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Review of The Daleks Chase Walter the Worm by RandomJoke

28 February 2025

When does a Franchise jump the shark? That's a question that interests me every time something new or bizarre is coming out from a beloved IP. Take the Holiday Special from Star Wars for instance, it's a modern Art Masterpiece with surrealism that would even make Salvador Dalí blush!

The Story of this Piece of Media is simple: We see the Daleks, one of Who's darkest and goofiest Villain ever, chase an innocent (or is he?) Worm, named Walter the Worm. Very simple, almost too simple one would you say, but actually the more you think about it, the more you should see it for yourself. Because while Art is subjective, there is no “Objective” and yet this Piece of Media masters one Thing, which is fairly rare for ANY Piece of Media: That being seen and interpreted by multiple People.

I have never seen a Movie, a Show, a Game, or even a Book getting the Talk of the Town as much as this does and I totally get why.

The Gif about Daleks chasing a Worm inspires us to explore Areas of our Lives that we didn't think existed. It tickles a certain Part of your Brain that makes you go "Is this better than 2012 Lorax?" and while not as quite as good as this Masterpiece, it's VERY VERY close.

For me Doctor Who is easily my favorite Universe in all Fiction, because it has so much to offer, most of its Spin-Offs while connected can be enjoyed on their own terms, which is refreshing after countless heavily connected Spin-Offs from other Things.

Of course there is a Discussion to be had for only having Daleks and not "Doctor Who" in it. "Doctor Who" as they are known since The War Machines is a silly old Alien with a 60s Police Box travelling through Time and Space. They visited Planets such as Vortis and Vortis again, which is the Planet of the Web Planet, which is one of the finest Piece of anything I have ever experienced in my Life.

"But does that make sense?" I heard you ask.. and well does a David Lynch Movie make sense? I mean sort of, maybe, if you interpret it to make it sense, is it supposed to make sense? I don't know! Perhaps it is, or perhaps it doesn't matter either way, as Poet Tom Baker said in the Indie Production Day of the Doctor.

It's very hard for a Piece of anything to engage you this much, let alone make you question what even is "Art". For example, I am sure you have heard of that Art Piece with the Banana. A Banana stuck on the World. And while simple, a lot and I mean A LOT of People got angry because of that. "This is not Art", they say while watching the newest Episode of perfectly articulated Commercials to get you buy a Chocolate Ring or even a Fish. And those I say: "Is there a Way to truly define Art? Does Art have to be a Motion Picture? Why can't it be just a Banana stuck on the Wall?"

Stories are complicated, you know Biopics? They say they are based on real World Events when it's barely the Case, most of them almost feel like they have a Checklist, is it really artistic making a Movie about somebody's Real Life? Maybe. I mean I'm not There exist, which has plenty of People playing Bob Dylan.

This does bring out an important Question: "Why is there no Morbius Two?" And to I answer: Matt Smith got busy! Because they couldn't make another Adventure set in the Sony Universe with Morbius if it doesn't have Matt Smith.

Did you know that "Nosferatu", the Original, almost went missing? Yes it's true, nowadays unbelievable after he got famous on the Hit-Show SpongeBob Squarepants, but since this was basically Dracula all but in Name, the Stoker Estate sued them and wanted them to burn all the Copies. Thankfully it survived, you know what else I wished survived? Doctor Who The Highlanders Episode 2!

I wonder what William Hartnell would have thought about all this..

Oh yeah The Daleks chase Walter the worm was the Review Topic, wasn't it? UHHH i don't know 11/10? It doesn't have McGann, Gomez or even Faction Paradox, so it's not a 13/10, sorry!!


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