Dalek pictures

[CalliArcale]

This picture of a Dalek from the new Dr Who series is floating around the Web. It's been authenticated -- this is what at least one of the new Daleks looks like. Apparently, the Daleks will also be able to hover using some form of jet propulsion, though this model doesn't really show how that will be acheived. Rumor has it that towards the end of the second Dalek story of the new series, completely redesigned Daleks will appear, so perhaps that's where we'll see flying Daleks. Anyhoo, here's a new Dalek.<br /><br />Note: it's possible that the color is purely denoting rank. On the old series, there were occasionally Daleks that were leaders of a contingent of Daleks. Sometimes these had gold highlights and were referred to as Gold Daleks, so this may be merely the Dalek equivalent of a lieutenant. Or they might all be gold. Who knows? We'll see. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> Anyway, I'm pleased with the way it looks. It's got the look of the old Daleks, but to me it seems a bit better constructed than some of the old ones, which often had slightly wonky panels on that shoulder section. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

And here's another look.... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[wmdragon]

yes, definitely honors the originals<br /><br />still waiting for the video club to unpack their Dr Who series... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#993366"><em>The only laws of matter are those which our minds must fabricate, and the only laws of mind are fabricated for it by matter.</em> <br /> --- James Clerk Maxwell</font></p> </div>

 

[flynn]

You should warn people in the title of the thread to read from the safety of behind their sofas <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[spankdaddy]

LOL, looks kinda like the robot they built on "Revenge of the Nerds"

 

[jmilsom]

I once saw a cartoon with a Dalek at the bottom of a flight of stairs - saying "so much for our plans to conquer the universe!"<br /><br />Now they can fly - run and hide!!<br />EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!<br />(oooo wee oooh, weee ooohhh .....<br />that my literary rendition of the start of the theme song. Will they have a new theme?) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[flynn]

Useless that is until you get a blocked sink, then you'd be glad of it. <br /><br />Ray guns not going to unblock the potato peelings from that plug hole is it? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[JonClarke]

At least one episode (Rememberance of the Daleks?) showed a Dalek levitating up a flight of stairs.<br /><br />Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

Looks like R2D2 with veneral warts... but.. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />What's a Dalek? I know a little about the show, but what are Daleks and why are they so .. feared? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[mousebot]

This will give you an idea of what they looked like before for a comparison.<br /><br />http://members.aol.com/corgibox/new.html

 

[crowing]

It may just make a completely new sink hole for you though!!!

 

[JonClarke]

Zarniwoop<br /><br />Considering your last post and the sig that follows I assume it is Daleks that are after you.....<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[JonClarke]

The Daleks are decendents of a group of survivors of a global war. Originally humanoid, they are end product of radiation and chemical induced mutation and can no longer function outside the Darlek machine, which provides mobility, equipment, and life support. They are essentially cyborgs. Daleks are highly intelligent, skilled engineers and tacticians, and have had all "weaknesses" like compassion, empathy, sympathy, engineered out of them. Not very nice entities at all, they have provided some of the of the standard villains for many episodes of the good doctor.<br /><br />Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[duress]

Don't forget Yasser Arafat

 

[CalliArcale]

Well summarized, Jon. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />Actually, for all a single non-levitating Dalek can be defeated by running up some stairs (and around a corner; they do, after all, carry ranged weapons), as a species they are feared because of the massive scale of their tactics. Annhilating an entire planet is not unheard of. And when they invade, they tend to use overwhelming numbers.<br /><br />Of course, due to budgetary constraints, on the original series you seldom saw more than three Daleks at once. On more than one occasion, they'd show them filing through a room in such a way as to make the three Daleks appear to be many by having them leave and then reenter. There would usually be a suspicious gap between the third and "fourth" Daleks to glide through the room. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[JonClarke]

Lke the borg (which I suspect are based in part on the cybermen) the Daleks are feared and near invincible, in theory but are always defeated on screen. Then there is the conspicuous variation in vulnerability of Daleks, depending on the demands of the story, rangeing from near invulnerability to being destroyed by sticks and stones.<br /><br />"Genesis of the Daleks is on TV at the moment. Last night the doctor uttered the line "There is still one option: genocide" GotD I think is one of the most effective and powerful of the stories.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

Thanks for the info guys. They sound similar to a couple of the races in David Brin's novels. As a matter of fact, with the variety of spacefaring races in Doctor Who, and their use as plot-drivers, I wonder if a Brin-based show would have some of the same plotlines?<br /><br />In any event, you've managed to get me one step closer to .. actually watching a Doctor Who episode. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[jmilsom]

