Recently, we took two of our Daleks with us on a weekend
excursion. They are named
Salt and Pepper. As this was their first trip
away from home, they were understandably excited.
Salt: Long John Silvers, home of master's favorite fish! Pepper: Remain calm. Daleks do not get excited. |
Salt: You don't think they'll shake us, do you? Pepper: I hope not. If my gun goes off, I might accidentally exterminate their food. |
Salt: Mountains! I see mountains! |
Pepper: Joshua Trees really put the yuck in Yucca. |
Salt: What are you researching, master? Dragon Dave: Just our itinerary for tomorrow. Pepper: Could you tell us a story before we go to sleep? Dragon Dave. Sure. |
The Bears of Muroc: A Bedtime Story for Daleks
Once upon a time, three pioneers traveled
into the wilderness. Their names were
Clifford Corum, his wife Ellie, and Clifford’s brother Ralph. They settled on Rogers Dry Lake, built a
house, and operated a store and post office.
When the Post Office objected to them naming their store and local post
office Corum, they reversed the spelling, and called it Muroc.
Salt: Were they related to Corum Jhaelsen Irsei?
Dragon Dave: No, that's a character Michael Moorcook created for his novels.
Pepper: Wasn't he an aspect of the Eternal Champion?
Dragon Dave: That's right. Now shh.
Salt: The M2-F2 was the “flying bathtub” that Steve Austin
crashed in,
before he received his bionics arm, legs, and eye, right?
Well, the real pilot was Bruce Peterson, and while he lost sight in one eye, he didn’t get any bionics
replacements. It sometimes bothered him
that the TV show featured his crash in the opening scene, but he kept a good
attitude about it, and often joked that he should be called “The Five Million
Dollar Man.”
Pepper: What happened to the Bears?
The descendants of the original bears still live there. The two oldest brothers are called Edwards and Dryden.
Salt: And that’s where we’re going tomorrow?
Only if you get your rest, and we can smuggle your guns past Security.
Salt: We will sleep! Pepper: Agreed. Daleks will sleep! |
Dragon Dave
The video of the M2-F2 crash can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jvGJhJINlc
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