Dalek Part 3

[meganlynn09]

Um...got a little sidetracked but here is a continuation of my "Dalek" picspams.  I have one more part, and it should be up tomorrow.

A little preview:


Enjoy!

I skip ahead a bit, sorry.  I hate when they strip him and examine him.  It's not sexy, it's not pretty, and no, Chris Eccleston did not look good.  They used the lights to make him look so alien and it was disturbing.  I apologize if you disagree.  

Here's where they're trying to stop the Dalek.








When the Dalek wants to talk to the Doctor.  This expression.  Is he surprised that the Dalek acknowledges him and only wants to talk to him?












I kind of love this cap.






























The spittake's a bit much for me, I'm sorry. 


But I get over it fast enough when he panicks over whether or not Rose made it out.  He probably shouldn't have called her while she was running, but he was worried.








It sucks, because he is responsible for Rose being stuck with the Dalek.  I mean, he was almost between a rock and a hard place when chosing to close the vault, and he had to close it, but because he hit the button, he is going to hold himself responsible.  But I think even if he hadn't, he still would have blamed himself.  She was in his care, she died, he couldn't do anything about it.


















Oh noes!  Rose is dead!  So sorry I have to leave it there, but you know, that's the way it is.  I should be able to finish tomorrow night.  Or if I feel up to it, I'll do it tonight.

Caps all by me.  Snag if you like, credit me, no hotlinking, all that jazz.  Thanks!

Comments

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

I hate when they strip him and examine him. It's not sexy, it's not pretty, and no, Chris Eccleston did not look good.

It's not a pleasant scene, but I will give him credit for not trying to pretty-up the torture and make it sexy the way most shows like this would. He really contorts his face. And it looks so uncomfortable, even on the rack, because it looks like the rack itself is too short! Unpleasant all around, but then so it should be.

I find the spit more distracting in the stills than "in motion". He does get going, that's for sure, but in context it's not so noticeable. I loved that he said, when questioned about the spit, that it was okay, the Doctor should be ugly there. Also, you can see how puffy his eyes were - and yet I've never noticed that in the episode! Interesting!

His ability to just have tears appear in his eyes out of nowhere never fails to impress...

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

but I will give him credit for not trying to pretty-up the torture and make it sexy the way most shows like this would.

Oh, I give him loads of credit, because the scene, like you said, should come across as uncomfortable and it looks so uncomfortable. I just wanted to point out that it's not a scene to squee over because he's half naked. Wanna cheer about him being tied up and torture, at least save it for "The Long Game", where he does indeed look good chained up.

I find the spit more distracting in the stills than "in motion".

Oh, most definitely!

His ability to just have tears appear in his eyes out of nowhere never fails to impress...

Looking at some of the caps, he makes me want to weep for him. Oh how I love my Doctor, oh how I love CE.

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

Shoot, I disengaged my "all tied up" icon from The Long Game (did you get your icons back?). But yes, definitely much sexier bondage going on in that episode. CE is definitely an actor with experience at onscreen nudity, and I like that he can play different scenes for different emotions - he's done more slapstick comedy sex scenes than anyone I can think of.

he makes me want to weep for him

Just wait until you've seen Jude and Second Coming. I recommend the Kleenex with the aloe vera lotion! :-)

And as the Doctor, he really does elicit genuine tears.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

I didn't get my icons back, but I'm going to the bank tomorrow, hopefully, to get my card settled out.

he's done more slapstick comedy sex scenes than anyone I can think of.

Oh my. I take it Doctor Who was one of his tamer works?

Just wait until you've seen Jude and Second Coming. I recommend the Kleenex with the aloe vera lotion! :-)

*cries* Does he have any happy movies?! *stomps foot* Ahem, yes. I am grown up. That sounds lovely, I'll be sure to have my tissues handy. Thank you.

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

I take it Doctor Who was one of his tamer works?

Um. Yes. By some way. I mean, he had a tame-ish role in Cracker, but the show itself was fairly gritty, and his death scene was notoriously grim, partly because it went on and on and on...and on.

Does he have any happy movies?! *stomps foot* Ahem, yes. I am grown up.

It's a fair question! Um. I guess With or Without You probably qualifies. It certainly has a lot of funny sex scenes - he has no shame. Whatsoever. That little clip of David Tennant with the headboard that's going around? Tame in comparison. It also has a couple of really sweet moments with Dervla Kirwan, who is adorable. There's one moment at the beginning that's lovely, and the dancing scene at the ceilidh is beautiful - dark blue dress shirt. Need I say more?

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Cracker, but the show itself was fairly gritty, and his death scene was notoriously grim, partly because it went on and on and on...and on.

Oh, ouch. Better question, any movies where he lives? Jude, maybe?

I guess With or Without You probably qualifies. It certainly has a lot of funny sex scenes - he has no shame. Whatsoever.

When done well, funny sex scenes are the best. So much better when you can laugh.

dark blue dress shirt. Need I say more?

Um...no. Not really.

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

Better question, any movies where he lives? Jude, maybe?

Ummm... Pass? I will say that there's no death scene at the end.

Oh, I forgot Strumpet. Weird. But happy ending. Eccleston can't sing, but by gum, he'd make a great rock star! (And again with the teenaged girls...)

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Eccleston can't sing, but by gum, he'd make a great rock star!

You really know how to make me interested in movies that I've never heard of, and probably never would have. Thank you. *hugs*

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :-)

I've had enablers in other areas; CE is a rare one, so when there's someone interested, it's fun!

Do you know these galleries (http://walford.smugmug.com/Christopher%20Eccleston)? If you look at the last page of caps for Strumpet, I think you'll see what I mean. It's a shame the last cap is so washed out, though, because in the film, it's a beautiful shot of his eyes looking very, very blue.

