The Failed Dalek Rivals: Mechonoid Designs Rejected and Deleted Robots from The Chase

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    In this special episode, we look at another of Terry Nation's creations, which he hoped would catch on like the Daleks. The Mechonoids (often spelt Mechanoids) were introduced in The Chase and made several appearances in the comics, but they didn't look how Terry Nation wanted, and their concept had to be changed to avoid copyright problems. Here's the full story!

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  • @CongaLineMonkey
    @CongaLineMonkey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    "The box-shaped robot advanced down the white, featureless hallway." It's like I'm there!

    • @Tymbus
      @Tymbus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ...and entered a white walled room with flashing lights LOL

  • @edwardcatt2399
    @edwardcatt2399 5 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    Dr. Who - "Fascinating . . . . utterly fascinating. A robot cleaner."
    The man who pilots and often repairs a dimensionally transcendental time machine is enthralled with a cleaning robot. I wonder how he'd react to a Roomba...

    • @tomkenning5482
      @tomkenning5482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You could imagine the Doctor being fascinated by a roomba, they seem to take big machinery as read, but gets utterly encapsulated by the mundane

    • @edwardcatt2399
      @edwardcatt2399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      - "encapsulated by the mundane"... I like that, and it does fit the Doctor's personality. He's absorbed by things not necessarily "mundane", but elegantly simple. Unique iterations of otherwise ubiquitous objects...

    • @paulashe7460
      @paulashe7460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The artwork in Dalekworld have cleaning robots

    • @slacknhash
      @slacknhash 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@edwardcatt2399 "That is the dematerializing control, and that over yonder is the horizontal hold; up there is the scanner, those are the doors, and that is a chair with a panda on it. Sheer poetry, dear boy!"

    • @IronMiddo
      @IronMiddo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think Hartnells Doctor would definitely just clutch his chest and keel over

  • @angeluslupus
    @angeluslupus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    I think an overlooked element of why the Mechonoids failed was the sound design choice they actually went with for the voices. They were almost impossible to understand, especially if there was any other noise!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It wasn’t the best choice no. But I quite like it somehow.

    • @ian_b
      @ian_b ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Dalek6388 It's somewhat irritating to listen to IMHO.

  • @technogamer18
    @technogamer18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    “Cusick then designed it with flat surfaces”
    ....and that’s revenge for the millions nation made off his design! Well played ray

  • @epiendless1128
    @epiendless1128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    "..and the Mechonoids were, ultimately, balls."
    * chuckle *

    • @Crrrow
      @Crrrow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Roderick antifemnasty HUGE balls infact.

    • @Sandrock313
      @Sandrock313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Crrrow Huge balls of steel

  • @GrumpyOldGit60
    @GrumpyOldGit60 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    One Chumbley survived into 1968 when it was dissected and became the dome of the Emperor Dalek in Evil of the Daleks! Strange but true...

    • @MURDERPILLOW.
      @MURDERPILLOW. ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I saw the words "deep fried" In this and I'm determined to find it

  • @AaronIzzard
    @AaronIzzard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    "Nation wanted something elegant to offset the hard line panels of the daleks.....Ray Cusick then designed it with flat surfaces"

  • @Bishop37
    @Bishop37 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    The research that goes into these shows is amazing.

    • @alhine1963
      @alhine1963 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shame all the 4:3 clips are cropped & zoomed for widescreen.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you Peter!

    • @Charon.1
      @Charon.1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not to mention, the execellent bone dry humour

  • @cybrmaTS
    @cybrmaTS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    The mechanoids original design looks so cool, id love to see them return and look similar to that, slick and silver design.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It was an interesting look for sure! ;)

    • @snakedaemonart676
      @snakedaemonart676 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Problem is they are kind of too reminiscent to the dalek design in this case, well the original design although I would love to see them like this

    • @zacmumblethunder7466
      @zacmumblethunder7466 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@snakedaemonart676 It would complement the Dalek design - a bog standard pepperpot and a fancy pepper grinder.

    • @highpath4776
      @highpath4776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@zacmumblethunder7466 Salt Shaker and Pepperpot

    • @zacmumblethunder7466
      @zacmumblethunder7466 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@highpath4776 I went to a restaurant yesterday and they had salt grinders in this shape.

  • @jnichols3
    @jnichols3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I wonder if a Roomba can be programed to randomly scream, "Exterminaaaaaaaate!". My cats are starting to not fear it.

