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(Score: 3, Interesting) by day of the dalek on Tuesday September 03, @05:00PM
As many of you might remember, I closed the "dalek" account a little more than a year ago with the statement that it was permanently closed. And it remains that way.
When the classic serial The Evil of the Daleks [wikipedia.org] aired in 1967, it was intended to be the end of the Daleks in Doctor Who. They had appeared in several previous stories: The Daleks, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Chase, Mission to the Unknown, The Daleks' Master Plan, and The Power of the Daleks. One of the few clips to survive from The Evil of the Daleks outside of episode 2 is this clip of the final battle on Skaro that appears to kill the Daleks, including their emperor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ywfaB-pxAE [youtube.com]. Terry Nation was the writer who originally created the Daleks and intended to sell them to American television, hence his decision to write them out of Doctor Who.
When that didn't work out, the Daleks returned to Doctor Who in 1972 in the serial Day of the Daleks [wikipedia.org]. It's a well-executed time travel paradox that has become somewhat common in science fiction. In the 22nd century, humanity has been enslaved by Daleks. Rebels from the 22nd century travel back in time to assassinate a British diplomat, believing that this will prevent the war that ultimately causes the Daleks to gain control of Earth. However, the rebels don't realize that it's really their own interference in the affairs of the 20th century that cause the Dalek invasion to be successful. It's a common time travel paradox in science fiction, but Doctor Who executes it well in this story, and it's a very entertaining serial.
I chose this username because "dalek" was supposed to be permanently gone, but it didn't quite work out that way. So "day of the dalek" seemed to be an appropriate username.