[prchung.livejournal.com]

Wonderful gallery of images, thanks for posting the link. I hadn't seen a lot of these images before.

Do you know who the girl is with him in some of the candid photos?

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

You mean the girl with the braids who has her face down so that we can't see anything other than that she's gorgeous? :-) I'd heard rumours (and you know how much you can trust those) that he'd been seeing Yasmin Bannerman (Jabe), but those rumours could just be because they were so sparky on screen. It could be her, and it's a nice idea, but between Jabe's make-up and the fact that she's not looking at the camera, who knows?

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks for the heads up on those galleries. Lots and lots of CE goodness! Thank you. He's so pretty.

And the beard and stuff, with the longer hair, isn't too bad a look.

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

And the beard and stuff, with the longer hair, isn't too bad a look.

He's so scruffy as Strayman, but so...sweet. It's odd to say about someone who continually spouts four-letter words and spends a lot of the movie with a naked or scantily-dressed teenaged girl, but you absolutely believe it's innocent. In fact, the kiss at the end is a bit of a surprise! It's an odd little fairy tale of a movie, but they end up rescuing each other, I guess. That last shot is really exhilarating, of them up at the top of an old factory chimney holding each other as the camera spins around.

There you go. Happy ending!

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

There you go. Happy ending!

Yay! What we all need! Is he working on anything currently? You seem to be in the know ;).

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

You seem to be in the know ;).

IMDb is your friend... :-) Perfect Parents, which was written and directed by Joe Ahearne (the director who did Dalek, FD, BW, and PotW - so, y'know, competent /understatement). And I remember reading that the two of them were also going to be making a movie together. Wouldn't surprise me. CE tends to get in with a writer/director and work with that person over and over and over again. He's still doing stuff with Alex Cox, Jimmy McGovern, and Danny Boyle, who were with him from the beginning!

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Aw sweet. Thanks! I think IMDb will be my friend now.

[prchung.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to find a movie where he doesn't die! Everything I see him in he dies or... regenerates! It's getting a bit depressing.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

No kidding! It's quite tragic. And it's not like he dies in the nicest of ways either.

[prchung.livejournal.com]

Tragic and pitiful since I can't find many of his movies without spending an arm and leg to purchase them online. *Sigh* Looks like I'll have break down and do so if I want to see a positive ending.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

There is a LJ community where quite a few of his shows and movies are there to download. I don't want to say though under an unlocked entry, so if you toss me your e-mail I can tell you the community. You just have to join and start looking for what you want. :)

[ayamemishi.livejournal.com]

I hate when they strip him and examine him. It's not sexy, it's not pretty, and no, Chris Eccleston did not look good. They used the lights to make him look so alien and it was disturbing.

I agree with you, and am sort of relieved you didn't post pictures of it. It just made me mad and scared (which is what scenes like that should do more often, instead of trying to sex them up), and I wanted to throw something at Van Statten.

On another note, Dalek is one of my favorite episodes, because of the Doctor and how he reacts, and just the general sort of darkness to it. So yay for screencaps. If I get the energy to make some Dalek icons, I know where to go. ;)

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

"Dalek" is an exceptional episode, and I'm glad so many can see that! I'm glad you like all the screencaps, and don't hesitate to grab a few. (NO hotlinking, thanks!)

[ayamemishi.livejournal.com]

Same here, it's one of the few I was dying to re-watch. (I only rented S1 *sigh*)
I hate hotlinking, so that won't be happening. :)
I'm guessing you do the screencaps yourself, right?

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I cap myself. I started making so many icons that I just got sick of having to surf websites trying to find the caps I wanted.

With, "Dalek", it's really an episode that gets better upon repeated viewing. In fact, most episodes from the S1 are like that. Great on first viewing, but so many are even better the more you watch them. I have so much love for S1. In case anyone missed that, ;).

[bigbadwolfeboro.livejournal.com]

First, Thanks for linking me over here. : )


" I hate when they strip him and examine him. It's not sexy, it's not pretty, and no, Chris Eccleston did not look good. They used the lights to make him look so alien and it was disturbing."

Mixed feelings about this. Did I mind him shirtless? No. The torture, yeah that bugged me. Shows just what kind of a sick heartless creep Van Statten is. Did I think the lights made him look alien? Not really, but with that blasted rack he certainly didn't look comfortable. I dunno, maybe I'm alien. And maybe I'm more violent than I like to admit; when I saw this, I wanted to rescue the Doctor and beat up Van Statten. Then introduce the Dalek to my BFG 9000... but I guess that's just me.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

I think everyone wanted Van Statten to get it!

[bigbadwolfeboro.livejournal.com]

I found the midwiping solution interesting. BTW most of the stuff in this thread of my LJ:

http://bigbadwolfeboro.livejournal.com/7556.html#cutid1

Is how I feel about Van Statten being in charge of just about anything.

(ps last post deleteed 2ndary to me changing icons)

[bigbadwolfeboro.livejournal.com]

"They used the lights to make him look so alien and it was disturbing."


I'm rewatching "Dalek" as I type this and I noticed some thing... again, maybe it's me, but, I think, if anything that it's Van Statten who looks creepy here with the green lighting and not just because of what he's doing. Yes, it's still disturbing, and it sucks that he's tourturing Nine, but the lighting seems to remind me of how much humanity Van Statten has lost(or maybe never had to start with) and makes one want to empathise with the Doctor... again, maybe it's me.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Oh I very much got that as well, and I do empathise with the Doctor, but the lighting for me just was terrible in that scene and made it so much worse, if it were possible. As my as I really do like "Dalek", that's one of the worst scenes to watch, not for acting or anything, because it, it's like it hurts to watch it.