Ir illuminators...

[Jasen Betts]

On 2023-09-15, Martin Brown <\'\'\'newspam\'\'\'@nonad.co.uk> wrote:

On 14/09/2023 08:46, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2023-09-13, John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:
On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 13:57:07 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:


Why do evil robots in movies have eyes that glow? That\'s bad optics.

Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick started it.

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/HAL_9000

I think Terry Nation\'s Dr Who Daleks ~1964 were amongst the first evil
robots to have glowing eye stalks but what colour they were is hard to
say since it was B&W. Here is one rising out of the water under London.

Daleks are not robots. but I can\'t say that they didn\'t
inspire the makers of 2001.

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dalek_Invasion_of_Earth#/media/Filealek_Invasion_of_Earth.jpg

I do admit at-least some of them had glowing eyes or irisses.
wikipedia says white.

I suspect that on their first appearance in 1963 the eye stalks didn\'t
glow largely because the special effects had run out of time and money.

a small battery powered lamp, but yeah I guess the line has to be
drawn somewhere.

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[Martin Brown]

On 15/09/2023 22:37, Jasen Betts wrote:

On 2023-09-15, Martin Brown <\'\'\'newspam\'\'\'@nonad.co.uk> wrote:

I suspect that on their first appearance in 1963 the eye stalks didn\'t
glow largely because the special effects had run out of time and money.

a small battery powered lamp, but yeah I guess the line has to be
drawn somewhere.

I still remember meeting a Dalek (voice and all) at a BBC event as a
young child - they were pretty scary! Not as scary as cybermen though!!
(cybermen can climb stairs)

I used to have this cartoon on my office wall at university:
https://twitter.com/PunchBooks/status/1511392231147683844

My office mate had this one but with green snot.
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/989525349358461609/

I have a friend who had a real ex-BBC Mk I Dalek in his living room!


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Martin Brown

 

[John Larkin]

On Sat, 16 Sep 2023 16:20:53 +0100, Martin Brown
<\'\'\'newspam\'\'\'@nonad.co.uk> wrote:

On 15/09/2023 22:37, Jasen Betts wrote:
On 2023-09-15, Martin Brown <\'\'\'newspam\'\'\'@nonad.co.uk> wrote:

I suspect that on their first appearance in 1963 the eye stalks didn\'t
glow largely because the special effects had run out of time and money.

a small battery powered lamp, but yeah I guess the line has to be
drawn somewhere.

I still remember meeting a Dalek (voice and all) at a BBC event as a
young child - they were pretty scary! Not as scary as cybermen though!!
(cybermen can climb stairs)

I used to have this cartoon on my office wall at university:
https://twitter.com/PunchBooks/status/1511392231147683844

My office mate had this one but with green snot.
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/989525349358461609/

I have a friend who had a real ex-BBC Mk I Dalek in his living room!

How does an astronaut scratch her ear?