The DALEK-TARDIS Disaster! Why was the "DARDIS" created and what went wrong?

[@inspector2363]

"Photo Blow-up" Dalek! What nonsense!! The Dardis interior clearly suffered from dimensional instability causing some occupants to appear 2D.

[@senint]

Great explanation…! 🤣

[@Anthony_Stockton09]

😂😂

[@Anthony_Stockton09]

@@senint😂

[@paulashe61]

But as Peter Purvis has said the picture quality was pretty thick. Even from studio floor to Gallery. Never mind being transmitted. Even CBC Canada had problems with filmed 405 lined footage.

[@brianfretwell3886]

Didn't the story also feature the prototype "Special Weapons Dalek", which looked suspiciously like a BBC studio camera??!😃

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

What? I need to see that haha. All I can find while googling is the actual Special Weapons Dalek

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

omg XD i need to see this

[@nibistewgamer1742]

which story? can you link a picture? EXPLAIN! EXPLAIN! EXPLAIN!

[@brianfretwell3886]

@@nibistewgamer1742 The Chase was the story. They had "parked" a camera at the back of the jungle set and it accidentally appeared in shot with its zoom lens looking a bit like the large gun on the Special Weapons Dalek. I can't remember off hand the episode number.

[@richardmattocks]

I always marvelled that the Dalek operators managed to get into the DARDIS (reasonably) smoothly. Looks tricky.

[@frankshailes3205]

DARSIS bustle.

[@frankshailes3205]

@Zenvian Or use vaseline...

[@RClaffieJr]

It's a tight fit. Threading the needle.

[@norncare1]

Fascinating. I've always wondered why the DARDIS concept has never been revisited. I always liked the idea that the Daleks have made a rival "bigger on the inside" dimensional time ship and are just as competent technologically as the Time Lords. Makes them out to be a much more crafty threat, and one that could appear anywhere, and at anytime. Instead, later serials make reference to "Time Corridors," which are described as rudimentary time travel at best. It's a shame. I think it would be awesome if the writers at Doctor Who decided to give the DARDIS a proper comeback.

[@highpath4776]

quesion is who stole whoms ideas (or was it the master sharing them with the daleks ?)

[@Here_is_Waldo]

@High Path more interesting if the Daleks know it's possible from Time Lord tech, but figured out how to do it themselves.

[@paddynicnack]

I think the DARDIS is a cool and fun concept. I'd love to see it return too.

[@jamesnicholson3658]

I think they came close with the battle of Canary wharf, yes it was a prison ship but it shows what the concept could have shown, millions of daleks housed in a tiny vessel

[@baxter22071990]

@@jamesnicholson3658 and the void sphere ( which you could say is a modern vastly superior successor of the dardis)

[@richardmattocks]

The Dastardly Daleks DARDIS Disaster Documentary. Brilliant!

[@markwardel6751]

More fabulousness. Even as a Dalek mad 7 year old watching this in 65 I thought the Dardis was rubbish...I remember thinking it looked like a wardrobe. Another great vid. Thanks

[@henrykujawa4427]

I helped a home care client get ahold of a covered clothes rack to organize & hang his overflow of shirts, etc. After assembling it for him, the next time I was in his home, I found he'd crammed at least TWICE as many shirts & hangers on it than there should have been. It was like he thought it was bigger than it actually was............ 😄

[@smithpm81]

again, a wonderfully produced, informative video. You guys do the best Dr. Who videos. So many facts I never knew. Well done all.

[@Robovski]

I honestly thought the Dalek time machines were SIDRATs, but a Google shows that is from The War Lords and I think maybe from the old FASA Dr. Who rpg I used to have. Thanks for the video!

[@htershane]

Even in the 90s , when I first saw these episodes, I was fascinated by the Daleks TARDISes, so I suppose on some level they actually succeeded!

[@colinhughes2246]

Fantastic video as always. But a cliffhanger! Aarrrgh!!!

[@RichArd-vc5jp]

If Peter Brachaki hadnt designed tje Tardis then thecDardis interior reminds me of how the Doctors ship could have looked: Silver flats and funky swirly things. Thank goodness Peter tried harder...

