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- 🌌 Join Syntell and Rekkai as they embark on a brand-new adventure through time and space with their first-ever viewing of "Doctor Who"! In this video, we react and review the 2005 series reboot, Season 1, Episode 6, titled "Dalek."
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Billionaire collector Henry Van Statten holds the last relic of an alien race. When the Doctor and Rose investigate, they discover that the Doctor's oldest and most deadly enemy is about to break free.
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Fresh and honest reactions from first-time viewers.
Insightful commentary and analysis of the episode.
Discussion on character dynamics and plot development.
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This is the episode where you realise the revival is going to work. The Daleks are one of The Doctors first BIG enemies and their first appearance caused the shift from educational time travel show to adventure and aliens. The Dalek's themselves are NAZI's, something not lost on a 1960's audience. However, they were put together on a shoestring budget hence the toilet plunger and egg wisk weapons. Oh, a pepper pot is a pepper shaker. Still, it's a credit to this episode that they made this stupid looking thing utterly terrifying. Christopher E is at his best in this one too.
I've found the episodes of the first seven doctors on Tubi and I've seen the evolution of the Daleks over the seasons slightly terrifying!
Nothing is a terrifying as a plunger after a night of taco bell and heavy drinking. 🤢
@@benjamansharer7969 Had no idea the Classic Who seasons were on Tubi, I got some watching to do! Thanks for the tip!
Scariest line: "You would make a good Dalek."
Being a fans for nearly 42 years now, I've seen comics and read jokes about the "mutant" anatomy of the Dalek creature being comparable to sea life. But yours is the first reaction video in which somebody suggested EATING the organic component! Now I have this mental image of Daleks racing away in abject terror from humans chasing them wearing lobster bibs and brandishing utensils, seafood sauces and drawn butter! 🤣
I love the detail of the Dalek creature. Look closely near the eye. Can you see the other eye? It's a face. They used to be like us.
From farting aliens to this - Doctor Who covers all the bases. You have some BRILLIANT stories coming up in this season.
Variety is the spice of life.
The head at the beginning is a Cyberman. I won't elaborate too much, but another of the Doctor's most famous enemies from the classic series.
The crying statues are called The Weeping Angels, one of the deadliest assassins in the universe!
OMG, the Red Lobster references have me thinking back to the Boondocks with Riley screaming: "Not the Cheddar Biscuits grandad! Not the Cheddar Biscuits!"
I love that you went in so blind you didn't know it was a battle armor and driver situation. Daleks were introduced in 1963 to the show as part of the second multi-part story, and they were so popular they came back over and over and over again.
Boondocks is GOATED!!!!
Thanks for watching with us.
Not the Chedder Biscuits Granddad 😂🤣😂
Re: The Borg comparisons - they are much more like another Doctor Who villain (originating in 1966) - the Cybermen - a race that assimilates other organisms, replacing their body parts with machinery and extinguishing emotions.
Daleks are the mutant survivors of a once-humanoid race with a xenophobic hatred of all other life forms. The outer-shell that looks like a murderbot is effectively a tank that the mutated remnant is locked inside. They appeared in the second ever Doctor Who storyline back in 1963 and were the first aliens in the show (if you don't count the Doctor and his granddaughter)
Was jast about to comment something similar - Cybermen are the Borg equivalent. If you paid close attention in this episode, you might have gotten a glimpse of them.
The assistant who gets rid of the ludicrous billionaire at the end is Anna Louise Plowman. She is married to Toby Stephens, who is playing Poseidon in Percy Jackson. They both are in Black Sails, along with Toby's brother, Chris Larkin. The boys are Dame Maggie Smith's children.
Doctor Who’s version of the borg are something else. It predated Star Trek. This is one of the first tv sci fi shows. The Dalek is an enemy from way back in 1963. They had no fx budget so they cobbled together something with an egg whisk and plunger and still made it formidable. The basic design is unchanged from 1963. You can see this version of the Doctor is kinda post war PSTD. Lots of good stuff in this one.
I always recommend one particular classic who episode that impacts quite a few nuWho episodes. It’s called “genesis of the Daleks”. It’s got old tv slow pacing but I’d recommend at least watching clips or reading a recap - with pictures- before next season. It’s pretty key to understanding stuff as you go on.
I would second that
Yep, the Doctor Who version of (inspiration for?) the Borg was shown in the head in the display early on.
