Davros is undoubtedly one of Doctor Who’s greatest villains. And yet, we never seen to talk about the clever design logic that underpins his appearance. Worse, this has been ungenerously misrepresented recently. I refer specifically to the creative processes of writing and design that led to the physical presentation of Davros as we first met him in
Good article. It's possible Destination: Skaro was written to test whether Davros worked as a non wheelchair-using character, away from the higher level of scrutiny which would occur in a "real" episode.
Did it work? For me, the original design and character are too closely bound together, I'd probably rather have Davros quietly retired.
Nitpicking, I don't think there's a contradiction between Peter Brachacki's TARDIS design and what RTD said. The ship can be designed to operate most efficiently with six pilots on each side of the console and also be flown by a single person.
Thanks Chris. An interesting idea about it being a test. Like you, I think best just to retire the character. Controversial but I don't think any of the Davros stories after Genesis were any good anyway (though I'm not counting Remembrance as he's not in most of it!).
Good article. It's possible Destination: Skaro was written to test whether Davros worked as a non wheelchair-using character, away from the higher level of scrutiny which would occur in a "real" episode.
Did it work? For me, the original design and character are too closely bound together, I'd probably rather have Davros quietly retired.
Nitpicking, I don't think there's a contradiction between Peter Brachacki's TARDIS design and what RTD said. The ship can be designed to operate most efficiently with six pilots on each side of the console and also be flown by a single person.
Thanks Chris. An interesting idea about it being a test. Like you, I think best just to retire the character. Controversial but I don't think any of the Davros stories after Genesis were any good anyway (though I'm not counting Remembrance as he's not in most of it!).