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{{rename|VFX Tests June 1994 (TV story) or VFX Tests June 1994 (home video), depending on whether the 1995 broadcasting as part of the ''Gamemasters'' "future releases" montage counts as a premiere.}} | |||
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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|enemy = [[Spider Dalek]] | |enemy = [[Spider Dalek]] | ||
|setting = | |setting = Space station | ||
|producer = [[Steven Spielberg]] | |producer = [[Steven Spielberg]] | ||
|broadcast date = [[June (releases)|June]] [[1995 (releases)|1995]] | |broadcast date = [[June (releases)|June]] [[1995 (releases)|1995]] | ||
|network = [[Channel 4]] | |network = [[Channel 4]] | ||
|series = ''GamesMaster'' specials | |series = ''GamesMaster'' specials | ||
|publisher = Amblin Entertainment | |publisher = Amblin Entertainment | ||
|designer = [[Amblin Entertainment]] | |designer = [[Amblin Entertainment]] | ||
|image = SpiderDalek.JPG}} | |image = SpiderDalek.JPG}} | ||
{{title dab away}}{{TV stub}} | {{title dab away}}{{TV stub}} | ||
'''''Spider Dalek''''' was a | '''''VFX Tests June 1994''''', often referred to as '''''Spider Dalek''''', was a set of two sequences of test footage created by [[Amblin Entertainment]] in June of [[1994 (releases)|1994]] in expectation of a potential ''[[Doctor Who]]'' movie or TV reboot. Though the movie project in which they would have fit was never completed, the sequence was included in the special futures of [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the ''Doctor Who'' TV Movie]] that was in the end released in [[1996 (releases)|1996]]. | ||
�The few seconds of the Spider Dalek test footage had previously been released on GameMasters in [[1995 (releases)|1995]] as part of a montage of clips from future Amblin Entertainment projects, but not as a distinct entity. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Inside a [[space station]], out in the black abyss of space, a [[Spider Dalek]] roams the corridors, alternating between crawling on the floor or the ceiling thanks to its polyvalent abilities. | |||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* A [[Spider Dalek]] is moving about the metal [[corridor]]s of a [[space station]], displaying the ability to hang from the ceiling using its clawed leg-like appendages. | |||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
'' | *The 1995 glimpse of the test footage constituted the first public unveiling of the [[Spider Dalek]], a Dalek redesign which was eventually introduced into the mainstream [[Doctor Who universe]] as a [[Dalek variants|Dalek variant]] in the [[Eighth Doctor]] novel ''[[War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks]]''. | ||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
* Footage of the test animation, alongside early vortex tests, were included in the 2010 DVD release of [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' under the title "FX test reels." | * Footage of the test animation, alongside early vortex tests, were included in the 2010 DVD release of [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' under the title "FX test reels." | ||
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[[Category:Non-DWU television stories]] | [[Category:Non-DWU television stories]] | ||
[[Category:1995 television stories]] | [[Category:1995 television stories]] | ||