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In the 1967 Bulldog Drummond film "Deadlier than the male", the lead character Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond has a robotic vacuum cleaner like a more angular Roomba.

    • @zachs-jaigeyes7567
      @zachs-jaigeyes7567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Michael Reeves screaming roomba then just have it say exterminaaaaaaaaate

  • @britanimations2002
    @britanimations2002 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Omg I'm so happy this video exists, I love Mechanoids, lot more than most and really wanna see more of them, in the show, in the fan base and so on

    • @dalekvadron6010
      @dalekvadron6010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The Mechanoids are a great concept and a good (if fiddley) design, but those voices, though…

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Glad you like it!

    • @samuelxavier2473
      @samuelxavier2473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Go and read Second Empire, by Mechmaster. They feature quite a bit in there.

    • @TheNickofTime
      @TheNickofTime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@samuelxavier2473 More so than Second Empire, they’re actually the main antagonists in the prequel comic ‘Trapped in Amber’ that was made a couple years after the main comic was finished.

    • @samuelxavier2473
      @samuelxavier2473 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheNickofTime Yep, I read it over at PD. Damn good it was, too.

  • @BabelColour
    @BabelColour 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Such an impressive and fascinating series of documentaries. i was particularly amazed by the animation and CGI work in this one. So professional. Well done.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thank you! Also looking forward to your own next work! :)

  • @snakedaemonart676
    @snakedaemonart676 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I'm surprised there's no mention of the big finish story juggernauts
    The mechonoids are renamed and reengineered by davros

    • @NdrewAllmark
      @NdrewAllmark 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I enjoyed the Big Finish story. It really added depth to the mechanoids that wasn't present in The Chase, and explained why they were so effective at fighting Daleks.

    • @WildDieWoodard
      @WildDieWoodard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thanks for the kind words! I actually wrote that script. :-)

    • @NdrewAllmark
      @NdrewAllmark 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WildDieWoodard Congratulations. Great work. :-)

    • @morbido13
      @morbido13 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WildDieWoodard great work indeed!

    • @Hawkeye26
      @Hawkeye26 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I too was surprised this was omitted.

  • @KingofPotatoPeople
    @KingofPotatoPeople 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Poor Steven, being held by the Mechonoids for so long.

    • @markwardel6751
      @markwardel6751 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol painful

    • @carealoo744
      @carealoo744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Poor Steven having to deal with those dudes, from The Savages!
      Peter Purvus always said he wanted The Doctor to return to that planet, and find-out he messed the whole thing-up!

  • @sensiblename295
    @sensiblename295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    When I was a nipper, a couple of the early Doctor Who Weeklies did The Chase as an archive and naturally pictures of the Mechonoids looking damn sexy in their Ealing appearance dominated the pages. I fell in love with those shapes there and then. Their debut was one of the first 'out of time' Doctor Who stories I ever did see - a slightly fuzzy pirate video back in the day - and my love increased. I think it was Dennis Spooner who in an interview for Fantasy Empire declared Terry Nation was disappointed that Cusick's designs were too big and thus they never returned to Doctor Who and he never made the big Dalek bucks a second time round. Well, I don't think Ray Cusick minded terribly much considering how much he made first time round.

  • @SMunro
    @SMunro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Verity Lambert was a damn genius.

  • @Nenjax_Anguis
    @Nenjax_Anguis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm so glad they brought the Mechanoids back in Daleks!

  • @johna5635
    @johna5635 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This video became unexpectedly circular for me too... I was obsessed with the Mechonoids after I saw a photo of one of them in an old Dr Who magazine as a young kid - the same magazine [including a "How To Build Your Own Dalek" feature] which was mentioned in one of the other recent 'Dalek 63-88' episodes!

  • @TheUberJulian
    @TheUberJulian 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Big Finish production The Juggernauts, ft #6, Davros and the Mechonoids is one of my favourite audio stories ever. Thanks for the amazing video!

  • @TheRealKaiProton
    @TheRealKaiProton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    IMO it doesnt have to always be dalek related, these amazingly details history's you always pull out are what I love.. where the stuff was made, how they stored it, trouble they had on set, Brilliant stuff.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Kai!

    • @passthebutterrobot2600
      @passthebutterrobot2600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree. All trivia from the production of that era of Dr Who is fascinating to me.

