PREJUDICE AND THE DALEKS 1.
a] The Doctor is prejudiced against the Dalek because the Dalek’s killed his people and he thought he was the same.
b] The Dalek is prejudiced against everyone who isn’t a Dalek because he was trained to kill everyone that wasn’t a Dalek.
c] Van Statten could be described as being prejudiced against anyone who isn’t a human because he wants to display them and treat them badly for the purpose of making money
d] Other examples of prejudice; Asian drivers, everyone on roads tries to stay away from them because apparently they can’t drive as well as everyone else.2. At the end of the episode, Rose asks the Doctor: ‘What are you turning into?’ What effect does The Doctor’s prejudice against the Dalek have on him? What sort of person does he turn into?
The Doctor was being prejudice against the Dalek because The Doctor was the last of his kind as well and he wanted to kill the Dalek’s for what they’ve done to him, he gets angry and wants revenge.
3. The Dalek is prejudiced against all other forms of life – what happens to the Dalek at the end of the story because of his prejudice? Explain why this happens.
Rose touches him, and he sucks up her DNA & feelings that he never had before. Then he finds it hard to kill people, because he doesn’t just feel hate.
4. How is the attitude of the Dalek similar to that of the Nazi’s as portrayed in Hitler’s Daughter? In what way were the Nazi’s prejudiced?
Everyone thought that all the Nazi’s were horrible people when they were just doing what they thought was right, the Dalek is doing the exact same thing.
5. Can you think of any example when you might have found someone was prejudiced against you?
Yes. All the time, when people call me ‘emo’ or ‘goth’ ahaha. I’ve been prejudiced to other people heaps because I’m uber judgemental, I probably made them feel shit.
