Ah yes, "Evolution of the Daleks."

Question to Doctor Who fans by PitViperOfDoom on 2012-12-12 06:43:00 UTC Reply

I started watching it not too long ago, started with the reboot. (My far more dedicated brother started at the very very beginning and I wish him luck with that.) I am now halfway through season 3 and I have a somewhat embarrassing question: is it bad that I find Daleks bizarrely cute?

Not that I'd actually want to meet one, but... just...

Okay this Dalek is hooked up to a bunch of wires and he's got his blinky lights and his eye scope moving around and he's wagging his little plunger and zappy arms around just enough that his entire metal saltshaker suit is wobbling "I AM NOW READY FOR FULL SCALE WAR" Oh my God why is this so cute.

I'm kind of itching to try the same thing I did with Jack the Hunter, with a hypothetical Dalek agent (granting "humanity", basically), but I'm not entirely sure how. I'd rather not abuse the grammatical glitch excuse, and in canon I've so far seen two Daleks get humanized, but one committed suicide while the other had to... eat someone first. Or something. Any ideas?

Re: Question to Doctor Who fans by Antigone68104 on 2012-12-12 15:21:00 UTC Reply

Unfortunately most of "The Evil of the Daleks" (Second Doctor) was lost when the BBC did an archive purge. But the novelization and Tardis Wiki entry both speak of a conversion arch rigged by the Doctor to implant the Human Factor in Daleks. Maybe a bit-Dalek got shoved through a conversion arch by accident during a mission? Or one of the humanized Daleks from that episode "got lost" when the episode tapes were junked and wound up in HQ?

(Link: http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Evilofthe_Daleks)
Have you seen this? by EileenAlphabet on 2012-12-12 09:30:00 UTC Reply

Exterminate! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKhtP62RE1E
There are already a couple Dalek Agents by Sergio Turbo on 2012-12-12 07:16:00 UTC Reply

Both of them have been given the Human Factor and... That's it, I guess.

So, you can make one with no worries.

And yay for simultaneous explanations. (nm) by Sergio Turbo on 2012-12-12 07:18:00 UTC Reply

Ah yes, "Evolution of the Daleks." by SeaTurtle on 2012-12-12 07:14:00 UTC Reply

Loved that episode.

Don't worry: I also find that Daleks have some sort of odd charm. There's something inherently funny about the way they scream "EXTERMINATE" in a semi-hysterical fashion. Or is it just me? Anyone?

The PPC can administer the Human Factor to a Dalek in order to create a Humanized Dalek which takes away the instinct to hate and destroy and replaces it with a more... well, human personality.

Agent Omicron is a humanized Dalek. There are no missions featuring him (I think), but he is a precedent. I, for one, would absolutely love seeing a Humanized Dalek scoot around PPC HQ and the reactions of Whovian agents...