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QUESTION FOR WHOVIANS On This Site --- What Villains Do The GOP Remind You Of ----- (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Oct 2012 OP
The Daleks ... n/t EC Oct 2012 #1
Imagine having "EXTERMINATE" as your campaign slogan. TexasTowelie Oct 2012 #2
It is... n/t EC Oct 2012 #7
"The Dead Zone", presidential wannabee, Greg Stillson marezdotes Oct 2012 #3
Romney - Cyberman exboyfil Oct 2012 #4
I don't know much about villians; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2012 #5
Dick Dastardly and his dog, Muttley Skidmore Oct 2012 #6
For many years I have maintained that Daleks are Republican. MindPilot Oct 2012 #8
Republicans are Cybermen exboyfil Oct 2012 #10
Well, when they were first introduced (way back when) the show's writer had Nazis in mind Matariki Oct 2012 #12
Oh no doubt. I was a kid in England for the very first episode. MindPilot Oct 2012 #15
LOL. Great question. Whovian Oct 2012 #9
The Omegas from Animal House Initech Oct 2012 #11
Dr Who was a Delt? MindPilot Oct 2012 #16
The Sontarans AnnieBW Oct 2012 #13
Zombney is American Pyscho guy. Whisp Oct 2012 #14
Those aliens that couldn't stop farting... AntiFascist Oct 2012 #17
That's my choice too. laundry_queen Oct 2012 #21
Right, I agree... AntiFascist Oct 2012 #23
The repubs are the aliens in Peter Jackson's 'Bad Taste' Tyrs WolfDaemon Oct 2012 #18
Romney and Ryan are Magnus Greel and the Peking Homunculus. CBGLuthier Oct 2012 #19
Ferengi. Money-grubbing above all else. Rules of Acquisition, and profit over all. calimary Oct 2012 #20
Azal, we can't let him escape! But their followers are Cybermen. Motown_Johnny Oct 2012 #22
Ok, my Daughter with the wanna play Doctor bumper sticker sez... hootinholler Oct 2012 #24
Weeping Angels... Can't take your eye off of them for a second IVoteDFL Oct 2012 #25
Sil muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #26
Boehner reminds me of Cassandra... TardisBlue Oct 2012 #27

marezdotes

(110 posts)
3. "The Dead Zone", presidential wannabee, Greg Stillson
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:27 PM
Oct 2012

"Two years later, in an unconnected incident in Iowa, a young door to door Bible salesman named Greg Stillson, suffering emotional issues and dreaming of greatness, vindictively kicks an aggressive dog to death."

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
5. I don't know much about villians; but ...
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:31 PM
Oct 2012

one morning last week, I overheard two older women talking about how "narcissitic" and "full of himself" President Obama is and "how 'super-sized' his ego is."

Then the guy behind the counter said, "You know ... anyone that runs for any national office HAS to be full of themselves and MUST have a super-sized ego, how else would anyone believe that they and they alone have the fix for everything that ails the country?"

One of the older women, nodded a little.

Then the kid said, "But the important thing is how they channel their ego ... remember, Lex Luther had super-powers just like Superman."

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
6. Dick Dastardly and his dog, Muttley
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:32 PM
Oct 2012

You can just see Romney rubbing his hands together and twirling his mustache and Ryan smirking and giggling in the background.

 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
8. For many years I have maintained that Daleks are Republican.
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:35 PM
Oct 2012

They get all excited and spin in circles at the mere mention of death and destruction, they think that Daleks are better than any other life form and believe that they and they alone should be the masters of all that exists. That, and a very limited vocabulary.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
10. Republicans are Cybermen
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:39 PM
Oct 2012

Randian Libertarians are Daleks. Know the difference. Of course since Cybermen are allergic to gold, I guess Republicans can't be Cybermen.

Matariki

(18,775 posts)
12. Well, when they were first introduced (way back when) the show's writer had Nazis in mind
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 03:42 PM
Oct 2012

so yeah, you may be on to something. Or does that invoke Goddard's law?

