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The Bugger Anthology is an Abridged Series of Doctor Who parody videos by Joe Vevers.

Each episode of the anthology stitches together various clips from Dalek-focused episodes into short videos. Alternate dialogue and audio is often inserted into the footage to give the characters sillier lines or drastically overhaul the plot.


The Bugger Anthology contains examples of:

  • Actor Allusion: One of the various names that the subtitles call the Doctor in "Bitch Fight II" is "Have You Seen Danny Latimer?".
  • Adaptational Intelligence: Unlike the series proper, the Cybermen handily come out on top of their verbal mud-slinging matches with the Daleks.
    • In the original "Bitch Fight" episode, Jast has no recourse to the Cybermen taunting him about his sensor globes looking like disco balls other than killing them. Even Sec's famous "better at dying" line is reduced to a Lame Comeback when the Cyber-Leader mocks him for taking forever to think it up in the Void Ship.
    • In "Bitch Fight II", the Daleks are unable to overcome the Cyber-Master's sassisness, and try to draw more power from their subterranean bitch pump - which then overloads and blows up the entire Earth.
  • Adaptational Jerkass: The First Doctor is a bit of a prick in "The Dalek Invasion of Funk", getting drunk and causing the evacuation of the Dalek nightclub when he takes a dump in the ventilation shaft as a prank. It's notably the only episode where all the Doctor's dialogue is redubbed from the original.
  • Added Alliterative Appeal: The Death Squad Daleks address the Defence Drone Daleks as "B&M Bargain Bin Boys".
  • Ask a Stupid Question...: From "Groundhogmanay of the Daleks":
    The 13th Doctor: Why are you killing these people?!
    Dalek Shang-Chi: "Why"? Have— You have met us before, yes? It's kind of our main thing.
  • Aerith and Bob: The Daleks have a wide variety of names, ranging from sufficiently alien-sounding ones (Caan, Malek) to names that are normal by human standards but do not fit giant pepperpots from space well (Ricky, Bertha, Lynda) to names intended primarily to be jokes (None Pizza With Left Beef, Thanks For 25K, ABBA Megamix).
  • Affably Evil: While the Daleks are still as murderous as ever, the anthology depicts them as highly chatty and possessing a sense of humor. At one point some Daleks apologise to the Doctor for not being more hospitable, while Dalek Bernard Ponsoby is pretty friendly with Leo as it possesses him. Probably at its peak in "An Unearthly Dalek" and "The Dalek Invasion of Funk", where they're just trying to run first a restaurant then a nightclub, only to have both ruined by the First Doctor.
  • Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: The subtitles in "The Bitch Fight of Canary Wharf" refer to Mickey Smith as "the man, the myth, the legend, the idiot".
  • Beat: After Dalek Sec says the Cybermen are better at dying than the Daleks are, there's a solid ten seconds of silence before the Cyber-Leader asks how much time Sec spent thinking up that comeback.
  • Berserk Button:
    • Dalek Jast does not take kindly to his sensor globes being misidentified. When a pair of Cybermen refer to the globes as disco balls, he responds by exterminating them.
    • The Cyber-Master shrugs off all the Dalek insults with ease in "Bitch Fight II" - until they remind him that Gareth remarried.
      Bill Cyburr: Hey-ey-ey!! What the hell, man?!
  • Blatant Lies:
    • The First Doctor describes his latest prank as being "high-brow, civilised, and with a touch of class." The prank in question involves dropping a deuce down an air shaft.
    • In "Groundhogmanay of the Daleks", Dalek Yurtle lures Nick out by pretending to be his ex, Barbara, who's asking for her Monopoly money back. Yurtle doesn't even bother changing the Daleks' distinct voice, but Nick falls for it anyway and Yurtle gloats that Nick " fell for the oldest trick in the info-stamp".
  • Call-Forward: In "The Dalek Invasion of Funk", one Dalek picks a blonde girl from the line into the party and reveals that it's Rose, before chastising her by saying that she's " fifty years too early". Barry, the bouncer, quickly dispatches her with a karate chop to the neck.
  • Censored for Comedy: The 10th Doctor in "It's Me, Davros" has his quote, "Davros, you can't!" made into this by having most of the word "can't" bleeped out.
    Doctor: I have only one thing to say to you...Davros, you c**t!
    Davros: Well, that was unnecessary.
  • The Comically Serious: A large part of the series' humour, as Vevers has repeatedly made even the most ridiculous dialogue sound hilarious when run through the Daleks' stacatto monotone.
  • Death by Adaptation: Jack Robertson allies himself with the Death Squad Daleks in "Revolution of the Daleks" and manages to make it to the end of the episode alive. In "Not My Daleks", he gets exterminated almost as soon as he starts talking to them.
