Comments on: Where has the BA book been, Part VI: Skaro edition http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:30:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60693 StevoR Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:01:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60693 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. --------------------------------------------- Great model, great image, great book. 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.

]]> By: Rift http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60692 Rift Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:04:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60692 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. 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.

]]> By: Michael Lonergan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60691 Michael Lonergan Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:03:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60691 Does anyone here remember the "Maggot" episode from the early '70's? That episode scarred me for life. Does anyone here remember the “Maggot” episode from the early ’70’s? That episode scarred me for life.

]]> By: Lugosi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60689 Lugosi Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:31:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60689 Good grief. And people tell me <b><i>I</i></b> need to get a life!?!?! Good grief. And people tell me I need to get a life!?!?!

]]> By: Rift http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60690 Rift Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:01:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60690 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 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

]]> By: Matthew J. Barlow http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60688 Matthew J. Barlow Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:02:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60688 @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. @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.

]]> By: Robert Madewell http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60687 Robert Madewell Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:30:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/22/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-vi-skaro-edition/#comment-60687 I sure hope that dalek doesn't read your next book! It might give him some ideas. I sure hope that dalek doesn’t read your next book! It might give him some ideas.

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