The two stone Daleks were actually repurposed from the Strategist and Scientist Daleks - in fact, the Scientist one was unable to be restored, which is why we never see any orange Daleks kicking around after S5.
Despite their flaws I have such nostalgia for the Peter Cushing movies. When I was 10 me and my brother used to go to a museum every weekend on a Sunday where you could watch old TV and films and two of them used to be these Peter Cushing films and I bloody adored them.
Honestly the movie Dalek designs are my favorite Dalek designs. It screams 60’s but also looks a little like what the revival Dalek design would be like in the 60’s, what with them being taller and the bigger head lamps. The red one also looks so regal and cool.
Here’s something interesting about the Dalek cameo in The Five Doctors, They originally didn’t wanted to have the Daleks in the story, But the late Terrance Dicks said and I quote ‘You got too, I mean you can’t an anniversary story without the Daleks’ and so they only allowed one Dalek, But at least they got a Dalek in their 20 Anniversary special.
JamesTheBrony/JTB then on the opposite side of the spectrum Terrence Dicks hated the cybermen & only included them because Eric Saward insisted they had to be in.
According to Dalek63-88, the Death Zone Dalek had parts of itself assembled from different Dalek casings from every previous Dalek story dating back to the original Shawcrsft ones made in 1964. So not bad for a Metel Meanie from Skaro so blinded by hatred and stupidity it blasted it's own dome off.
NOTE: I'm aware that I missed 'The Time of the Doctor'. Honestly...I have no idea how that happened. It was on my list to cover but I just...didn't do it. I will be making a supercut of all the videos in the near future so I will cover it there and correct this oversight. Also, Merry Christmas to all of you at home! And your present to me can be to leave a comment, like this video and share it around to appease the almighty algorithm!
I quite like these. They're a bit off but a lot of fun. Peter Cushing is just great as any character! Also seeing a young Bernard Cribbins as the police officer in the Invasion of Earth was great, he's one of my favorites from the new series! Great list as well! We have the same number one and not a lot of variation over all in our lists. Happy Dalekcember!
Let's talk about this Dalekcember and review YOU. I enjoyed the series as a whole. I particularly like the little mini sketches in the videos which genuinely made me lol. Very Well made and put together, the length of videos too sat nicely at the 15-25 minute mark (some going longer than what I liked). I was really fond of some of trivia you took extra time to research like the different takes of Davros in Journey's End. It would be awesome to see you do a Mastercember for The Master or maybe a Cybercember in the future. Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to yourself =)
The moment in the first Cushing Dalek film when the Dalek is wondering why the prison door isn’t closing properly and Barbara shouts “Dalek!”, and the Dalek casually says “Yes?”, I remember laughing so hard when I first saw it and I still laugh when I see that tiny moment. I was like Robert DeNiro laughing in the cinema in Cape Fear.
So much so that when it was novelised by Target books Chris Achilleos used images from the movie adaptation including the Dalek saucer and the Robomen instead of the ones from the TV show.
Also, out of the Dalek stories I’ve seen, here’s my ranking 1. Genesis of the Daleks 2. Bad wolf/ the parting of the ways 3. Remembrance of the Daleks 4. Dalek 5. Revelation of the Daleks 6. The Dalek invasion of earth 7. Resurrection of the Daleks 8. Into the Dalek 9. Resolution 10. Planet of the Daleks 11. The stolen earth/ journeys end 12. Death to the Daleks 13. Victory of the Daleks 14. Army of ghosts/ doomsday 15. Day of the Daleks 16. The chase 17. Daleks in Manhattan/ evolution of the Daleks 18. The magicians apprentice/ the witches familiar 19. Asylum of the Daleks
I watched the second dalek film when I was very small and the scene where they blow up the cabin stuck in my mind for years. It wasn't until I watched it recently that I realised how well I remembered it, even tho i wouldve been about 5 or 6 at the time. its a great film with loads of brilliant and memorable scenes. Daleks' Invasion Earth 2050 AD is probably one of my favourite pieces of doctor who media ever.
Interesting fact the Stone Daleks were previously the Scientist and Stratigist Daleks from Victory, at least their casings were. It wouldn't surprise me if that was the reason we never saw the Scientist again. There was one Stone Dalek at the Doctor Who Experience that got there about a year before it closed, that could have well been the Scientist. So that's probably the rank of the Stone Dalek but as to which one it is... Hard to say. I can only assume it was the Scientist, maybe that's why we never see him again, maybe he was wiped from time
The Stone Daleks were the after-images of two of the Daleks present for the Doctor being stuck on the Pandorica, and I believe Nick Briggs mentioned that the voice he did for the one that reactivated is the one he would have done for the Drone.
@@DalekTheSupreme You know the fact that it was likely the Drone kinda deminishes it's effect on me. Imagine if it was the Eternal and the Pandorica light + whatever the reason was for the Eternal's creation were thhe reasons it was brought back to life
I still miss Roy Skelton, He may have made his last Dalek voice role in that Red Nose Day special, But he’ll still be remembered as a Evil Dalek, And the duo of Zippy & George.
