The Evil of the Daleks and other Podcasts
Swen hat gestern eine ganze Reihe schöner „Science in SciFi“-Podcasts gepostet und ich höre mir jetzt erstmal eine philosophische Abhandlung über das Wesen des Bösen anhand der Daleks an, ein paar Gedanken eines Psychologen über Batman und den jüngsten Amoklauf und Cory Doctorow über Copyright.
The evil of the Daleks
Radio ABC: “They are among the most loved, or most feared, villains in science fiction. But what is it that makes Dalek such great baddies? What constitutes evil and why do the Daleks represent a very specific idea about rationality and morality? This week, we talk to a philosopher about what the Daleks have to tell us—in their mechanical, screechy voices—about who we are.” […]Dr. Travis Langley – Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight (M4a File)
theofantastique.com: “Dr. Langley is both a social psychologist, and a comic fan who labels himself a “superheroologist.” In this podcast he shares his thoughts on the Colorado shooting and alleged connections to Batman, and additional thoughts on superheroes in American culture.” […]Cory Doctorow on Copyright
Radio ABC 16.07.2012: “A funny thing happened on the way to the 21st century, copyright policy ceased to exist. Because every copyright policy that we make has a seismic effect on the Internet, and you can’t regulate copying without regulating the Internet.”
The Dalek Relaxation Tape
Genau das richtige für die Zeit, in der ich mit Umzug beschäftigt bin: The Dalek Relaxation Tape von Peter Serafinowicz.
Craig Ferguson and the Dalek
(Youtube Direktdalek, danke Matthias!)
Craig Ferguson hatte nicht nur den ersten Roboter-Sidekick der Welt, sondern auch vorgestern einen Dalek in der Sendung. Hilarious!
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
Craig Ferguson & The Mythbusters perform Modern Englishs „Melt With You“
Craig Fergusons Robot Skeleton Sidekick
Craig Ferguson über Jugend und Dummheit
Dalek Cake
Schöner Geburtstagskuchen, den da jemand bekommen hat. Auf Staked Cakes steht noch ein bisschen was dazu, wie sie das Ding hinbekommen haben: Daleks and Birthdays. (via Geeks are Sexy)
The complete Dalek Chronicles
Vor ein paar Wochen hatte ich ein paar der 104 Comics „The Dalek Chronicles“ gebloggt, die meisten der Strips waren damals aber nicht online zu finden. Ich begab mich daraufhin hinab in die dunkleren Gefilden der Netzes und fragte die Elderly of the Internet, wo zum Geier denn der Rest der Comicstrips abgeblieben sei.
„Dicker“, haben sie gesagt und einen für meinen Geschmack etwas zu langen und zu belustigten Blick auf meine Plauze geworfen, „Dicker“, sagten sie, „die Chroniken der Daleks, die Du suchst, die liegen verborgen fernab im Reich der doppelregenbogenfarbigen Einhornherrscher, in dem die Trolle hausen und sie werden bewacht von den unsterblichen Götzen der LULZ.“
„Ja leckt mich halt“, sagte ich da, zog mir die Strips aus dem Meer der Peers und lud sie bei Flickr hoch: The Dalek Chronicles (Complete). (Überhaupt mal grundsätzlich: Freunde von Comics dürften meine Flickr-Sets nicht uninteressant finden.)
On 23rd January 1965, the Daleks made their first appearance in their own full colour comic strip on the back page of the lavish new children’s weekly comic TV Century 21. Written largely by David Whitaker, who was the series’ original script editor, and illustrated by such legendary comic strip artists as Richard Jennings, Ron Turner and Eric Eden, this popular one-page strip ran for 104 instalments, and finally concluded on the brink of the Daleks’ planned attack on the inhabitants of Earth.
These strips have been reprinted many times in Dalek Annuals and other Doctor Who-related books, plus Doctor Who Weekly, Doctor Who Monthly and Doctor Who Classic Comics, as well as being issued complete and in colour as a special edition magazine.
This is that magazine.
Vintage Comic: The Dalek Chronicles
Atomic Surgery hat 13 alte, sehr schön gezeichnete Dalek-Comic-Strips: The Dalek Chronicles.
It’s 1965 and Beatlemania has swept the world. On TV, Gerry Anderson’s Stingray is chronicling the adventures of Aquanaut, Troy Tempest, and The Thunderbirds are awaiting their signal to ‘GO!’ On the newsstands the pseudo newspaper magazine, TV Century 21, launches, mixing stories of real science with comic strip-style stories of TV shows from both sides of the pond.
Presented here are the first 13 strips of The Daleks, scripted by David Whittaker, but credited to Terry Nation who created them for the Dr. Who TV show.
Dalek Comic Strip (1965): The Origin of The Daleks!, hier gibt’s weitere Scans bis #24 (von 104!) (via Interweb3000)
Lego Mindstorms Dalek
(Youtube Direktdalek, via Polkarobot)
Hier ein schöner DIY Lego-Dalek, der in der Mitte des Videos den Hund von Bastler Marc-Andre Bazergui exterminieren will. Im Youtube-Channel von Marc-Andre gibt’s noch einen Lego-Wall-E. Snip von Youtube:
Doctor Who TV show has been around since the 1950′s and as a huge fan of the Doctor i decided to create my own DALEK using LEGO Mindstorms NXT brick, and special servo module from Mindsensors.com to control the head, probes and eye. He is fully automated and use UltraSonic sensor as well as one touch sensor. Lights are from Power Function and are controlled via motor port A. 2 conversion cables are used (PF to RCX and RCX to NXT) The drive train use standard NXT servo motor. Most grey parts are from the AT-ST LEGO set #10174 and the rest from my collection of LEGO.
Dalek Wheelchair
Ben Wake lost a leg in a motorcycle accident, so during his rehabilitation, his friends got together to build him … a Dalek wheelchair for him get around!
Dalek toy turned into roving surveillance bot
Take one remote control Dr Who Dalek toy, add a state of the art pinhole security camera, pair with wireless transmitter and hard disk recorder – and voila, an incognito security device for the geek office or home. This bot was made by a London security firm for an anonymous client and we got to play with it!
DIY = Dalek It Yourself
Sure, it might look easy to make yourself your very own Dalek after watching a couple of episodes of Doctor Who, but have you really thought it all the way through? For those who have the urge to make their own versions of Russell T. Davies’ favorite murderous time-spanning cyborgs, there’s always Project Dalek, an online community dedicated to making sure that anyone can become Davros if they’re willing to work hard enough.
Chrome Dalek Invites Cylons To Bring It
Strictly speaking Daleks are cyborgs not robots, but they remain cyborgs that are unreasonable and grumpy enough to match the meanest robot you’ve ever met. With the blockbuster return of Doctor Who to the airwaves, the quality of tie-in merchandise has gone through the roof. There was always a trickle of toys and collectibles (many were surprisingly shabby) for show’s original TV run, but never have these classic characters looked as good as now.
Steampunk Dalek
Alex Holden created this fantastic steampunk dalek sculpture out of a plastic Dalek bubble bath bottle
Ejaculate! Daleks’ Ultimate Aim Revealed (NSFW)
Final proof that there’s a fetish for everyone: the Daleks, the genocidal cyborgs from Doctor Who, starred in their own porn video a few years ago — and it turns out those egg-whisk guns of theirs have a setting we never knew about. Abducted By Daleks had barely gone on sale before the BBC sued and banned it out of existence. Copies are now incredibly rare — but well worth hunting down, if only for the amusement value.
