Davros and red Dalek pictures do the rounds

Sunday, June 15, 2008

As we build towards the season finale of Doctor Who, photos of the new Davros and red Dalek pop up all over the Web

While your Dalek Links Webmaster has been on holiday (Cyprus, thanks for asking) the Web has been alight with images of a newly redesigned Davros and a red Dalek rumoured to be the Supreme Dalek/Dalek Supreme.

New DavrosThe new Davros

The redesigned Davros is pretty good – faithful to the original (and thankfully dispensing with the ‘head in a bowl’ Emperor version from Remembrance of the Daleks) and seems to be sporting a robotic arm (possibly a nod to him having his hand shot off in Revelation of the Daleks). Interestingly, the figure in the shadows generally taken to be Davros in the recent series 4 trailer seems to have a gold-coloured Dalek base, not a black one as seen here.

New red DalekThe new red Dalek

We feel a good deal less positive about the red Dalek, which looks like a fairly ham-fisted attempt to create a new Dalek design/toy for Christmas. The rumour for some time is that the red Dalek will contain Harriet Jones – or what is left of her.

The images are from the final episodes of the series – The Stolen Sky and Journey’s End. As we head towards the final three episodes, here’s hoping for something really special.