I like the Peter Cushing Dalek movies. They were fun. Plus I love Roy Castle, who is one of my favourite entertainers, and to see him in Doctor Who is great.
I do like the design of the movie Daleks, In fact the movie Daleks made a cameo in the Area ‘52’ scene in Looney Tunes Back in Action, And yes BTW the Daleks were in a Looney Tunes movie.
They were a rare faction tho, never before seen or since, cuz the show was off TV at the time so they built their own, probably using those old dodgy blue prints that keep doing the rounds, cuz they had symmetrically conical skirts and oddly plain appendages. Still, good enough, we all knew what they were. Rumour has it, it was a condition made by Steve Martin, he said he’d take the gig so long as in the scene of famous fictional aliens revolting they had some daleks in there, somewhere.
Do you think You'll do something similar next year for the Cybermen? I suggest giving Revenge of the Cybermen its own review giving how much hype you're supposedly given us through the Collection unboxing videos. Nevertheless, The Doctors second most iconic villains deserve their own event like this. What shall it be called? Cybuscember? Cybermania?
I haven’t watched this series/RU-vid channel long. Less than a week really, but your insightful overlook at the Daleks were enough earn my respect a love. But your final 5 mins exploring and discussing what stories the Daleks have done, and what they could do has really inspired me.
Thanks, Mr. Tardis! This whole series was a wonderful walk down memory lane. It was also really nice to reconnect with you as a reviewer, sir. Thank you, and I look forward to your future installments. :)
6:06 And also despite the fact that the Dalek Empire was trying to destroy all of reality. 8:12 I like to think that it's the Dalek Emperor as he would likely command all Daleks while sending his own ship into battle. My head canon for the Metaltron Dalek is that it was wounded in a random battle that the Doctor wasn't even involved in.
I am so glad you brought up that first point. That has always bothered me. Yes, the Daleks wouldn't normally want to mess with a Fixed Point in Time on a whim, but when your plan is to destroy all of reality, who cares? My head canon is that doing so on their own without the reality bomb could mess up their plans; unforeseen consequences of time meddling that could destroy them, the Daleks, without the greater destruction of reality as they planned it. However, one final problem: do Daleks know who individual humans are and their place in history? Doubtful.
'He was pushed I tell ya' It was Barbara giving Ian a hug that made him fall against the lever and everyone including Dr Who blames him, so much so that when even Barbara says 'You got us here, you might as well get us back', he tries the lever and Dr Who blames the fluid link, but Ian accepts the fate as his fault, which I will happily argue that it wasn't.
09:48 Anyone else hear that Air Raid Siren? That's got to get a 5 star eerie sound reward! Love the content also lovely to travel back to the 60s! Cant wait to see more dalek bangers in the future!
I'm late to your series and I'm currently going through a sad divorce. Then I ran across this. I just want to say that in a time where I felt empty inside, Dalek-cember made it feel like I was hanging out with an old friend just chatting it up over the best and worst of the history of the Daleks. I was entertained and educated, heart-broken and uplifted. I felt good again. Thank you always for all your reviews, comedy, updates and confessionals. I hope 2020 and beyond is good to you and yours!
1 Fact I still can't belive I never knew about these films was that the musical composer was Barry Grey, the Man who made the Thunderbirds theme, I'm shocked I didn't know that since me and my sister watched the VHS with both the films so much we wore out the tape
Discovered this channel via Dalekcember and have been religiously watching every day! Couldn’t have asked for a more in depth look at the daleks over the years and particularly enjoyed your opinions on Remembrance, Parting Ways, Genesis and Revelation.
And that ends a true epic. I definitely agree with your thoughts on the Dalek movies. Both still hold great nostalgia for me. I mostly agree with your rankings of the stories, but I think I would have ranked Victory of the Daleks and Doomsday a bit higher and maybe Day of the Daleks a bit lower. Then again, the only Dalek stories I actually dislike are the ones written by Steven Moffat (not a crack against him, I enjoyed a lot of his stories) and maybe Destiny of the Daleks, so I would have a hard time forming a list anyway. I do agree that keeping the Daleks topical is a good way to keep them interesting and fresh while still respecting their roots. I think the main thing to remember when writing the Daleks is that they aren't robots. The worst stories treat the machine like the problem, while the best ones acknowledge that it is the minds of the Dalek creatures themselves that are the source of their evil. Don't write them like static, limited machines, write them as intelligent but hate filled creatures. You can have the Daleks do silly things at times, even. In any case, I am certainly grateful that the Daleks are still with us and are likely to continue to be present in Doctor Who.
Fantastic job. Loved every single one of these videos and you should feel really proud of this piece of work it must have been an absolute behemoth to get done and fit into your life. Super impressed.