As for watching Genesis, all of NuWho so far has been written without needing a knowledge of classic - even much later on when referenced directly, full knowledge is not necessary. I would recommend only if they are sure they won't watch classic.
Thank you for the reccomendation. We'll probably check that out.
You are quickly becoming one of my favorite Doctor Who reactors. Love that you notice the little things like the music. This was a great moment of acting for both the Doctor and Rose.
The daleks featured in the 2nd ever story of the show in 1963 and in fact saved the show as they boosted the ratings enormously and ushered in a period in the 60s called "dalekmania" in which they were everywhere , toys, comic books, cereal packets, even 2 x movies made for the cinema...!!
The Doctor and the Daleks go all the way back. The BBC recently broadcast a colorised movie-length version of the very first Dalek story from 1963. Would be great to see you guys react to that.
That's a great idea. We'll look into that.
No stick with the original 7 part black and white that colourised version was terrible and a mess.
THEY RELEASED A COLORED VERSION? I know what I'll be watching this weekend 😂
Also, I second you watching those episodes! Would be great to see you react to the cheesy, low budget '60s version 😂
This is where the fun begins!!!! This episode made me realize how much of a threat the Daleks were in the Doctor Who series!
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I feel like this is just the beginning. . .
The original Dalek story was aired in 1963. The parallels between them and the Nazis were quite bold considering their atrocities were still in living memory.
Remember guys this is a time travelling show. So running into the Daleks again could possible happen.
The Daleks are in the first season of dr who in 1963
The 2nd ever episode
My fear of the Daleks are forever gone. Y’all called them a side of red lobster. I especially liked this episode because it shows how ruthless and insane the Doctor can be. His hatred for the Dalek had him blind the signs that he was at risk of becoming a hostage.
I almost didn't recognize our doctor over the furrowed brow.
If the doc is scared, then I'm scared.
Love the Star Trek references. Takes me back. For me, Doctor Who and Trek, including some others, like The Twilight Zone are the shows that gave birth to the true essence of Sci-fi
Same here!
Legendary Sci-Fi shows.
As someone who has watched Doctor Who for almost 20 years, I love hearing the discussion you two have after each episode. Sometimes in reaction videos people can seem like they really aren't that interested, just going through the motions. But you guys really seem to be genuinely enjoying this and it's a beautiful thing to see.
This is quickly becoming my favorite reaction channel. Thank you for the frequent posts!
And thank you for keeping up with us.
So much more to come.
The daleks first appeared in 1964. The idea was to show how ridiculous racism was by making squid alien monsters try to exterminate typical "arian" people. Which was still a very hot subject at the time
And now you boys have met one of the Doctor’s greatest enemies! The Dalek! Genuinely for the designs that are admittedly very silly; they make up for it by just making it an absolute killing machine
I can respect the sillyness of how something looks in regards to how dangerous it can be.
Look how silly Jellyfish look, but I wouldn't jump into a swarm of them 😂
The weeping angels. That'll be a little while yet.
Pepper Pot = a pot filled with pepper.
The word "Dalek" has entered major dictionaries, including the Oxford English Dictionary, which defines "Dalek" as "a type of robot appearing in 'Dr. Who'.
After their first appearance in 1963 school children ran around calling out "exterminate".
The thing The Doctor and Rose were looking at right at the start of the episode (that The Doctor called 'stone dead') was the head of something called a Cyberman, another very famous enemy of The Doctor. They've had multiple looks over the years. They're actually more like The Borg than Daleks are (or I suppose more accurately, The Borg are like Cybermen as Cybermen predate The Borg by, over 20 years).
just to be clear, the daleks are from 1963-the show's second-ever serial, and the one that made it a phenomenon back in the day.
for context, that's three years before star trek's first episode, fourteen before star wars. and they haven't really changed in all that time.
they were meant as a direct 1:1 nazi allegory-and mind, wwii was more recent history then than 9/11 is now. their weird shape is a result of aiming at "how'd they do that" inhuman alien design, where they weren't just obviously extras with a rubber mask or bumps on their faces-while also having basically zero budget available. that their design wound up so interesting and memorable as to have stayed basically the same for 60 years is a testament to the raw make-do lateral-thinking talent in the bbc's design and effects departments.
btw, "salt and pepper pots" are the british term for what we call salt & pepper shakers. it's because in the old days in europe when salt was actually worth something, it tended to be displayed in an open pot in the center of the table as sort of a status symbol, to show off how wealthy your host wanted people to think he was. even back to 100 years ago you can still find some real fancy-ass salt pots made of gold or silver or marble, like these sculptures inlaid with gemstones. so, even though everyone just uses individual shakers these days and salt and pepper are basically worthless beyond their flavor value, in the uk the original term has just stuck around linguistically, to apply to what people have in front of them.
