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{{quote|ㅤOh, and Daleks! Or, as they're referred to in the film itself, "British robots".<br>ㅤNow, this euphemism wasn't used for some contractual reason – rights were granted.<br>But director Christ McKay told the ''CBR.com'' website that this was, in fact, a different take on the line by Zack Galifianakis. McKay, who grew up watching ''Doctor Who'', thought it was funnier and it stuck.|[[DWM 564]]}} | {{quote|ㅤOh, and Daleks! Or, as they're referred to in the film itself, "British robots".<br>ㅤNow, this euphemism wasn't used for some contractual reason – rights were granted.<br>But director Christ McKay told the ''CBR.com'' website that this was, in fact, a different take on the line by Zack Galifianakis. McKay, who grew up watching ''Doctor Who'', thought it was funnier and it stuck.|[[DWM 564]]}} | ||
:: Hope this helps. {{User:Epsilon the Eternal/signature}} 00:28, 25 August 2023 (UTC) | :: Hope this helps. {{User:Epsilon the Eternal/signature}} 00:28, 25 August 2023 (UTC) | ||
::: Oh and this is the CBR article. | |||
{{quote|“The BBC said we could use the Daleks, and we could’ve called them the Daleks,” he said, explaining that the scripted version of the scene – in which Joker introduces special guest villains like Sauron, the Kraken, and Lord Voldemort – featured the Clown Prince of Crime introducing the Doctor’s major adversary in a quippy way. | |||
However, when actor Zack Galifianakis recorded the lines, one of his takes featured a joke in which "he says all the names, and he mispronounced Sauron and Voldemort, and then he said ‘British robots.’” To McKay, a fan of "Doctor Who," the “point of view that [the Joker] didn’t understand who the Daleks were” struck him as funnier than original line. | |||
To the director, it recalled the days when "Doctor Who" was a cult show in the United States, airing on random public TV stations. “It’s way more mainstream than when I was a kid,” he said. “There are kids now growing up on ‘Doctor Who’ and get it and love it. But it’s still not something everybody knows, so I thought [Joker saying] ‘It’s British robots, ask your nerd friends,’ was just a great joke.”}} | |||
:: So this is purely a stylistic choice. Nothing to do with licensing. {{User:Epsilon the Eternal/signature}} 00:31, 25 August 2023 (UTC) | |||
