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Classic Who "Day of the Daleks" Parts 1&2 Reaction

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Ian Smith

So glad you chose the Special Edition :) A lot of people dislike any attempt at 'improvements' to the original, but I feel that these updated versions are simply allowing us to see the vision of what the original writers/producers would have very much wanted to put across - if only they had had the money/technology to do so. In the case of this story,some of the improvements were to the visual effects (the destruction caused by the lasers e.g.); but,more significantly,to the Daleks voices. In the original version,they appear to have been spoken by voice artists who had never actually heard what Daleks sounded like! It's very off-putting and distracting. In this revised version,they're voiced by Nicholas Briggs - the voice of the Daleks in Modern Who. I think they sound MUCH more effective and threatening. Glad you're enjoying it. It's one of my personal favourite Who stories - I especially enjoy its resolution (wait and see!)

Azmat Mahmood

Phew, I'm glad she watched the special edition. The OG version really doesn't do the story justice.

Robert

The last Dalek story before this was Evil of the Daleks back in Patrick Troughton’s first season.

James Fish

So glad you have reached this story. Statistically and chronologically this is the first broadcast story I could possibly have watched after being born. Ironically it was the first video I purchased on the start of my 34 years to date of buying the home media releases. Thus was born a lifelong obsession with the show! Many thanks for the early access - I thought we were going to have to wait until next week for it. Thanks for another great reaction!

James Fish

I did have some hang ups about them updating some of the stories because I felt it somehow negated the work they put in originally. However, in this case it's a definite improvement. I also hope they do this with another one yet to receive this treatment. No prizes for guessing which one lol!

Azmat Mahmood

Second story of season 11? Yeah, that definitely needs some updating. It's a really good story, but so many people are put off by the visuals.

James Fish

Yes, I fully agree. It's an excellent story but somewhat spoilt by those effects. Even the late Barry Letts expressed his disappointment with it.