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Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD
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| Directed by | Gordon Flemyng |
| Produced by | Max J. Rosenberg Milton Subotsky |
| Written by | Terry Nation Milton Subotsky David Whitaker |
| Starring | Peter Cushing Bernard Cribbins Ray Brooks Andrew Keir Roberta Tovey |
| Music by | Barry Gray Bill McGuffie |
| Cinematography | John Wilcox |
| Editing by | Ann Chegwidden |
| Release date(s) | 22 July 1966 |
| Running time | 84 min. |
| Language | English |
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Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966) is the second of two films based upon the television series Doctor Who. The film starred Peter Cushing as eccentric inventor and time traveller "Dr. Who" (unlike the television series, where the character is simply called the Doctor). It was a sequel to Dr. Who and the Daleks, and also starred Bernard Cribbins and Andrew Keir.
The film is also known by the titles Dr. Who: Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. and Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.. It was filmed in Technicolor.
The script is based upon the televised serial The Dalek Invasion of Earth, although like the first film (which was also based upon a serial in the original series) there are many structural differences. For example, in the original TV series, the Doctor was an alien, whereas in the two films he was fully human.
The story is generally not considered canon with respect to the Doctor Who television programme.
A third film featuring Cushing as Dr. Who, to be based upon the serial The Chase, was planned, but never produced due to this film's underperfomance at the box office.
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The film was given a negative review in The Times newspaper in the United Kingdom, in a piece published on July 21, 1966 and credited only to "Our Film Critic". "The second cinematic excursion of the Daleks shows little advance on the first," opened the review. "The filming of all this is technically elementary... and the cast, headed by the long-suffering, much ill-used Peter Cushing, seem able, unsurprisingly, to drum up no conviction whatever in anything they are called to do. Grown-ups may enjoy it, but most children have more sense."[1]
- Peter Cushing (Dr. Who)
- Bernard Cribbins (Tom Campbell)
- Ray Brooks (David)
- Andrew Keir (Wylen)
- Roberta Tovey (Susan)
- Jill Curzon (Louise)
- Roger Avon (Wells)
- Geoffrey Cheshire (Roboman)
- Keith Marsh (Conway)
- Philip Madoc (Brockley)
- Steve Peters (Leader Roboman)
- Eddie Powell (Thompson)
- Godfrey Quigley (Dortmun)
- Peter Reynolds (Man on Bicyle)
- 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)
- Peter Hawkins (Dalek Voices)
The original trailer for the film describes actor Ray Brooks as "the boy with the knack". Brooks had recently starred in the 1965 Richard Lester comedy The Knack …and How to Get It.