[@darynvoss7883]

For mine, The Chase is a real mixed bag. The first ep is nicely mysterious and troubling, and seeing a Dalek rise up out of the sand is a shock. But some segments are just poorly framed and directed, as though there was some confusion on set about what the intention was. I'm thinking for instance of the performances and framing of the Doctor v Doctor fight, or the encounters with Dracula and Frankenstein etc.

[@FrankNFurter1000]

Your channel is such a gift.

[@Dalek6388]

Thank you!

[@arcadiaberger9204]

That "Frankenstein's House of Horrors" in Ghana in 1996 that was "Closed by Peking" was pretty darn confusing to me when I saw it in the actual 1990s. Was the signage meant to indicate that China would be dominating western Africa in 1996?

[@philwebb8049]

Another Fantastic video! Extremely enjoyable. Well done 👍

[@Dalek6388]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@OnASeasideMission]

Dodgy hardboard sets, Tardis doors not closing properly, studio hands in the shots, flat pictures of squads of Daleks that were supposed to look real on the old gas TV; these were all classic hallmarks of early Doctor Who. I thought the Dardis was a cool idea that showed how twisted thinkers like the Daleks might get their heads (?) around the multidimensionality of a time travelling machine. I liked the idea of getting in through a door that made as much sense as an Escher drawing. Sure, the SFX of the time (read BBC budget) wasn't up to the job but what the Skaro? It was great!

[@mortdewerewolfe691]

It's uncanny the Dalek squad is comprised of eight as that's the number in a modern western Army Fire Team, the basic optimal infantry unit.

[@Enzo012]

What I don't quite get is why the daleks weapons didn't destroy the funhouse robots? They were able to destroy the mechanoids with them. They could have been holographic but then Frankensteins monster beats one up. Perhaps it fell over and died of fright?

[@marcse7en]

"Dalek And Relative Dimensions In Space?" ... Doesn't make sense? 👎😂 I'm watching this video late at night, and my Lenovo Tablet is set to reduce "Blue Light" by turning the screen a yellowish colour (Blue Light adversely affects the Circadian Rhythm). This has made the Doctor Who clips look "sepia," which actually suits the material, and lends a "vintage" look! The idea of the TARDIS Chameleon Circuit being defective, and the TARDIS being "stuck" in the shape of a late twentieth century London Police Box, was a stroke of budget-saving genius! The incongruity of a Police Box in an alien landscape is fantastic! ...... The budget-saving DARDIS, on the other hand, is just plain SH*T! 👎😂 Peter Cushing's Skaro Daleks didn't have a DARDIS, and were keen to exploit Dr. Who's TARDIS to conquer other Worlds, even though they didn't believe him capable of constructing such a machine! Which is rich, as the Daleks themselves were also clearly incapable of constructing such a machine! 👎😂

[@clemstevenson]

They don't make time machines like they do in the future.

[@Darren79]

What went wrong? Richard Martin was the director.😎

[@diamondaxe4133]

Nobody loves the chase more than me

[@Dalek6388]

Its compulsive!

[@DeathbyProxy]

I couldn't help but crack up every time the word 'DARDIS' was said haha

[@audreychambers3155]

The DARDIS prop might have been challenging to work with, bit it's seriously beautiful. It takes the bigger on the inside technology and takes it to its logical extreme. What stops the TARDIS exterior from simply being four doors attached to nothing? It's quite elegant really.

[@henrykujawa4427]

The film FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE has as its final story an eleaborate DOOR which someone buys from an antique store, installs it in his house, then discovers it's a doorway to another dimension. So yes, a TARDIS could be JUST a door and a frame!

[@MuchWhittering]

11:50 Both of Vicki's audio errors got fixed on the DVD I think. Certainly I was listening out for them and didn't hear them on my rewatch last week.

[@eonetim]

'acting', 'creeping on Barbara' 🤣

[@shy_dodecahedron]

Daleks and real death in space?

[@stuartmcconnachie]

So, a DAR-DISaster if you will? 😊

[@thecelestialtoygazer7816]

15:29 whole lot of disbelief suspending in this serial it seems 😂

[@Cybermat47]

Wait, so Terry Nation created the Land of Fiction?!

