Daleks are destroyed - now what's next to go?
- Publication: Irish Independent
- Date: 2011-06-03
- Author: Ed Power
- Page: 24
- Language: English
With Doctor Who's villains put into retirement, there are other TV clichés that should be axed writes Ed Power
Dark days lie ahead for fans of one-eyed space monsters that can't use the stairs. The Daleks, Dr Who's most iconic adversaries, are to be packed off to semi-retirement.
"There's a problem with the Daleks. They are the most famous of the Doctor's adversaries and the most frequent, which means they are the most reliably defeatable enemies in the universe," show runner Steven Moffat said.
"They have been defeated by the Doctor about 400 times. Surely they should just see the Tardis approaching, say, 'Oh. It's him again', and trudge away."
Nothing kills a TV viewer's passion faster than a novelty pushed past its sell-by hour. With their ever-shorter attention spans and increasing choice of distractions, audiences constantly crave the new. If only more people in television followed Dr Who's lead, calling time out on old reliables that have turned a tad stale. We've selected a few television institutions which would benefit from 'pulling a Dalek', and trundling off into quasi-retirement.
Caption: Forced into retirement:Dr Who's fiercest enemies, The Daleks, have been axed from the programme. Tom Baker (below) was one of the Doctors who took them on
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