tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post3622212429399386065..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #682: Remembrance of the Daleks Part 4Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-31974639956224177972013-10-05T09:04:17.077-03:002013-10-05T09:04:17.077-03:00Mass murder: Ergo, all the time war guilt 2 incarn...Mass murder: Ergo, all the time war guilt 2 incarnations down. He can comfort himself by thinking that he did tell Davros "Please Davros, don't use the Hand!"Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-15766611339225156872013-10-05T08:02:56.895-03:002013-10-05T08:02:56.895-03:00I also always thought it was a shame that after ke...I also always thought it was a shame that after keeping the same four Dalek bodies going since the very first episode (with a lot of repair work in between), they finally spring for some new Dalek bodies, and it's the final time they get used!<br /><br />(I quite like the Imperial Daleks designs. Like the 2005 new-Who design, they realised that the basic form was pretty perfect, and it just needed a couple of tweaks, such as the slots on the suction arm to make it look, well, less like a suction arm.)LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-77016583904952582332013-10-05T07:59:43.713-03:002013-10-05T07:59:43.713-03:00The twist with Davros works especially well, becau...The twist with Davros works especially well, because they've already done the tease in the earlier episode with the girl in the command chair.<br /><br />Two thoughts: The Doctor becomes a mass-murderer in this episode. You could try and argue that it's Davros that does it, but the Doctor masterminded the whole thing and is responsible for the death of millions of sapient beings. <br /><br />And possibly related to that point, notice that he doesn't go into the Church at the end. LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-10266485541806377212013-10-04T09:29:46.324-03:002013-10-04T09:29:46.324-03:00The extra-canonical explanation seems a wee bit co...The extra-canonical explanation seems a wee bit convoluted. easier to believe his pulled another reversal on his captors a LA Resurrection...snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-70707773250020852902013-10-04T09:19:56.600-03:002013-10-04T09:19:56.600-03:00The Daleks are definitely the reason the Time Lord...The Daleks are definitely the reason the Time Lords think it's a bad idea for anyone but them to have time travel, of course, they tried to corrupt the Dalek timeline too, so (pepper)pots and kettles. It makes sense for these to be the opposing sides in the Time War.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-85776129835696512042013-10-04T09:13:46.318-03:002013-10-04T09:13:46.318-03:00Personally what I loved about the speech wasn'...Personally what I loved about the speech wasn't so much what it said, but that it was really about time the Doctor interrupted Davros mid shout and ridiculed him for his silly shouting.<br /><br />As for the Thals- I'm of the opinion that sooner or later the Daleks would have exterminated them totally. As the Daleks "grew up" to the point of feeling ready to take on the Time Lords, it seems unlikely they wouldn't have destroyed the (comparably) weak Thals by then.<br /><br />Also, I seem to recall in one novel the Doctor claiming that keeping up with Dalek history was really hard because it keeps changing. I always got the impression that once they got time travel they weren't hugely responsible about it (and probably would try to "undo" all of their previous "final ends"- which would explain why despite having had a "final end" in the Evil of the Daleks, the Time Lords still perceive them as a potential threat worth destroying preemptively in Genesis.)CiBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-65042232732741634592013-10-04T09:10:50.329-03:002013-10-04T09:10:50.329-03:00Toby: Someone on the 'net had made movie poste...Toby: Someone on the 'net had made movie posters for each Doctor Who story - I don't remember who or when now - and the poster for THIS story was just a bowl upon bowl of rice pudding. Brilliant.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-75989660057051937332013-10-04T09:06:34.302-03:002013-10-04T09:06:34.302-03:00Snell: Extracanonical sources try to patch the hol...Snell: Extracanonical sources try to patch the holes. After Revelation, the Dalek ship crashes in Big Finish's The Juggernauts where he tries to build a new cyborg species based on the Mechanoids. The comic strips have him getting tried on Skaro (so he was picked up again, or ignore BF and skip straight there), but before that could happen, the 6th Doctor released a virus and rescued Davros, dropping him on Spiridon where he reconnects with a Dalek force. The Skarosians come back to get him, he blows up the planet, and wakes up in the Emperor mod shell. On to Remembrance. I'm reading off a synopsis, so it doesn't sound like a great explanation.<br /><br />Tim: It may just be the best bridge between New Whovians and the classic series we have.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-77532179111611404952013-10-04T08:56:02.708-03:002013-10-04T08:56:02.708-03:00"the trick to a good 7th Doctor speech is end..."the trick to a good 7th Doctor speech is ending your list with a mundane, every day element"<br /><br />Well, any character can pull that one off (see Arson Murder and Jaywalking at tvtropes.org), and he does it in reverse at one point in Ghost Light (burnt toast).<br /><br />Still, that speech is one of several dozen reasons why Remembrance of the Daleks will always be a top-fiver from the classic series for me.Toby'chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298458468488781568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-4614131932656588792013-10-04T08:47:57.220-03:002013-10-04T08:47:57.220-03:00I rather liked this episode myself. It seems to be...I rather liked this episode myself. It seems to be one of the ones the the new generation of Who gets a lot of mileage from.Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-91716946798741878922013-10-04T08:45:19.422-03:002013-10-04T08:45:19.422-03:00I thought the fact that Davros turned out to be th...I thought the fact that Davros turned out to be the Emperor was a nice twist, given that last time we saw him he was a prisoner and his "new" Daleks destroyed. I always wondered what had happened to bring about a the complete reversal of fortune for both sides...snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.com