so, tl;dr, just substitute "salt shaker" and you get the insult 😆
(edited to add, this is also where we get iron man's girlfriend. british people like the alliteration of "pepper pot," how mildly silly it sounds rolling off the tongue, so when making reference, that expression is more of a thing than "salt pot," which isn't as much fun to say. 🧐)
Thanks for this reaction. I LOVE Chris Eccleston a.the Doc in this. He showed such range in his short time on the show, but this episode was a great shift from an affable guy to a ruthless one who is dealing with trauma. 9 is my favorite doc of the new era. Ncuti is a promising rival, but that all depends on if the writing quality is good.
Loved Enemy mine as a kid. Fun Fact is that they added the mine scenes to the movie because the producers thought people would get confused that there wasn't a mine because of the title. Anyways another great reaction and breakdown after. Born in 1980 and have been a fan of doctor who since i was a kid, as parents were a little strict and only let me watch pbs. Hope y'all continue to enjoy the ride that this show delivers. Ep's 9 and 10 are my faves of this season.
I love the contrast of your two different senses of humour. From Syntell's more loud and extroverted laughs to Rekkai's more drole and subtle humour (I love when Rekkai says something completely straight-faced then a smile cracks out afterwards). :D So enjoyable!
The Daleks were the first alien enemy in Doctor Who, and were an allegory for the Nazis.
A pepper pot is a pepper shaker, and it was chosen as a basic shape because the writer and producers didn’t want any identifiable human features.
Doctor who's version of the borg is actually the mask u saw at the beginning in the case... the cybermen.. or rather the borg are a version of the cybermen as the cybermen pre date the borg as from the 60s... apparently the idea of the borg was actually taken from the cybermen...
10:46 - 10:52
These Dalek creatures were introduced in 1963. One of the writers was Jewish and she wanted to reflect the Daleks' destruction and compare it to England after Blitzkrieg.
So yeah. These lines hit the nail on the head.
3:54 Man! I know I've said this already, but I'm so glad you guys are reacting to this series! The nostalgia! 🙏🏽💪
The Dalek couldn't bear being contaminated with human DNA and having emotions, so it did kill itself.
These reactions are going from strength to strength. Loving that you're getting into the series.
The first half of this season is carefully structured, even though they are "monster of the week" stories (or two-weeks if it's a two-parter). The opener sets up the Doctor and Rose; then they go to the future, the past and then look at the consequences of Rose travelling with the Doctor when she comes home as well as giving us a classic alien invasion story. I feel like the series is demonstrating the different types of stories it can tell. It also drip feeds the exposition that The Doctor is the last of his kind, that there was a war and now we finally find out that the enemy the Time Lords was the Daleks and how powerful even one can be.
I'm enjoyig the pace so far.
Although the individual episodes have a quick pace the overall story is moving at just the right speed for me.
"Watch it be one of the Doctor's old friends" Everyone familiar with Doctor Who: ...😅😬 So glad you guys are enjoying the journey! And your comment about Elon made me laugh. Elon isn't even who Elon pretends to be.
Daleks go back with Doctor Who like oil and vinegar, leather and lace, salt and pepper no pun intended.
In the classic run of Doctor Who, the 4th Doctor time traveled to their home planet of Skaro right before the first Dalek was created. He actually had a chance to prevent them from coming into being. But the Doctor choose not to commit an act of genocide because that wasn't his style. However, as he made that decision he knew that billions of people would die regretting his inaction.
The Daleks pretty much come out and cause trouble for every incarnation of the Doctor. But he and his companions usually finds different elaborate methods to outsmart them.
However, sometimes brute force works well too. The 7th incarnation of the Doctor had a young female companion nicknamed Ace. Ace was the only companion that the Doctor thought so highly of he was mentoring to potentially become a Time Lord like him. However, the show was cancelled in 1989 before that storyline could be shown.
Ace was a bit of a cockney tomboy, always wearing a black bomber jacker and carrying a baseball bat in a rucksack with her as a melee weapon. The Doctor used an alien artifact called The Hand of Omega to enhance the durability of the bat to make it almost indestructible. There is a hilarious sequence in one classic episode (available on YT) in which Ace uses her bat to beat the living crap out of a bunch of Daleks.
