Dom's Rambles

I hit a bit of a log-jam this weekend while attempting to write up the final draft of Unfinished Business. Part 2: Jenny, as it turned out a little darker than I was happy with and until I can find the words to lighten it I'm going to delay posting the thing.
On a cheerier note, your gracious host has been transformed into an excitable child and is positively a-tremble at the news that Davros, creator of the Daleks, is to make his return to Doctor Who this Saturday - even if it does bugger up plans I had already made to spend the entire day attempting to drink myself to death (on an even more cheery note you might like to check this out, which is something I always find amusing).
I can remember seeing Davros on his first outing in the 1975 series Genesis of The Daleks which I still think is an absolute classic of the SciFi genre - the story being so strong that it more than compensates for the wobbly sets, hammy acting and the bad guy's Nazi knock-off costumes - even if the Nazi motif was quite obviously deliberate.

Dalek creator, Terry Nation, supposedly based the Daleks on the Nazis, and this episode abounds with parallels. A madman leads his own race to its destruction. He is supported by security services that ride roughshod over the military and anybody else that gets in their way. They dress wholly in black, and salute each other by raising their hands and clicking the heels of their boots together. Their bespectacled leader, Nyder, is cold-hearted and ruthless, and even wears an Iron Cross in earlier episodes before the medal later disappears from his costume. Much of the action takes place in "the Bunker".

And while we're on a design tip I get the impression that Davros 2008 (see the above picture), while retaining all the iconic elements of the original, seems to be giving a certain stylistic nod towards Clive Barker.
Discuss.

Update: And wasn't it an awesome episode?

posted by Dom  # 8:46 PM