doctor confronts an "Ironside"

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  The Doctor bluffs the last 3 Daleks in existence

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  The New Dalek Paradigm emerges

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  The Doctor and the New Dalek Paradigm

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  Daleks working for the Dalek Prime Minister send the Doctor to the Dalek Asylum.

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  An incarnation of Clara Oswald is trapped inside a Dalek casing

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  The Daleks invade The Church

Daleks and the Twelfth Doctor

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  Rusty

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  Rusty's real eye

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  The shrunken Twelfth Doctor meets Rusty

Every Dalek-lover should read

• The Economist's obit Ray Cusick, designer of the Daleks