This feels like a late 1920s film, like *Metropolis* but with more propaganda feel. And that part after 3:30 with the pipe? Ironically felt like the Daleks' own time corridor! Great work!
Like a Dalek short made by Georges Méliès! It also reminds me of the third segment, "Cannon Fodder", from the anime film, "Memories" by Katushiro Otomo. In that short, we find ourselves in a walled city festooned with cannons everywhere, from small mortars up to a gigantic city-spanning Howitzer, which is apparently fired intermittently by an imperious and swaggering overweight officer. All the city's enterprise is spent in servicing these cannons, producing ammunition, etc., to the point of sickening its workers and citizens. When the grand cannon is fired to great fanfare, announcements are made that they have grievously damaged the target, an enemy city that is supposedly mobile. But what scenes we see of the outside of the cannon city show a barren desert, pockmarked with craters of every size (presumably created by past cannon shell impacts), but no sign of any enemy anywhere -- leading the viewer to question whether there is even an enemy at all. Much like here -- are there even still any actual Thals left? But firing off their bombs is the only thing that gives Daleks purpose, much like the inhabitants of Otomo's cannon city. As Christopher Eccleston observed to the captured and injured Dalek, "If you can't kill, what's the point of you?"
This reminds me of german expressive films from the 1920s. The never ending procession similar to the WW2 Nazi threat slowly eating away at any country like locusts devouring fresh crops of wheat. Excellent work. Sad while strangley magical at the same time.
While I do enjoy The Marvellous Adventures of Doctor Who and Infiltration of the Daleks,I really have to give this appreciation for how utterly DIFFERENT it is compared to everything else; should you make more experimental shorts like this one,it would be a great thrill to watch :) (And I love how it's all B&W plus high-contrast red. Not to mention the cinematography- my favorite shot is at 1:27 ,with all Daleks creating the illusion of a spiral)
With Infiltration being sooo cinematic in a modern way, this is soooooo cinematic in a classic way, it's so different! Really shows your range, the choice of black and white with minimal colour was a perfect choice! You really made the Daleks feel like they were a 1930s horror icon like Metropolis or Nosferatu or Dr Calligory etc. Love how some sets looked like 40s/50s pop sci-fi models! And don't know if it was intentional but the final shot (which was so impactful) reminded me of citzen kane's final shot with rosebud, just for such an ambiguous narrative scene in a film that leans of it's visuals, it really made me understand what the Daleks were doing the whole time. Not like a twist but a realisation. Overall, loved it! The music was perfect, really captured the era and set the tone laid by your amazing aesthetic
I keep coming back to this masterpiece. It scratches the same part of my fandom brain as things like TV21, and the Dalek Annuals. It feels so 60s dalekmania, and yet so new it's amazing. I demand more 😤😁😃
Never in my entire life have I ever, ever seen anything more beautiful and haunting than this. It captures everything about a 20th century silent film perfectly, from the music to the cinematic movements of every Dalek war machine captured together with the scenery shots as well. You have outdone and outperformed yourself in this short, I absolutely cannot wait for more of your content in the coming future.
wow, just wow! Love the cinematography and the style really reminds me of Silent Films such as Metropolis. I love how the daleks are made to look like models. My only criticism is that there seems to be some render glitches on the first shot with the daleks moving, apart from that its utter perfection.
we need more of this not just daleks shouting "exterminate" yeah sure they are monsters but its wonderful to explore that in a more creative way other then just a dalek slowly moving up to a guy and shooting him
Impressive, it's so...stylistic, it looks like it's all models, and it's got a real sort of movement to everything it's very styled, very decisive. There's a dance, and the humour is unexpected and wonderful.
I cannot stop watching this. It's mesmerising. I love how the echoing piano in the bass register sounds like the Dalek "heartbeats" sound effect, and the camera spinning as it descends down the spiral at about a minute and a half in. I love this video, and it's made me realise how much I need to up my game with my visuals!
So so surreal, so beautiful, yet so poignant, so tragic at the same time. This really captures everything terrifying and awesome about the Daleks, with the distinct 1960s aesthetic being perfectly captured.
Superb! I honestly think that if you went back 120 years and screened this with the name 'George Melies' at the end, people would get it and think it as actual early cinema, rather than something from the 21st century...
well I really enjoyed this, felt like I was watching a 60s ep ( which was intentional I guess) with the camera movements and music, really well done, keep it up I want to see al sorts and different Daleks now doing wacky stuff like this. count me in.
