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Doctor Who Radio Times Cover
Doctor Who Radio Times Cover
In this week’s Radio Times – on sale today – when asked if the Doctor will face his most dastardly opponents again, Steven Moffat says:
“Oh yes, the Daleks. Actually, they aren’t going to make an appearance for a while.” What? “Yes, we thought it was about time to give them a rest. There’s a problem with the Daleks.” How come? I thought they were invincible.
“They are the most famous of the Doctor’s adversaries and the most frequent,” explains Moffat. “Which means they are the most reliably defeatable enemies in the universe. They have been defeated by the Doctor about 400 times. Surely they should just see the Tardis approaching, say, ‘Oh. It’s him again’, and trudge away.”
You can visit the Radio Times extensive Doctor Who Section Here.
Image and quotes courtesy of Radio Times.
roo slitheen
June 5th, 2011 - 6:39pmhow on earth could you give THE DALEKS a rest? this is mad!
Seb
July 5th, 2011 - 3:53pmWell it has been done many times before, and to be honest, I agree with him. I mean, back in ‘Dalek’ I was afraid of the Daleks, but now, they’re only good because of their clever plans. Giving them a rest is a good idea, as it means that when they return, it will be all the more awesome.
harold saxon
June 4th, 2011 - 11:52amit’s a pity they are putting it opposite BGT,that show overrules! Can’t imagine it’s gonna be straight forward amy,rory & baby travelling in tardis,seems too domestic,too normal! i’m sure there will be a shock twist somewhere!
Bunkbeds Are Cool
June 3rd, 2011 - 10:08pmI don’t know if I want to know who River is – not yet anyway. I’m just not ready for a massive shock.
The Master
June 3rd, 2011 - 9:59pmThe Cast For A Good Man Goes To War Is…
The Doctor-Matt Smith
Amy Pond-Karen Gillan
Roranicus Pondicus-Arthur Darvill
River Song-Alex Kingston
Madame Kovarian-Frances Barber
Lorna Bucket-Christina Chong
Lucas-Joshua Hayes
Domicus-Damian Kell
Fat One- Charlie Baker
Thin One-Dan Johnston
Colonel Manston-Danny Sapani
Madame Vastra-Neve Mcintosh
Jenny-Carin Stewart
Captain Harcourt- Richard Trinder
Elanor-Annabel Cleare
Arthur- Henry Wood
Commander Strax- Dan Starkley
Dorium Maldovar-Simon Fisher-Becker
Voice Of The Cybermen- Nicolas Briggs
Bunkbed Are Cool
June 3rd, 2011 - 11:15amThat last comment was me – I’ve been meaning to chane my name for a while.
bowtie fez setson
June 3rd, 2011 - 11:12am‘Who’s the baby?’ It’s called ‘Melody’
crazy guy
June 3rd, 2011 - 7:07amuh oh what should i do the doctor who finale clashes with britans got talent final!
louise pond
June 2nd, 2011 - 3:02pmi hink the baby is river song ?
i think river song is romana 3?
Anonymous
June 3rd, 2011 - 6:26pmBut she wouldn’t necesarily if she can regenerate then it could be that Mary Tamm is not the first.
roo slitheen
June 5th, 2011 - 6:41pmyou were right on who river song is-the baby
roo slitheen
June 2nd, 2011 - 10:43amHOW ON EARTH CAN THEY AXE THE DALEKS????!!!!!
Professor River Song
June 4th, 2011 - 3:29amthey’re not axing the daleks. It’s becoming a bit annoying every single series with the daleks.
It’ll be a great story line for series 7 too.
Chandra.
June 2nd, 2011 - 10:26amTDWS, it feels as if you are neglecting the ‘News’ section slightly at the moment. It used to be the first place I came for news, but now there’s no viewing figure info, none of the new trailers, nothing. I could go to other site’s that have 4 pieces of (non-spoiler) news per day, but here its only around 4 a week! It used to be so much more. Thanks, Chandra.
The Master
June 2nd, 2011 - 10:44amThat’s What I Have Thought, There Used To Be Alot Earlier On In The Series.
booboo
June 2nd, 2011 - 11:00amYes we are, although not neglecting rather being very selective. Our visitor numbers are double this time last year and our severer package cannot handle any more traffic, its crashed after every episode this year and we are exceeding our bandwidth every month. We will be upgrading soon to a much more expensive package which will allow us to do much more in the future. The amount of info on the site is now huge (and will soon get a lot bigger) As i have said before for that reason we have decided for the time being to concentrate on merchandise and site features just for the moment as there are plenty of news sites now who all post the same thing. we simply cannot do everything at the moment and have to make choices but that will change as soon as we can
Fox Mulder
June 2nd, 2011 - 4:53amOnly 3 days until the finale, who thinks River song is Amy’s Daughter 🙂
doctorwhoforever
June 2nd, 2011 - 5:54pmNOT ME! I DON’T THINK SO BUT YOU MAY BE RIGHT. I’M EDGING MY BETS.
