Doctor Who - The Stuff of Legend - Dalek Animation

[@danieldunn613]

When I saw this live, after saying "driller dalek in position" Briggs paused and gave us all a knowing look as we began laughing, and then when he said excavate the audience applauded

[@The_Prydonian]

I wish someone had recorded that on their phone, brilliant!

[@hi-viz]

I came to comment exacly that, it was so hilarious

[@aidandavies6164]

I also was laughing so hard when he did that

[@CardCaptorDeadpool]

He used a different delivery to the recorded version, too. I think the excavate wordplay got the biggest laugh. That and more than half of anything the Master said.

[@rredK]

+ the "shall we exterminate him now" jab on the second day when macqueen kept messing up his lines

[@wolfgangwilcox2323]

They really had the driller yell EXCAVATE like that?

[@The_Prydonian]

Iconic.

[@tombeetroot_A.S.P.]

@@The_Prydonian At least it didnt say EJACULATE.

[@dalekbumps]

Wonderful stuff! It won't be long before I do a lore video on this guy 😉

[@The_Prydonian]

Happy to answer any questions!

[@dalekbumps]

@@The_Prydonian Thanks! Is there any way I can DM you? I have several questions about the Driller Dalek

[@The_Prydonian]

@@dalekbumps Twitter DMs should be open! if not just gimme a shout here.

[@60-SecondsSikhi]

OMG IT’S DALEKBUMPS!!!!!!!

[@triem23]

This animation is excellent. Nitpick regarding your "VHS" look - and almost EVERYONE makes this mistake... Assuming 8-bit/channel color RBG color space, VHS video - whether you are emulating PAL (Europe) or NTSC (US) standard def video, black levels are NOT 0 and white levels are NOT 255. "Black" is 16, 16, 16. "White" is 225, 225, 225. The IRE scale in standard def broadcast didn't allow for true black and white. The 'superblack' (values below 16, 16, 16 RGB held the time code/synch signal, while levels above 225, 225, 225 held audio. (luma values above 225 (RGB) or 100 (IRE) would actually cause audio distortion!) Anyhoo, I did broadcast engineering back in the standard def days, so this was something I'd have to correct for (usually on commercials) when given out-of-gamut images. So, for future VHS simulation to look correct, use levels or curves to bring your blacks up to 16, 16, 16 and whites down to 255, 255, 255. But, again, excellent animation. I really like the design of the Driller Dalek. Very well done. 👍

[@CardCaptorDeadpool]

This is super interesting. You reminded me of why video games looked better on CRT displays before flatscreen TVs with HD came out. I cannot for the life of me remember the nitty gritty details but I think it was to do with how the scan light inside the TV displays picture coupled with a good quality cable for the picture/audio from x game console.

[@triem23]

@@CardCaptorDeadpool Possibly. Also could be because the CRT phosphors had more "bleed" than LCD screens. Plus, with the SD video signal being interlaced and split into 2 half-res fields per frame, the screen was actually updating faster than the signal? But I think a lot of it had to do with bleed. Until I moved from the US to Ireland a few years ago I still had an old CRT display, and anything standard-def, whether broadcast, DVD or VHS just looked better on the old TV than a hi-def set.

[@addictedfoolgamer1970]

I love enthusiastic people

[@Dilopho]

That is just fantastic. What a great design and model, and I like the low quality options.

[@johnlacosta6843]

The most extra special dalek

[@Montogoronto]

the legend is back with another banger animation

[@MushroomHaterProductions]

Incredible! The VHS quality version takes me back to my early childhood! 👏

[@TheWhovinerd-1963]

Please give us more Dalek animations in future, this is absolutely brilliant! I’d particularly love to see some with your updated paradigm Daleks. They really need to hire you xx

[@KismetMulhaneski-to3wg]

Had images of a Dalek making Drill music with it's headphones on but this is arguably better...

[@zedoniverse]

Now I'm subscribed! :D well done!

[@jetoak]

This is utterly brilliant, fantastic job

[@bowtieanimation]

Spectacular!!!

[@shy_dodecahedron]

I read this in dalek voice. Feel free to read mine in a really high pitch one.

[@Nibbles69]

"EXCAVATE!"

[@davidrenwickjunior]

WOW! Absolutely Fantastic! Love your inclusion of the various stages of the animation. ❤❤

[@stuff31]

Absolutely beautiful! Makes me wanna see more of Big Finish get animated. "Daleks do not sing!" comes to mind.

