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Doctor Who Collector's Edition - Doctor Who And The Daleks / Daleks Invasion Earth - 2150 AD [1965]

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Peace & Freedom Press Comments on Doctor Who Movies
Not quite as good as the TV series. Maybe because the sets looked better, and they were in colour! They're good, though, and in the '60s the Daleks were iconic figures in Britain, on a scale only The Beatles surpassed perhaps!

Peter Cushing makes an avuncular Doctor Who, in the mould of William Hartnell, and well-known British entertainer Roy Castle, and equally well-known British comedy actor Bernard Cribbins, make good, comical sidekicks. Roberta Tovey and Jennie Linden play The Doctor's two granddaughters with a dignified calm, considering all what's going on around them.

The placid Thals in 'Doctor Who And The Daleks' are taught lessons in how to defend themselves from the evil pepper pots, and in 'Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD' the Daleks are up against fierce resistance in a battered London, in an analogy of the Nazis (Daleks) and London/Europe of World War Two. - Paul Rance.

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Amazon.co.uk Doctor Who Movies Review
In the mid-1960s, with Dalekmania sweeping Britain, BBC TV's Doctor Who materialised on the silver screen. Doctor Who and the Daleks replaced William Hartnell with Peter Cushing and remade the Daleks' TV debut with a much bigger budget in Technicolor and Techniscope. With his two granddaughters, Roberta Tovey and Jennie Linden (and Roy Castle along for comic relief), the Doctor becomes an intermediary in a conflict between the robotic Daleks and angelic Thals on the almost dead world of Skaro. A huge hit on release, the film remains an enjoyable, well-produced family adventure, though somewhat lacking the menace of the TV original.

Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD remakes the second Dalek TV serial and finds the Doctor and companions in a ravaged future London where a resistance movement has literally gone underground to fight the Nazi-like alien invaders. Peter Cushing once more makes a kindly, dependable Doctor, though Bernard Cribbins is given a cringe-making comedy routine impersonating a "roboman", and the jazzy soundtrack is wildly out of place. Nevertheless this is a superior sequel, offering lavish production values, better action set-pieces and a higher suspense and fear factor than its predecessor. The best moments remain surprisingly chilling even today.

On the DVD: Doctor Who and the Daleks--the first disc--has a fun, very well-made 1995 documentary running 57 minutes and recounting the production of both feature films. Included are interviews with various surviving cast members. There is also an affectionate commentary with Roberta Tovey and Jennie Linden, hosted by Jonathan Southcote, author of The Cult Films of Peter Cushing. Sadly Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD has no substantial extra features, but both discs include the respective trailer, presented anamorphically enhanced, and a DVD-ROM reproduction of the relevant cinema brochure. The mono sound is good and the pin-sharp, vibrantly colourful, anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 transfers are all but flawless, making both films look good as new. --Gary S Dalkin

Doctor Who Movies Synopsis
In 'Doctor Who And The Daleks' the Doctor and his young friends find themselves at the mercy of the menacing Daleks. In 'Daleks Invasion Earth - 2150 AD' the Doctor travels to a future London where the Daleks have enslaved the human population.

Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)

Cast
Peter Cushing .... Dr. Who
Roy Castle .... Ian
Jennie Linden .... Barbara
Roberta Tovey .... Susan
Barrie Ingham .... Alydon
Michael Coles .... Ganatus
Geoffrey Toone .... Temmosus
Mark Peterson .... Elydon
John Brown .... Antodus
Yvonne Antrobus .... Dyoni
rest of cast listed
John Bown .... Thal
Robert Jewell .... Dalek operator (as Robert Jewel)
Kevin Manser .... Dalek operator
Gerald Taylor .... Dalek operator

Directed by
Gordon Flemyng
Writing credits
Terry Nation story
Sydney Newman characters
Max Rosenberg
Milton Subotsky


Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)

Cast
Peter Cushing .... Dr. Who
Bernard Cribbins .... Tom Campbell
Ray Brooks .... David
Andrew Keir .... Wyler
Roberta Tovey .... Susan
Jill Curzon .... Louise
Roger Avon .... Wells
Keith Marsh .... Conway
Philip Madoc .... Brockley
Geoffrey Cheshire .... Roboman
Eddie Powell .... Thompson
Godfrey Quigley .... Dortmun
Kenneth Watson .... Craddock
Steve Peters .... Leader Roboman
Robert Jewell .... Leader Dalek Operator
Sheila Steafel .... Young woman

Directed by
Gordon Flemyng
Writing credits
Terry Nation story
Sydney Newman characters
Milton Subotsky
David Whitaker

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