UK, 1965
85m
35mm film, Technicolor, 2.35:1 (Photographed in Techniscope)
mono, English
A British science fiction film directed by Gordon Flemyng. It’s the first of Peter Cushing’s two big screen spin-offs from the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (1963-1989). Unlike the small screen version, Cushing’s Doctor is human, not a Time Lord, an inventor who built his own time machine.
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…
Credits
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Gordon Flemyng
© MCMLXV [1965] by Aaru Productions Ltd
Regal Films International Limited presents an Aaru production
Executive Producer: Joe Vegoda
Produced by: Max Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky
Production Manager: Ted Lloyd
Screenplay by: Milton Subotsky
Based on the B.B.C. Television Serial by: Terry Nation
Assistant Director: Anthony Waye
Director of Photography: John Wilcox
Camera Operator: David Harcourt
Camera Grip: Ray Jones
Editor: Oswald Hafenrichter
Music Composed and Conducted by: Malcolm Lockyer
Electronic Music: Barry Gray
Sound Recordist: Buster Ambler
Sound Supervisor: John Cox
Sound Editors: Tom Priestley, Roy Hyde
Westrex Recording System
Wardrobe: Jackie Cummins
Make-up: Jill Carpenter
Hairdresser: Henry Montsash
Special Effects: Ted Samuels
Special Electronic Effects: Les Hillman
Art Director: Bill Constable
Associate Art Director: Ken Ryan
Set Decorator: Scott Slimon
Construction Manager: Bill Waldron
Cast
Peter Cushing (Dr. Who)
Roy Castle (Ian)
Jennie Linden (Barbara)
Roberta Tovey (Susan)
Barrie Ingham (Alydon)
Michael Coles (Ganatus)
Yvonne Antrobus (Dyoni)
Geoffrey Toone (Temmosus)
John Bown (Antodus)
Mark Peterson (Elydon)
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)
Alternative Titles
Doktor Who i Dalekowie – Poland
Dr. Who contre les Daleks – France
Dr. Who y los Daleks – Spain
Links
Sequel
Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
Remake of
Doctor Who: The Daleks (1963)
Extracts included in
Adventures in Space and Time (1999)
Dalekmania (1995)
Production Notes
Release
A “make your own Dalek” competition was held at a screening at Woolwich ABC, London in January 1972 which resulted in the “best admissions for about two years at a minor’s matinee.” 1CinemaTV Today no.9962 8 January 1972 p.22
References
Newspapers
- Daily Mail 5 March 1965 – article (Now the Daleks Move in for Cinema Invasion by Daily Mail reporter)
- The Mirror 9 March 1965 p.9 – illustrated note (Daleks on her mind)
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.8 p.6
- CinemaTV Today no.9962 8 January 1972 p.22 – note (Daleks for ever)
- The Daily Cinema no.9021 (29 January 1965) p.8 – note (Production-wise)
- Electronic Sound no.124 pp.34-47 – illustrated article (Stand By for Action! by Mat Smith)
- We Belong Dead Amicus Special Spring 2021 pp.24-27 – illustrated review (by Matthew E. Banks)
Books
- Dr. Who & the Daleks: The Official Story of the Films by John Walsh pp.24-95
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.111
- Now on the Big Screen: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who at the Movies by Charles Norton pp.11-66
- Hoffman’s Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-1992 p.112 – credits, review
- Island of Terror: A Book of 60 Great* British SF and Fantasy Movies from 1936-1984 *And not so Great by Keith Topping pp.286-295
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.108 – credits
- Sci-fi Chronicles by Guy Haley (ed.) p.216