  • @Punnery
    @Punnery 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:57 "This is a fake"... presumably in felt tip. Nice touch. :)

  • @projectdalekmark
    @projectdalekmark 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Incidentally the other design of mechonoid in the thumbnail I'm sure is in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy TV series where the mice are sitting in the holes. It might just be coincidence.

  • @passthebutterrobot2600
    @passthebutterrobot2600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Legless Tom Baker "I've hardly touched a drop" LOL. Brilliant!

  • @78shaweyes
    @78shaweyes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Honestly, they should bring back the Mechonoids to encounter The Daleks again

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It would be great especially with a new modern design!

    • @christopherlockery9629
      @christopherlockery9629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Dalek6388 The Daleks had a war with them in the TV21 comic strips (which was cut short) plus the second (1960's) Dalek Annual depicted an alternate version of said war.
      Happy Times and Places.

    • @rayvenkman2087
      @rayvenkman2087 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’ll be nice to see the new series Daleks have an army of robots that can give them trouble. Doomsday would have been very different if they had joined the conflict.

    • @lepterfirefall
      @lepterfirefall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Your wish is the BBC's desire....see the CGI daleks trailer....they are back!!!!

  • @thehostproductions
    @thehostproductions 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    another brilliantly put together documentary!
    when the time eventually comes for complete season 60's box sets, i will be genuinely shocked if you aren't approached to have these contracted for use officially, the detail research and production itself is flawless

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! :)

  • @FrankNFurter1000
    @FrankNFurter1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When you mentioned cleaning robots with bad design capabilities, I then head-cannoned straight to Paradise Towers... Oh, the joys of being a Doctor Who fan. Love your channel!

  • @Tymbus
    @Tymbus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    To be honest, Nation pretty much got the design he wanted, just not the sales of merchandise!

  • @christopherlockery9629
    @christopherlockery9629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have the Big Finish CD of 'The Masters of Luxor' and I've always enjoyed and felt that it's a shame that it never got made for TV.
    Don't get me wrong I am still a HUGE 1960's Dalek fan (not only from the TV show, but also the ones from the Movies, Books and Comics) and I wouldn't want to go back in time and arrange a 'swap' of sorts, but I think that it may have been nice for the BBC to dust off the scripts, update them a little (not for modern times but rather to incorporate other Doctor's and Companion teams into the existing story) and produce a TV version, let's say around the time that they were looking for the 'next Daleks'.
    I know that this may be a somewhat strange idea for me to have, but it's my view anyways. As it stands there are quite a few unmade stories that I would like to have seen made into TV stories, or perhaps made into episodes for the BBC Wales series?
    At least however we have Big Finish....
    Happy Times and Places.

  • @jdzencelowcz
    @jdzencelowcz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Soooo glad the Mechonoids R back for the Dalek animated series on the Dr Who YT channel! The Daleks vs Mechonoids fight was the best part of The Chase.

  • @fleacaesar7144
    @fleacaesar7144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Chase is one of my favourite Dr stories and I love the Mechonoids. I feel there potential was enormous. Imagine the Mechonoids expanded from their planet? Imagine there were many more planets they we sent to prepare for humanity before the war? Imagine they developed their own empire as a result? When Character Options released the Mechanoid set I bought six sets. Now I plan to produce a Dalek/Mechonoid war photo comic. Long live the Mechonoids.

  • @nicolepowell5470
    @nicolepowell5470 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fantastic episode. I love i can share and watch these with my husband with 11 years between us he grew up with hartnell and i grew up with pertwee and baker just nice to have some time together thank you.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad to hear you are enjoying them Nicole! 😁

  • @timewarproductions4661
    @timewarproductions4661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I really love the longer videos, I still find these so interesting. Tbh watching this makes me wanna make an animation closer to the Second Empire series on Dark Raven Productions

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      We enjoy making them and are glad you like them!

  • @roscoe404
    @roscoe404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Only 4 minutes on the screen, yet I remember every detail. Can’t believe it was 1965. Great video.

  • @Trainlover1995
    @Trainlover1995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    If I ever had the opportunity to write a Doctor Who episode, I'd make it a Dalek vs. Mechonoid war story that a pacifistic planet gets caught in the middle of.

    • @spacemanspiff6332
      @spacemanspiff6332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I feel like Mechanus would be the pacifist planet.

    • @knshinn2
      @knshinn2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So, basically the TV21 story with Robot Agent 2-K?

