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Staggering Stories Podcast #66: Trailer Trash
by Staggering Stories Podcast
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:58

Summary: Andy Simpkins, Adam J Purcell, Jean Riddler and Keith Dunn talk about Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora, New Who Season Trailers and Survivors Season 2, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. 00:49 — Welcome! 02:12 – News: 02:33 — Doctor Who: 3D trailer for New Series, Season [...]


Staggering Stories Podcast #65: Camping Up the Weekender
by Staggering Stories Podcast
Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:20

Summary: Andy Simpkins, Adam J Purcell and Keith Dunn speculate about the 2010 Doctor Who season, talk about The Vampire Diaries and the SFX Weekender convention, have a 30 second recommendation for the Amtrak Wars novels, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. 01:47 — Welcome! 02:35 – News: 02:48 [...]


Staggering Stories Podcast #64: Bad Case of Coatal Envy
by Staggering Stories Podcast
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:40

Summary: Andy Simpkins, Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn talk about Doctor Who computer games, Red Dwarf Season 3, have a 30 second recommendation for Iain M Banks’ Culture novels, hold a competition, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. 00:53 — Welcome! 01:59 – [...]


Staggering Stories Podcast #63: The Trouble with Triffids
by Staggering Stories Podcast
Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:32

Summary: Andy Simpkins, Adam J Purcell, Jean Riddler and Keith Dunn talk about our early memories and favourite villains from Doctor Who, The Day of the Triffids (mainly the 2009 version), the blockbuster Avatar, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: 00:00 – Intro and theme tune. 01:19 — Welcome! 02:07 – News: 02:26 — Doctor [...]


Staggering Stories Podcast #62: The Episode That Didn’t Want to Go
by Staggering Stories Podcast
Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:14

Show Summary: Andy Simpkins, Adam J Purcell, ‘Fake Keith’, Jean Riddler and the ‘Real’ Keith Dunn talk about Doctor Who: The End of Time, our Predictions for 2010, our Hopes and Dreams for 2010, see how wrong we were about our Predictions for 2009, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically: 00:00 – [...]


DWPA – ‘SFX Weekender’ Tickets Up for Grabs
by Staggering Stories Podcast
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:23

DEADLINE: Friday 15th January 2010. The Doctor Who Podcast Alliance (that Staggering Stories is proud to be a member of) has organised, in conjunction with SFX Magazine, free tickets to the SFX Weekender convention, on the 5th/6th February 2010, Camber Sands (Pontins Holiday Camp!), East Sussex, England. Guests include Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Gareth David-Lloyd, Toby Hadoke, [...]

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Mr. Dalek: The Saga Of The Miraculous Mr. Dalek

Translated from the Kaledalekt by RetroRobot - ("RetroRobots Conquer & Enjoy!")


You can also listen to the Narrated The Saga Of The Miraculous Mr. Dalek as an MP3 (2,868 KB).

[Beware: relentless Dalekscansion and evil mutant Rhymingschemes!]

("ahem - mmwohhh-ohhhh!")

In elegance sartorial (and attitude 'conquorial')
magnificent Mr.Dalek's gliding by,
All eagerly aspy with the apple of his eye
(toffeestick wiv wafers inna stack)
And blue bubblegumdrops
in their silver backstops,
Angled panels glinting in the light.

Waves his plunger all about
setting enemies to rout,
For there really is no doubt
that a plunger is a terrifying sight!
With a tinny-tiny sonic attack
as he verbals warbly back
Before exterminating them wot gave him chat.

For his mini-Dalek might
(and we know he maybe could)
means that Mr.Dalek's bite,
For such a mite, is really rather good!
From a Dalek-view at any rate
it's good just to "Exterminate!"
- what else is a little Dalek's zapper for?!

Though he might think once or twice that it maybe isn't nice
When it gets you end up face-down on the floor!
But he just waited (as Daleks can do)
ever so long for his ultimate rescue,
Passing the time in endless review
(and hideously imaginative revenge-reveries)
of Mr.Dalek's long short-list of exterminatees:

First to be dealt with were Wakko & Jakko and Dot
(who'd pushed him off the shelf, down the back,
hoping he'd never be found or come back)
They were especially marked for extermination
- a justified end to their cowardly station.
Overlooking, of course, the real Why It Was Done
being, sneaky or not, they'd nonetheless Won!

Then old ScoobyDoo and feisty young Fred
- long on the list, but very soon dead!
Next Pinky & theBrain who
joined Mr.Dalek to 'Take Over Tha Woild',
But like all who serve Daleks their ambitions wuz foiled!

He saved Velma & Daphne & ShaggyDoll
from being stalked by theCreeper,
but only to eliminate competition - the cheater.
He knocked-off that monster who crept on the shelf
so Mr.Dalek could torment the rest for himself!

He also destroyed theMysteryMachine,
'''There's only one 'machine-of-mystery' on this little scene,
So it just had to go - you see what I mean!'''
shouted tough Mr.Dalek, menacingly
and pointing his zapper; pointedly.

But where would he be (all alone, sadly)
once he'd exterminated all of his friends?
Thank "jinkies" they're like Timelords
and regenerate when killed,
Again and again and agains...

To fulfil their roles as Dalek-fodder
(their inventive demises increasingly odder)
Happy shrieks of pain and terror
mean music to our ears
Except when our Dalek gets smacked on the spheres!

(Ballsy he may be, with plenty of spunk,
this miniscule bully, Mr.Dalek the punk.
But surely he'll feel 26 times the pain
if he gets a kick in the Balls once again!)

But nevertheless his ambition is endless
- undaunted by size, Mr.Dalek's relentless.
From revoking the Santa clause
to roping the Pope,
He'll take on anyone regardless of hope!

So how far I may wonder
and whenever in Rome
I'll remember Mr.dalek
and how he got home!

("The Eaaarrrrgh!!!")*


[* a Dalek knock-knock (or "plung-plung") joke: ]

"Knock-knock"
"Who's there?"
"Dalek!"
"Dalek wh-argh!"(Zap-sizzle)

Mr Dalek's Christmas