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Hello, Reality? This is fandom calling... Dalek Kidnapped, news at 11
by Dagmar at 6:17 pm EDT, Jun 9, 2005

Well, apparently some nutters nipped a life-size Dalek model and are now holding it ransom until they get further instructions as to what to do with it from Doctor Who.

My favorite bit is how the guy who runs the gallery it was taken from mentions that there was "no torture involved" with the removal of the plunger (weapon arm) from the Dalek model. I think he needs to take a little vacation until he can stop making slips like that. It's creepy.

It could be a relations stunt, but at least I find it nice that the BBC has enough of a sense of humor about it to have contacted Colin Baker (one of the actors who formerly played Doctor Who) to see if he'll talk to the "kidnappers" should the opportunity arise.


 
RE: Hello, Reality? This is fandom calling... Dalek Kidnapped, news at 11
by oaknet at 2:04 am EDT, Jun 10, 2005

Dagmar wrote:

My favorite bit is how the guy who runs the gallery it was taken from mentions that there was "no torture involved" with the removal of the plunger (weapon arm) from the Dalek model. I think he needs to take a little vacation until he can stop making slips like that. It's creepy.

Oddly enough the Daleks return to the new series again this coming week... although they were all thought to be destroyed, they're back...

The torture reference might pass by some people who haven't seen the 2005 series in which a Dalek IS captured and tortured - even by the Doctor.

The new series is quite quite brilliant, and in fact a worthy successor to the earlier Doctors AND to the Hitchhikers Guide (not the film...!). Douglas Adams orked on Dr Who before HHG.

If you're into well written, well acted, "childrens" sci-fi with a human and humourous face, this is the one. Having said that, on a recent BBC arts talk programme one person (the "US representative") just didn't get it. The special effects weren't good enough, she said. No, true. It's no Star Wars - thank goodness.

Instead it has a good script, good actors, excellent plot lines, tremendous humour, real pathos ... just little throwaways dismissed by some dulled by too much CGI ... Enjoy!


Hello, Reality? This is fandom calling... Dalek Kidnapped, news at 11
by Decius at 11:39 pm EDT, Jun 9, 2005

Well, apparently some nutters nipped a life-size Dalek model and are now holding it ransom until they get further instructions as to what to do with it from Doctor Who.


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