Dr Who and the Daleks (1965)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1965
Running Times: 85 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: Techniscope     2.35:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Amicus Productions
Producers: Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky

SCRIPT
Script: Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky
Story: Terry Nation

DIRECTION
Director: Gordon Flemyng

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Wilcox

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Oswald Hafenrichter

MUSIC
Music: Barry Gray, Malcolm Lockyer

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Ted Samuels

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Bill Constable
Set Decorator: Scott Slimon

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)
Robert Jewel, Kevin Manser, Gerald Taylor (Dalek operators)

PLOT SUMMARY

Scientist Dr Who invents a time machine, the TARDIS and accidentally whisks himself, his grand-daughter and two of her teachers off to the planet Skaro in the far distant future. There, they become involved in a struggle between the peace-loving Thals and the brutal cyborgs the Daleks who are threatening to end their long-standing power-struggle by unleashing a neutron bomb...

The first big screen adaptation of the famous BBC TV series disappointed many die-hard fans by taking significant liberties with the format - the Doctor is no longer an alien, for example, but a human scientist. But Peter Cushing's performance has a good deal of charm, and the Daleks are suitably menacing (this was our first glimpse of them in colour).

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Continental
Video Distributors: Goodtimes Video, Thorn-EMI
DVD Distributor: Anchor Bay

UK
Rating: U

TIMELINE

1972
July
1: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

1974
August
26: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

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

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

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

1994
November
6: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)
20: UK - television broadcast (on S4C)

1995
August
28: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)

September
3: UK - television broadcast (on S4C)

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

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Doktor Who i Dalekowie - Polish title
Dr Who contre les Daleks - French title
Dr Who y los Daleks - Spanish title

SEQUEL
Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966)

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

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

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.112
credits, review

aliens, cyborgs, radiation, scientists, space travel, spaceships, time machines, time travel, war

Last Updated: 28 July, 2009