Now they’re almost all robot-cold, calculating, and hell-bent on making everyone else into Cybermen, too. The Cybermen of Mondas started out as humanoid however, once they started implanting artificial body parts, they just couldn’t stop. Then, in 1973, he admitted that the word “simply rolled off the typewriter.” However, linguist Ben Zimmer points out that in Serb-Croation dalek can mean “distant,” and by extension, “alien.” 6.
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First introduced in 1963, Daleks were originally hilariously low-tech and got an upgrade in 2005 for the series reboot, but they still retain their fundamental qualities (like plunger-shaped appendages).Īs for their race's name: in a 1964 interview, show writer Terry Nation claimed that the inspiration for the word Dalek came from seeing an encyclopedia with DAL-LEK on its spine. the Doctor's main nemeses, are machine on the outside but alien on the inside, and say “ EXTERMINATE!” a lot. For example, the word is reminiscent of gallimaufry, meaning 'medley or hodgepodge,' which comes from the French galimafrée, a word for 'hash,' or 'ragout.' Galimafrée, too, could be a combination of the Old French galer (to make merry) and the Old North French mafrer (to eat a lot). Where the name Gallifrey comes from isn't clear, but fans of the show have come up with some possible connections. However, the planet was eventually found to be caught in a "pocket universe," and has since been revisited in the show. The planet Gallifrey was thought to have been destroyed in the Last Great Time War, a deadly conflict between the Time Lords and their archenemies, the Daleks.
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The latter ability even lets these super-aliens generate new bodies (in the form of new actors) every few decades as needed-or, in human TV time, every couple of years-and live well into their 900s at least. Time Lords have a variety of extraordinary powers, including telepathy, the ability to understand various languages (including those of babies and animals), and physicial regeneration. The Doctor certainly looks human (but still not a ginger), but he’s actually a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. The Doctor's had many fine companions, though once you've caught up on a couple seasons, you'll likely be partial to Donna Noble, we think (Amy Pond is a close second). While companions tend to be attractive young women (showrunner Steve Moffat has an iffy explanation as to why that is), there’s never any real hanky-panky. the Bert to his Ernie), companions are regular humans who accompany the Doctor on his adventures in space and time. Part audience surrogate, part moral compass, and part 'straight-woman' to the Doctor's kooky comedy (i.e. Where would be the Doctor be without his companions? In the bottom of a galactic volcano, probably.
However, the TARDIS is famously much bigger on the inside. It can fly anywhere and anywhen, occasionally read the Doctor's mind, and even morph into a human brunette named Sexy (but just the once).Īlso, because its “chameleon circuit” is busted, it's no longer able to blend into its surroundings, but is instead stuck, for the most part, in the form of a blue 1960s-style London police box. The TARDIS, aka Time and Relative Dimension in Space, is the Doctor's one-of-a-kind combination spaceship and time machine. If you're new to the Whoniverse, though, you'll need a crash course in Who-speak before you go adventuring. Season eight arrives on Netflix today (finally), while brand new episodes are slated to air starting September 19. What’s that noise? It’s the sound of glorious Doctor Who episodes approaching, of course.
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