Order of the Daleks features some of the most unique Daleks ever created - the Stained Glass Daleks. But why do these visually distinctive Daleks exist? All footage and music is the property of the BBC
Definitely, there are audios that are commonly suggested for animation like Jubilee and Davros, and although they're great stories the visuals probably wouldn't be all that interesting. Order of the Daleks is a fun Dalek story with potential for really interesting visuals, from that point of view its the perfect audio to animate
I adore the stain glass daleks. them using psionics to control their travel machine, and their unique harpoon gun weapons are something I’d love to see moving forward! The designs themselves are just stunning as well!
@@plantainsame2049oop! I figure it was most readily available/ stable resource to use at the time. Given it's not completely glass and has a skeletal structure put of metal it might not be as fragile as it appears.
@@GreaterGrievobeast55 If they're in a church, if I remember correctly.How complicated I didn't just rip the pews apart and use the wood I guess they wanted to be class Or maybe the actual story will tell you and I need to get back to watching the second doctor so that I can make my way up to doctor number six so I can listen to it I'm going the long way round
This was a great Big Finish audio. I would LOVE it if Character Options would release one of these Daleks as part of their History of The Daleks series.
I'm never a fan of writers bigging up a Daleks capabilities without their casings. I see it as a core theme of the Daleks, that they are terrifying when sat in a casing, but powerless and vulnerable without. I see it as a reason why they have such hatred for all other life, it's out of fear and even insecurity. Daleks being a race of mutated remnants of a dead species, I think somewhere in their psychology, they resent all other life because they are so distorted and broken themselves, reliant on machines to live. Sort of like narcissists who develop a high opinion of themselves due to abuse they suffered that made them feel worthless, creating a super ego to overcome it. I think the daleks have a similar thing, but with genetic purity. So when writers make them semi indestructible or mobile outside of the casing, or even psychokinetic, I see it as cheating a core Dalek writing philosophy. It tramples on many themes inherent to the Daleks that I quite enjoy.
I completely agree, though it is worth pointing out that Order of the Daleks does still make it clear that the Daleks are vulnerable and weak without their casings - the mutants that haven't had their stained glass casings built yet have to live in cow stomachs to sustain themselves, they can't survive outside of the casing for long And as far as the psychokinesis goes, it's a carry-over from Death to the Daleks as a means of explaining how Daleks can move without power, though Order of the Daleks does specify that this ability is unique to specialist Dalek variants
It puts me very much in mind of the Martians from War of the Worlds. Outside of their terrifying Fighting Machines they struggle in the heavier gravity of Earth.
I for one like the notion that a motivated dalek will force itself to be lethal in any circumstance, with any impairments only fueling their rage and survival instincts. Like an wounded predator that now just has a grudge on hunters. I would agree that psychokinesis would be much if they ever used it to attack people purely with said energy, but As a means to utilize different forms of casings it’s really cool. Makes them feel more connected to it beyond just the mutant being seated inside the machine.
@@dalekbumps they are survivors like the time Lords and the Cybermen it's a common theme in who but the daleks they having psychokinetic energy having the solar panels in the big bases in the electrified floor and the ability to use artron radiation from a time traveler to make their casings kills it actually fits their aesthetic they will survive no matter what the cost that's the reason they're so many hybrids despite the fact that they are a xenophobic
Yeah that's a fair point, while I really like the guttural, grating take on the Dalek voice used in this story it still sounds like Nick Briggs' regular Dalek voice, just with added effects. Sort of like the Paradigm Supreme from Victory/Asylum of the Daleks. Big Finish really need to diversify the Dalek voices soon
@@dalekbumps Yeah, that gravely voice is quite cool, don’t get me wrong, it’s just like you say it’s nice to have some diversity in the dalek voices- case in point, the dalek Time Strategist and the Dalek Overseer
What are the stained pants Daleks? "The Stained Pants Daleks" were a group of Dalek-human hybrids that were created for Earth infiltration. An error in cloning led to them being extremely fearful in any stressful situation.
The Stained Glass Daleks look so brilliant to me, it's like if you took the Recon Scout and made it a Artistic Style. It just shows that the Daleks really are a force to be feared especially when they're not your Standard Soldier, I feel it's stories like these that show why the Daleks are so feared across the Galaxy, which is something I feel was missing from Matt Smith's and Peter Capaldi's era's.
Dalek Bumps I get it, I just didn't like what it set out to do. I just don't like big finish dalek stories for the most part as they take a silly concept and give the daleks it. I'm glad chibnall retconned big finish canon because there is alot I don't like.
@@tardis_treasures sounds like bait to me. chibnall didn't retcon big finish. and daleks are versatile, they can work in lots of contexts and settings. order of the daleks is great because it uses the daleks in a unique way. they're vulnerable but also monstrous. it's good stuff.
