Dalek costumes

[bunsen_h]

My last dream last night involved a lot of moving around, finding different kinds of Daleks in different areas and/or universes.  Some of the Daleks were primitive: blocky shapes, bright yellow with black "bumps".  Some were sleek and modern, in several different colours.  Some were real, planning to invade other areas.  Some were fake, with humans inside plotting to invade the areas with real Daleks... or other human-controlled areas.  Some were just part of a stage/TV production.

And one... was sleek, white with black "bumps", and wearing a big plush Winslow cultist hat on its head.  In pink and white, instead of green and yellow.

And me without my camera.  I ran around, first trying to find my camera, then trying to find someone who could tell me that its electronics wouldn't be damaged by being zapped over to a different universe.  I finally decided that the Daleks had some pretty fancy electronics and weren't bothered by the transition, so I went ahead and did the jump.  But I never did find the one with the hat again before I woke up.

I would so love to have a picture of that Dalek.

(Sonia Clement, currently being interviewed on Being Jann on CBC Radio, is talking about her twin daughters, Tegan and Sara.  I gather that the daughters are pop stars, though I don't think I've heard of them before.  But... were the parents Dr. Who fans?)
 

Comments

[foms.livejournal.com]

I got curious about why this particular person might be interviewed on the radio, so I did some searching, on the web. I found nothing. The Being Jann web site mentions her only in connection with being Tegan and Sara's mother.

[deakat]

I believe that the theme of Jann's show today was "Mothers", which may explain why she interviewed Tegan & Sara's mom. They're quite well-known in the alt-pop scene.

[foms.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. I know of Tegan and Sara. I bought their first album at pride, in the year that it came out.

[beable]

Although the higher popularity of the name is recent, the name does predate Dr Who.

mind you, when I first heard of Tegan and Sara, that was the first association I made too. Not so much with the Sara (it's spelt wrong) but deginitely with the Tegan.

[bunsen-h.livejournal.com]

It's the combination of the names that I find striking.

The first two children of one of my former colleagues were named Kes and Jean-Luc, and his dog was named Geordie. At some point, his wife caught on, and insisted that further children would not be given Trek names. The third child was named Nicholas, which was the name of Worf's brother-by-adoption (or something like that) but not so obviously a Trek name as to be objectionable.