A behind the scenes look at how The Daleks are operated, as told by the Dalek operators themselves! Taken from the Confidential episode Friends and Foe, covering The Stolen Earth in series 4. Enjoy!
As much as I love Nicholas Briggs, he's the PERFECT voice for Daleks, when he eventually has to leave, I suggest we fit modulators into the Dalek props so they can be voiced by the operators.
There is nothing funnier than going up to three Daleks, cheerfully saying "Hello boys", and the three Daleks responding just "Hello!" Just as cheerfully
Now I have this image in my head of an actual Dalek trying out its tank for the first time: Dalek: (Gliding across the floor) This is most enjoyable. Whee!
They actually had something like that in Patrick Troughton's run, the Evil of the Daleks. Three Daleks with a "human factor", chasing each other around. "Diiiizzy? Diiiiizzy!"
The guy inside does move it around with his feet, but I doubt it would be like driving a go kart. And they reckon it gets pretty hot inside them, especially after an hour or so of filming.
i admire any actor or actress who wears a suit like this as their job. the long hours . this in cluded the lost in space robot and the person who wore the orignal godzilla suit too.
I remember when they first appeared all those years ago, as a youngster, I found the Daleks very scary....especially in the confines of those metal corridors.
It'd probably be too complicated and expensive, considering they actually blow Daleks up on set instead of using special effects. They'd have to stop shooting, replace the r/c dalek out for a hollow one, then blow that up.
@@Administrator_O-5 I'd say it's a bit of a bad dream, since pure robotics/cgi in any film will make it quickly outdated. I mean, scientific inaccuracies aside, have you seen how well the Jurassic Park dinos hold up? Those were a mix of robotics, people in suits, and cgi.
@@Administrator_O-5 I didn't claim to be an expert, I only pointed out how pure cgi usually causes a downgrade in quality, and how a mixture of cgi, robotics, and puppeteering is a safer bet for a show. Also, you're middle-aged and salty someone pointed out a fair point as to why it won't go full-blown cgi? Get out of your mother's basement.
They should have a camera setup inside the Dalek suit in order for the operator to see in the proper way, I wonder why they don't have that kind of setup.
I remember my parents taking me to the Ballarat Drive-in to see Dr Who and The Daleks back in the sixties. First time I'd seen a movie (or film), I was 5 or 6 and was absolutely terrified by the Daleks.
My university had a Dalek, which they were apparently wanting to kit out with computer vision and other such things so they could drive around autonomously. It was painted up bright red (the university's brand colour) and had IBM and "I
My favorite show of all time, but for the last couple of years it seems they want to test that. Minimal damage so far, the foolishness of political correctness will fade.
If I was on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire and the question was what's inside a Dalek, I never would have said a human. I've always thought it was robotic.
its only the lights and the dome which are controlled by remote in fact in the peter cushing movies they got ballet dancers in the daleks thats why they moved so quick in those movies
I love these sort of live action props because they are real they are physical and whilst you can do some awesome cgi work unfortunately it’s really telling when someone is talking or interacting with a CGI or inanimate object whilst trying to believe that there is say a giant hull in front of you
you gotta hand it to these blokes they make it look easy makes you wonder how much of a pain in ass it was with the very first Daleks it was probably a right godawful nightmare.
I'm a massive fan of Marvel and star wars and im kind of a fan of doctor who. I'd love to see a battle between the Chitauri and the daleks. Who would win? Id say the Daleks because the probably have better fire power over the Chitauri, however if thanos was there then its rip daleks
As a kid back in the early 60's, I was always mesmerised by the Daleks, especially watching them on that old black & white tv. Now, I just think what a stupid design, for something that was going to take over the Universe. They are so restricted because they can only move around on flat surfaces, and why do they have an eye. Everyone knows they are really looking through that louvered section of the head. Its still pretty Nostalgic stuff though, I suppose.
The Daleks are more psychologically scary especially in early seasons of the reboot. The idea behind them is that they are practically unkillable and that they're the only thing that the Doctor will lose his cool when fighting.
I agree, they do have some kind of menacing charm about them, andas a child of the 1960's I really loved to watch them on our old B & Wtv. But, now I am a lot older, I think what a stupid design these socalled creatures came up with, as a form of armour, to protect themselves, and take over the universe. These spotty trash cans, are onlyable to move on perfectly flat surfaces. The BBC addressed this veryissue in later episodes by making out they could fly over obstacles.
Don't forget that in the original story (and the first film), the Daleks lived in a metal city and drew their power from the metal floor. In that context the design made sense.