[@paulashe61]

As a child you forgave the grown up version of

[@tilasole3252]

So were old shows like these supposed to be "camp" or lack of direction and better effects or props is what did it?

[@elmosexwhistle]

Can I redo your title song? It’s great musically, but the faux distorted guitar is a little grating :)

[@lillianflorence6056]

First doctor built tardis,

[@ajclements4627]

This channel is what other behind the scenes channels should aspire to be.

[@mikeyandwho]

Absolutely. Loads of other channels just pull up Wikipedia and go the pub

[@Dalek6388]

Thank you!

[@johnadams4427]

For REAL though - your research into details is impeccable! And your presentation is clean, well-organized, and to the point! Your work maybe slightly dry for some people, but I have a feeling none of them are going to have much interest in detailed, behind-the-scenes exploration of an 80-year old (albeit beloved) TV show lol Keep up the good work, broski! I'll be watching! 😉

[@grindelston5968]

I wouldn't call it dry at all, I laughed a few times at the good humoured sarcastic comments throughout this video. And they're really interesting too, even to a non who can like me

[@grindelston5968]

*fan

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

Such a clever design! A shame the realities of production didn't quite realise it effectively, but I love the ambition

[@toby070]

I find it crazy that the most story-driven and most-appearances prop looks the cheapest, While the best looking props (the mechanoids) only appear for one episode and a bit.

[@alexfletcher5192]

It's really obvious from this - for the first time - that the DARDIS was meant to be a more ambitious illusion outside than its chief inspiration. So it's doubly disappointing it didn't come off and wasn't even revised for its obvious successor: the prison ship in 'Doomsday'.

[@Silverwind87]

Daleks don't even use time machines in the revival show. It's just "emergency temporal shift" now.

[@darthadipose1920]

@@Silverwind87That just sounds like a fancy way of saying time travel.

[@RClaffieJr]

When the TARDIS lands in the haunted house amusement, there's a shadow on the police box door. It steps away from the light before the door opens. I was hoping that might get a mention.

[@spiralx6249]

I enjoyed your forensic examination. But. Honestly. 8-10 year olds in 1965 watched this and thoroughly enjoyed it. And the surreal look of the 'Dardis' worked beautifully, fitting with the emerging psychedelia of the time, and of course, those always amazing opening titles.

[@Dalek6388]

That's very true. But 'The Chase' was a particularly sloppy production when compared to other stories around it.

[@spiralx6249]

@@Dalek6388 - "sloppy production" is an adult concept. "Fun" and "enjoyable" are what really matters!

[@disneyboy3030]

​@@spiralx6249 even an adult liked it.

[@jgstringer]

@@spiralx6249 I'd recently turned 9 when I saw this (and I'd never seen any of it again until today). I'd forgotten that Ian & Barbara left using the Dalek time machine! I think we always knew that the show could be a bit silly, but my friends and I didn't mind that at all, and we certainly didn't notice the production values, which were stellar compared to our playground reenactments! Wonderful to see this.

[@HerohammerStudios]

@@spiralx6249 but wouldn't it be better if it were... you know... better?

[@sensiblename295]

Excellent video, raising issues about The Chase that has never occurred to me before. The poor old grams operator in Journey Into Terror had a rough time, missing several sound effects. I find the fifth episode something of a botch up in the direction stakes, until that glorious scene where the Daleks rallies their forces for the final attack, a beautiful piece of choreograph and with only one gliding camera.

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

The idea behind this prop is really clever, if only it’d been executed more carefully.

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

Kinda want RTD to bring back the Dardis now, imagine how cool it could look with some modern vfx trickery to enhance the design

[@jb888888888]

@@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond Isn't that (kinda) what the Genesis Ark from "Doomsday" was? Even though it was created by the Time Lords not the Daleks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ2Uan2CnrR6jtk

[@stevetheduck1425]

The DARDIS is like a magic cabinet used on stage to make a person vanish from the audience's view and reappear later elsewhere. A quick consultation with the Magic Circle of Great Britain would have discovered a couple of ways to do this well, possibly using a device that already existed, using mirrored doors to create an empty space within the DARDIS frame. The idea was used later, with Daleks appearing from a simple cabinet with a moving rear panel in a second Doctor story, this employing the 'Time Corridor' technology that links two objects or places with a similar location in another time, which the Daleks use often over the run of Doctor Who.