  • Even Evil Has Standards:
    • Played for laughs in "Groundhogmanay of the Daleks". The Daleks find Nick making a shrine with his exes' belongings in "Eve of the Daleks" to be creepy, and created the episode's time loop specifically for the purpose of killing him. Not that it stops them trying to kill everyone else, of course.
      Dalek Simon: [To Nick] Stay where you are!
      Dalek Percy: And learn some bloody boundaries while you're at it!
    • Along the same lines, the same episode has this wonderfully contradictory gem. Sexism? Not cool. Extermination? Absolutely fine!
      Dalek Shang-Chi: I apologise for calling you 'babe' just now. That was not on. However, I am here to kill you.
    • Played for Laughs again in "It's me, Davros", where Davros himself feels that the Doctor calling him a c**t was out of line.
  • Even the Subtitler Is Stumped:
    • The subtitles for "The Stink of Humanity" transcribe what the choir in the (non-diegetic) background music is singing, but renders it as a keysmash.
    • Parodied when the Doctor gives a speech after he gets a new regeneration cycle in "The Time of the Daleks". While he's perfectly understandable until the Dalek Supreme starts talking over him, the Doctor's words are subtitled with a Funetik Aksent that quickly deteriorates into words that only vaguely sound like what he's saying, and eventually a sentence just ends with "blah blah blah".
      Eleventh Doctor: Did you menshan... THA ROOLS? Now, lizard. Vitamin vice. Sell me the troop, if you Blah, Blah, Blah...note 
    • "Groundhogmanay of the Daleks" just gives Dan "Dan noises" whenever he speaks.
  • Foreshadowing: A surprisingly subtle amount in "Groundhogmanay of the Daleks": Dalek Sugary Alan always begins the time loop by saying "Dormammu, I've come to bargain", Dalek Shang-Chi outright admits to the Doctor that the Daleks possess ulterior motives in coming to the storage unit, and the Daleks have enough knowledge about Nick that Yurtle is able to successfully imitate Nick's ex, Barbara, and the Daleks make a point of killing him first every loop. This ultimately points to the revelation that the Daleks created the time loop to entrap and kill Nick (alongside everyone with him) because he's a stalker and a creep.
  • Fun with Subtitles: The subtitles of the videos are fairly accurate but frequently add additional humor, most often in the form of giving the Daleks goofy names. Other jokes conveyed via subtitles include most of the series' Shout Outs, revealing the thoughts of characters who lack dialogue, implying the TARDIS' mind is contained in the lamp on top of the police box, referring to the sounds Stompy Mooks make as being "stompy clompy", and transcribing the choir in the background music as gibberish.
  • Got Volunteered: The Cult of Skaro detects Cybermen approaching their position and decide one of their number needs to investigate further. Even though Dalek Jast was the one who suggested the idea, he ends up having to deal with the Cybermen due to being the last Dalek to say "not me".
    Dalek Sec: Not me.
    Dalek Thay: Not me.
    Dalek Caan: Not me.
    Dalek Jast: Not me - damn!
  • Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy:
    • "The Time of the Daleks" has the Daleks attempt to kill the Doctor, but miss every shot due to a variety of factors. By some small miracle, Dalek Jodie Whittaker does hit the Doctor... specifically, the Tenth Doctor, who's randomly running through the streets.
    • "Groundhogmanay of the Daleks" features Dalek Yurtle, a Dalek even other Daleks make fun of for being a terrible shot.
      [Flashback starts]
      Dalek Cheese and Wine: You couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo!
      Dalek Darius: If you fell over, you'd miss the floor!
      Dalekky Bill is How Much This Month?!: You don't aim good.
      [flashback ends]
      Dalek Yurtle: Well, that last one was a little rough, but I get where they're coming from.
  • Insistent Terminology: Dalek Sec takes offense at the Cyber-Leader referring to the Void Ship he and the other Daleks came out of as a sphere.
    Dalek Sec: It is not a sphere. It is a void ship.
  • Instantly Proven Wrong: Jack Robertson decides to support the Daleks because they're "powerful, intelligent creatures"... while two factions of Daleks are fighting each other and saying "pew pew" as they fire their guns.
  • Literal-Minded: Dalek Sec proudly boasts that one Dalek could wipe out five million Cybermen, only for Caan to volunteer to be that one Dalek.
    Dalek Sec: I was being figurative.
    Dalek Caan: Oh.
  • Metaphorgotten: When JARVIS objects to performing a test flight due to lack of information in "IRON DALEK", the titular character starts quoting Tony Stark's "Sometimes you gotta run before you can walk" line, only to get sidetracked partway through due to the line lacking applicability for Daleks.
