Evolution of the Daleks
The Daleks are one of
the main antagonists in the show Doctor Who. However hard the Doctor tries to
destroy them, the Daleks keep coming back. Although this creatures have been in
Doctor Who since 1963 the Daleks have changed in many ways, in both appearance
and mechanics. Even though there have been multiple remodelings of the Dalek,
I'm just going to discuss the original version and the 2005 Dalek.
The original Dalek
made its television premier in 1963 in "The Daleks." The appearance
of a Dalek, if you have never seen one, is basically a trash can with a plunger
and a whisk sticking out of it. I did a bit of digging and I found a
video explain why it looks the way it does. (It is posted below.) I
discovered the only reason Daleks have plungers and whisks as weapons is
because the BBC could not afford anything more. They had to put a magnet in the
plunger so it could carry objects. The actual body of the Dalek was originally
designed as taller and cylindrical but then made short so the actor could have more
comfort. Playing a Dalek was quite difficult, although the designers did make
the Daleks shorter so the actors could sit, they props themselves weighed a
lot. It was difficult just to move, but they also had to aim the rays (whisks)
and push buttons every time that certain Dalek talked. The buttons made a light
to tell which Dalek was talking, this was a last minute decision.
(part 1)
The first appearance of the Daleks in the new
2005 series of Doctor Who was in the episode "Dalek," named after the
original episode above. These Daleks basically still looked the same, with a
few minor changes because of a bigger budget. A major change of the Dalek were
that they now could fly. Yep, so now stairs are not a problem. The movement of
the Daleks have gotten easier because one other advances of the Daleks which
were that the eyestalk, lights, and arms were then remote operated, this put
less pressure on the actors. A few other small changes to the design were the
Daleks now had a glowing eyepiece and an all over brass finish.
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