Way, way back at the
beginning of the year I decided I was going to watch and review the entire
Doctor Who series from the beginning. I knew it would not be an easy task. It
certainly didn’t help that I waited 10 months to watch the show’s second
serial. Said serial introduces the Doctor’s most iconic foes, the Daleks. After
escaping a tribe of pissed off cavemen, the Doctor and his companions are
transported to a planet ravaged by a centuries-old nuclear war. Our travelers
encounter the pacifistic, agrarian Thals and the mutated, robotic, murderous
Daleks. The Thals vs Daleks conflict is reminiscent of the Eloi and the Morlocks
of H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine, though Wells’ Morlocks didn’t have laser
cannons and intergalactic genocide on their minds (correct me if I’m wrong, it’s
been awhile since I read The Time Machine). The Daleks are (spoiler alert for a
48 year old television program) eventually defeated, though their popularity
ensured they would continue to return throughout the entirety
of the show’s run. Rating: Make no attempt to capture them, they are to be exterminated%
(Image from Wikipedia)
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