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The Teletubbie Terror
November 4, 2010 — Daleks, Doctor Who, Teletubbies
It may dismay you to learn that I’ve brainwashed my children. I’m not proud, but it was a necessary evil. I’m a big fan of a certain british Time Lord and to ensure my continued uninterrupted pleasure in viewing his ongoing adventures I ensured both my daughters became avid fans as well.
So when the Doctor, a previous version anyway, was scheduled to come to my home town, all three of us were seriously excited. Amongst old Time Lords and former companions there were also the Daleks. The Doctor’s arch-enemy. The scourge of the galaxy. The terror of a thousand worlds. Why the name alone should strike unmitigated fear into the hearts of a nation’s children and send them diving behind their collective sofas.
Only it doesn’t.
The truth of the matter is we might be hard pressed to find any child who is scared of the Daleks. The new monsters of Doctor Who are the Weeping Angels, and the Daleks have been reduced to well . . . a Teletubbie knock off.
Not sure what a Teletubbie is? Check the comparison.
Teletubbies
Daleks
So what happened?
Marketing is my guess, or perhaps time has moved on and pepper pots with sink plungers don’t do it anymore.
Perhaps its poor writing, or script editing that has robbed the Dalek of fear. In Victory of the Daleks, we’re briefly introduced to the new, oh so bright, Daleks before they disappear back to the future. I think it’s fair to say the plot sucked. We haven’t really seen the Daleks do anything terribly scary in recent years and hence their decline to Teletubbie status.
Perhaps that’s why head producer, Steven Moffat, has done a U-Turn and decided to give them a break for the next season. Keep ‘em fresh, so to speak
Oh well. The Daleks are set to return to my hometown later this month. Will I be going to an audience with the Daleks?
You bet. Wild stallions couldn’t keep me away. Despite the fact that my cat jumping on the end of my bed at night is more scary than a Dalek, they still remain good, wholesome fun. Do I want more? Sure. But I also wanted to be the Incredible Hulk when I was a kid and that didn’t happen either.
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Indeed the new daleks do have a certain teletubbie quality to them and like you i already brainwashed my 2 years old boy (and to be fair it wasnt that hard) he is not at all scared of the daleks and he also like the ooad and cybermen. After watching some old william hartnell jon pertwee, and tom baker episodes i can see how tonned down they have become, i thought they were kind of “scary” in the hartnell era. still i have no wish to see the new daleks in the next series.
Marcus Cooke
marcus cooke
November 12, 2010
I would want to see the Daleks showing us why they are the most feared race of the universe, in a plot which doesn’t involve Earth. Don’t they exterminate whole species, or enslave and experiment on others? A bit more Dalek tech wouldn’t hurt either.
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assoche
July 31, 2011
Ошибок меня, когда спам проникает через детекторы WordPress.
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