I have been watching Doctor Who off and on - the Christopher Eggleston iteration. So far the episodes have been silly and fun, not exactly deep or anything, but enjoyable to put on while you’re cleaning house or whatever. I often watch for a few moments in the morning during breakfast, too.
This morning, I started the episode “Dalek”. (Please, no spoilers as to the end of it, I haven’t finished it yet.) And all I can say is - wow. What everyone said is so true. It is a completely silly, trite little villain - and somehow implacably terrifying at the same time.
And congrats on liking the Doctor and meeting your first Dalek! From where you are at the moment the series really starts finding its feet: if you like what you have seen so far you will love whats coming up!
Emphasize 1st! They’re worse than cockroaches. Never has a species been driven to extinction more often than the Daleks. There is always another one hiding in a closet/fold of space time etc somewhere.
I used to think they were called the Darleks, you know, since you Brits don’t pronounce your Rs anyway.
Then I got set straight thanks to Jack Harkness and his rhotic American accent. I confessed this to my English friend (who originally introduced me to Doctor Who), and then this silly colonial was laughed at…
What I love about that first new-Who Eccleston/Dalek meeting is how well he and the writers were able to paint such a convincing backstory of the Dalek menace and the palpable fear of their continued survival. You need never have seen an old episode at all, but you come out of that episode knowng their significance.