Aaron
June 1st, 2011 - 10:00amThe Daleks are my best monsters and if they leave I might haft to stop watching doctor who. Im sure alot of people think the same.
Flumbledryer
June 1st, 2011 - 6:36pmThey wont completely stop the dfaleks, just give them a break for a season or two so they have a bigger impact.
Fox Mulder
June 2nd, 2011 - 4:54amThe daleks VS the sontarans that would be cool
silence
June 1st, 2011 - 7:53amhave you heard what episode 8 is called (this is dead funny) LETS KILL HITLER
booboo
June 1st, 2011 - 8:56amI would be very surprised if it stays at that
Flumbledryer
June 1st, 2011 - 6:37pmIt does say that
The supreme
June 1st, 2011 - 9:16pmIt does On my link on a good man goes to war
Fox Mulder
June 2nd, 2011 - 4:55amYeah Let’s Kill Hitler is funny, It would be cool to see Hitler in Alien Plot to destro earth or someone
davros
May 31st, 2011 - 9:15pmi think, at least a series without the daleks, not til 2013, he may be giving them a rest, but that may be a little to long? just my opionion! 😀
geronimo3
June 1st, 2011 - 6:35ami totaly love the radio times cover,and karen, matt, and arthur dont forget alex so i absaloutley love it.
Fox Mulder
May 31st, 2011 - 7:50pmThere probably leaving the daleks for an epic finale in 2013 during the 50th anniversary
The supreme
June 1st, 2011 - 9:16pmThe doctor is ment to regenerate thenz
Dark Side of the Moon
May 31st, 2011 - 3:32pmBesides the “promise” of finding out who River is, there is no way that they can answer all the question that have popped up in this series in 45 minutes….and no way they would want to…otherwise what are the other 6 episodes going to be about…all I can say is that it is going to feel like a life time waitng for the second part of the series! it would suprise me if for every answer given, we are left with even more questions 🙂
I’ve watched DW since 1979…this IMO is by FAR the best series to date….so far, lets hope its not another anti climax of a finale like the last series.
Dark Side of the Moon
May 31st, 2011 - 3:33pm*EDIT*
“It would NOT suprise me….”
doctor stu
June 1st, 2011 - 7:32amobviously not all the questions will be answered because there would be nothing to lead on to the next series
biggest doctor who fan
May 31st, 2011 - 3:25pmI think it’s the doctors child.
CG
May 31st, 2011 - 5:20pmLets hope not. Just how wrong would that be, passionitly kissing his own daughter like he did a few episodes ago…. yep apparantly its her SPOLIERS!
Fox Mulder
May 31st, 2011 - 7:53pmIncest on doctor who LOLOLOLOLOL, I’dont think it will go that far just for a twist lol
louise pond
June 2nd, 2011 - 3:05pmis amys baby jennifer lucus?
Flo Pro
May 31st, 2011 - 2:50pmI herd about the daleks being of Doctor Who months ago, were has everyone been? In a cave or something?
booboo
May 31st, 2011 - 2:58pmSo Steven Moffat told you himself then did he? He’s only just made this statement, up until then it was just a rumour and we dont post them.
Anonymous
May 31st, 2011 - 10:26pmHe said in DWM a couple of months ago that he was “wanting” to rest the Daleks and that the chances of them showing up this year were very slim (and would only be a cameo in episode 13). This is confirming that he has indeed gone ahead with his plans.
harold saxon
May 31st, 2011 - 1:13pmthe truth about who the baby is will be a big story point,weather it is connected to the little girl who was seen regenerating remains to be seen!Good cover of karen though.
Gary
May 31st, 2011 - 12:55pmLove the cover, quite different to the usual Doctor Who ones
Mr Pond
May 31st, 2011 - 12:55pmThere is a great picture of Rory inside
crazy guy
May 31st, 2011 - 12:50pmyay first comment might get this and dose anyone know when the daleks will return
The Master
May 31st, 2011 - 12:56pmHe has said via twitter that he meant just this series so technically they could be back a t Christmas
TorchwoodGuy05
May 31st, 2011 - 1:13pmI hope they aren’t. I think they should leave them for like, 3 series, then bring them back to make more of an impact.