Ace will always be the best! She & 7 turned me from just a fan into the Whovian I am today 💜💜➕🟦
And, this showcases part of why Eccleston(?) is my doctor. Free with a smile, fun, but an undercurrent of a darkness. You also saw when declaring on Slytheen and Cassandra when he watched her die.
Torchwood is also on HBO.
"Dalek" takes a playful swipe at a lot of the common jokes about daleks: they look like pepper pots (pepper shakers), they look like dustbins (trash cans), they can't climb stairs, they have an apparently useless plunger arm.
The design is from the second ever Doctor Who story in 1963 and I think they're a really clever design because they don't look like 'people in rubber suits' (so they've aged a little better than other designs such as The Gorn from 60s Star Trek and many examples from Doctor Who itself). But the design is part of the storytelling: they have locked themselves away in little tanks, you can't see what is inside but know it is a mutated creature not a robot, their voices sound shrill and ridiculous at first (mechanical but also like the amplified voices of a demagogue at a fascist rally) but then become unnerving because they are so persistant.
The designer said that when it came to the 2005 series, they didn't want to redesign totally, just upgrade it. He said he wanted it to be like the mini cooper: you can tell the 1960s version is the same car as the 2000s version.
The mini cooper is a great comparison.
Mini (stylised as MINI)[1] is a British automotive brand founded in 1969, owned by German automotive company BMW since 2000, and used by them for a range of small cars assembled in the United Kingdom, Austria and the Netherlands. The word Mini has been used in car model names since 1959, and in 1969 it became a brand in its own right when the name "Mini" replaced the separate "Austin Mini" and "Morris Mini" car model names. Why is the Mini Cooper named that?
Mini (marque) - Wikipedia
The names Cooper and Cooper S followed the names used for the sportier version of the classic Mini, which in turn come from the involvement of John Cooper and the Cooper Car Company. The Cooper heritage was further emphasised with the John Cooper Works (JCW) range of tuning options that are available with the Mini.
Growing up Lou Gossett, Jr. and John Lithgow were my absolute favorite actors. I haven't ever really thought about who to add to the list since then, but I'm sure there are some quality people out there
Hey, this is my favourite new channel I've found. Been unwell for a couple days and a fun video like this is just what i need. Cheers.
I really feel like this episode onwards is when the show really found it's feet again. So many good episodes from here on.
I really appreciate the thoughtful analysis you guys bring to things, as well as being fun to watch. It's good stuff.
We hope you feel better and get back on your feet.
Thanks for hanging out with us on your sick day.
All love, get well soon.
As someone who has watched the episodes many times, I am enjoying sharing your first DW experiences with you. Keep watching! And consider watching the Torchwood episodes concurrently starting in Series 2.
Thank you for the recommendation.
12:35, if you are an actor who plays one of the Doctor's companions you had best have your cardio together. There is a LOT of running on this show.
Knees to chest baby!!!!
I rewatched Enemy Mine a couple of weeks ago. Yeah, it still holds up.
Much as I love this season, the next one is when I truly became a fan of Doctor Who.
soon come!!!!
O, man
Enemy Mine was a great hidden gem of a movie.
The problem with it, I think, was that it attracted sci-fi fans when it was actually a poignant emotional drama,
almost a tear-jerker / chick-flick
I've seen this episode about 50 times and I STILL notice new things. The Doctor says "I win...How about that?" That's a line that's used again by...Well...You'll see...
Don't worry, there are plenty of " big bad monsters" coming....
The Daleks are what made the show back in the 60's. They were introduced in the second story line (and were based on Nazis). From what I have heard, the people who were working on the show were on the subway and heard kids talking about Daleks right after the show aired. It was then they knew it was going to be a popular show.
in any case the borg are some version of this, the borgs are from late 80s and Daleks from early 60s. But they are more like other DW villians that scares me more than the daleks.
I always found it so funny the Dalek downloaded the whole of 2012’s internet,,,,,,,, must of seen some WILD shit lmfao 😭
Ahh this is a great reaction!! The Daleks are the most infamous villains of Who, most people who haven't seen the show would prob still recognize the Daleks. The little showcase of aliens in this episode were also hints at other classic who villains that you'll see eventually as well! Super excited after this point its pretty uphill from here with Doctor Who.
Enemy Mine was basically a remake of the Lee Marvin movie 'Hell in the Pacific'.
You just put me onto to something new. Good looking out.
