Dr Who and the Daleks (1965)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1965
Running Times: 85m
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Technicolor
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Photographed in Techniscope)
Sound: mono

DIRECTION

Directed by: Gordon Flemyng

PRODUCTION
© copyright MCMLXV [1965] by Aaru Productions Ltd
Production Companies: Regal Films International Limited presents an Aaru production
Executive Producer: Joe Vegoda
Produced by: Max Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky
Production Manager: Ted Lloyd

SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Milton Subotsky
Based on the B.B.C. Television Serial by: Terry Nation

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Anthony Waye

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

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Oswald Hafenrichter

MUSIC
Music Composed and Conducted by: Malcolm Lockyer
Electronic Music: Barry Gray

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Buster Ambler
Sound Supervisor: John Cox
Sound Editors: Tom Priestley, Roy Hyde
Westrex Recording System

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Wardrobe: Jackie Cummins
Make-up: Jill Carpenter
Hairdresser: Henry Montsash

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Ted Samuels
Special Electronic Effects: Les Hillman

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Bill Constable
Associate Art Director: Ken Ryan
Set Decorator: Scott Slimon
Construction Manager: Bill Waldron

CAST

starring
Peter Cushing as "Dr. Who"
Roy Castle as "Ian"
Jennie Linden as "Barbara"
Roberta Tovey as "Susan"

with
Barrie Ingham (Alydon)
Michael Coles (Ganatus)
Yvonne Antrobus (Dyoni)
Geoffrey Toone (Temmosus)
John Bown (Antodus)
Mark Peterson (Elydon)

and
Ken Garady
Nicolas Head
Michael Lennox
Jack Waters
Virginia Tyler
Jane Lumb
Bruce Wells
Martin Grace
Sharon Young
Garry Wyler
Bruno Castagnoli, Michael Dillon, Brian Hands, Robert Jewel, Kevin Manser, Eric McKay, Len Saunders, 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 BBC One)

1974
August
26: UK - television broadcast (on BBC One)

1978
June
10: UK - television broadcast (on BBC One)

1985
April
20: UK - television broadcast (on BBC One)

1987
May
2: UK - television broadcast (on BBC One)

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

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

September
3: UK - television broadcast (on S4C)

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

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)
Few Doctors, The (1997)

EXTRACTS 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

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

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

Last Updated: 12 May, 2010