I made a similar comment on a video once about the TV storyline Planet of the Daleks as it shared a lot with the first Dalek adventure, wherein I pointed out that the Thals had very sixties outfits and it was a practical idea of whoever came up with it, that Barbara would switch from a skirt to a pair of trousers, in the film Barbara was sitting around in a blouse and skirt, found out Ian had arrived and rushed to get changed, thereby wearing something more fitting for dealing with Daleks and all that climbing she had to do, and I still think it would have been a neat call back to the earlier serial if in POTD, Jo had been offered a change of clothes after being rescued by the Thals or Wester when she was recovering from the fungal infection caused by the plants on Spiradon and wouldn't have been too dissimilar to something that Katy Manning herself was used to wearing. For instance, in Frontier in Space, Jo had been wearing the same outfit since the start of Carnival of Monsters and then changed into a all black outfit, and the Doc even made a joke about it 'I like the outfit, who are you fighting tonight?'. In-universe, it could have worked.
Just got to the end of Dalekcember. Well done sir! You’ve put so much time and effort into this, and it was a really great look into the frankly massive history of those Nazi pepperpots. I hope you’re giving yourself some time off this month!
Bravo!!! Have really loved dalekcember, it has been the highlight of my days. Really appreciate the hard work and effort put in your videos man. Keep up the good work 😀 Merry Christmas and a new year 🥳
Honestly, if there ever was going to be a 3rd Peter Cushning Dr Who movie, I would have wanted it to be the Tenth Planet or Tomb of the Cybermen. I feel like that would have been interesting to see a Cushning Style Cyberman, as well as a movie-style adaptation of Tomb of the Cybermen. I feel like that story would have been the best first encounter with the Cybermen for Dr Who, as you can build up there menace and then have them break out of their tombs.
If there was going to be a third Peter Cushing Doctor Who film then I think the villain(s) should have been either The Master played by Christopher Lee or the Cybermen
Thanks for bringing us such a great series of reviews! It's been a joy to go through the Daleks' history like this. Though I am curious about where you'd place the Cushing movies if you ranked them amongst the 24 canon stories?
I think in billions of ways the 3rd Dalek serial the Chase should have been made into a film with Peter Cushing like the Daleks and the Dalek Invasion of Earth both were
The restoration team reckon the Evil of the Daleks clip is actually from the end of part one. Apparently there are a few extra frames of footage that aren’t in the reprise at the beginning of two
34:24, With your Frontier in Space remake idea, I'd say Donald Trump's previous warmongering tendencies are a better comparison than Brexit. Case and point, the character on the screen declaring war on Draconia instantly reminded me of Trump. Also for the record, here's my top 10; 1: Genesis of The Daleks 2: Remembrance of The Daleks 3: Power of The Daleks 4: Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways 5: Dalek 6: The Daleks 7: Resurrection of The Daleks 8: Planet of The Daleks 9: Day of The Daleks 10: Revelation of The Daleks
I like the movie Daleks far more than the TV designs of the time. The extra height from the bumper and dome lights really make a difference and you can see how they influenced the 2005 design. I took the Dalek weapon as being some kind of nerve gas which seemed quite horrific to me as a kid.
8:10 - 8:22 that is basically a Dalek gunship there where a few wizzing about in the beginning it only has 3 Daleks onboard if you pause at 8:21 u can see them back to back as clear as you can for this footage, also there was a tie in toy of this and if you google Dalek gunship you will see it with a more grey colour scheme.
The daleks do have a sim government like ours and laws too, remember there is a emperor who is still missing, dalek prime,high council of daleks and there is also a comic that talks about how there was a civil war between the time war days and the Paradime daleks and apparently the time wars daleks won
Great video. Did I hear you say “anti radiation GLOVES” 19:28 though? (Instead of “drugs” Same as the “Billy fluff” spoken in the anniversary special / original episode) 😁. If you did... I salute you for the Easter egg. Hehe
OMG I love love love the invasion 2150 movie, and prayed and prayed to the Emperor Dalek that Donnas Grandfather would turn out to be TOM.. that would of been a hell of a throw back connection... ah well,
I think the reason why the BBC HAD to have the Daleks appear every series was because when the Looney Tunes: Back in Action film used the Daleks in the one scene with other sci-fi monsters and aliens. They weren’t giving permission from the Terry Nation estate. Which really pissed them off. They then Told the BBC they didn’t look after the Daleks properly. Then as punishment, the Daleks have to appear in Every Series. I’m not sure if what I’m saying is 100% true but I did read a comment that did say something like this.
I've always really enjoyed these films. The first is such a colourful, pulpy 60s sci-fi romp and the second is surprisingly darker and grittier. I like that they both feel like very different films rather than being the same thing rehashed like many sequels do.
26:22 I always assumed that wasn't a double take - but rather a kind of state of communication Daleks go into - like with the raised eye stalks in the main series.
