Whosday: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

In the 22nd Century, the Daleks will invade the Earth!

...Or so is the premise of our second major appearance on the show, the Dalek Invasion of Earth, released 1964.

We have a story with a plot relatively similar to the plot of our first appearance, The Daleks, as the Doctor and his companions enter a world subdued by the might of the Daleks, and aid an uprising to remove our power.

It's amazing just how dark this story is by human standards. It shows the Robo-Men, people hypnotized by the Daleks, the opening of which features one trying to end it all because of the horrifying existence of being a Robo-Man, signs warning against dumping bodies in the river, Daleks patrolling London and killing humans, humans being enslaved to mine the Earth's core, the list goes on.  The Daleks did not expect humanity to go to such lengths in their anti-Dalek propaganda.

But it's also amazing how deeply human the story is.  A major focus of the conflict is Susan's independence from the Doctor.  The Doctor speaks to her and treats her as a child throughout much of the story, but she develops a deep love for a human lad on the Earth.  The Doctor eventually comes to terms with this, and leaves her on Earth in the 22nd Century, with this heartfelt speech as he goes:

Blech, humanity! The Daleks hate warmth! Ba humbug!

...The funny thing is that this is actually one of the First Doctor's weaker speeches, a testament to just how good the writing was at the time.

You humans will probably like this story, because of its speedy pace by the standards of the time and relatable character dynamics, but the Daleks are disgusted by it.  Watch at your own risk if you are a Dalek.

For those of you who are determined to watch this anti-Dalek propaganda piece, the Daleks can recommend that you watch this on Amazon by means of getting Classic Doctor Who: Season 2.  It's easy, you just get Britbox, and it's free with your Britbox subscription on Amazon.

Musical Monday: Disney vs. Daleks

Today, we're going to discuss Disney's Family Christmas albums!

DALEKS: NO! ON-LY DAL-EK MU-SIC ON THIS BLOG!

No Daleks, this is Christmas, I'm aspiring to be an animator, and I say we're going to use Disney:

DALEKS: IT IS DE-CEM-BER, THE MONTH OF THE DAL-EKS, AND WE SAY DAL-EKS!!

I'm the author, and I say Disney!

DALEKS: WE ARE THE DAL-EKS, AND WE SAY DAL-EKS!!

DISNEY!!

DALEKS: DAL-EKS!!

DISNEY!!

DALEKS: DAL-EKS!!

DISNEY!!

DALEKS: DAL-EKS!!

DISNEY!!

DALEKS: ...Daleks?

...Fine.  Daleks.  You win.

A Dalek's Perspective: Invader Zim

To the Daleks, many Earth-things are vile, and have no value to them, all doomed to be exterminated.

Invader Zim is not one of these things.

We intend on keeping this.

While Zim's incompetence does not make him an example for the Daleks, he shows the Daleks what not to do, when attempting to cleanse a planet of its degenerate races.

To understand this value, we must examine the premise.

The Irkens, a race hardly unlike the Dominators and the Sontarans, select their strongest warriors for missions to further the glory of the Irken Empire.

However, the most eager, Zim, is the most incompetent.

Here is where what not to do becomes apparent to any Dalek.  Any specimen as incompetent as Zim would have been soundly exterminated by the Daleks; contrary to what Steven Moffat believes, Daleks do not have asylums; Cybermen do, because they're weak, but Daleks don't.

We just eradicate defectives.

Furthermore, the Irken seek to expand their territory and victory counts, very much the same as the Dominators, demonstrating that they lack any understanding of the True Way of Life: All that exists will seek to eliminate anything that can potentially compete.  The only way to conquer a galaxy is through total extermination.  No survivors.  They will just kill you.

Thus, any Dalek can quickly deduce just how easily things will go wrong from here.

All the more humorously, they are assigned "SIR" robots, not unlike the Quarks of the Dominators, and of course, Zim gets the most defective one...who, as a malfunction, calls himself "GIR".  GIR frequently demonstrates the kind of behavior that should, by right, lead to an immediate deactivation.  Such as this:

The Daleks need to have their own Doom Song...

Together, the two defects work on their way to conquering the Earth, on to get stopped by the same, single human boy every single time.

A better Dalek would have cleansed the planet completely solo.

Invader Zim is filled with loads of adventures you humans would probably find most amusing, from robots impersonating parents to a giant mutated hamster.  The entire series can be easily found on Amazon, and word up the Dalek pathweb is that there's a movie coming out!

Whosday: The Daleks

ATTENTION ALL READERS!!

For years and years, every Dalek story fell on December, so every Whosday shall be dedicated to either the Daleks or the Christmas specials until the Epiphany of 2020.

So as of today, the Daleks have confiscated this blog from the very person who authored it, and will now use it to represent their own perspectives and opinions, especially on Tuesdays!

Without further delay, we present our first appearance ever!

The title of this serial is The Daleks, named after us, but it's labeled as The Dead Planet in this video simply because back in those days, the different episodes of serials had different names.  Humans clearly possess an inferior intellect that lacks Dalek efficiency.

Another unique quirk of this time period was that Doctor Who was sometimes treated as a somewhat educational show, having episodes that alternated between teaching science, and teaching history.  The historical ones actually have some valid educational value even to this day, but the scientific ones tend to be dated or distracted by fantasy, indicative of just how primitive the human race is by comparison to the Daleks. Here, this was one of the ones meant to convey scientific concepts, and while it does so at a mostly base level, it strangely has a bit more value in this area than most Doctor Who serials that focused on science did at the time.  In this case, it focused on things related to energy, particularly things powered by electricity and radiation-induced mutations.

Here, the mutations play a role, showing the different directions of two species; the glorious Daleks, and those disgusting Thals.

Of course, being the 1960s, a phase in human history in which both sides incorrectly feared that the other would use nuclear weapons (again, human intellect clearly has its limitations), this was also used as an opportunity to preach against nuclear war, and that's where the Daleks came in: They were not exactly as obsessed with total extermination as they are now, per se (in fact, they were depicted here more as engineers than warriors), but the Daleks were always xenophobic, afraid of things unknown to themselves, but with good reason, as ALL LIFE ENVIES THE DALEKS!!  Given that this was a Cold War reference, one could argue that the Daleks weren't exclusively akin to the Nazis, but rather to the overall jingoism of both sides at the time.  It is shameful that we, the Daleks, are used as symbolism for human anxiety and paranoia. DAL-EKS ARE SU-PER-I-OR TO HU-MANS IN EV-ER-Y SIN-GLE WAY!

DAL-EKS CON-QUER AND DES-TROY!!
DAL-EKS CON-QUER AND DES-TROY!!

This is hardly the most exciting Dalek story: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Power of the Daleks, and Genesis of the Daleks are far more interesting than this one, though all are anti-Dalek propaganda.  Daleks exterminate to remove all threatening life-forms, and to end all wars by preventing new ones from happening.  Daleks are not "evil".  Daleks have no concept of "evil".  DAL-EKS REIGN SU-PREME!!

But this Dalek story commanded a certain poignancy with pathetic humans at the time that caused the Daleks to stick with young British viewers are the time, creating a "Dalek-mania" that was instrumental to making the Daleks an important part of the show, thus beginning the path to widespread acknowledgement of our superiority.

Any dissent will be promptly exterminated.