Steampunk Dalek!

Posted by Cory Doctorow, November 6, 2007 12:30 AM | permalink

AV sez, "This combines two of Boing Boing's favourite repeating memes: Steampunk & Daleks! What could be a better mashup?" Link, Link to animation, Link to wallpaper (Thanks, AV!)

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#1 posted by fooliosis , November 6, 2007 2:25 AM

EXSTEAMINATE!!!!!!

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#2 posted by Amalorn , November 6, 2007 3:07 AM

Argh! What's with the embedded flash ad in the rss feed? Makes confusing reading of stories if they all look the same as the ad is so big.

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#3 posted by AlisdairC , November 6, 2007 3:49 AM

Aren't daleks kinda steampunk to begin with. Certainly great aspects of Doctor Who, from Hartnell onwards have had a retro/Victorian feel.Nice artwork, mind you.

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#4 posted by shokk , November 6, 2007 4:10 AM

Amalorn
What ads? I don't see any ads.
Use the Adblock Plus extension.

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#5 posted by slawkenbergius , November 6, 2007 5:31 AM

Very nice work, but I've got to prefer the clean(er) lines of the original. The caterpillar trax would make a good addition to a Special Weapons Dalek.

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#6 posted by Ape Lad

, November 6, 2007 5:33 AM

I know I'm a big nerd, but I had never caught up with the good doctor until about a week ago. I loved it of course, but something occured to me. Has someone ever produced a line of Dalek shaped bug sprayers? You know, for EXTERMINATing them.

(Sorry if this is a repeated thought for those of you who follow me on teh twitter, but I feel it's a worthy idea whose time has come.)

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#7 posted by mindysan33

, November 6, 2007 6:43 AM

Lovely.

Mindysan

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#8 posted by franko , November 6, 2007 6:48 AM

i agree that dr. who has always had a steampunky aesthetic, whether the creators consciously knew it or not. that's part of the doctor's appeal -- he's a DIY type of guy!

the past couple years of dr. who have been especially steampunk influenced, i think. i always get a little leap of joy when we get to see the inside of the tardis, with its seemingly-random gears and dials, and tubes and blinky things all hither and yon.

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#9 posted by Narual , November 6, 2007 7:13 AM

A steampunk unicorn, obviously.

Dr. Who was the best. Only thing I'd bother turning the TV on for.

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#10 posted by gdholtby , November 6, 2007 8:33 AM

Aren't Daleks pretty steampunk already?

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#11 posted by Ape Lad

, November 6, 2007 10:43 AM

The two circles in a Venn diagram of Dr Who fans vs steampunk fans would probably overlap nearly completely.

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