  • @thetowerofbabble6307
    @thetowerofbabble6307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If you want to look at an interesting use of the Mechanoids, I would suggest second empire: trapped in amber. I would also recommend the main comic in general, as it’s an interesting take on the Daleks in general

  • @nefariousgremlin7554
    @nefariousgremlin7554 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I really like the original design of the mechanoids. Hope we get to see these designs pop up somewhere in future Doctor Who productions.

  • @matthewjh138
    @matthewjh138 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wait You worked on The DVD Files! I used to get them all the time when I was a kid! Seriously you're awesome great video.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gav did yes. And loads of work on many official titles

  • @revd.timbaker3543
    @revd.timbaker3543 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just don't know how these guys do it! Another brilliant fact filled documentary and a credit to you both. Brilliant job!!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you again Tim! 🙂

  • @Ginger_FoxxVT
    @Ginger_FoxxVT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    An amazing video, unsurprisingly, The mechanoids were always one of my favourite, under used and under appreciated monsters.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Glad you liked it!

  • @josephinksstudionstuff3415
    @josephinksstudionstuff3415 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You know what. I actually have one of those, I don't know if it's screen used or not, I never knew what it was until I saw this video.

  • @Vol-Tear
    @Vol-Tear 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    during the 50th special in the shed on gallifrey, there are 2 odd bits of scaffolding that looks like two halves of a Mechonoid without any panels behind the war doctor as he chooses if he should push the red button.

  • @veshialles
    @veshialles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    These videos only seem to come up in my suggestions when I'm stoned as hell, but every time I watch one I keep coming to the conclusion that Terry Nation was maybe, perhaps, on some level, kind of a tit and absolutely frustrating to work with

    • @joshc1981
      @joshc1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean, just look at the terms he set Russell T about havid the Darleks show up at least once a season and how Russ, Moff and Gatisis gave up trying to give them a good reason to be in an episode (COUGH COUGH) The pilot in season 10.

  • @jacksugden8190
    @jacksugden8190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredible amount of work went into making this film and those props, I remember 1965, but not those Mecinoids.

  • @exploresouthwest
    @exploresouthwest 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    13:35 a bit ahead of their time?
    I type as my roomba putters around the 2nd floor.

  • @ProfStuartHalliday
    @ProfStuartHalliday 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely excellent! You've done it again. Full of interesting detail and I loved it!

  • @DriftPortcreations
    @DriftPortcreations 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love these documentaries, fantastic work. I was at that Dimensions convention at Stockton on Tees. It really was a beautiful prop they had there.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you Brian! Toby did a great job on that replica for sure

  • @gundamserpent5818
    @gundamserpent5818 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think a good story would be that The Daleks killed all of The Mechonoid's creators but enough of the bots survived and rebuilt best they could. Later, once they rebuilt enough & had the numbers them went to war with The Daleks. Problem is that the Daleks are the Daleks... so yeah.

  • @christopherlockery9629
    @christopherlockery9629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nation's idea for the Mechonoid voice sounds rather cool and a little creepy, but I doubt that it would have been very easy to listen to most TV sets in 1965.
    Happy Times and Places

  • @DWepmodels
    @DWepmodels 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliant! Let's hope Russell Minton is watching these and gets you to do some documentarys for the collection blurays. Ive been binge reading your website lately after getting a piece of dalek 7. The amount of detail and history you've found is truley amazing and a fascinating read.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! We also both own a bit of Dalek Seven too! :)

  • @Zombie9Slayer
    @Zombie9Slayer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I hope the Mechonoids return to the series in the future

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would be great with a modern design!

    • @itskevinjustkevin
      @itskevinjustkevin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dalek6388 I wonder what what happened in this episode with the mechanoids and the Daleks, possibly another scuffle

  • @shireknight01
    @shireknight01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow can't believe they only got four minutes of screen-time over the whole story.

  • @projectdalekmark
    @projectdalekmark 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ah! I know Tony! A fantastic builder and restorer!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He is a very nice guy! He brought me my Dalek when I bought it.

    • @projectdalekmark
      @projectdalekmark 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Dalek6388 He built the eye, arm and gun for my Dalek when I was a kid. You can Identify them if you look at his builds in your footage with my Dalek on my Channel. I remember as a kid he had the antenna of the mechonoid on his work bench and told me it was a secret and I mustn't tell anyone, which I kept, haha!

