Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth [1964]

Date(s) of Broadcast: 21 November 1964 - 26 December 1964
Number of Episodes: 6
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: black and white
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Verity Lambert
Associate Producer: Mervyn Pinfield

SCRIPT
Script: Terry Nation
Story Editor: David Whitaker

DIRECTION
Director: Richard Martin

PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Howard King
Film Camera: Peter Hamilton

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Film Editor: John Griffiths

MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranged By: Delia Derbyshire
Incidental Music: Francis Chagrin

SOUND
Studio Sound: Jack Brummitt
Special Sounds: Brian Hodgson

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up:
Costumes: Daphne Dare, Tony Pearce

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects:

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Spencer Chapman

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Jane Shirley
Assistant Floor Manager: Christina Lawton

LOCATIONS
Locations: Hammersmith Bridge, Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London, W6; Butler's Wharf, Southwark, London, SE1; 'A' Warehouse, St Katherine's Dock, London, E1; Irongate Wharf, St Katherine's Dock, London, E1; White City Underground Station, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, W12; Albert Embankment, London, SE11; Westminster Bridge, Westminster, London, SW1; Whitehall, London, SW1; Trafalgar Square, London, SW1; Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, Kensington, London, SW7; Albert Memorial, Kensington, London, SW7; Palace of Industry, Engineers Way, Wembley, Middlesex; St John's Hole Quarry, Stone Kent; Third Way, Wembley, Middlesex

STUNTS
Fight Arranger: Peter Diamond

CAST
EPISODE 1: World's End
William Hartnell [The Doctor]
William Russell [Ian Chesterton]
Jacqueline Hill [Barbara Wright]
Carole Ann Ford [Susan]
Bernard Kay [Carl Tyler]
Peter Fraser [David Campbell]
Alan Judd [Dortmun]
Peter Badger, Martyn Huntley [Robomen]
Robert Jewell [Dalek operator]

EPISODE 2: The Daleks
William Hartnell [The Doctor]
William Russell [Ian Chesterton]
Jacqueline Hill [Barbara Wright]
Carole Ann Ford [Susan]
Bernard Kay [Carl Tyler]
Peter Fraser [David Campbell]
Alan Judd [Dortmun]
Peter Badger, Martyn Huntley [Robomen]
Robert Jewell, Gerald Taylor, Nick Evans, Kevin Manser, Peter Murphy [Dalek machines operated by]
David Graham, Peter Hawkins [Dalek voices]
Ann Davies [Jenny]
Michael Goldie [Jack Craddock]
Michael Davis [Thomson]
Richard McNeff [Baker]

EPISODE 3: Day of Reckoning
William Hartnell [The Doctor]
William Russell [Ian Chesterton]
Jacqueline Hill [Barbara Wright]
Carole Ann Ford [Susan]
Bernard Kay [Carl Tyler]
Peter Fraser [David Campbell]
Alan Judd [Dortmun]
Peter Badger, Martyn Huntley [Robomen]
Robert Jewell, Gerald Taylor, Nick Evans, Kevin Manser, Peter Murphy [Dalek machines operated by]
David Graham, Peter Hawkins [Dalek voices]
Ann Davies [Jenny]
Michael Goldie [Jack Craddock]
Richard McNeff [Baker]
Graham Rigby [Larry Madison]

EPISODE 4: The End of Tomorrow
William Hartnell [The Doctor]
William Russell [Ian Chesterton]
Jacqueline Hill [Barbara Wright]
Carole Ann Ford [Susan]
Bernard Kay [Carl Tyler]
Peter Fraser [David Campbell]
Alan Judd [Dortmun]
Peter Badger, Martyn Huntley [Robomen]
Robert Jewell, Gerald Taylor, Nick Evans [uncredited], Kevin Manser, Peter Murphy [Dalek machines operated by]
David Graham, Peter Hawkins [Dalek voices]
Ann Davies [Jenny]
Graham Rigby [Larry Madison]
Nicholas Smith [Wells]
Nick Evans [Slyther operator]
Patrick O'Connell [Ashton]

EPISODE 5: The Waking Ally
William Hartnell [The Doctor]
William Russell [Ian Chesterton]
Jacqueline Hill [Barbara Wright]
Carole Ann Ford [Susan]
Bernard Kay [Carl Tyler]
Peter Fraser [David Campbell]
Peter Badger, Martyn Huntley [Robomen]
Robert Jewell, Gerald Taylor, Nick Evans, Kevin Manser, Peter Murphy [Dalek machines operated by]
David Graham, Peter Hawkins [Dalek voices]
Ann Davies [Jenny]
Graham Rigby [Larry Madison]
Nicholas Smith [Wells]
Nick Evans [Slyther operator]
Jean Conroy, Meriel Hobson [women in the woods]

EPISODE 6: Flashpoint
William Hartnell [The Doctor]
William Russell [Ian Chesterton]
Jacqueline Hill [Barbara Wright]
Carole Ann Ford [Susan]
Bernard Kay [Carl Tyler]
Peter Fraser [David Campbell]
Peter Badger, Martyn Huntley [Robomen]
Robert Jewell, Gerald Taylor, Nick Evans, Peter Murphy [Dalek machines operated by]
David Graham, Peter Hawkins [Dalek voices]
Ann Davies [Jenny]
Nicholas Smith [Wells]