    Iron Dalek: JARVIS. Sometimes you have to run... Before you can... Slide around on the floor...
    JARVIS: I'm not sure that's the saying.
  • Mood Whiplash: "The Clash at Dalekdome" has an extended sequence of the New Paradigm Daleks singing a Metric song. It suddenly ends when the music cuts out and said Daleks exterminate their predecessors.
  • Murder by Mistake: As the Doctor and Rose Tyler happily run towards each other to reunite, a Dalek tries to warn the Doctor that Rose has a gun before declaring it'll get her. It shoots the Doctor by accident.
    Whoops...
  • My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That: Dalek Sec notes that Rose "has become very sweaty" at the sight of the Doctor.
  • Mythology Gag:
    • The "Dalek Invasion of Funk"
      • Dalek Seth gets high and hallucinates William Hartnell's original First Doctor morphing into David Bradley's much more recent portrayal.
      • After the Doctor ruins their nightclub, the Daleks pack up and head back to Skaro to set up a restaurant - and if they do run into the Doctor, they'll just pretend that don't recognise him for continuity's sake. This is a funny nod to the serial this video is based on, which was famously vague about whether it was earlier or later in the Daleks' history than their original appearance.
    • In "Bitch Fight II", Dalek Fendan Braser tells his opponent it heard Gareth remarried. The Cyberman with the broken emotional inhibitor that the Doctor and Mrs. Moore talk to in "The Age of Steel" got converted right before she was going to marry Gareth.
  • Never Heard That One Before: From "Bitch Fight II: The Power of Simon", after Dalek Simon appears in the TARDIS on a hologram:
    Dalek Simon: Well played, Doctor. You've seen right through me. Just a little hologram joke there.
    The Doctor: Well, that's a new one.
    Dalek Simon: How many hologram jokes have you heard?
  • Noodle Incident: In "The Dalek Invasion of Funk", Ian Chesterton agrees to visit a nightclub on the condition that the First Doctor doesn't get thrown out like he did during "cousin Sally's birthday".
  • No, You: Dalek Jast and a pair of Cybermen get into an argument over who will identify themselves first. The second time Jast orders them to identify, a Cyberman repeats back what Jast said with additional emphasis on the word "you".
    Dalek Jast: Identify yourself!
    Cyberman: You will identify first.
    Dalek Jast: You will identify!
    Cyberman: You will identify.
  • Oh, Crap!: Unlike the Recon Dalek in "Resolution", Iron Dalek fails to deflect an incoming shell from a tank with one of its own missiles. The Dalek can only utter "Oh, BUGGER!" before it gets sent flying by the resulting explosion.
  • Once per Episode: Every video has a Dalek say "Bugger!" at least once, whether it be out loud or conveyed via subtitles.
  • Overly Long Name:
    • The Dalek that says "Bugger!" in "The Stink of Humanity" is named Dalek The Immortal Iron Plunger Protector Of Kun Lun Sworn Enemy Of The Hand.
    • The crowdsurfing Dalek in "The Dalek Invasion of Funk" is named Dalek Was That The Emperor Laughing Holy Shit.
  • Pooping Where You Shouldn't: In "The Dalek Invasion of Funk", the Doctor takes a dump in the ventilation shaft of the Daleks' nightclub as a practical joke.
  • Precision F-Strike: The Doctor, who's usually adverse to swearing, has only one thing to say to Davros in "It's me, Davros".
    The Doctor: Davros, you c**t!
    Davros: ...well, that was unnecessary.
  • Ripped from the Headlines: "Pure Extermination" takes its plot from the notorious Scottish Willy's Chocolate Experience fiasco, except with Daleks substituting for conmen.
  • Rhyming Names: A Dalek in "The Dalek Invasion of Funk" is identified by the subtitles as Dalek Malek.
  • Rule of Three: "The Bitch Fight of Canary Wharf" has the word "bugger" uttered three times in response to someone getting identified: twice by a Dalek and Cyberman when they accidentally identify their respective races, and once by a Dalek when Rose points out the Doctor.
  • Running Gag: Any time a Dalek isn't given a specific name by default, the closed captions always give them one of varying levels of silly.
  • Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: Both factions of Daleks in "Not My Daleks" yell "pew pew" while they're firing their guns. Later in "Groundhogmanay of the Daleks", the Daleks yet "RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT" when firing their mini-guns.
  • Shoot the Bullet: Iron Dalek attempts to deflect a shell from a tank using one of its own missiles. Key word being attempts; the fired artillery ends up missing each other and the shell hits Iron Dalek anyway.
