# I met my first Dalek!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 14, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716 "2010-09-14T13:10:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/21 "2010-09-15T01:30:52Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#):
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> 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.
A lot of which was established simply by how well Eccleston freaks out at the point in the episode where he first realizes that it’s a Dalek.
That’s a trope that they use a lot, you have characters who are already established as premium badasses pretty much wet themselves when they realize that the Daleks are back. 😃
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### Author:  [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/22 "2010-09-15T02:19:34Z")
I like Doctor Who. I’ve been watching it since the Eccleston restart, and I used to watch it back when I was a toddler (of which I remember nothing). One thing bothers me though.
Even since the restart, it seems like the Doctor super dooper killed the Daleks like, 5 or 6 times. He locked them in a vortex, killed their king, killed their creator, destroyed their human hybrids, etc., etc., etc.
I bitch about how many times the Borg survived getting blowed up by the Federation in Star Trek, so I feel the need to point out how lazy it is to keep “destroying them once and for all,” only for them to **still not be gone!**
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### Author:  [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/23 "2010-09-15T03:20:39Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Come over to our house. we have a Dalek in the garage:
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> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=548706&highlight=Dalek](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=548706&highlight=Dalek)
**CalMeacham** - it seems like your Dalek is either walking the runway in a fashion show, or doing a burlesque strip tease!
But that wouldn’t be the first time a Dalek was involved in [something racy.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://daleksinmanhattan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/katy_manning0003.jpg&imgrefurl=http://daleksinmanhattan.com/blog/tag/katy-manning/&usg=__cqxxfP9XRzBz3kps_3iUxT5FZnQ=&h=770&w=453&sz=32&hl=en&start=0&sig2=b-kiHsx3WQ2NqcvGKsGeaQ&zoom=1&tbnid=KkN2YdVbs5g74M:&tbnh=132&tbnw=82&ei=EzuQTIOQJoT58Aa2yvGdDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkaty%2Bmanning%2Bdalek%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D342%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=436&oei=EzuQTIOQJoT58Aa2yvGdDQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=31&ty=47) (NSFW!)
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### Author:  [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/24 "2010-09-15T05:22:44Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#):
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> > [@My Silly Husband](#):
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> > So, they’ve got a plunger and a curling iron. And if you want to defeat them, just run up some stairs.
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> Which of course set me up for a laugh in the Eccleston episode.
It’s not a curling iron, it’s the insides of a paint roller. At least that’s what I used.
Also: [Daleks vs. Stairs](http://doctorwho.neoseeker.com/wiki/File:Punch_daleks.gif)
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/25 "2010-09-15T11:16:46Z")
> [@](#):
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> CalMeacham - it seems like your Dalek is either walking the runway in a fashion show, or doing a burlesque strip tease!
It was walking the runway at the Arisia 2009 Costume Competition.
as noted in the link, it was preceded by a big spider, then came out on stage saying “Exterminate! Exterminate!”
Then it turned around to reveal the “jersey” with the words “Timely Exterminators.”
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/26 "2010-09-15T13:29:13Z")
I really do like Eccleston, gangly as he is. He’s interesting and funny, and I like his atttitude.
Which of course made all the difference when he was so terrified by the Dalek. (Of course I thought it was pronounced Day-lek, having only seen it in print).
I did not read any of the spoilers, btw - still watching the show, so…
BTW I hear I will finally meet the famous Captain Jack Harkness in this series. I’ve been hearing about him forever, so am looking forward to it.
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/27 "2010-09-15T15:41:05Z")
> [@Anaamika](#):
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> BTW I hear I will finally meet the famous Captain Jack Harkness in this series. I’ve been hearing about him forever, so am looking forward to it.
Jack: What’s a defabricator? (his clothes are now gone) Okay, defabricator, does exactly what it says on the tin. Am I naked in front of millions of viewers?
Alien girls: Absolutely!
Jack: Ladies, your viewing figures just went up.
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### Author:  [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/28 "2010-09-15T19:02:12Z")
You’re gonna love Captain Jack.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/29 "2010-09-15T19:22:18Z")
Or hate him. He’s pretty divisive.
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### Author:  [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/30 "2010-09-15T19:32:59Z")
I had the tv on for background noise last night and there was a 2 hour Dr Who with the new guy (2010). It had the Angels, the statues from Blink. All I came away with was an idea of lots of scary staring. I was busy so I can’t speak to what went on, but I’m anxious to sit down and watch it. I loved Blink.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/31 "2010-09-15T21:07:06Z")
> [@Tengu](#):
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> Or hate him. He’s pretty divisive.
Spoiler
Space
I’m pretty grossed out by his smooching with other guys, actually.🙂
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### Author:  [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/32 "2010-09-15T22:13:06Z")
> [@chrisk](#):
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> > [@GargoyleWB](#):
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> > 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.
>
> A lot of which was established simply by how well Eccleston freaks out at the point in the episode where he first realizes that it’s a Dalek.
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> That’s a trope that they use a lot, you have characters who are already established as premium badasses pretty much wet themselves when they realize that the Daleks are back. 😃
I know. And it sent chills up my spine when Rose said, “Five million cybermen, no problem. One Doctor, now you’re scared.” I liked Rose, although Eccleston sounded a bit Northern, didn’t he?
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### Author:  [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/33 "2010-09-16T00:03:16Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#):
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> I liked Rose, although Eccleston sounded a bit Northern, didn’t he?
Oh come now, lots of planets have a North.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/34 "2010-09-16T00:34:54Z")
Rose and Martha were cool. I quit watching with the runaway bride. ☹
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/35 "2010-09-16T00:55:33Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> > [@Tengu](#):
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> > Or hate him. He’s pretty divisive.
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> Spoiler
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> Space
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> I’m pretty grossed out by his smooching with other guys, actually.🙂
I gave in, and clicked on this, and trust me, that is not going to bother me one bit. Quite the contrary.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/36 "2010-09-16T01:36:52Z")
> [@Anaamika](#):
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> I gave in, and clicked on this, and trust me, that is not going to bother me one bit. Quite the contrary.
Cool. Go for it. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/37 "2010-09-16T01:58:46Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Rose and Martha were cool. I quit watching with the runaway bride. ☹
She got a whole lot better over the course of the season (IMHO), and the end of that season… …manages to provide both some excellent fun with the “Doctor Donna”, and then real wrenching tragedy with her fate because of it.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/38 "2010-09-16T02:08:20Z")
> [@Apollyon](#):
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> She got a whole lot better over the course of the season (IMHO), and the end of that season…
I saw it off and on, I just don’t like the actress I guess.
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/39 "2010-09-16T17:54:38Z")
> [@Anaamika](#):
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> I gave in, and clicked on this, and trust me, that is not going to bother me one bit. Quite the contrary.
😃 😃
Check out **Torchwood** once you’re done with **Doctor Who** –cheesy but awesome, and Captain Jack gets a lot of action. A _lot._
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-my-first-dalek/553716/40 "2010-09-16T18:08:09Z")
> [@Kythereia](#):
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> Check out **Torchwood** once you’re done with **Doctor Who** –cheesy but awesome, and Captain Jack gets a lot of action. A _lot._
Yeah, I was thinking more of Torchwood.
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