With the 20 hour limit on the Elimination Games I thought it might be useful to have a separate thread where we can all express our anger and frustration that our darlings have been eliminated.
And yes, I was prompted to start this thread because someone (@NobodyNo-One ) cruelly eliminated the Ironside Dalek!
How has this:
gone out before these boring Dalek designs?:
Even though I never voted Ironside down, I do think it’s a pretty lazy take on what could have been a cool idea. A ramshackle Dalek plausibly made by England in WWII could have been more interesting than this. Meanwhile there are SO many bland designs I do think they aren’t being eliminated just from the volume of choices.
I don’t think it was that lazy - loved the little Union Flag, the supply packs on the midriff and the blackout covers on the headlights. I also like the green for some reason.
In my defense, they merged two things I dislike a lot - boring Dalek takes and soldiers.
I’m no fan of soldiers or the military aesthetic - just liked them here. But it’s okay. You’re forgiven. I won’t add you to the ‘Downvoted the Kandyman’ hitlist…
I would never downvote the Kandyman because when I a little too late found that topic I was disenhearted that THE BEST CHARACTER EVER DIDN’t WIN
I think it’s let down but a lack of commitment. The paint, flag and supply packs are great but it’s still the time-war shell underneath.
Fair point - but then they did have the big guns waiting in the wings to come and revolutionise the Daleks, wow the audience and create a new era of Dalek design celebrated throughout fandom…
Oh wait… never mind…
Whaaaaaat, you don’t like the Super Sentai Daleks?
I actually don’t mind them as much as some do. I like the colours.
One thing I did enjoy about this latest Elimination Game is that it prompted me to watch Daleks! The story was alright but the design of the Emperor, Strategist, and Executioner were all unique and pretty well done IMO. Each have design choices inform a bit about their characters which is pretty rare for any Dalek. I’m a fan of them now!
Calling them Yellow Ranger Dalek, Red Ranger Dalek, Black Ranger Dalek etc etc every few second is the only enjoyable part of Victory of the Daleks for me, so I am grateful
I have mixed feelings on the cabeçudos (had to express myself in Portuguese here to truly express my feelings) (it just mean big heads) but eh at least they were trying something different
Good news: the Kandyman has reached the finale of another dr who robot showdown.
Bad news: he’s against K9 (and also it’s on tumblr)
At first glance the big head looks a little silly but in action I think it’s my favourite take on the Emperor. It feels like a natural progression of their design compared to something like the spider-legs.
Half of me is mad about daleks I missed after posting, but the other half knows that this is already going to be too long even without them lmao
That said, I still can’t believe I forgot The Stolen Earth Supreme
He’s so good
I’m also surprised that no-one’s touched the Evil of the Daleks Emperor Dalek yet
It’s such an iconic design
I’m a little mid on Evil’s Emperor. It’s not bad but not a personal favourite. The Stolen Earth Supreme was pretty cool though!
There is a REALLY good design in the DWM comics, sadly they don’t appear much in their own story but it’s enough to leave me waiting for more.
The Cybermen have a somewhat extremer variaty, even if they are fewer, so it could be fun to do them sometime. The design from The Flood is a must to that one.
Oh??
Do you have a picture?
I tried to mostly keep to TV daleks, but did sneak a few well known or very different looking Big Finish ones
