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| | The Daleks by Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore |
 | | The Thals are not made out to be idiots or unsympathetic because of their fanatical pacifism: indeed, it is made quite clear that pacifism does not equal cowardice or lack of honour, which distinguishes it from the usual run of postwar stories in this vein. |
 | | Furthermore, another drawback of the Thals' pacifism is that, having never come to experience violence, they have no way of controlling or understanding their violent sides: Alydon confesses that when he hit Ian, he did not know why he did it, and later Ganatus fights with his own brother (then lies about it). |
 | | Ian also recognises that the Thals, as well as the travellers, stand to lose from their pacifist stance, and to gain from, albeit judiciously, taking violent action-- and, arguably, to gain more than the travellers, as the Thals are able to regain control of their own world and their own impulses. |
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