@@Syntell It's the same story but in WW2.
5:44 “I see you Roman Reigns” 😂 ACKNOWLEDGE MEEEE!!!
Welcome back to me and probably quite a few others. Keep in mind how people like me really won’t watch the reactions of episodes (or two parters) that we didn’t care for. So,,,, it’s great to be back 😊
Always a peasure to have you.
Thank you for spending your time with us.
Yeah, I'll probably be back for the empty child / doctor dances - then for the last episode of season 1. :)
Daleks are basically racists that other racists view as being to hardcore :D
Their weapon of choice is sort of radiation based - its basically a death ray from old school scifi - and its set to "as much pain as possible" which is all levels of messed up in its own right
Daleks need a hug.
And maybe a stiff drink 😂
YES!!! Y'all are spoiling the HELL out of me!!!! THANKS!!!!!!
😂🤣 Enjoy.
More to come.
Welcome to the Daleks or a Dalek the Doctor's oldest foes which have been around since the very beginning in 1963 "Exterminate!" is their catchphrase.
One things for sure never have sympathy for a Dalek they would exterminate on the spot and yes they are space racists anything that's un-Dalek they kill they were born and created to hate which was what the Doctor meant by bread as someone already pointed out they were based on Nazi Germany.
The Doctor was never this dark until this point of the episode this is the first time ever in the show that we ever see the Doctor this angry which wasn't originally meant to intended to happen according to the original draft it was meant to be a toned down discussion with the Dalek but Christopher Eccleston performed it so well that they kept it in the episode but behind-the-scenes Eccleston took his anger and frustration to the Dalek while at the time he was going through a personal bad time in his life when his father was suffering from alzieimers disease but managed to stay in character.
The Daleks are often mistaken for robots but no they are squids in a mechanical tank.
This episode reveals a good bit of why this version of The Doctor is the way he is. He's a soldier fresh off the time war. He's got ptsd from being a part of a war that caused the genocide of multiple species. Not only that, but "I made it happen". We don't get full details here, he does tell you he caused it to happen. Y'all keep saying he's kind of an ass, but the dude has ptsd and survivors guilt to an extreme degree. It'd be far stranger if he was 100% happy-go-lucky after all that
I will never watch the Little Mermaid the same way, again.
Great reaction!
The dalek did die... he self destructed...
Ok, wasn't too sure about that.
@@Syntell yeah it's not that clear...
Weeping angels mate the ending of their debut episode still freaked me out
I think the Borg are closer to the Cybermen, the head of one of which is the metal head the Doctort had a moment with at the start
Critics bashed Enemy Mine, but, I loved it.
I haven't seen it it years. I wonder if it still hold up 🤔
Airwolf! I loved that show.
It's a CLASSIC!!!!
the kill yourself line always get me lol
Omg I forgot about Airwolf
A bit of 80's magic with the Air Wold reference.
Just remember that Elon Musk said that in the future, we would have implants in our head to process data. I wonder where he got an idea like that.
WOW, and that's actually in the works now.
Great callback.
BTW. I also loved Airwolf.
I love your seasoned reactions, haha. I love this show, I’m just looking forward to you getting to when the show really hits its stride in S2-S3..and then goes nuclear great in S4-S9 (the shows creative prime - including one of the BEST REVEALS IN TV HISTORY)… Enjoy fellas
So much to look forward too.
This season has been a lot of fun. I can't imagine how much crazier it's going to get.
@@Syntell…well we would tell you but that would be …..”spoilers”.
(This is a pun/joke you’ll only get after you’ve seen season 4 and 5. )
Seasons 4&5 are excellent…. But my favourite ever episodes are certain episodes in season 1 & 4 (but all written by Moffat!)
So far guys i want to know if you discovered yet the easter egg that was in all the prior episodes and the following ones too. ❤❤
14:36 Yep, that's what the Daleks really look like.
A whole lot of YUCK 🤢
I’ve watched Doctor a few times. But it is fun to watch bits with you lads.
And you can pit the Tardis against any sci-fi ship. It wins
And wait till you get to the episode Blink. Weeping Angels are soooo good.
Love your TH-cam profile pic by the way. HUGE Arcane fan.
@@Syntell got a 48”w vinyl pic of that picture in my ManCave.
That show was amazeballs.
definitely getting a patreon subscribtion on payday, can't wait to watch this series with you.
OOhno, now even you guys are doing the Mickey/Rickey thing. Poor Mickey.