  • Shout-Out:
  • Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: The first video sees the Cybermen engage the Daleks in petty squabbles, leading to the titular "Bitch Fights" where two of the Doctor's most feared and lethal enemies lob insults at each other like snarky kids on a playground.
  • Stompy Mooks: The Cybermen's proclivity for loud marching is lampshaded by a caption subtitling their walking as "*stompy stompy clompy stomp*".
  • Take That!:
    • Kylo Ren shows up in the otherwise affectionate Star Wars parody '"The Daleks Strike Back'", just to get called a "little bitch" by Darth Vader.
    • "Iron Dalek" lampoons Suicide Squad, having a Cyberman turn up to offer the titular character a spot on its all-evil team, only to have the Dalek mock the entire concept and then make fun of the fact it inexplicably won an Academy Award.
      Iron Dalek: Your intelligence processors must be faulty.
    • The Daleks are quite aware of Jack Robertson representing Donald Trump and respond accordingly.
      Dalek Please Don't Block This Video BBC: Alert! Political analogy approaching!
      Robertson: I'm your best a—[Gets exterminated]
    • From the same video, a few Daleks discuss Torchwood and how it was "a bit of a mixed bag", not knowing that Jack is in the room with them.
  • Talking Is a Free Action: Lampshaded by Dalek Yurtle in "Groundhogmanay of the Daleks":
    Dalek Yurtle: Now is my chance... All of them in one confined area, just talking. I cannot see any possible way of this going badly!
  • Tempting Fate:
    • In "The Dalek Invasion of Funk", Dalek Bertha says Health and Safety won't find out that someone took a dump in the ventilation system as long as nobody sets off the Health & Safety Violation Alarm. Cut to the First Doctor finding the button that activates said alarm and pressing it.
      Dalek Bertha: Oh, bugger me sideways!
    • In "Not My Daleks", the Thirteenth Doctor says it's imperative that the Death Squad Daleks don't find out she's the one who summoned them to Earth. The scene cuts to dozens of Daleks flying past the TARDIS as one of their number points out the Doctor's presence.
      Dalek Grogu: She's literally landing right in front of us - we can see you, Doctor!
  • That Makes Me Feel Angry: Dalek Thay wonders "Why am I so angry all of a sudden?" at the sight of a man that hasn't yet been identified as the Doctor, also known as the mortal enemy of all Daleks.
  • Toilet Humour: The First Doctor's idea of a good practical joke is taking a dump in the ventilation shaft of the Daleks' night club.
  • Touché: Dalek Jast begrudgingly admits that the Cybermen's means of tricking him into identifying himself as a Dalek was clever.
  • Trash Talk: The Daleks and Cybermen diss each other in "The Bitch Fight of Canary Wharf" by mocking aspects of the other party's appearance.
    Dalek: You are wearing flares! You cannot conquer the world with disco fever!
    Cyberman: Said the dustbin wearing a skirt covered in disco balls!
  • [Verb] This!: After the nightclub's Health & Safety Violation Alarm gets set off, a Dalek attempts to salvage the situation by telling the fleeing patrons that the alarm was only a drill. One of the guests tells it to "Drill this!" as he bashes its dome with a rock.
  • Virtual Assistant Blunder: The Death Squad Daleks ask Siri to Google "Daleks master Earth". The virtual assistant searches for "garlic afterbirth".
    Siri: I could not find anything for 'garlic afterbirth'.
    Dalek Benni: Bugger.
  • Vocal Dissonance: The Dalek mutants in "Not My Daleks", which look like very gross octopi, are revealed to speak with jovial Yorkshire accents when outside of their casings.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: "Not My Daleks" has the Defence Drone clones be created to contain the COVID-19 pandemic - by dint of exterminating everyone breaking lockdown.
  • What Does This Button Do?: In "The Dalek Invasion of Funk", the Doctor finds a button labeled "Health & Safety Violation Alarm", wonders what the button does, and presses it. It activates an alarm, prompting all the nightclub guests to flee.
  • Whole-Plot Reference:
  • Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: As the Doctor gives his climactic regeneration speech from "Time of the Doctor", the Dalek Supreme quickly realises that they should take their chances and kill him where he stands, but all the Daleks flood into Trenzalore's skies so quickly that they don't leave one another space and can't get a clear shot.
    Dalek Supreme: He's standing still! Somebody just exterminate him!
  • You Just Told Me: A Dalek and a pair of Cybermen argue over which party will identify themselves first. One of the Cybermen breaks the stalemate by telling the Dalek "Ladies first"; when the Dalek objects by saying its kind has no concept of gender, the Cyberman comments that it has identified itself as a Dalek. Then the Cybermen brag about their species' cleverness - allowing the Daleks to identify them in turn.
    Cyberman: Bugger.

 
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