  • @lightdark00
    @lightdark00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You'll be cropping out the Big Finish ad when the offer expires?
    It was made perfectly to crop out 😊

  • @custard_timelord2896
    @custard_timelord2896 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That original mechonoid design is great!

  • @CJJC
    @CJJC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favourite thing about Shawcraft is it’s literally 3-4 minutes walk away from the building that was later to be the Junior Gazette in Press Gang and, later still, destroyed and turned into a car park.

    • @marcse7en
      @marcse7en 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I visited Lime Grove Studios just before it was demolished in the early 90s! It's now houses. I could hardly believe that this was where Dr. Who and the Shawcraft Daleks first appeared almost 30 years earlier! I heard that tge new Daleks were trundling around the car park!

  • @DrBagPhD
    @DrBagPhD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think I'm going to have to become a patron when I'm paid in a few weeks time, your content is so professionally produced and absolutely fascinating, I thought I had a near comprehensive understanding of classic Who props but I've never been happier to be wrong. Absolutely wonderful videos!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! We'd love to have you there!

  • @thomasewen6108
    @thomasewen6108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! Great stuff. Hartnell & Troughton would be impressed if they could see your work in 2020!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Thomas!

  • @Darren79
    @Darren79 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That letter about getting rid of props at the Ealing Studios store is interesting - just imagine they'd said "Yeah, we won't be using the Daleks again"!!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The BBC have done some daft things but could they have been that daft?! Hmmm well.... ;)

    • @highpath4776
      @highpath4776 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Easiest to stack the mechanoids tops into bottoms etc 6 sections high !?

  • @LauraSeabrook
    @LauraSeabrook 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to have the TV 21 45 featuring an episode from that adventure. On one side you had the audio from the episode, and on the other the same but with one character's dialogue missing, and you had to say it. You'd hear the Mechonoid humm through a door and then -

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's honestly hilarious how much better your 2011 figure is than the original one. Old licensed toys really were a whole other world.

  • @makrostheblack4791
    @makrostheblack4791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @2:54 That's an interesting take. As a small boy, I always imagined this living, breathing beast that had evolved out of metal... mercury for blood... this one having long been dead and immobile. That always stuck as it is such an alien and surreal concept... living, breathing metal things that weren't robots, but something that had actually evolved.

  • @karlkammer3050
    @karlkammer3050 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well worth the wait for this new material about the Daleks and related material.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! They do take time to research and create but we are glad they are worth the wait!

  • @TooManyHobbiesJeremy
    @TooManyHobbiesJeremy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    An unexpected but welcomed subject. Excellent video, bravo

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed!

  • @zayanali4126
    @zayanali4126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Little did you know season 13 has the mechanoids in it (The official doctor who page on twitter just introduced them)

  • @RichArd-vc5jp
    @RichArd-vc5jp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Another brilliant video. How about a feature on the 'Looney Tunes back in action' Daleks. And where are they now...?

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Possibly if we can find any details out. But so far none has cropped up!

    • @RichArd-vc5jp
      @RichArd-vc5jp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Dalek6388 Technically, it is the 3rd big screen outing for them! 😉

    • @RichArd-vc5jp
      @RichArd-vc5jp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Steve Martin apparently asked for them to appear, perhaps the Daleks biggest Hollywood fan?

  • @highpath4776
    @highpath4776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As built looks something like Telstar Communications Satelite. Was Sparky's piano voice copyrighted, similar would be used for Metal Mickey in the future.

  • @paulforder591
    @paulforder591 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not only were the Mechonoids expensive to produce, the actors inside the casings found them difficult to steer.
    I have read reprints of the 1960s Dalek comic stories (in part), and I think they were better realised in that medium.
    It's interesting to see the final design was based on the geodesic domes designed by Buckminster Fuller. Always wondered what the concept behind it was.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think their impracticality was the reason they didn't come back really. That and how hard it was to store them.

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The design reminds me of a icosahedral virus capsid.

  • @paulhayes5724
    @paulhayes5724 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another fantastic and fascinating video, as always! Thank you for making it!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Paul!

  • @Kremmen2001
    @Kremmen2001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks to Terrance Dicks' Monster Book, for years in the seventies/early eighties - right up until I saw the Chase at a local group meeting, in fact - I thought that the Mechanoids (sic) were small, hovering robots around two feet high. This was thanks to the photo of them superimposed on one from the Sensorites which looked as though the Mechons were connected to them by a wire to a flat disc on their foreheads. Incidentally, I also thought that Sensorites was pronounced as Sens-O-rit-ees.