[@cometbook]

The House of Horrors stair statues (Weeping Angels?) can be seen in an early Black and White Steptoe episode.

[@davidpigott9958]

The crazy things is that I never noticed a single one of these mistakes, I saw the 2 movie Daleks in the time machine on my own but I had no idea they were also in the jungles of Mechanus until you lot pointed it out.

[@highpath4776]

some of the audio almost seems that it works as a reprise, we hear vicki, off screen, then it is like a mini time jump back to see her in context to see why she would say that, the same to for the frozen (in fear, before fight), it does not seem wrong even if its not the strict script and direction ordering

[@AlrightThere]

I see notification I click video faster than speed of light

[@originaluddite]

I like the idea that sometimes the Doctor's explanations are just wrong. Compare the haunted house with his much later speculation that the imagined 'monsters under the bed' must be real.

[@Here_is_Waldo]

The Doctor was always more interesting when he was allowed to be wrong.

[@DrBagPhD]

Woke up depressed and hungover, saw that there was a new video from this channel and now I'm just hungover

[@e-convoy1783]

If I wish to ask you guys for a recommendation... Maybe do a video based on the development of the OG Tardis and the original functions, and how Terry Nation and the rest of the crew cemented certain functions that are now iconic staples. Maybe go over the props and og set in which the Tardis evolved from. Continue to do this as best as you can! I am an american fan and I do wish to see more from you guys soon!

[@Eltonlaleham]

The Daleks time machines were awesome in trillions of ways

[@GreatHealer.]

Another error when Ian and the Doctor first go down into lab, a Dalek can be seen in the arch way below even tho they have not arrived there yet.

[@Poliss95]

I'm not sure it would have been seen at the time. The picture has been enhanced using modern technology. It's like scanning old photos and bringing out the background using Photoshop.

[@highpath4776]

@@Poliss95 yes , we were all watching on 405 lines and if anything we were lucky to see anything, and we would be looking through fingers behind a sofa

[@janwitts2688]

Err... the doctor could well have built the tardis himself... who is to say that he didn't build or assemble many tardis whilst on galifrey. .. Indeed he might have gotten fed up with life as a tardis builder and borrowed one... or scavenged parts for one.. or whatever...

[@WhatHandlesAreAvailable]

So interesting can’t believe I never noticed all the strange editing and stage hands 😂 are you going to make a part 2 covering Daleks master plan? 😁

[@grindelston5968]

How do you not have more subscribers?? Gawd, KZbin is stupid. Such top quality videos, I'm not even all that interested in Dr who, but these videos are so interesting ,I love them !

[@Dalek6388]

Thank you!

[@kalamaike]

slagging off richard martin gives me life, keep it up

[@smorris12]

Early Dr Who is much like amateur dramatics. Well meaning but with little budget, under rehearsed and people who never quite grasp how technical things are meant to appear making a pigs breakfast of things. Ask me how I know!

[@Poliss95]

They got more rehearsal time in those days than they do now. The budget was higher than most drama shows of the time btw.

[@Eltonlaleham]

An awesome video and well made in billions of ways.

[@craigwilliams6734]

More excellent forensic deduction by "Dalek 63.88 boys!!! Wonderful stuff!!!!!!

[@derekbryant3799]

Interesting video of this subject. Thank you. I remember seeing the Chase originally on TV, tunning in each Saturday excited to see how the Doctor and his companions manage to outwit the Daleks xx

[@fletcherhamilton3177]

Not sure I like the idea of the TARDIS requiring twelve minutes to reconfigure before its next takeoff (even though it nicely mirrors the twelve regenerations of a Time Lord and the twelve hours on a clock face), but it could be chalked up to some kind of side effect of the ‘DARDIS’ locking onto the TARDIS and thus buggering the latter’s takeoff computer mechanisms. I also didn’t realize it was Terry Nation who popularized the idea that the TARDIS’ interior can be made into a comfortable home unto itself, even though it makes perfect sense to modern sensibilities that a TARDIS would be equipped for some very, very, very long journeys away from Gallifrey (from the perspective of the occupants anyway; I guess a TARDIS could theoretically return to Gallifrey seconds after its departure) . . .

