DALEKS!!!

[thehefner]

Seriously, as someone who is only now with Christopher Eccleston finally getting into DOCTOR WHO, supplies with only a basic geek knowledge of the Doctor and his history... I *still* got geek chills when the Dalek showed up. Like, I've never seen a single classic DOCTOR episode, much less seen the Daleks in action, but I've known *of* them and I'm still so in touch with my geekness that, ahh, geekgasm!

Holy bejabbers, what an awesome episode. Was I the only one who got a little teared up at the end?

It's amazing, the Daleks really look like incredibly stupid bits of sci-fi cheese. I had no idea how totally badass such a ludicrous looking evil pepperpot could be. I tell you, those Brits and their pepperpots.

Hmm, I wonder what would happen if the Daleks got together with the Monty Python pepperpots?

"Wot's a penguin doing on the television set?"

"KILL! DE-STROY! EX-TER-MI-NATE!"

"No, it'd have 'property of the zoo' stamped on it!"

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4902734.stm

Smiley faced shape found on service of mars. you off all people should recognize the signifigance.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Oh, most assuredly, o anonymous one. Alan Moore was certainly aware of that when he wrote it. I was so tickled when I discovered that myself.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

Speaking as someone who spent her wee years watching Doctor Who, I loved that episode, probably one of my favorites of the new series. As a child, the only thing second in terror to me besides the Daleks were the mutant maggots in the Green Death. (those things scared me so much that I swore off Doctor Who for good. Even when I was older and living in the US I'd quickly change the channel when I saw the credits pop up late at night on PBS.) Although the Cybermen came in a close third.

The thing to remember is, a child that stuff was genuinely scary and at times very terrifying. I have fond memories of sitting down to watch Dimensions in Time (a charity special featuring several incarnations of the Doctor which was broadcast in 3D, and according to wikipedia, was a crossover with Brit soap Eastenders. Something I had forgotten and which makes me really glad that I only have a six-year-old's memory of it.) and I got so scared when I first saw the Cyberman march across the screen that I whipped off my 3D glasses and kept them off for the rest of the special. Cybermen in 3D? Too much for me man. You read references to "behind the sofa" which is of course the traditional way to watch Doctor Who as a child. You crouch with your head above the couch and then duck down to hide during the scary parts. And the great thing about Doctor Who is that it spans generations. My Mom has fond memories of hiding behind the sofa when she was a little girl. And it warmed the cockles of my blackened heart when I read a news story about the BBC receiving complaints about the new series episode "The Walking Dead" being too scary.

And judging by the previews for the new series with Doctor no. 10 (which starts tomorrow! Internet don't fail me yet!) there are plenty more scares in store for the children of Britain. :D

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

woah, typos much? Well, hopefully about 90% of it is readable. *sigh*

[frumple.livejournal.com]

Wait for a few more episodes... the scariest one of the new season is yet to come. You will never think of the phrase "Are you my mummy?" the same ever, EVER again.

[justcomeinalone.livejournal.com]

To get your DOCTOR WHO knowledge seriously upgraded, check out my latest Profile article:

http://www.monitorduty.com/mdarchives/2006/04/alan_kistlers_p_8.shtml

I'm covering each Doctor and the major enemies, as well as the History of the Time Lords, their relationship to vampires, and many great quotes from the Master and Davros, the Dalek creator.

And for scary this season, you ain't seen nuthin yet.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I'd kinda like to see some of the actual eps first-hand. Like, what specifically do you think I should watch?

[justcomeinalone.livejournal.com]

The only problem with that is that most of them aren't available on DVD yet and most of the First and Second Doctor episodes have been destroyed and are only truly available as "reconstructions" (which are hard to find) or as audio CDS, which are wonderfully entertaining but that you still need to order.

If you truly want to start chronologically and with the good stories (some stories are generally ignored becuase in a show that's on for 26 seasons, you're bound to have some dudds) I'd grab myself THE BEGINNING box set, which has the first three adventures of the First Doctor and his granddaughter Susan. It's also great because you get to see the relationships develop wiht the Doctor and his first human companions and he doesn't truly ease into being THE Doctor we all know and love until the third adventure, at which point he relaxes. AFter that, I'd go get THE AZTECS, a CLASSIC First Doctor adventure, and then the famous DALEK INVASION OF EARTH, which was the first time we realized just how dangerous the Daleks were.

If you just want to start with something grand and cool and showing DOCTOR WHO at its best, chronology be damned, I would buy yourself TOMB OF THE CYBERMEN (starring the Second Doctor), and GENESIS OF THE DALEKS or the KEY TO TIME Box Set, both of which feature the Fourth Doctor. GENESIS OF THE DALEKS involves the Time Lords sending the Doctor back to ancient Skaro, where he's faced with the choice of ending the Dalek race before they even begin (a decision that no doubt haunts the 9th Doctor due to the Time War). The KEY TO TIME box set features an entire season that had a unifying sub-plot, that of the Doctor and his new companion, the Time Lord Romana, being tasked with finding an object of immense cosmic power. It's got some great scenes and a story by Douglas Adams.

Likewise, CITY OF DEATH is a wonderfully classic story, showcasing comedy, drama and disaster. The Fourth Doctor and Romana (in her second body) face high stakes in Paris and even get a cameo by a classic Monty Python actor. Great times!

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I'll have to see which are availible come time I sign up for Netflix. Many thanks, fellow geek-boy.

[composerscott.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting to buy the Key to Time box set since it first came out.... Just hasn't made it to the top of the stack of DVD box sets yet. And I've been watching for a really good price.

[justcomeinalone.livejournal.com]

have you checked out used box sets on amazon? I've gotten a lot of doctor who adventures for cheap that way.

Another fantastic Fourth Doctor adventure is PYRAMIDS OF MARS.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Dude, I haven't the money to blow on any DVDs that I don't already know I love, much less whole bloody box sets. I need to save up to pay my comic artist, among other things! And heck, even if I did have the money, I'd sooner spend it on Justice League Season 1, Animated Superman Vols. 1, 2, 3, Titus Seasons 1, 2, 3, and the new Brisco County set (swoon).

Netflix will be my new friend, and I will call him George.

[composerscott.livejournal.com]

You wanna get teared up, wait until the episode where he takes Rose back to see her dad.....