If you thought that the Weeping Angels were scary once and that's it, I can't imagine what you think of the Daleks. . . And really, the best part of the trailer is that it has River Song! Okay, I know not everyone loves her, but I do, so that's exciting. Also: I too love Rory's dad.
I like the Daleks a lot, actually, but I don't think the show's trying to say I ought to be intimidated whenever I see them. It's more like "aww, hey, it's the Daleks!"
I think I read somewhere that the first episode this season was meant to "make the Daleks scary again" because they had gotten over used, and they were supposed to be scary. I did not think this was what happened, but I thought I had read that was the key. A little looking shows that apparently my source was Wikipedia (sorry 8[ ). The money quote is 'Executive producer Steven Moffat announced in 2011 that he intended to give a "rest" to the Daleks. The reason for the rest was that Moffat felt their frequent appearances made them the "most reliably defeatable enemies in the universe". Moffat recalled that the Daleks were remembered for being scary, but due to their legacy as British icons they had become "cuddly" over the years and their true menace forgotten; with "Asylum" he intended to make them scary again, reminding the audience of their intentions.' [The wikipedia article in question is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_of_the_Daleks ]
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And really, the best part of the trailer is that it has River Song! Okay, I know not everyone loves her, but I do, so that's exciting.
Also: I too love Rory's dad.
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A little looking shows that apparently my source was Wikipedia (sorry 8[ ). The money quote is 'Executive producer Steven Moffat announced in 2011 that he intended to give a "rest" to the Daleks. The reason for the rest was that Moffat felt their frequent appearances made them the "most reliably defeatable enemies in the universe". Moffat recalled that the Daleks were remembered for being scary, but due to their legacy as British icons they had become "cuddly" over the years and their true menace forgotten; with "Asylum" he intended to make them scary again, reminding the audience of their intentions.'
[The wikipedia article in question is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_of_the_Daleks ]
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