DOCTOR WHO - THE DALEKS (1963) [DVD]

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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. Davies uses the two part nature of the episodes to throw the Doctor into the action from the outset.

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The fact that this is released in the same month Frontier In Space and Planet Of the Daleks have been packaged together as the Dalek War box set, suggests a similar attempt to use the box set format to construct a retrospective mythology, a reverse engineered arc storyline that ties all the new series appearances of the Daleks together and pretends that Russell T Davies had a plan after all.Judging by the recent DWM poll, this two-parter is among the least loved of all the new series episodes.

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For me, despite the claims of the production team at the time, the world of Art Deco and Dalek design don’t gel easily.The fear shown by Jack Harkness, Martha Jones and Sarah Jane, matched by the grim resolve of Rose, serves to demonstrate the gravity of the Dalek invasion. 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. For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered. Placing the Daleks in a historical setting is an underused but very satisfying conceit and the period details are convincingly presented. Drawing these elements together, Davies proves himself to be the best puzzle solver in the business.

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We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love.While I can’t blame them for attempting this, I would suggest that it could be done in a cheaper and, perhaps, a less cynical way. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at ourwarehouse. Other than an interview with David Tennant, the box set contains no new material and with the strange omission of Army Of Ghosts/ Doomsday doesn’t even contain all the Dalek episodes in the new series. It could be either aimed at obsessive completists who need to own everything, or aimed at occasional viewers who can’t be bothered to get any other DVDs but absolutely love the Daleks. 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.

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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. 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. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. While it is certainly the weakest adventure in this box set, the story does have aspects that are commendable.I’d give the episodes more stars individually than I would give the box set – but the box set I would give two stars. The sight of a legion of Daleks surrounding Billie Piper is one of the many memorable images of the new series, fulfilling thousands of fans’ dreams of seeing Daleks en-masse without the need to resort to unconvincing models or second hand Rolykin toys. This threat is developed in the following season climax, where the Daleks are pitted against the Cybermen in a spectacular battle that had fans drooling, an episode which is inexplicably left out of the box set. The original 1967 master recordings of 'The Evil of the Daleks' were lost soon after the programme's original transmission.