What's so terrifying about the Daleks?

[glee]

@Tangent

The Daleks in the current Doctor Who stories can fly, as mentioned above, and their backstory has been pretty well fleshed out now. So they do seem a bit more scary than just garbage cans with scary voices now.

However, they have been awfully overused. I cringe now (and not from fear) every time they appear in a new episode. They are played out and I’d be glad to never see them again. The same goes for the Cybermen. Played out.

Dear Doctor Who writers,
You have all of time and space from which to create new villains. Please do not continue to feature Daleks or Cybermen (or Daleks and Cybermen) in every other story. It feels like watching the same episode over and over again. Be original!
Sincerely,
Tangent

P.S. Please make the Doctor’s next companion a scantily-clad warrior woman from another planet. Thanks

I second your letter (although there is always a new generation who can marvel at the regular baddies).

As for your companion, she should look like Leela.

[Der_Trihs]

@MrDibble

Also, they have a wicked sense of humour - witness this Dalek-Cyberman interaction(paraphrased):
Cyberman: Cybermen…are…superior!
Dalek:CYBERMEN ARE SUPERIOR IN ONE WAY ONLY! YOU ARE BETTER AT DYING! ZAP

@Half_Man_Half_Wit

It’s in my opinion the exchange just prior to this rare example of Dalek wit that acts as a bit of a defining moment; I can’t recall the exact wording, but in effect, the Cybermen ask the Daleks how many of them there are, and as they respond, truthfully, “FOUR!”, the Cybermen then ask them if they think they can defeat them with only four Daleks – and the Daleks see absolutely no problem with that. And what’s more, they’re right.

I found a video clip here; the exchange starts at about 3 minutes. And their response is “WE WOULD DESTROY THE CYBERMEN WITH ONE DALEK.”

And of course :

Cyberman : “You have declared war upon the Cybermen.”

Dalek : “THIS IS NOT WAR ! THIS IS PEST CONTROL !”

[ivan_astikov]

"It’s like Steven Hawkins versus the Speaking Clock!"

< put me back on my chair, please! >

[MrDibble]

@Der_Trihs

Dalek : “THIS IS NOT WAR ! THIS IS PEST CONTROL !”

I forgot that one - great line!

[Tangent]

@glee

As for your companion, she should look like Leela.

Yeah, I was intentionally implying someone exactly like Leela. Kind of a little joke since I was ranting about some instances of lack of originality in the show.

But other than that gripe about the Daleks and Cybermen, I am a big fan of the show and I can’t wait to see what Steven Moffat will bring us next season.

[What_Exit]

@RickJay

See, this is why we need a big-budget Hollywood spectacular Doctor Who movie, directed by Christopher Nolan, who’s managed to hit Batman out of the park and so is a good candidate.

Just as the Joker was revisited and turned into a really frightening, unsettling supervillian, so can the Daleks. I bet Nolan could put some Daleks on the screen that’d make you shit your pants. Climb stairs? That’ll be the last of your worries when those bad boys show up and start kicking five hundred different kinds of ass.

For candidates to play the good Doctor, I have always stood by Tim Roth, though speaking of Batman, Gary Oldman can play anything.

Ack! Please don’t let Hollywood ruin the charm of Doctor Who. Nolan would make it all angsty and drawn out and over the top. I hope you are joking about the Joker. He wasn’t even as good as Jack ‘the chewer of all scenery’ Nicholson.

[Umbriel2]

@RealityChuck

Actually, they always could. They just didn’t do it on screen. It wasn’t until the Fourth Doctor (in Destiny of the Daleks in the 17th season) that is was actually established they couldn’t, and in Resurrection of the Daleks (Fifth Doctor, 21st Season) they established that they could levitate up stairs, which would mean that the Fourth Doctor was wrong.

Besides, real Daleks don’t climb stairs. They level the building.

Resurrection of the Daleks is also noteworthy here in that the version shown by many US PBS stations lacked music and sound effects in the latter episodes. When the Daleks would use their death ray, the only sound was the screams of their victim, which I and frends who watched it found particularly chilling.

[Miller]

[QUOTE=Der Trihs;10770265Or possibly “[Return of Death Probe]
(http://bionic.wikia.com/wiki/Return_of_Death_Probe)” which had a new and improved black version, given that that’s the typical Dalek color.
[/QUOTE]

I can’t describe how happy I am to know that there’s a TV show out there that had the title, “Return of Death Probe: Part II.”