Bye bye Daleks

RoryMurphyJnr

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13594932

Doctor DooM

Contract must've run out, so.

Daemos

Is this news? I thought it was common knowledge ages ago that they wouldn't show up for a while

Penn

Fantastic! Molto bene!

In the first four series' (from 2005), the Daleks were used far too much. 3 of the series finales, and a few episodes mid series. Glad they're getting a rest

LordSutch

Hate the new ones anyway, original Dalek design should have retained

Cyndaquil

I don't mind. I like them as a villain and the less frequently they turn up makes it all the better when they do feature. I'm sure they'll turn up again sometime during Smith's tenure though.

ríomhaire

For some reason I was under the impression they were going to not be in this series but show up in this year's Christmas episode. I also heard that the Russel T Davis Daleks would be back as subservient drones to the new ones. Doesn't really matter to me, I like both. It's good that they're being given a break for a while but I'm surprised the BBC allowed it considering how much Dalek merchandise is worth to them.

pixelburp

I think this was reported in various blogs and genre websites before series 6 aired, but this is the first time it has been "officially" reported by mainstream press (hell it was page 3 in the Metro this morning!).

Good riddance I say; back in the day, the Daleks turned up once/twice every regeneration in the previous incarnation of the show. The Daleks were an event, even if the stories themselves weren't always the best.

In the new run, they turned up once every series, minimum; each appearance devaluing their potential threat & mystery that bit more. It also didn't help that RTD felt the need to "top" each appearance with increasingly large stakes & quantity. We went from one lone dalek in "Dalek" (still one of the best new series stories by far) to millions of the buggers trying to destroy the universe again (cringe).

I don't blame Moffat because really - where do you go from here? His previous producer has left him no room. Notwithstanding the truly awful new designs, I did think that "Victory of the Daleks" felt like something of a swansong: the daleks "won", then upped and left in on particular direction to plot & scheme. Seemed like Moffat was mothballing the pepperpots for some other time. When perhaps their re-appearance might be something shocking.

Now having said all that...

Moffat said nothing about Davros. Davros is, in his own right, a great character and formidable opponent. His character can exist independently of the daleks, and would be great Moriarty-style villain for The Doctor. His appearance in series 4 was fleeting, and the actor playing him did a decent job, but he was surrounded by the aforementioned OTT, kitchen-sink scriptwriting & it'd be a shame if he didn't come back again.

Links234

It'll be good to get a break from them anyway, what I love about Doctor Who is the really imaginative creatures, the angels were fantastic, but god did the Daleks get boring. after the 4th season finale, I actually started to get annoyed with them. I'd rather see more newer creatures.

I agree with pixelburp anyway, each appearance tried to do something bigger and bigger, and it got soooo overdone.

ríomhaire

The pathetic thing about RTD and his trying to supposedly escalate the Dalek threat every time they showed up is that he managed to make them less dangerous while giving lip service to the threat being larger every time. In Dalek there is one Dalek who is an apparent and immediate threat to everyone (he kills loads and loads of people and IIRC he it's said near the end he killed 300 people in total in the bunker) and is shown as an unstoppable force of nature threatening to wipe out everything in its path and it worked really well.

Series 4 had the Daleks (or rather Davros) in the millions who are going to WIPE OUT THE WHOLE UNIVERSE (OMG!1!!11!!) but in actuality they kill like two dozen people in the whole episode and that's just as an experiment and there's never much of a sense of threat to them.

ixoy

Excellent to have it confirmed - I was utterly fed up with them. RTD's over use ruined them for the reasons stated above. They need a very long rest.

I wonder if other monsters will be retired? I feel there's more potential with the Cybermen for example although I always preferred them anyway as they were more menacing and didn't take until Season 26 to get at stairs...

aidan_walsh

Gah. Moffat, please. Spoilers.

bren2001

I don't know how I feel about this. I'm quite young and only started watching when it came back to the BBC a few years back.

I never found them that scary as opposed to the other villians but with them you always got a consistent episode. I think they were over used but I don't think they should be rested for too long. 2 seasons should be enough to regenerate them imo.

Doctor DooM

That can't be a conincidence... Someone mentions the cybermen and I start getting advertisments on this thread for gold markets.

Killer_banana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGjRfa4wbtc

ixoy

Doctor DooM wrote: »

That can't be a conincidence... Someone mentions the cybermen and I start getting advertisments on this thread for gold markets.

If it was a really old thread you'd have got advertisements for radiation instead

flazio

Who is that presenter, with an accent like that I feel I should know her from somewhere?

Speedsie

Sharon Horgan. She's from Meath and has been in a few shows like the Friday Night Project, Pulling and the Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret.

I think she also writes screenplays.