"The Daleks"

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Episode 1 livetweet!

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OMINOUS RADIATION IS OMINOUS. #thedaleks

IAN'S CARDIGAN IS MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER. #thedaleks #capslocksunday

Ian and Barbara complaining about the Doctor wandering off: EPIC IRONY. #thedaleks

Yeah, you crush that flower, Ian. #thedaleks

Barbara and Ian need to start making out RIGHT NOW. #thedaleks

Barbara's hair is a lot more mobile than it looks like it should be. #thedaleks

THERE ARE DALEKS IN THIS STORY. I did not see that coming. #thedaleks

Doctor, everyone can hear your devious monologue. You are not Gollum. #thedaleks

Maybe Eleventy should start delivering monologues in the console room. I bet River would find it hot. #thedaleks

GET A ROOM, BARBARA AND IAN. #thedaleks

DON'T SPLIT UP IN THE CREEPY ALIEN CITY, GUYS. #thedaleks

I'm weirdly fascinated by Barbara's blouse. It has buttons down the front, but it actually buttons up the back! #thedaleks

OH SHIT, A DALEK! #thedaleks

CLIFFHANGER!

[evilawyer]

Only one thing to say about this serial, and it's about the first episode to boot:

Best cliffhanger ever!

[john_amend_all]

I remember when they repeated the first few episodes of The Daleks on BBC4, the same night that Partners in Crime was broadcast for the first time. I have to say that I found Ian and Barbara's plight far more gripping than Dangling Donna. The episode 2 cliffhanger, with Susan heading out alone into the thunderstorm, made me shiver, which PiC definitely didn't.

[darthfangirl]

LOL, Thals.

[darthfangirl]

Also, Barbara and the Doctor are a lot more alike than they probably think they are.

Episode 2 and 3 livetweet!

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When we left, Barbara was being menaced by a sink plunger. WHAT COULD THAT MEAN? #thedaleks

I have the perfect pants to cosplay Susan. And I'm only, like, five years older than she was when she played a 15 year old! #thedaleks

"What type of intelligence? What form does it take?"
"What does that matter?"
OH, DOCTOR, YOU ARE SUCH A CHILD. #thedaleks

"There's nothing wrong with the fluid link."
"FUCK YOU, DOCTOR." Ian, slightly paraphrased. #thedaleks

OH GOD, DALEKS! #thedaleks #whyaretheysoscary?

Ian isn't moving, so the Daleks paralyse his legs. WAY TO GO, DALEKS. #thedaleks

Barbara: first to guess there's something inside the Dalek shells. Her superpower is knowing stuff. #thedaleks

1% of the Thals control 99% of the radiation drugs. OCCUPY SKARO! #thedaleks #doctorwho

Man, even the Doctor's relationship with the Daleks is more linear than his relationship with River. #thedaleks

Man, even Ian has a harder time getting his legs back than [DOWNTON ABBEY SPOILERS HERE] #thedaleks

The Doctor is wearing a striped waistcoat with checked pants. At least we know Six comes by it honestly! #thedaleks

Ian's masculinity is pasted on. It's kind of amazing. #thedaleks

SPOILERS: Daleks aren't very nice. #thedaleks

I'm going to take a wild guess and assume The Doctor isn't going to die. #thedaleks

Ian is emoting at a door. Bless. #thedaleks

Guys, your cliffhanger was a clap of thunder. I mean, really. #thedaleks

What the hell! Episode 3!

Unexpected Thal Guy is unexpected. And creepy. #thedaleks

Thal dude is emoting like he's in I, Claudius. In a really fabulous plastic coat, I have to say. #thedaleks

I bet the annual Thal swimsuit competition is a major event. #thedaleks

Thal sexual politics put the O_O in O_O WORTHY. #thedaleks

Nothing says GOOD TIMES like taking dictation from Daleks. All! Those! Exclamation! Marks! #thedaleks

Barbara: STILL THE SMARTEST. #thedaleks

I used to think pushing Daleks was silly and old fashioned. Then I saw "Journey's End" and realised they were just silly. #thedaleks.

DALEK MUTANT VERSION 1. #thedaleks

Any solution that involves getting into a Dalek shell is automatically win. #thedaleks

[el_staplador]

Liveblog of episodes 1-4 here.

[komiiro]

Okay, here's my impressions of the episodes.

The first introduction of the enemy that never goes away (outside of the Master) but is also the Doctor's oldest and perhaps evilest enemies... and are also the most ridiculous looking of them all... none other than the Daleks.

Here we learn that the planet, Skaro, has been ravaged by a terrible war that ended in nuclear holocaust. Wait... you mean this isn't Fallout? Oh, right... well, it looked like Fallout to me.

The Doctor, in his glory. Er... or selfishness. Wow. One is sooo different than his later versions, but you can see, even in this episode, the beginning inklings of character development down the later path, but also how very easy it is for him to fall back to this previous state, or far, far worse. The darkness of Nine, Ten and Eleven are suddenly not that alien a concept. No pun intended.

Susan is just brilliant. Yes, she's frightened. Yes, she's scared, and so very, very young here but she has the bravery to finally do what needs to be done in running all the way back to the TARDIS to get the vials of radiation antidote for her friends and grandfather. While this is tempered with her naivete in trusting the Daleks to keep their word, again, may I point out that this was done in the 60's and how young she's supposed to be?

I love how they escape.

Ian in a Dalek "suit" while being pushed by the Doctor... for the epic win.

And again, Susan shows some brilliance in a scene not two seconds later when she throws a false panic hissy fit to fool the Daleks into believing their ruse with Ian as the Dalek. Epic quick thinking - definitely her grandfather's granddaughter there.

It was a typical 60's sci fi show in all the corniness, but it was also brilliant in character development, particularly the Doctor and Susan. But... I'm biased towards Susan, lol...