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"Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" was certainly fun, although I did spend most of it thinking "Gosh, isn't Solomon reminiscent of Lord Walder Frey from Game of Thrones?" It turns out there's a reason for that. I can't but help thinking that Bradley turned up for the audition and was told "You know that miserable old git you play in Game of Thrones? Same look, same voice, and, uh, same performance, please..."
Anyway, New Who over I thought I'd expose![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darth_hamster to some of the classic stuff. Since I have a DVD of Genesis of the Daleks, widely regarded as one of the best Classic Who serials ever, that seemed to be the place to start. Now, I did warn darth_hamster that the pacing might be a bit slow by modern standards and that the lack of budget would be rather obvious at times. What I didn't anticipate was that she'd spend most of the first episode in tears of laughter.
It soon became apparent that there is a major problem in showing Genesis of the Daleks to anyone who has not seen it before but has seen 'Allo 'Allo. To begin with you have General Ravon (Guy Siner), who is likely to be immediately recognised as Lt Gruber. As if that's not bad enough, the Kaled salute - as demonstrated by Gen Ravon below - is exactly like the rather abbreviated Nazi version performed by Capt Geering:
And as if things couldn't get any worseHerr Flick of the Gestapo Security Commander Nyder turns up. Actually, Nyder is rather more reminiscent of Sturmbannführer Ludwig Kessler of Secret Army but then since 'Allo 'Allo is a Secret Army parody that doesn't really help much.
When she wasn't quaking in mirthdarth_hamster was pouring scorn on our 1975-era TARDIS crew, be it Sarah Jane Smith for trying to sneak around Skaro's battlefields in a bright yellow cagoule, or the Fourth Doctor and Harry Sullivan for seemingly forgetting all about her once they've been captured by the Kaleds. Episode 1 ended and I was pleaded to spare her the rest; I did put on the final five minutes to show what a proper Really Ranty Dalek was like, though (see below at 10:00).
Anyway, New Who over I thought I'd expose
darth_hamster to some of the classic stuff. Since I have a DVD of Genesis of the Daleks, widely regarded as one of the best Classic Who serials ever, that seemed to be the place to start. Now, I did warn darth_hamster that the pacing might be a bit slow by modern standards and that the lack of budget would be rather obvious at times. What I didn't anticipate was that she'd spend most of the first episode in tears of laughter.It soon became apparent that there is a major problem in showing Genesis of the Daleks to anyone who has not seen it before but has seen 'Allo 'Allo. To begin with you have General Ravon (Guy Siner), who is likely to be immediately recognised as Lt Gruber. As if that's not bad enough, the Kaled salute - as demonstrated by Gen Ravon below - is exactly like the rather abbreviated Nazi version performed by Capt Geering:
And as if things couldn't get any worse
When she wasn't quaking in mirth
darth_hamster was pouring scorn on our 1975-era TARDIS crew, be it Sarah Jane Smith for trying to sneak around Skaro's battlefields in a bright yellow cagoule, or the Fourth Doctor and Harry Sullivan for seemingly forgetting all about her once they've been captured by the Kaleds. Episode 1 ended and I was pleaded to spare her the rest; I did put on the final five minutes to show what a proper Really Ranty Dalek was like, though (see below at 10:00). 
