{"id":4074,"date":"2008-11-17T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennytrout.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/17\/battle-of-the-scary-sci-fi-monsters"},"modified":"2008-11-17T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T13:28:00","slug":"battle-of-the-scary-sci-fi-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=4074","title":{"rendered":"Battle Of The Scary Sci-Fi Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, first of all, who do you have to blow to get to write one of those licensed Doctor Who novels?  Seriously?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, instead of lamenting about my lack of licensed properties I&#8217;m allowed to write about and still get paid, rather than just posting it to fanfiction.net and waiting breathlessly for comments, here&#8217;s a versus battle for y&#8217;all.<\/p>\n<h1>Battle Of The Sci-Fi Monsters, Round One: Daleks vs. Borg<\/h1>\n<p><B><I>What They Are<\/I><\/B><br \/><U>Daleks<\/U> Tentacled creatures resembling octopodes who motor around in heavily armored salt-and-pepper shakers whilst seeking to remove anything not Dalek from the universe.<br \/><U>Borg<\/U> A cyborg race on a massive, intergalactic scavenger hunt to collect as many species as possible and &#8220;assimilate&#8221; them into their hive.<br \/><B>Advantage: Borg<\/B><\/p>\n<p><B><I>Home Planet<\/I><\/B><br \/><U>Daleks<\/U> Skaro, a planet devastated by nuclear war and inhabited by failed mutation experiments.  Also, they have like a hundred Starbucks.<br \/><U>Borg<\/U> Anywhere they feel like it; someplace in the Delta quadrant.<br \/><B>Advantage: Dalek<\/B><\/p>\n<p><B><I>School Motto<\/B><\/I><br \/><U>Daleks<\/U> &#8220;EXTERMINATE!&#8221;<br \/><U>Borg<\/U> &#8220;Resistance is futile.&#8221;<br \/><B>Advantage: Borg<\/B><\/p>\n<p><B><I>Multipurpose attachments and tools<\/B><\/I><br \/><U>Daleks<\/U> An egg beater that can kill basically anything; plunger.<br \/><U>Borg<\/U> Laser goggle that will never heal if you don&#8217;t stop picking at it; bionic arm.<br \/><B>Advantage: Daleks<\/B><\/p>\n<p><B><I>Cool Club Name (No Girls Allowed)<\/B><\/I><br \/><U>Daleks<\/U> Cult of Skaro, which sounds mysterious and cool.<br \/><U>Borg<\/U> The Collective, which sounds like an art school project.<br \/><B>Advantage: Daleks<\/B><\/p>\n<p><B><I>Arch enemy<\/B><\/I><br \/><U>Daleks<\/U> The Doctor.<br \/><U>Borg<\/U> The whole effing Federation.<br \/><B>Advantage: Borg<\/B><\/p>\n<p><B><I>Double Dare Physical Challenge they would soooo fail<\/B><\/I><br \/><U>Daleks<\/U> Stairs, but they totally fixed that problem.<br \/><U>Borg<\/U> Running, because they&#8217;re in no particular hurry.<br \/><B>Advantage: Daleks<\/B><\/p>\n<p><B><I>Holiday<\/B><\/I><br \/><U>Daleks<\/U> International Talk Like A Dalek Day, November 24.<br \/><U>Borg<\/U> None.<br \/><B>Advantage: Daleks<\/B><\/p>\n<p><H1>Round One goes to: Daleks<\/H1><\/p>\n<p>The Borg put up a good fight, but let&#8217;s be honest&#8230; it&#8217;s not like they&#8217;re ever going to get you&#8230; they&#8217;re in the future, in space, and you can easily outrun them if you&#8217;re in modest shape.  The Daleks, on the other hand, have come to Earth, can vaporize you with their egg beaters, and are basically unstoppable, now that they&#8217;ve overcome that pesky stairs situation.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Borg are communists, so I suppose they&#8217;re enemies to our freedom or some similar empty rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in later for Round Two, Daleks vs. The Gentlemen (Buffy The Vampire Slayer).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, first of all, who do you have to blow to get to write one of those licensed Doctor Who novels? Seriously? 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