Speaking of the good Doctor…
My book has been all over the planet, it seems. And now I find out it’s been off planet, too!
I’m not exactly sure in which part of the Galaxy Skaro lies, but I hope it’s a long way from here. I can hope that Daleks would be impressed with my pumpkin skills, but I doubt that would slow them down from exterminating me.
Tip o’ the TARDIS to Ron Theel for sending me this one!
So, do you own a copy of the book? Take a picture of yourself holding it in some fun location, send it to me, and I’ll post it here!
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:13 am
Oooh don’t know if the BBC will be happy with that!!! However as someone who pays to keep the BBC going, and Doctor Who, go for it!
;o)
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:39 am
How do we know he’s not really in Cardiff?
December 22nd, 2007 at 11:14 am
Well, when the Daleks see what sorts of notions we humans need to be disabused of, they may decide we aren’t worth exterminating.
So that’s summat, I guess.
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Wow! And it’s an original Dalek as well! All we need now are C3P0, R2D2, and the Cylons, and we can start a robotic book ‘o the Month Club.
December 22nd, 2007 at 1:49 pm
The Bad Astronomer likes Dr. Who, as do I. I just came across this Christmas Dr. Who story by someone who writes some of the TV stories.
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Doctor Who: The Hopes and Fears of All the Years
A Festive tale by Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml;jsessionid=DQJSTCYJZ05ZTQFIQMGCFGGAVCBQUIV0?xml=/arts/2007/12/22/bowho122.xml&page=1
December 22nd, 2007 at 4:18 pm
That picture rocks. When I scroll down with the mouse wheel, those black rubber boob-things on the pedestal seem to grow; the distance between them corresponds exactly to the amount of scrolling per “click”.
Cheap animation, yeah!
December 22nd, 2007 at 4:54 pm
The distance between the rubber boobies stays the same. It’s just an optical illusion caused by the scrolling. In other words, it’s just a hoax, much like the lunar landing.
December 22nd, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Urgh. If certain groups have their way, the BA Book certainly won’t end up anywhere near a Christmas special… since no Daleks can be Satan! Or Santa?
http://podblack.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/doctor-who-messiah/
December 23rd, 2007 at 12:03 am
I just looked up Doctor Who on wikipedia because I honestly knew nothing about it up until a few minutes ago. I had no idea it was such a long series.
My only problem with the Daleks is that, well, they look like upside-down waste bins. I get the feeling that their entire ability to conduct war is based upon the flatness of the overall terrain they are moving on, because I think if they ever met a staircase they would pretty much be screwed.
700+ episodes is really, really damn long!
December 23rd, 2007 at 12:30 am
@Matt Johns:
“My only problem with the Daleks is that, well, they look like upside-down waste bins. I get the feeling that their entire ability to conduct war is based upon the flatness of the overall terrain they are moving on, because I think if they ever met a staircase they would pretty much be screwed.”
Heheheheh. Running gag, of a sorts.
See, in addition to being terrifying examples of the horrors of advanced alien cybernetic manipulation, Daleks can also fly.
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December 23rd, 2007 at 5:03 am
Yeah, but the original Daleks couldn’t fly – it was only after the Beeb worked out how to put weird glowy stuff underneath the Dalek that we saw Daleks flying up staricases.
December 23rd, 2007 at 7:30 am
I sure hope that dalek doesn’t read your next book! It might give him some ideas.
December 23rd, 2007 at 9:02 am
@Nigel Depledge
“Yeah, but the original Daleks couldn’t fly – it was only after the Beeb worked out how to put weird glowy stuff underneath the Dalek that we saw Daleks flying up staricases.”
Warning. Extreme nerdiness ahead!
First, although we never saw a Dalek levitate until 1985′s ‘Revelation of the Daleks’, several scenes in earlier stories (as far back as 1965′s ‘The Chase’) show Daleks in areas they could only have reached via some sort of stair climbing ability.
Besides which, even if a Dalek couldn’t follow you upstairs, you’re still not safe. Quite apart from the large numbers of more mobile slave races at their disposal, who could easily follow you on their masters’ behalf, Daleks are very well armed. You might nip up the stairs and have a quick chuckle at how easy it was to get away, but you won’t be laughing when a single blast from it’s gun levels the building.
December 23rd, 2007 at 5:01 pm
I remember seeing a reprint of a british cartoon in the early 80s, the cartoon was from the 60′s i believe during ‘dalekmania”. It was a dalek standing in front of stairs saying “bugger, there goes our plans to conquer the universe”. I’ve been a fan since it first aired in the states in ’78, and yes, soemtimes the daleks are shown in places they would have had to fly to get too. The dalek hoving up the stairs in “Remebrance of the Daleks” was great, and was a cliffhanger with the doctor looking in disbelief, a homage for all the “how can you conquer the world if you can’t even climb stairs” jokes.
I had the sucker placed down lower so you could see half of it, I’m surprised nobody has said anything about “how is it reading around the plunger”. I move it up on purpose as a visual joke, I got the mental image of it trying to read around a plunger, lol.
As for the BBC not being happy, I believe I’m in the realm of fair use here, unless Phil tries to use the image to sell books, which i find unlikely. The liscense for the Dalek Model said it could be use for non-comerical purposes.
Thanks everybody for the comments, I hope I gave everybody a chuckle which was my intention. I know that Phil is a fellow Doctor Who fan, and his recent dalek posts gave me the idea as a gag image. I really do have the book, but I live in Leavenworht County, Kansas so I thought this was better then me reading it in front of one of the various prisons.
Ron Theel
December 23rd, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Good grief. And people tell me I need to get a life!?!?!
December 23rd, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Does anyone here remember the “Maggot” episode from the early ’70′s? That episode scarred me for life.
December 24th, 2007 at 10:04 am
That would be “The Green Death”, with Jon Pertwee, the 3rd Doctor. It’s out on DVD. The used condoms to make the maggots, lol. Everybody makes fun of the old Doctor Who special effects, but for the budget they had, they really got very resourceful and should be praised, actually.
December 24th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Yep awesome series.
I grew up on Tom Baker (4th Doctor)
… well okay not literally _on_him .. (Yeck!)
Leela was my first love.. (Sigh.)
Yep, nerd & proud of it.
I loved (hey, still do actually) the total inhumanity of the Daleks : nothing like people in monster suits or with funny foreheads but genuinely _alien_ looking aliens.
But … wait on a minute .. I seem to remember Skaro (or at least its sun )being destroyed somewhere along the line.
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Great model, great image, great book.