DOCTOR WHO - THE DALEKS (1963) [DVD]

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The resolution the following week was, to say the least, underwhelming, but these episodes are saved by Julian Bleach’s creepy, pitch perfect depiction of Davros, the true and original Dalek/human hybrid. While it is certainly the weakest adventure in this box set, the story does have aspects that are commendable.

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In the context of the mythologizing arc claimed by this box set the story becomes a filler between the Emperor Dalek and Davros, almost a Dalek holiday. Drawing these elements together, Davies proves himself to be the best puzzle solver in the business.Bad Wolf slowly introduces the idea of a temporal manipulation and, as the episode unfurls, the scale of this grows in intensity. Davies uses the two part nature of the episodes to throw the Doctor into the action from the outset. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at ourwarehouse. The first episode in the box set reintroduces the Daleks by surprisingly presenting them in the singular. The presence of familiar faces, and of characters who are aware of the Daleks makes the monsters introduction one of the most emotive and exciting of the series.

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The intention of this is to delay the impact of seeing an army of Daleks in the climax of the first season, but it also has a more subtle effect. It doesn’t feel tacked on, but instead becomes a culmination of the grand rebirth of the Dalek threat. The original 1967 master recordings of 'The Evil of the Daleks' were lost soon after the programme's original transmission.I’d contend that the best episodes of the new series, Human Nature, Blink, Utopia, achieve greatness without spectacle.

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On watching the faux-regeneration for the first time on TV I was genuinely thrilled thinking, perhaps naively, that the ultimate deception had been pulled off by the production team.This is what made the ‘Bad Wolf’ arc so appealing, it played on the fans’ natural OCD desire to organise and tidy, to connect and link and catalogue. I’m not a huge fan of the endlessly repeated ‘surprise’ appearances of Daleks at the end of the season, but if you are going to include them, it is best to make them the centre of the story. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers.

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Indeed ,a great deal of time is spent during the interview talking about Doomsday, only drawing attention to the episode’s absence from the collection. The Doctor Who Site also participates in various other affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commission on products purchased through our links. The concept of a human/Dalek hybrid is suitably creepy and well done, but I can’t help preferring the realisation of a similar idea in Revelation Of The Daleks.

The very existence of this box set could be a comforting reassurance to fans that everything has a destiny, that the Doctor’s story is pre-ordained, particularly apt when considering the ultimate example of retcon/loose-end tying in The Stolen Earth/ Journey’s End. There are currently N/A Classic Doctor Who DVDs that have been announced/released with N/A box sets.