Can’t believe I didn’t see this epic mini film sooner! You have a great understand for how to make some visually intriguing and fascinating shots and this is overall amazing for a short film! Keep up the good work!
Very unique! Hats off to you. On a sidenote, those dalek corridors always seem wide enough for only one dalek at a time. What would they do if two needed to go in opposite directions? Or are cities designed so that there are separate corridors for going back and forth? Truly groundbreaking guestions, I know.
That's ... that's just beautiful, but I have only one question, why? Why do the Daleks continue to bomb Skaro, the Thals have already lost, they are now completely not dangerous for the Daleks.
@@andrewthornley5172 you are absolutely right, but this is stupid. Thals does not need to be destroyed, especially in this way: it is just a waste of resources and manpower. They could be used as brute labor
@@Salavat550 In their first appearance the daleks discovered that they had adapted to the irradiated Skaro and, to ensure their survival, would need to explode another neutron bomb. Skaro returning to normal would kill the Daleks.
This feels like a late 1920s film, like *Metropolis* but with more propaganda feel. And that part after 3:30 with the pipe? Ironically felt like the Daleks' own time corridor!
Great work!
Like a Dalek short made by Georges Méliès!
It also reminds me of the third segment, "Cannon Fodder", from the anime film, "Memories" by Katushiro Otomo. In that short, we find ourselves in a walled city festooned with cannons everywhere, from small mortars up to a gigantic city-spanning Howitzer, which is apparently fired intermittently by an imperious and swaggering overweight officer. All the city's enterprise is spent in servicing these cannons, producing ammunition, etc., to the point of sickening its workers and citizens. When the grand cannon is fired to great fanfare, announcements are made that they have grievously damaged the target, an enemy city that is supposedly mobile. But what scenes we see of the outside of the cannon city show a barren desert, pockmarked with craters of every size (presumably created by past cannon shell impacts), but no sign of any enemy anywhere -- leading the viewer to question whether there is even an enemy at all.
Much like here -- are there even still any actual Thals left? But firing off their bombs is the only thing that gives Daleks purpose, much like the inhabitants of Otomo's cannon city. As Christopher Eccleston observed to the captured and injured Dalek, "If you can't kill, what's the point of you?"
This reminds me of german expressive films from the 1920s. The never ending procession similar to the WW2 Nazi threat slowly eating away at any country like locusts devouring fresh crops of wheat.
Excellent work. Sad while strangley magical at the same time.
Did I have any idea of what was happening? No.
Did I enjoy the hell out of it though? Absolutely.
While I do enjoy The Marvellous Adventures of Doctor Who and Infiltration of the Daleks,I really have to give this appreciation for how utterly DIFFERENT it is compared to everything else; should you make more experimental shorts like this one,it would be a great thrill to watch :)
(And I love how it's all B&W plus high-contrast red. Not to mention the cinematography- my favorite shot is at 1:27 ,with all Daleks creating the illusion of a spiral)
No one seems to get the Daleks like you do.
this is fantastic, the i can only imagine how long it took to get the feel just right
This is a work of art that could play in art gallery. Insanely beautiful.
With Infiltration being sooo cinematic in a modern way, this is soooooo cinematic in a classic way, it's so different! Really shows your range, the choice of black and white with minimal colour was a perfect choice! You really made the Daleks feel like they were a 1930s horror icon like Metropolis or Nosferatu or Dr Calligory etc. Love how some sets looked like 40s/50s pop sci-fi models! And don't know if it was intentional but the final shot (which was so impactful) reminded me of citzen kane's final shot with rosebud, just for such an ambiguous narrative scene in a film that leans of it's visuals, it really made me understand what the Daleks were doing the whole time. Not like a twist but a realisation.
Overall, loved it! The music was perfect, really captured the era and set the tone laid by your amazing aesthetic
It's so weird. Great shots, surreal style and tone. I'm so happy to such a strange fucking thing like this lol. I love it
I keep coming back to this masterpiece. It scratches the same part of my fandom brain as things like TV21, and the Dalek Annuals. It feels so 60s dalekmania, and yet so new it's amazing. I demand more 😤😁😃
This is staggeringly good
Your Dalek film are brilliantly conceived and thought provoking
This is dauntingly good. The camera work and the music are just freaking top notch. Bloody good job, mate.
Never in my entire life have I ever, ever seen anything more beautiful and haunting than this. It captures everything about a 20th century silent film perfectly, from the music to the cinematic movements of every Dalek war machine captured together with the scenery shots as well.
You have outdone and outperformed yourself in this short, I absolutely cannot wait for more of your content in the coming future.
