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Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 10:50 GMT
Will it be a Haynes manual?
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 10:57 GMT
...welcome our new tech-geek-basement-dwelling-dalek-building-anti-human overlords.
(I suppose they will be built in basements given the bloody things can now fly).
Chris
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 10:57 GMT
for sure that is some serious geek/nerd pr0n. ;)
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 11:18 GMT
...it's just that they've chosen not to for rather a long time. They were first seen flying in "Rememberance of the the Daleks", a Sylvester McCoy story, and notably in all their appearances in the new series.
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 11:18 GMT
I've just been reading the site. These people are very serious and it's a well constructed site with lots of well organised information.
How about a 'Reg Challenge' for autonomous Daleks making their way around a shopping centre having to buy a list of items from the shops?
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 11:54 GMT
When it comes to daleks it's never just a plan - it's always a masterplan.
P.S. still waiting for a Tardis icon for anything who related - though I might just settle for a sonic screwdriver!
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 12:45 GMT
You mean as opposed to the softcore dalek photos that made Katy Manning notorious?
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 13:36 GMT
"we don't 'do' Dalek fiction"
Erm, unless I've missed something major isn't everything to do with Daleks fictional?
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 14:06 GMT
Notorious? Nah -it made her ever more the delectable and eye-pleasing 70's treat; especially for the growing kid that I happened to be in the Troughton/Pertwee (pun maybe intended there) era.
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 14:20 GMT
PH angle: trying saying "Paris Hilton" in a Dalek voice. :-)
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 14:20 GMT
Better not show the Dalek guys this photo of a Dalek made by a museum recently.
http://picasaweb.google.com/stuarthalliday/DoctorWho/photo#5105889703246845346
True Dalek builders have a code of honour only to make accurate looking Daleks.
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 14:20 GMT
So, are we running a sweepstake on how long this survives until the BBC send in the lawyers?
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 17:19 GMT
The Gay Daleks are planning gaylactic hardcore sadism & domination with their nine inch refractors.
What? Right, yes, it's the one with the half empty bottle of cheap sherry in the outer pocket. Ta.
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 21:23 GMT
they were first known to fly in Revelation of the Daleks with Colin Baker
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 21:52 GMT
@Stuart Halliday - Thank you for your post - I grinned out loud...
I remember the BBC selling a book about how to make your own Dalek - with all the diagrams - in about 1975. I even asked my woodwork teacher (yes, yes, this was long before it got its present poncy name of "Design/Technology")
It would have been bloody expensive to make, even then!
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 21:52 GMT
for jelly babies. You would really see some mayhem then.
Posted Tuesday 6th November 2007 23:12 GMT
Daleks were referred to as using anti-gravity units in the Tom Baker story Destiny of the Daleks.
These were, admittedly, not built-in to their shells but the utility was there from early on. I think they were actually called anti-gravity discs.
Not to mention that saying when the daleks started to fly implies linear time upon a time-travelling race.
Posted Wednesday 7th November 2007 03:55 GMT
The first published plans for a Dalek were in the 10th anniversary special issue of Radio Times in 1973, which contained an episode guide, Dalek story and interviews as well as aforementioned plans.
Plus, the BBC don't own the rights to Daleks: Terry Nation their creator (or rather his estate now) owns the copyright on Daleks.
Its a rather cool site :D
Posted Wednesday 7th November 2007 09:15 GMT
WE WILL CON-QUER THE U-NI-VERSE. AND THEN GO SHOP-PING! PA-RIS HIL-TON WILL SHOW US THE WAY!
Posted Wednesday 7th November 2007 17:31 GMT
The original bunch of Dalek building Geeks have been going over 10 years and can be found here:
www.dalekcity.co.uk
Absolom Daak