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

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1966
Running Times: 84m
Length:
Format: 35mm/Techniscope
Colour Format: Technicolor
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

DIRECTION

Directed by: Gordon Flemyng

PRODUCTION
Copyright: © 1966 by Aaru Productions Limited
Production Company: an Aaru production
Executive Producer: Joe Vegoda
Produced by: Milton Subotsky and Max J. Rosenberg
Production Manager: Ted Wallis

SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Milton Subotsky
Additional Material by: David Whitaker
From the B.B.C. Television Serial by: Terry Nation

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Anthony Waye
Continuity: Pamela Davies

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Wilcox
Camera Operator: David Harcourt
Camera Grip: Ray Jones
Photographed in Techniscope

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ann Chegwidden
Colour by Technicolor

MUSIC
Music Composed and Conducted by: Bill McGuffie
Electronic Music: Barry Gray

SOUND
Sound Recordist: A. Ambler
Sound Editor: John Poyner
Sound Supervisor: John Cox

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Wardrobe Supervisor: Jackie Cummins
Make-up: Bunty Phillips
Hairdresser: Bobbie Smith

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Ted Samuels

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: George Provis
Set Decoration: Maurice Pelling
Construction Manager: Bill Waldron

LOCATIONS
Unit Manager: Tony Wallis

CAST

Starring
Peter Cushing (Doctor Who)

Also Starring
Bernard Cribbins (Tom Campbell)
Ray Brooks (David)
Andrew Keir (Wyler)
Roberta Tovey (Susan)
Jill Curzon (Louise)

with
Roger Avon (Wells)
Geoffrey Cheshire (roboman)
Keith Marsh (Conway)
Philip Madoc (Brockley)
Steve Peters (roboman leader)
Eddie Powell (Thompson)
Godfrey Quigley (Dortmun)
Peter Reynolds (man on bicycle)
Bernard Spear (man with carrier bag)
Sheila Steafel (young woman)
Eileen Way (old woman)
Kenneth Watson (Craddock)
John Wreford (robber)
Robert Jewell (leader Dalek operator)

PLOT SUMMARY

Dr Who and his traveling companions use his time machine, the TARDIS, to travel to the year 2150 where they find that the Earth has been overrun by the alien Daleks. The time travelers throw in their lot with a group of resistance fighters who battle the Daleks and their robomen slaves who are trying to plant a bomb at the Earth's core...

As with Dr Who and the Daleks, Who purists were disappointed by this liberty-taking remake of a classic TV story, but time has been kind to it and it now has some period charm. Cushing is excellent again, though the rest of the cast are fairly undistinguished. The Daleks are far less menacing here than they were on either TV or even in the first film though overall, this is the more enjoyable of the two films thanks to the frantic pacing, well-choreographed action scenes and well-realised vision of a future London in ruins.

UK
Video Distributor: Beyond Vision

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Continental; Walter Reade Organization
Video Distributors: HBO/Cannon; Anchor Bay Entertainment Inc
DVD Distributor: Anchor Bay

UK
Rating: U

TIMELINE

1972
August
19: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

1974
June
27: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

1978
June
24: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

1983
April
5: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)

1985
April
27: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

1987
May
9: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

1995
January
15: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)
29: UK - television broadcast (on S4C)

1996
August
11: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)
25: UK - television broadcast (on S4C)

2002
April
14: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)

May
9: UK - television broadcast (on S4C)

2003
June
1: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4 / S4C)

2004
May
30: UK - television broadcast (on Sky One)

2010
January
16: UK - shown at the BFI Southbank, London (precedeed by a Q&A with Bernard Cribbins)

Daleks envahissent la terre, Les - French title
Daleks il futuro tra un milione di anni - Italian title
Dr Who: Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. - US video title
Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
Inwazja Daleków na ziemie - Polish title
Marcianos invaden la Tierra, Los - Spanish title

SEQUEL TO
Dr Who and the Daleks (1965)

REMAKE OF
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)

SEE ALSO
Doctor Who (1963 - 1989)
The Few Doctors (1997)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Dalekmania (1995)
Adventures in Space and Time (1999)

PERIODICALS

Dreamwatch no.22 p.42 (UK)
review

BOOKS

Creature Features Strikes Again p.91
credits, review (by John Stanley)

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.88
credits, review

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.85
credits

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

aliens, time travel, alien invasions, cyborgs, mind control, scientists, children, police, the future, daleks

Last Updated: 5 December, 2009