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I searched first but couldn't find anything on this so excuse me if it has already been discussed.
The BBC are running a poll to vote for who the ultimate Doctor Who villain is. They have slowly revealed the nominees and now the poll is up at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Vote-Now-for-Doctor-Whos-Ultimate-Villain
Now I can understand most but some of these just don't scream ultimate villain to me the 10 nominees are.
The Cybermen - undoubtably a contender
The Daleks - see above
The Silence - I can see a strenious point made due to how important they have been recently i guess
The Master - undoubtably a contender too
The Silurians - can understand this inclusion
The Ood - Don't get this one at all
The Judoon - get this one even less
The Ice Warriors - definite contender
The Weeping Angels - modern classic understand their inclusion
The Clockwork Droids - nope sorry don't get this one
Where are the Sea Devils? the Sontarans? the Autons? and others more deserving?
The BBC are running a poll to vote for who the ultimate Doctor Who villain is. They have slowly revealed the nominees and now the poll is up at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Vote-Now-for-Doctor-Whos-Ultimate-Villain
Now I can understand most but some of these just don't scream ultimate villain to me the 10 nominees are.
The Cybermen - undoubtably a contender
The Daleks - see above
The Silence - I can see a strenious point made due to how important they have been recently i guess
The Master - undoubtably a contender too
The Silurians - can understand this inclusion
The Ood - Don't get this one at all
The Judoon - get this one even less
The Ice Warriors - definite contender
The Weeping Angels - modern classic understand their inclusion
The Clockwork Droids - nope sorry don't get this one
Where are the Sea Devils? the Sontarans? the Autons? and others more deserving?
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Am with you on this.
Also baring in mind Web of Fear's return The Yeti could have been included.
But I can't believe that there are no Sontarans, no Nestenes, no GI, no Black Guardian and, astonishingly, no Omega!
But, as tastytangerine has said, the Daleks will win, and so they should. They've been here all along, never wavering in their evil-ness and all round monstrousness. Rightly or wrongly, for most people, the Daleks are as much part of Doctor Who as, well, the Doctor himself.
I think the ice warriors definitely qualify as villains.
This is the type of thing that myself and many classic fans of DW object to and find grating - having discussions about best evr/greatest/etc dw moments/villains/episodes yet the content largely or wholly ignores the classic series.
I bet it will come down between the Daleks and the Weeping Angels (I think the latter stand a fighting chance, given how Nu-Who the poll is oriented). I myself shall vote for the Daleks - the Angels are great, but have featured in one story that had no Doctor, one story that ended up being more about the crack in the universe and one story that was all about companions leaving. I say they need a solid story about themselves before being anywhere near as good as the Daleks - I still think the Series 9 finale with or without Moffat would be a good place for them
That is exactly what I thought when I read it. I still t:hink that the Daleks will win but think Davros should have been seperate and would have come second. On a personal note I would have voted for Davros had he been there.
Really makes me wonder whether the guy who is/was taking legal action that he invented Davros has something to do with this.
Certainly not!
Narrow it down to the big three...
The Master has the character but not the firepower,
The Cybermen have the numbers but they don't have a leader with character,
Which leaves the Daleks, a cold, menacing, engineered race who at least have the defence that they were made that way, unlike their creator DAVROS.
He's got the classic villain characteristics of the Master but he never wavers, he's unflinchingly evil and on top of that he MADE the Daleks .... what kind of a sick b******d would do that?
The Master's got style but there's no-one can beat Davros for plain old nasty!
F@~* those stupid budgerigar lookalike Yetis, the return of Web of Fear shows us that The Great Intelligence is one of the greatest Doctor Who villains. That final episode is chilling. I was blown away by it.
And his recent excellent return courtesy of Moffat just cements it.
Yep, it's always been about The Great Intelligence, NOT The Yetis for me.
Judoon?
:rolleyes:
I'm not saying all of that audience will be unaware, but the majority won't. Whether we like it or not, that's who the list, and ultimately the show, is aimed at. I hope they take the opportunity to use classic clips to show off the monsters/villains that were also around then. That would at least give the audience exposure to the history.