Saw Enemy Mine a few years ago, it is still a good movie, never forget, Mickey could be president, Mickey Mouse that is, not ours.
I was curious if Enemy Mine was still good. Sometimes those old 80's movies don't always hold up.
Sorry, MAX. Torchwood is on MAX.
The Borg are more similar to the head they found in the museum they are called cybermen and were once human but the brain was removed and put in suit of armour and removed all emotion and only want to spread and covert the universe into their image.
The doctor does have a joker.... and its not the daleks....
What makes me a little sad is that when the first doctor met the first group of Daleks, they did not know about other people or beings on other planets it was the doctor who showed them how small they where and they then wanted much much more. Off into the stars. Only out in the universe they started a war with his people, and all of his people were killed. (Spoiler for whovian fans that big fave of Boa will have a great message to help the doctor not be so sad. YANA)
The Weeping Angels dont kill anybody. They send them back in time,and, absorb the years that they would have still lived.
The victim is stranded in the other time,and dies of old age.
The doctor IS dark, but there is a reason... he wasn't always like this... he just survived and emerged from the time war and is battle hardened... though rose is beginning to heal him...
I’ve always felt that the 9th Doctor had PTSD
@suzannebudlong8376 yeah, apparently he did have... its stated explicitly in the finale of s2 if I recall
1:25 I know right?! 😂💪
😂🤣
Out here telling all my business 🤫
The Daleks were humanoid once... they mutated through millenia of war on their homeworld Skaro... watch Genesis Of The Daleks to see the full story of them in the 4th Doctors' timeline
E L E V A T E!
A pepper pot is a pepper shaker
I think this is the best ep so far.
nuWho absolutely does have seasonal arcs, which you will see as you go on. Definitely not all stand-alone.
As many have pointed out, the Daleks are (put simply) basically alien Nazis, and intended as such. The Daleks first appearance was around 18 years after the end of WWII, and around 22 years since the end of The Blitz. So people alive back then would have made the connection. Shoestring budget at the time and practical effects for a 60s sci-fi baddie (some classic baddies age better or worse), with very scary core ideas that are all too real and recognizable unfortunately.
Rose, like any new viewer, has no idea about what a Dalek is. Some alien is being tortured, and she is upset by it, quite rightly. While the Doctor, like longtime fans, knows all about Daleks and all that entails. And the Doctor acts as expected with that information and experience. Scared, angry, and wanting to stop things before more are dead. While Rose is young, and much more naïve and hopeful, willing to see the good in others when there may not be any (or in confused short supply), and willing to believe that this Dalek could change into something better. But this Dalek would rather die than feel it had been contaminated by humanity, emotions, or maybe even mutate more due to the absorbed DNA of what it sees as an inferior species that should be exterminated. Saying near the end of the episode, "This is not life. This is sickness." and commanding her to give it the order to die. Which is all kinds of messed up.
Full discolsure: I came across this series of reactions and started watching with the Christmas episode, but I was waiting for you to get to this episode in particular. I was keen to see how you reacted to it because the Daleks are so significant to Doctor Who lore. In a way, I was heaping too much significance on your reaction to this most iconic of villains, and it was impossible for me to be anything but disappointed in how you reacted to it. That was my bad. Resolving from now on to try to have less expectations. I am enjoying your discovery of my favorite tv series, even if you weren't sufficiently taken by the Dalek for my tastes. I'm just being a jerk here and not giving you time to grow into the lore. Keep it going!
Footnote: If you're considering diving into the original series eventually, be warned that it's much slower and much lower quality in terms of effects and production values. Seeing all the old stories would give you that context for understanding the Daleks, but without the nostalgia carrying you in it's a tough watch.
7:26 👀
Dr Who has influenced so many people. It's quite extraordinary.
Dr Who's most legendary foes include The Daleks, Davros ,The Master, The Cybermen, The Weeping Angels and The Celestial Toymaker 👌
Just wait, Mickey will make you proud.
when the doctor is strapped onto the thing with his top off, you can tell how anorexic Eccleston was at the time. he's talked about it more recently In his book, "I love the bones of you"
She you’re with the doctor you have to learn to be a runner.
This isnt the end of the Daleks, nor the end of Mickey,Ricky!
No more spoilers, as per Dr River Song!
We do ocasional cancoodle our spoon with our tea or coffee now and then.
28:55, your after reaction comments are soooo full of . You guys definitely understand how to properly set up sci-fi narrative. Nuff said.