(Terry) Nation grew up during World War II, and remembered the fear caused by German bombings. He consciously based the Daleks on the Nazis, conceiving the species as faceless, authoritarian figures dedicated to conquest and complete conformity.[60] The allusion is most obvious in the Dalek stories penned by Nation, in particular The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964) and Genesis of the Daleks (1975)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daleks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek

 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
15. Oh no doubt. I was a kid in England for the very first episode.
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 05:42 PM
Oct 2012

DW was originally a kids' show with the idea of using a character who traveled through time to deliver a weekly history lesson.

At the time I was living in my grandmother's house which still had visible bomb damage, and the memory was still very real. The Daleks were if not directly representative of the Nazis, at least a metaphorical look at the end game of totalitarianism and racial superiority.

AntiFascist

(12,792 posts)
17. Those aliens that couldn't stop farting...
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:14 PM
Oct 2012

and when they unmask themselves, watch out!

The Slitheens, they only appear to be human.

OH, and their primary motivation is profit!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slitheen

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)
21. That's my choice too.
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:52 PM
Oct 2012

Although that could be restricted to the corporatist Republicans, not the religious nut-job Republicans.

AntiFascist

(12,792 posts)
23. Right, I agree...
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:14 PM
Oct 2012

but there is one Slitheen family that is particularly criminal and they have infiltrated the highest levels of government. Sound familiar?

Tyrs WolfDaemon

(2,289 posts)
18. The repubs are the aliens in Peter Jackson's 'Bad Taste'
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:26 PM
Oct 2012

Last edited Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:26 PM - Edit history (1)



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/

They are aliens that want to turn humans into the new food item at their intergalactic fast-food chain.

If you liked Dead Alive, then you should like Bad Taste.


(I know, this is not from Dr. Who, but repubs remind me of these intergalactic fast-food badguys much of the time and was the first thing the OP made me think of)

calimary

(81,267 posts)
20. Ferengi. Money-grubbing above all else. Rules of Acquisition, and profit over all.
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 06:41 PM
Oct 2012

OR Slytherins. And Death Eaters.

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
24. Ok, my Daughter with the wanna play Doctor bumper sticker sez...
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:43 PM
Oct 2012

Either the Daleks or the Cyberman. Apparently it's a toss up.

IVoteDFL

(417 posts)
25. Weeping Angels... Can't take your eye off of them for a second
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:50 PM
Oct 2012

It also fits fits in a literal sense for Boener.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,318 posts)
26. Sil
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 08:32 PM
Oct 2012

whose reptialian laugh may have been the basis for Anthony Hopkin's Hannibal Lecter.

Sil was the representative of the Galatron Mining Corporation present on the planet Varos to extract concessions from the current Governor. Unbeknownst to the Varosians, the mineral Zeiton-7 which was abundant on their planet was not as they thought nearly valueless, but in fact rare, particularly to time travellers. The Varosians lived barely above the poverty line due to the exploitation of companies like the Galatron Mining Corporation and others.

Sil was a particularly vile creature by any standard, more so since a fault in his translation device made his voice sibilant, with an ululating laugh. Devoid of morality and dedicated to getting the cheapest price he could for Zeiton ore by any means, he also enjoyed the various tortures which passed for entertainment on Varos, taking particular delight in making the Sixth Doctor's companion Peri suffer a transformation into an avian creature. The Doctor interfered with Sil's plan and informed the Varosians of the true value of their natural resources, forcing Sil to concede to offer the true value of the Zeiton-7.

The Sixth Doctor and Peri encountered Sil once again on the planet Thoros Beta, where he was that time involved in arms dealing. At the end of the segment of evidence presented by the Valeyard in the Doctor's trial, it appeared that Sil was killed by a rampaging King Yrcanos. It later transpired that the evidence of the Matrix had been tampered with, so it is not clear whether Sil in fact survived.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sil_%28Doctor_Who%29


Only video I can find (laugh at about 55 seconds)

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