02 July 2004

Daleks go missing from new Dr Who


Gutted, that's what I am; gutted. It appears that the makers of the revamped Dr Who could not come to terms about editorial control of the Daleks [hardly surprising for would be masters of the universe]. But we are promised a baddy who will have us at the edge of our seats....

2 comments:

maggi said...

I know!!! What on earth is the POINT of Dr Who without the daleks? What else would make us hide behind the sofa?...

Andii said...

Indeed. Though it was always my sisters who did that hiding behind the sofa thing -and then not that often; I was a big tough [ahem!] boy. I think that it was my first introduction to the meaning of evil: implacable hatred and fidelity to a totally uncompassionate view of life.

Having said that. There were some other good Baddies: the Cybermen had me scared and the Ice Warriors. Then there was the Master -always definistively played by Roger Delgado. Happy days when life was simple and the scariest thing was something on Saturday afternoon on tele and was fixed by a hot meal and a cup of tea.

Here's hoping for more sofa-hiding-inducing baddies! I've got nephews and nieces to scare!

And probably sisters to placate poiunting out that they never did hide behind the setee... !

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