This is incredible! A Dalek art film, now that's not something you see every day
wow, just wow! Love the cinematography and the style really reminds me of Silent Films such as Metropolis. I love how the daleks are made to look like models. My only criticism is that there seems to be some render glitches on the first shot with the daleks moving, apart from that its utter perfection.
The music is wonderful.
Brilliant very Fritz Lang...whoever put this together is very talented indeed..
we need more of this not just daleks shouting "exterminate" yeah sure they are monsters but its wonderful to explore that in a more creative way other then just a dalek slowly moving up to a guy and shooting him
Beautiful work!
Impressive, it's so...stylistic, it looks like it's all models, and it's got a real sort of movement to everything it's very styled, very decisive. There's a dance, and the humour is unexpected and wonderful.
I cannot stop watching this. It's mesmerising. I love how the echoing piano in the bass register sounds like the Dalek "heartbeats" sound effect, and the camera spinning as it descends down the spiral at about a minute and a half in. I love this video, and it's made me realise how much I need to up my game with my visuals!
So so surreal, so beautiful, yet so poignant, so tragic at the same time. This really captures everything terrifying and awesome about the Daleks, with the distinct 1960s aesthetic being perfectly captured.
Superb! I honestly think that if you went back 120 years and screened this with the name 'George Melies' at the end, people would get it and think it as actual early cinema, rather than something from the 21st century...
Like thirties black and white expressionist science fiction, like Metropolis, a Dalek invasion in cinematic form.
Incredible!
How has this not been watched by more people? The TH-cam views counter must be stuck in some time paradox because this short film is amazing.
Daleks going about their business. Lovey to watch.
Amazing, in so many different ways.
This is really nice, particularly in how you made it look like it was authentically shot on film :)
Damn considering this is from the 1960s still holds up
It’s not from the 60s
All modern!
@@astrochaos4182 I Was Being Sarcastic
@Harveyc_05 Harveyc_05 you’re not very good at being sarcastic
@@astrochaos4182 thx 😁
That was really quite haunting and I loved it, I love you and I love your work, be proud of yourself cos your really talented
This deserves awards.
That is absolutely gorgeous! Well done!
Simply beautiful.
Damn for 60s this looks really fantastic 👏
Fantastic work! I would love to see this in it's full glory without TH-cam's hideous compression process
Beautiful! 😍😍😍
well I really enjoyed this, felt like I was watching a 60s ep ( which was intentional I guess) with the camera movements and music, really well done, keep it up I want to see al sorts and different Daleks now doing wacky stuff like this. count me in.
This is really wonderful.
This is so abstract and confusing, I love it
The "set" about halfway through reminds me of the old Mechanoid city from The Chase
Ooo this has just got the Halloween vibe down to a t (with a Doctor Who twist)!! :D Awesome work!! :)
This channel is magic
This is like a tourist travel promo film for Skaro done in the style of German Expressionism; "Visit Skaro and be Ex-ter-min-NATED!"
Wonderfully done and an excellent choice of music.
Amazingly stylish
Can’t believe I didn’t see this epic mini film sooner! You have a great understand for how to make some visually intriguing and fascinating shots and this is overall amazing for a short film!
Keep up the good work!
this is a fever dream
mate this is amazing
If the Daleks ever made a noir film:
Very unique! Hats off to you.
On a sidenote, those dalek corridors always seem wide enough for only one dalek at a time. What would they do if two needed to go in opposite directions? Or are cities designed so that there are separate corridors for going back and forth? Truly groundbreaking guestions, I know.
harsh tay tay on the iano there
are you going through the different points in filming history becaus the latest film and this film kinda imply this just wondering.
I'd kind of like to see it without the tilt-shift look and the old footage effect
Reminds me of Monument Valley.
All this because a thal parked his car in front if a kaled chaps vehicle, blocking him in.. grief..
That's ... that's just beautiful, but I have only one question, why? Why do the Daleks continue to bomb Skaro, the Thals have already lost, they are now completely not dangerous for the Daleks.
No, you are right. They are not dangerous… they are different. They are not Dalek.
@@andrewthornley5172 you are absolutely right, but this is stupid. Thals does not need to be destroyed, especially in this way: it is just a waste of resources and manpower. They could be used as brute labor
@@Salavat550 In their first appearance the daleks discovered that they had adapted to the irradiated Skaro and, to ensure their survival, would need to explode another neutron bomb. Skaro returning to normal would kill the Daleks.
Woah
is the channel dead?