[@The_Prydonian]

There's a least 20 different animations of that scene in fairness, I'd rather focus on scenes no one has yet done if I was to continue with more! 🙂

[@stuff31]

@@The_Prydonian 100% :)

[@echlinryan]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@whoniversityoflore]

Amazing as always!

[@android65mar]

This is waiting for me to listen to- great animation

[@shadowsteve0194]

Love the various styles of cameras 😁

[@iancotterill2286]

Cool animation for this scene. Well done! ❤

[@AdamBailey-d7e]

Just had to watch a 2 minute video ad to get to this 1:41 video

[@Paperman-qm4yq]

ROCK AND STONE BROTHAS!

[@projectdalekmark]

James, when you said you we're dabbling in animation I didn't realise you meant you were more than capable of creating the best Dalek animations out there, you muppet 😂. Absolutely fantastic! 👏 Only my opinion but one trap that Dalek animators fall for is too much arm, gun & eye twitching. I don't mind the whole Dalek gliding back and fourth as the real operators seemed to do that but a mild twitching of the eye as they talk and look at the ground seems slightly more realistic to the original real life props with the armsl/gun only moving when needed.

[@The_Prydonian]

I did make them deliberately a bit more animated, but I tried for the most part to make the motion quite jerky, rather than too much smooth flow to it. Another big part is adding the operator 'wobble' effect too which I always think help sell them as living creatures then just a purely robotic lifeform.

[@projectdalekmark]

​​@@The_Prydonian Just noticed the Daleks symbols from the Daleks view point. Are they from Destiny of the Doctors? That's s great feature, love that game!

[@The_Prydonian]

@@projectdalekmark Ding Ding Ding! You are the first one to point this out, Dalek number lettering just felt right at home with the DIOE style symbols like on the construction Dalek or arrow reticules on the eye pov.

[@projectdalekmark]

@@The_Prydonian Ah, that's right. That's where we first see them! I love you've thought that through.

[@Keyboardeater1]

This is fantastic - Big Finish should be comissioning you to make those little animated trailers they do sometimes.

[@falke_blade9341]

Yo that was awesome

[@shy_dodecahedron]

So daleks have a sense of humour. They have laws, an emperor, a prime minister, they make laws, this begs a question, Do daleks have comedy clubs? Is all we see just soldier versions of daleks? You know any war machine needs resources, so do they have a job market? Are daleks capitalist?

[@projectdalekmark]

Fantastic voices as well... 😉

[@TripodProduction12]

i showed this video to my cat and it scared her

[@duncanshaw1256]

Driller Dalek resembles Special Weapons Dalek in appearance except for the three drill heads instead of the cannon replacing the gunstick and manipulator arm and no eye stalk.

[@The_Prydonian]

@@duncanshaw1256 Yes, it's a variant of Special Weapons Dalek

[@robotx9285]

​@The_Prydonian Presumably far less insane considering it' function, and the lack of radiation exposure.

[@The_Prydonian]

@@robotx9285 Indeed! until its no doubt crudely retrofitted with pulse weaponry.

[@darrenrock3387]

Shielding is resistant to netronic rays

[@hulk239239]

Damn this is amazing! what software did you use to make the models? Blender?

[@The_Prydonian]

@@hulk239239 Indeed!

[@thestigmister]

Everyone applauded when Nick said EXCAVATE in the stageplay. They had cameras there so hopefully they release some sort of video soon.

[@williamwebster9437]

This is freaking awesome. Also, I have a question. Are these Daleks from the Second Dalek War from Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks, or are they from another time stream?

[@The_Prydonian]

These are proper Pertwee era Daleks through and through! with the new Driller Dalek (70s Special Weapons variant) and Black Dalek (underling to the Supreme and counterpart to Day/Frontier Gold)

[@williamwebster9437]

​@The_Prydonian Oh, okay. Thanks for answering. 😉

[@theknightofgallifrey967]

Please do an animation with your reborn Paradigm models!

[@emperordalek102]

impressive video, it looks extrememly realist, was this made in unreal 5 or blender. also if i were to make a reaction can i credit you in the description.

[@The_Prydonian]

All rendered in Blender! Sorry but please don't reupload my videos.

[@emperordalek102]

@@The_Prydonian okay thats fine. i understand. i really enjoyed it anyways.

[@YorkshireNachteinbruch]

Is that Daley got the turret of an ms-1

[@The_Prydonian]

Sturmtiger!

[@GalexTEM]

I gotta say its def one of my least favorite designs at least the creator of this design told me on twitter (or x) that the drill arm indeed can extend outward so its not just stuck in place not able to extend

[@The_Prydonian]

hi that's me, i am the creator of the design 😃