[@hithere7080]

I mean it makes more sense than it being able to constantly tear holes in spacetime without any cooldown

[@HerohammerStudios]

@@hithere7080 why?

[@hithere7080]

@@HerohammerStudios ...because tearing holes in reality should be difficult?

[@hargroves240]

​@@hithere7080dying stars do it all the time

[@hargroves240]

​@@hithere7080and the tardis is powered by a supernova in a time loop

[@robertppreston3514]

I've watched Doctor Who for over 50 years and have never heard the phrase dardis

[@tenacious3911]

You'll end up as a couple of burnt cinders floating around in Spain!

[@andriygriffin4782]

Love Verity's contributions to Who, but disagree on her choice to play down the haunted realm. Means the Daleks got defeated by little more then malfunctioning Carnaval attractions, that can somehow withstand a Daleks ray blast?

[@colinbarron4]

Agree. I saw this serial on its original transmission in 1965 and even at age seven I could never understand why the Frankenstein monster was invulnerable to Dalek weapons.

[@BrennanYoung]

Theme park robots of the future will be robust enough to put up with -and dispatch- feeble daleks

[@highpath4776]

@@colinbarron4 the absorption of energy to matter, quite simple

[@kennybacchus4305]

Like classic dalekes from doctor who

[@pertuk]

Part of the War Of The Daleks board game resemlbed the Dardis

[@ProfStuartHalliday]

Excellently put together, filled with titbits. Very high standard of production as always. We do appreciate all your hard work..

[@Dalek6388]

Thank you Stuart!

[@spacemcguffin]

Loved the video! Always thought the DARDIS prop was a bit naff, so great to hear more behind the scenes info about it. It's a shame they didn't realise it better.

[@Dalek6388]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mortdewerewolfe691]

I don't think the Daleks understand concepts like imagination, creativity, fantasy (see Satanic Panic), maybe they picked up 1930s horror film transmissions and based their understanding of Earth's geography on them.

[@brendanfalvy1281]

Oh the name though! Noooooo... DARDIS‽ It sounds like the name of a terribly designed adult pleasure device. Or perhaps that makes it an adult disappointment device. I'm glad that didn't get said on screen.

[@Charlie_Duz]

Okay, so it looks like an outside loo but it's not *that* bad. It's not as if they needed 20p to get in.

[@Charlie_Duz]

Looking again it really IS that bad.

[@paulohagan3309]

Don't you mean four shillings? Expensive for the 1960s.But at least vandals hadn't exterminated all public loos by then ....

[@Charlie_Duz]

@@paulohagan3309 Daleks Vs Dan Dan the Lavatory Man.

[@akmass9761]

Is the dardis just a re-tardis?

[@smstnitc]

This is one of my favorite stories. I love the hopping through time, and the little easter eggs. I find the mistakes of those early years to be endearing.

[@shy_dodecahedron]

I always found it funny, that evil peppers are capable of creating the last technology, - time machine. (As soon as you have time machine you don't have to invent anything, you can just steal it from the future where you have it (technology) .)

[@loonytunescrazy]

I actaully like the Dardis and it was pretty cool the daleks got their own time machine

[@bigantplowright5711]

You have ruined my childhood! I hadn't noticed any of this stuff.... Good old 405 lines and excitement!

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

I am still so confused at the design 😭😭 this is the most bizarre thing i have ever seen lolll

[@MirlitronOne]

The great thing is that, back in the '60s, us kids didn't give a damn about continuity or logic errors.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Leaving a like and comment for the care and feeding of the Almighty Algorithm. 😁 ❤️❤️

[@crazycomet8635]

Is it just me or does the dardis look like a 19th century French public urinal?

[@SadBnnuy]

Nations version of the house of horror scene was amazing, wish they had kept it

[@TheRealKaiProton]

MORE TIME!! MORE TIMEE!!!!!! I cannot wait, these shows a sooo good.