  • @UKISOCIETY
    @UKISOCIETY 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I appreciate all your hard work and research for these videos. Thank you!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Glad you enjoy them!

  • @Kytori95
    @Kytori95 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When did the Mechanoid end up at the time machine museum? I remember seeing it in Blackpool, it would be awesome to see it again!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sometime after 2013 when it appeated on ebay

  • @lightningslim
    @lightningslim 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I remember liking the mecanoids much more than the daleks, back then, when I was 10! 😀

  • @johnnymain777
    @johnnymain777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another fascinating episode. Thank you for all your hard work.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @3268user
    @3268user 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Breathless as always from the dizzying amount of research that goes into these props. I remember seeing the Mechanoid in Blackpool. Nice to know it has a new home .

    • @marcse7en
      @marcse7en 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You spelt Mechonoid incorrectly! When I was a kid in the 70s I had a pocket dictionary. Being Dr. Who mad I went through each section renaming them after monsters. "A" for Auton, etc. When I got to "M" I wrote "Mechanoid", and I spelt it incorrectly like you! I still have the dictionary! What do you think I called the "D" section? LOL

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you!

  • @gembem9430
    @gembem9430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do we know what this lost robot looked like
    Well yes-
    Pepsi add plays
    SO PEPSI WERE THE REAL MECHANOIDS ALL ALONG

  • @AC-gb7do
    @AC-gb7do 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This sort of attention to detail needs to be ‘officially’ part of the Dalek themed dvd collections. These vids are just amazing!

  • @emuman6860
    @emuman6860 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing work on this video keep up the good work

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

  • @Penfolduk001
    @Penfolduk001 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just had this suggested by TH-cam.
    Very interesting.
    I'm wondering whether another reason for ignoring the original description was the spinning top base would be too narrow to make the prop stand stablely.
    Just think what they could have achieved with modern techniques, materials and budgets.

  • @DehnusNorder
    @DehnusNorder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    - Looks at the Mirebeast, looks closer again..... looks away.. looks again, then suddenly shouts:"That's a Peni " before he's taken off the air - :P

  • @garybryant1501
    @garybryant1501 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Terry's early ideas probably dropped for simple budgetary reasons or the BBC hooked on to fact he was going to be the financial winner not them with anything that took off merchandise wise and he went back to the style of design with the Federation security robot in Blake's 7

    • @carls7860
      @carls7860 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That B7 robot was terrible...🤣

  • @NoisyWayne
    @NoisyWayne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Marvellous stuff, as always. A vid about Shawcraft would be fab! Looking forward to it already!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Wayne!

  • @Lumibear.
    @Lumibear. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why have I missed this till now!? Oh well better late than never, brilliant as always guys thanks very much!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

    • @FrankNFurter1000
      @FrankNFurter1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn't get the notification... even though I have subscribed and ticked the notification bell! Oh well, this was great viewing with my morning coffee.

    • @Lumibear.
      @Lumibear. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      George Reid I’ve just checked my notifications and no I can’t see it neither. TH-cam! (Shakes fist!)

  • @peterloohunt
    @peterloohunt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very happy to see you branching out into non-Dalek stories. Hope you do more re other early DW props of all kinds. (Eg. TARDIS console, Zarbis, Quarks.) Also love the dry wit, and the emphasis on the personalities behind such designs and concepts.
    Again- BRAVO!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! Glad you liked it. Our main emphasis will always be the Daleks but we will take little detours from time to time no doubt as this video has gone down so well! :)

    • @peterloohunt
      @peterloohunt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dalek6388 Sure hope you do. I'm a pro propbuilder meself, and so am fascinated. Even made 3 spoof Daleks once.

  • @myoldvideocassettecollecti6801
    @myoldvideocassettecollecti6801 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great. Many thanks for your hard work on this documentary. I love Dr Who and this was enjoyable and informative. Many many thanks xxx.

  • @mikwhiting938
    @mikwhiting938 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another superb piece. Worth the wait.