I agree Genesis of the Daleks was definitely one of the best Dr.Who episodes.<br /><br />Perhaps we humans are not so different from Daleks - still wiping out an estimated 60,000 species a year, or so I hear from a recent biodiversity conference.<br /><br />On a lighter note - what about the problem of tunnel vision experienced by most daleks? Get close, stay low - I'm sure that has been done in a Doctor Who episode. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

I agree too -- Genesis of the Daleks is one of the best, particularily because of the moral issues it addresses, even beyond questions like "Is genocide ever justified?" and "Would it be right to change history?"<br /><br />The tunnel vision thing has indeed been exploited on a Dr Who episode. One has to understand that it's a kid's show, and so it increased its popularity if there was the possibility of a very lucky little kid managing to defeat the baddies. Makes playtime much more fun. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />One blooper regarding Dalek vision....<br /><br />The Dalek operators had extremely limited visibility, even more so than the fictional Dalek would have. They saw out through the mesh in the "neck". The eye, of course, was purely decorative, and because they couldn't see the eye from the inside, the operators had to pretty much guess where they were pointing it. This is probably why, in "Destiny of the Daleks", a Dalek scanning back and forth with its eyestalk manages to look DIRECTLY at Romana and not notice her. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> Presumably the operator didn't notice, and the director either didn't notice the screwup or decided to go with it anyway in the interests of time. (Sometimes they had to accept the take even when it was imperfect because there wasn't time to continue. The schedule was very unforgiving. American shows will often film late into the evening and even the next morning, but BBC crew union regulations and the need to share studios and equipment with other programs meant that they had a very unforgiving shooting schedule.) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[JonClarke]

Yes, that is the way to deal with an isolated Dalek - get in close, cover the eye, tip it over, take the top off, pull out the Dalek creature. It has been done in a number of episodes.<br /><br />Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

Uh... so... <br /><br />You go Cow-Tipping for Daleks? <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br /><br />"You Daleks better watch out! Or we're going to go "Cow Tipping" on ya!"<br /><br />Somehow, the funnier it gets, the more I want to watch an episode. Almost there... not quit yet. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[JonClarke]

Cow tipping? What sort of quaint custom is that?<br /><br />If you watch the good doctor the key is to remember that is does not take itself too seriously.<br /><br />Jon<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>Cow tipping? What sort of quaint custom is that? <p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />It is particularily popular in rural regions of the Midwest, where there are a great many dairy farms. Young hooligans enjoy it. It's not very nice to the cow, and the farmer will tend to object quite strongly. Basically, cows (like horses and most other large quadripeds) sleep standing up. And when they are asleep, they are usually pretty oblivious to their surroundings. Some people find it amusing to go out into a cow pasture at night, if the cows have been left out of the barn, find a snoozing cow, and push her over. It is not recommended to try it on a bull. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>If you watch the good doctor the key is to remember that is does not take itself too seriously. <p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />My favorite line from the series is this: "There's no point in being grown-up if you can't be childish, sometimes." I think that really encapsulates much of the series right there. It's aimed at children, and grown-ups can appreciate it better if they look at it through the eyes of their own childhood. It does address serious issues, but it's a bit melodramatic and isn't always taking itself entirely seriously. It's the right blend for make-believe, really.<br /><br />"Genesis of the Daleks" is definitely one of the more serious episodes, for those interested in starting out with the series. It addresses themes such as war, genocide, xenophobia, eugenics, and nuclear holocaust, as well as the ethics of changing history. One of the most memorable scenes occurs towards the end of the sixth and final episode (Dr Who stories are actually serials; Genesis of the Daleks was transmitted over the course of six weeks, in 25-minute increments, so the whole thing is a bit under three hours long). The Doctor has been charged with either preventing <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[JonClarke]

Yes! And a wonderful counterpoint to the earlier scene with Davros (creator of the Daleks) when the doctor asks when he would release a devastating plague on the world just because he could and Davros replies that he would because it is such an interesting idea.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

Oh man, yeah, that's another great scene.<br /><br />"To hold such power in my hand . . . yes . . . yes! I would do it!"<br /><br />The guy who played Davros in "Genesis of the Daleks" was fantastic. My apologies to Terry Molloy, who played the character in his last three appearances, but Michael Wisher (who originated the role) really did a stunningly good job. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>