[@eonetim]

Love weird AI Vicki from 3:08 terrifying dead eyes of a doll 😲

[@jb888888888]

8:38 Missed an opportunity to say "I'll explain later."

[@Poliss95]

I for one am glad that Verity Lambert changed it to a closed down tourist attraction.

[@paulohagan3309]

Though I've always had my doubts fairground attractions could really withstand dalek blasts ....

[@frankshailes3205]

Why didn't Ian and Babs just take an aeroplane flight home from New York in 1965? Safer than the risk of becoming cinders in Spain. And Morton Dill could've joined to help the Doctor and Vicki, later teaming up with his descendent Steven Taylor.

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

I suppose Ian and Barbara don’t get a plane back to London from New York because 1) they have no money or passports, and 2) their friends are still in danger. They only leave when the danger has passed and they can use the Dalek time machine. But to be honest looking for logic in this story is like looking for water on Aridius!

[@frankshailes3205]

@@KingofPotatoPeople I supposed they could've gone to the British embassy. They'd face questions of where they had been for two years and what had happened to the schoolgirl who vanished at the same time, but they get that anyway! But yes, not wanting to leave the Doctor in the lurch makes sense.

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

@@frankshailes3205 They would have still had all those questions when they used the DARDIS to return to London. And being too early for UNIT to help rehabilitate them. Perhaps Torchwood would track them down. Still even more embarrassing is the number of times the TARDIS lands in sixties London over the next few years. They could have just stayed on!

[@Poliss95]

That's an easy one to answer. The Daleks weren't just after the Doctor. They were after all four of them. If they got off in New York, then they would have reasoned that the Daleks would leave a squad there to hunt them down. Remember. They had no idea how many Daleks were in the Dardis at that stage. There could have been hundreds as far as they knew.

[@frankshailes3205]

@@KingofPotatoPeople While this is true in retrospect, that there would still be questions, Ian and Barbara had no reason to suspect they couldn't get back to 1963 and so have no gap of time to explain. Though they didn't think about using the DARDIS to get back, yet. Yes, the proposed shot at the end of The Massacre with Ian and Barbara hearing the TARDIS nearby and exchanging a smile would've been a charming coincidence (it's interesting to think which companions actually made it home, pre-Jamie and Zoe; many didn't have much to go back to). Though from their look of shock at the police box at the end of the Chase you'd think they would run a mile.

[@richardswift343]

Another perfect slice of TNA whimsy - great research with wonderful illustrations as always. In general I like The Chase more than the broad DW fan base portrays, and the DARDIS is the second TNA video to convey how final execution took the edge off a tale with bags of potential. Thanks

[@TheEleventhDoctor]

Lol the word DARDIS makes me laugh

[@frangrock]

Dennis Spooner & Terry Nation both had 'elf ears'... 👂

[@benflay6038]

Daleks have time corridor technology bit it's very crude and what there after is what timelords have

[@lyndseythomas115]

Lovely to have an episode on a favourite episode of me on m b day

[@Dalek6388]

Happy birthday! 🎂

[@lyndseythomas115]

Thank you very much. Mine*

[@lyndseythomas115]

My*

[@TVperson1]

I wish they'd bring it back in some form in the current series. Parallel universe or something.

[@disneyboy3030]

What did that ending about "Needing more time" mean.

[@angelmcfarland1189]

Would have been great to have in the series had the finish product not fail to work as intended, i could only imagine what the Dardis would look like for each new Doctor who season involving the Daleks :3

[@TheLostBijou]

Terry Nation..the greatest Dr. Who writer!

[@Tconcept]

The intro makes me feel sick when I watch it.

[@tabularasa0606]

Terry Nation was ahead of his time.

[@liamcollinson5695]

I always thought that the T in TARDIS stood for time

[@Dalek6388]

It does.

[@charliegamage8862]

The the house of horrors you can see the dalek in the archway a couple of scenes earlyer then intended

[@charliegamage8862]

It's the one that get flipped by Frankenstein

[@billsilver6429]

Another great video. Thanks guys.

[@geoffpope5076]

Are daleks non-binery ?