  • @stevehamilton3430
    @stevehamilton3430 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perhaps you could do a feature which includes a bit about the Servo Robot prop which, I believe, still resides up in Scotland with a collector? Great feature by the way.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It does yes! If we can find enough info for an interesting story then it’s possible

  • @DeanStrickson
    @DeanStrickson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With those ramps in the city, I think it would’ve been great to have the TARDIS team bowl one of those Mechonoids into a group of Dalek “pins” accompanied by the proper bowling ball hitting pins sound effect. Then Ian could exclaim “Strike!”
    Yes, it’s extremely goofy but right at home in “The Chase”.

  • @oldbrasso808
    @oldbrasso808 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A hemispherical mould would lock even without those ridges! Not easy to laminate in there even if it didn't. The mould was probably made in three sections bolted together. Love the graphics of the pristine casting magically and gently levitating out of the perfect mould . Working with fibreglass is exactly like that.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have a look at the follow up video where we correct ourselves re. the mould. 🙂

    • @oldbrasso808
      @oldbrasso808 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks- I did! D'oh! However, I don't see a two piece mould being a safe bet .Three piece bolt together mould. laminate each section then bolt together and laminate the join. The divisions would follow the peaks of the ridges in a zigzag fashion from top to base eliminating as many undercuts as possible . Actually, having had another look, I'd be more comfortable with four sections rather than three!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Three or four sections is certainly possible yes. Although it was actually the fact that the entire hemisphere was one piece that Gav was trying to show to people as in the in the past its been suggested that they were made from several sections and put together. So the depiction on the actual moulding was somewhat simplified! 😁😉

  • @TheNerdestOfOne
    @TheNerdestOfOne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When’s your friends doctor who game coming out it looks really interesting

  • @AubreySciFi
    @AubreySciFi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating and well researched as always!

  • @mikerochburns4104
    @mikerochburns4104 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I actually emitted an involuntary noise when I'd seen you'd posted another video. ❤️❤️

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      A nice noise I hope! ;)

    • @mikerochburns4104
      @mikerochburns4104 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dalek6388 With you, Always ; )

  • @spark-e
    @spark-e 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would like them to focus more on Mechonoids in more recent Doctor Who episodes. Imagine a new design based off of the original idea.

  • @phonotical
    @phonotical 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sounded like a servo robot from wheel in space

  • @casselsjoe
    @casselsjoe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you once again for a fascinating and entertaining video. I love your work.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Joe!

  • @Maxwell-237
    @Maxwell-237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a wonderfully detailed documentary!

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you. Happy to hear you enjoyed it!

    • @Maxwell-237
      @Maxwell-237 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dalek6388 I have Asperger's and doctor who is one of my special interests. So in depth TH-cam documentaries like this are a special joy for me. Thankyou :)

  • @kylethedalek
    @kylethedalek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Once I’m back working I’m going to join your patreon!
    And that’s amazing you provided the sculpt!
    Have you ever work with character options before too?
    You guys should build a Dalek and record the process that would be awesome to see.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, we'd love to see you over on Patreon! :)

  • @halopro8958
    @halopro8958 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really want the Mechonoids to return. They had so much potential as a non-Doctor nemesis for the Daleks. Perhaps an episode about The Doctor helping to save the last surviving Mechnoid from a party of Daleks hunting it down so it can rebuild its society would be a cool idea for a reintroduction?

    • @itskevinjustkevin
      @itskevinjustkevin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That'd be great! Somebody get Steven Moffat on the horn about this, I mean that is if he is still writing Doctor Who episodes

  • @stephenjameswalker8818
    @stephenjameswalker8818 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another very interesting mini-documentary! Great stuff. I've a feeling there may have been an inconsistency in the spelling of Mechonoid/Mechanoid in the closing credits of the fifth and sixth episodes of "The Chase", which was removed when the credits were recreated for the DVD release. Maybe I'm misremembering, though, and the inconsistency was just in the scripts. Oh, and given that you mention the Big Finish release of "The Masters of Luxor", I was surprised you didn't also reference their "The Juggernauts", in which the Mechanoids themselves featured. Hope those comments are of some help.

    • @Dalek6388
      @Dalek6388  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Stephen! We have something coming up about the spelling actually....

  • @LukeNyul
    @LukeNyul 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another excellent video. I'm surprised that none of the original props are known to have survived but I guess that's the problem with the Mechanoids being so cumbersome and large. It would be interesting to see them in Doctor Who again, it might spark the interest again haha.

  • @JesusSuckedGayPenis
    @JesusSuckedGayPenis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i like how the mekanoids fart-talked