"Remember, remember, the Dalek December With Paris in ruins and London an ember In times of the future when fears are abating Don't try to forget them, the Daleks are waiting Quietly planning and scheming and hating"

"the children will laugh at the dalek master race" Jeeeesus blue peter, you're proving Rob Shearman right

"Once again, this is real, and I think it's canon" (Refering to the dalek cake part) I mean, these are the same guys who made a miniature TARDIS just so they could practise their aim on it due to their sheer hatred for the Doctor in Death to the Daleks... so yeah, it's probably canon.

"I'm gonna spend my christmas with a Dalek" Ok now that's.... weird.... lmao...

That unique intro score, man. That's so eerie

Great video. I don't think this was mentioned but one of the Daleks was operated by a lady - Lynn Farleigh, probably the only time that a Dalek had been operated by a female. She recalled in a 1988 Manchester newspaper how uncomfortable it was and that she once felt so nauseous from the glue, so had to keep blinking the lights to signal she wanted to be rescued. She also recalled that one of the Dalek operators fell asleep during a performance so am actor had to kick the Dalek to wake him!

That Dalek Christmas song is definitely going to be on the album for this year’s Christmas party at my university’s Doctor Who society. 😂

There was also an animated version of this story produced by Stuat Palmer just before Big Finish produced their version- unfotunately he had to discontinue it because of Big Finish's version.

I think we take for granted now just how popular Daleks were and still are.

As one of the children from that time I was pretty into the daleks -I had a Louis Marx Dalek-a squad of Dalek Rolykins, a dalek badge and my Mum mad me some Dalek Cakes( I think this was more or less the Blue Peter recipe-but am not sure we had all the chocolate icing -she chopped up a mini swiss roll-stuck some smarties into the lower bit and plonked a marshmallow on top as the dome sticking three cocktail sticks into this particular Skaro Degredation to represent the appendages).

After seeing that hilarious Blue Peter skit, I think you should cover every Doctor Who appearance on Blue Peter similar to your Comic Relief vid. You’ll get to talk about the fantastic “That Take!” In much more depth than on the livestreams. How does that sound? Something that could maybe be voted in a future patreon poll?

Well. That was chilling and amazing to hear about. Thanks for another great video, Trilbee!

This story reminds me a fair bit of Jubilee and I wonder if Jubilee took inspiration from it in some way. Whilst not the same, the idea of Jubilee was that Dalekmania became a thing in universe and the Daleks became overwhelmingly marketable. Akin to WW2, in trying to trivialize this evil and make it a joke (like WW2 did with the hindu symbol gang), people forgot the impact of their hatred and evil and forgot why they fought it. They even began to become like them, believing that 'we aren't them, so we aren't the bad guys.' This story later became the inspiration for 2005's Dalek, where it lost a lot of the other themes or at least the depth of them but it was still very close, when it came to the idea that we become too complacent and too quick to forget.

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"Did you like the Dalek cake?" "No, it tasted shite and gave me the squits."

13:39 That wasn't Captain Redway, that was Co-Pilot Rocket Smith.

9:28 - As illustrated in 1988's Remembrance of the Daleks

I have the audio version of this story it is awesome in billions of ways

They should bring that music back I think it would be a hit

The Daleks showing up on Blue Peter is cannon and Valerie Singleton is the best companion ever.

I enjoyed the audio, and am glad they kind of stuck by the content of the original instead of trying to change or update it. I'm really used to 1930s/40s pulp stuff so the kind of weird dialogue and banter didn't bother me that much, just kind of reflecting how this sort of thing is often twenty or twenty-five years behind the literature. Of the three Doctor Who stage plays, this one is my favourite, despite, you know, not having a Doctor. Not a classic maybe but pretty interesting and fun to listen to.

Gotta love when i discover KZfaq has once again unsubscribed me from a channel i watch after i wonder why they've not uploaded in so long...

The dalek war is with the thals after they killed davros and doctor come

As a fan of Cybermen, I have honestly never understood "Dalekmania".

Star Trek recently started a series based on the idea of the original pilot from the 1960's getting picked up. I would be intereted if they made a Dalek series based on Nation's ideas.

What a great topic for a vid btw, total blindspot. Glad we're not skipping over dalekmania, makes you wonder how many seasons Who would've truly had without it.

For balance, you should also cover the Gay Daleks who appeared in Victor Lewis-Smith’s TV Offal

I would love to see it on stage even with its faults, i did see a Dalek on stage when John Barrowman did panto in Brum years ago, on a backstage tour of the production they bemoaned the Dalek contract was like a telephone directory with the stuff they couldn't do with the prop

It just occured to me, but was Power of Three parhaps riffing on the Dalek phenomenon? That if aliens ever did invade and they looked somewhat adorable, we'd sooner market them on various products before processing that they're supposed to be an enemy to be opposed.

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I think the BBC/Bad Wolf missed a trick by not putting on live productions of the plays in the anniverssary year.

The number one enemy of the daleks… cake

Is the Dalek Cake blue Peter skit better than Take That blue Peter though?

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That is very interesting so I know I am asking for spoilers but do the daleks survive?

Michael Praed! That means that we have both ‘Robin Hoods’ (Robin of Loxley & Robert of Huntingdon) from Robin of Sherwood involved in the Whoniverse! This thrills me to no end, thank you 💜

great we got a dead planet style black dalek, was definately missing in the original serial

It was the butler the butler always did it😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Would love to see your coverage of the Jon pertwee/Colin Baker stage plays for doctor who.

Imagine being so thoughtful on the nature of Daleks and fascism and then have a weird rant on women's lib. Then present that to kids! What a strange production

And people complains that Doctor Who is woke now?

Not a fan of neo liberalism but what did the Daleks have to do with free market capitalism

I'm slightly concerned about your definition of flirty dialogue here. Unless the word's taken on a new meaning since I last looked!

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how were fascists allowed to make a Doctor Who play, even back in those times??