Doctor Who - 10th Anniversary of NuWho: Dalek Review

Doctor Who:
Dalek
By Robert Shearman

“You would make a good Dalek.”

The Doctor and Rose have arrived in an underground bunker near Salt Lake City Utah in the year 2012 where The Doctor discovers that they are in the middle of a museum that has tons of alien artifacts including a Cybermen head.  They are soon captured by the guard and taken to Henry van Statten for questioning.  During questionng The Doctor discovers that van Statten isn’t interested in the uniqueness of the artifacts but to exploit them and keep them for his collection.  It appears he also has a live specimen and The Doctor finds out that he too will be a part of his collection as he is an alien and the last of his race.

Doctor Who - LI Geek Adds Dalek Writer To Guest List

For those attending LI Geek this year you will be able to meet the writer of one of the best Dalek stories of NuWho Robert Sherman.  Robert Sherman will be attending on Sunday only and it should be interesting to hear him talk about writing for Doctor this year which celebrates 10 years since his story Dalek aired. The Press release is below and you can get your tickets at LI Who website.

Rob Shearman is making his first Long Island Convention Appearance at LI Geek (Sunday only).

Robert Shearman has written for television, radio and the stage. His award-winning plays include Fool to Yourself, which premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 1997 and won the inaugural Sophie Winter Memorial Trust Award. Easy Laughter, which was produced in Los Angeles by Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope group and won the Sunday Times Playwriting Award. His play Coupling won the World Drama Trust Award and Binary Dreamers was given the Guinness Award for Theatre Ingenuity, in association with the Royal National Theatre. He has written many radio plays for the BBC, and his interactive drama series for them, The Chain Gang, ran for three seasons and won two Sony Awards. He has written five short story collections, and collectively they have won the World Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and three British Fantasy Awards. He is best known as a writer for the television series Doctor Who, reintroducing fan-favorite villains the Daleks to the screen in its BAFTA winning first series in an episode nominated for a Hugo Award.

Rob comes to us via the Dirt [contained] Theatre Company who are presenting the New York premiere of EASY LAUGHTER, the Sunday Times Award-winning play written by Robert Shearman, a Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy award winning author and Hugo-nominated writer for the hit BBC series Doctor Who. The controversial satire, directed by Stephen Massaro, will open on April 30 at the Alchemical Theatre Laboratory on 104 West 14th Street in Manhattan and run through May 10. Dirt [contained] co-founders Tana Sirois and Maria Swisher said EASY LAUGHTER was perhaps “more relevant today than when it was written: boldly confront ing xenophobia, extremism, state surveillance and government control.” Tickets are available at: easylaughter.brownpapertickets.com and for more information visit: dirtcontained.com.

Doctor Who and Dalekmania in the 60's

Producer Verity Lambert and a Dalek

Some great photos featuring the Daleks are available at this site

http://flashbak.com/meeting-dr-whos-daleks-in-the-1960s-19-photos-20072/

Carole Ann Ford (Susan) at a public appearance

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Dalek Reviewed By @Paul_Bowler

Dalek
By Robert Shearman
Reviewed By Paul Bowler

"You would make a good Dalek."

As we enjoy the 50th Anniversary year of Doctor Who, it seems fitting perhaps that we take stock of the series past as well as the renewed success that Doctor Who has enjoyed since its triumphant return to our screens. Once seemingly forgotten and unloved by the BBC, Doctor Who was lovingly resurrected from the enforced exile of cancellation in 2005 by Russell T Davis, Julie Gardener, Mal Young, and Phil Collinson. Together they crafted a new vision of the world’s longest running Science Fiction programme, capitalizing on their heartfelt love of Doctor Who and its rich mythology, and regenerating the concept for the enjoyment of a new generation for fans.

One crucial element, however, was missing - the Daleks. So when the TARDIS brought the Doctor and Rose to Henry Van Statten’s vast underground museum of alien artefacts near Salt Lake City, Utah, we watch transfixed as the Doctor is led to a gloomy cell for an encounter with the proprietors prized exhibit - The Metaltron - little knowing that the hate-fuelled horror trapped inside will prove to be a terrifying reminder of his own not-so-distant past in which he sacrificed everything to save the universe from a war of eternal oblivion…

Synopsis For Doctor Who - The Dalek Contract

 

The 4th Doctor is pitted up against The Daleks yet again.  The Doctor and Romana 1 begin a two part story which will be interesting to listen too just for the fact to see how the get around Romana not seeing them before in Destiny of the Daleks.  You can order it at Big Finsh at the link below.

http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-dalek-contract-691

These creatures have ravaged half the cosmos. They're experts at this kind of thing. Nothing can stand in their way.'

The Doctor and Romana find themselves in the Proxima System, where enigmatic Conglomerate CEO Cuthbert has been conducting his infamous 'experiment'. An experiment which might accidentally rip the universe apart.

Meanwhile, living conditions on Proxima Major have become harsh and hostile. Climate change has turned the landscape into a freezing wasteland and an alien power has condemned much of the population to life inside internment camps. For those still clinging to their freedom, the struggle for survival is now beyond desperate and outsiders such as the Doctor and Romana are only seen as a threat.

What is Cuthbert really up to in the Proxima System, and just how does he expect the dreaded Daleks to fit into his plan?

 

Written By: Nicholas Briggs
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs

Cast
Tom Baker (The Doctor), Mary Tamm (Romana), John Leeson (K9/Tollivun), David Warner (Cuthbert), Toby Hadoke (Mr Dorrick), Dominic Mafham (Chidak), Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks), Jane Slavin (Halka), John Dorney (Sterris)

Dalek Relaxation Tape