UNCREDITED PERFORMERS
Peter Diamond, Adrian Drotskie, Bill Moss, Reg Tyler [Robomen - uncredited]
Edmund Warwick [double for The Doctor - uncredited]
Robert Aldous, James Appleby, Nigel Bernard, Jo Calvert, Leslie Conrad, George Dare, Stenson Falke, Daphne Green, Margo Hanson, Jonas Kurchi, Tony Lambden, Maureen Lane, Peter Morton, Bill Moss, Rex Rashley, John Sackville West, Donald Simons, Rosina Stewart, Fred Taylor, John Timberlake, Graham Tonbridge, Alan Wakeling, Tony Walsh, Les Wilkinson, Jan Willis [revolting prisoners - uncredited]
Extras: John Censor, Susanne Charise, Roy Curtis, John Doye, Otto Friese, Pat Gorman, David Graham, Joe Hardesty, Peter Holmes, Peter Honeywell, Bill McAllister, Roma Milne, Patricia Phipps, Steve Pokol, Tony Poole, Molly Prescott, Michael Reed, Leonard Woodlow

EPISODES

1. World's End [21 November 1964]
2. The Daleks [28 November 1964]
3. Day Of Reckoning [5 December 1964]
4. The End Of Tomorrow [12 December 1964]
5. The Waking Ally [19 December 1964]
6. Flashpoint [26 December 1964]

The Doctor and his travelling companions arrive in London in the 22nd century to find that the Earth has been overrun by the Daleks. With their army of Robeomen, humans turned into zombie-like slaves, they are planning to remove the Earth's core and fit a powerful drive system that will enable them to steer the planet like a spaceship. The Doctor teams up with a desperate band of freedom fighters to try to prevent the Daleks from succeeding.

An absolute corker, one of the very best stories in the entire history of the show. The sight of Daleks rumbling ominously around the streets of London are as powerful now as they were in 1964 and the cliffhanger at the climax of World's End is wonderful. The extensive location shooting gives the story a realistic edge and the excellent performances all round are enough to distract one away from the occassional below par effect shot. A bona fide Who classic.

UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video

1964
August
20: UK - The Daleks appear in a photocall at the London Planetarium
21: UK - The Daily Mail reports that filming was due to take place in The Mall, with Buckingham Palace as a backdrop but that plans to do so had been abandoned due to concerns over traffic problems.
23: UK - Location shooting takes place at Trafalgar Square, The Third Way in Wembley, the Royal Albert Hall, the Palace of Industry, Whitehall, the Embankment and on Westminster Bridge, all in London
25: UK - Location shooting takes place at St Katherine's Dock, London and at White City Underground Station
27: UK - Location shooting takes place at Hammersmith Bridge, London
28: UK - Studio filming takes place at Ealing. Location shooting takes place at St John's Hole Quarry in Kent.

September
18: UK - Studio recording takes place at Riverside Studios 1, Hammersmith, London.
25: UK - Studio recording takes place at Riverside Studios 1, Hammersmith, London.

October
2: UK - Studio recording takes place at Riverside Studios 1, Hammersmith, London.
9: UK - Studio recording takes place at Riverside Studios 1, Hammersmith, London.
16: UK - Studio recording takes place at Riverside Studios 1, Hammersmith, London.
23: UK - Studio recording takes place at Riverside Studios 1, Hammersmith, London.

November
21: UK - World's End television broadcast [on BBC1]
28: UK - The Daleks television broadcast [on BBC1]

December
5: UK - Day of Reckoning television broadcast [on BBC1]
12: UK - The End of Tomorrow television broadcast [on BBC1]
19: UK - The Waking Ally television broadcast [on BBC1]
26: UK - Flashpoint television broadcast [on BBC1]

The Return of the Daleks - working title
The Daleks - working title

SEQUEL TO
Doctor Who: The Mutants [1963]

SEQUELS
Doctor Who: The Chase [1965]
Doctor Who: Mission to the Unknown [1965]
Doctor Who: The Dalek Master Plan [1965 - 1966]
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks [1966]
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks [1967]
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks [1972]
Doctor Who: Frontier In Space [1973]
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks [1973]
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks [1974]
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks [1975]
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks [1979]
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors [1983]
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks [1984]
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks [1985]
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks [1988]

REMAKE
Dalek Invasion Earth: 2150 AD [1966]

SEE ALSO
Doctor Who: The Space Museum [1965]
Doctor Who [1996]
Dr Who And The Daleks [1965]

BOOKS

Doctor Who On Location pp.11-12
illustrated production notes [by Richard Bignell]

Doctor Who Programme Guide pp.29-30
credits, synopsis [by Jean-Marc Lofficier]

Doctor Who The Discontinuity Guide pp.28-30
credits, trivia, review [by Paul Cornell, Martin Day and Keith Topping]

Doctor Who: The Handbook: The First Doctor pp.82-85
credits, synopsis, review [by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen James Walker]

Doctor Who: The Television Companion pp.37-41
credits, synopsis, review [by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker]

Pocket Essentials: Doctor Who pp.15-16
credits, review [by Mark Campbell]

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

alien invasions, aliens, daleks, the future, london, mining, time travel, post-apocalypse, spaceships

Last Updated: 21 April, 2008