Doctor Who: The Daleks In Colour Review

The very first time the doctor ever faced the Daleks in the episode titled The Daleks! Originally in Black & White this episode has now been cutdown & presented in new glorious colour for the very first time. Here's what I thought of this new edition.
Chapter Points:
02:29 Plot Synopsis
03:09 The Colourisation
06:21 The Editting
11:10 Conclusion
13:29 My Pick for Colourisation
Checkout my trailer of THE DALEKS in colour:
• Doctor Who: The Daleks...
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[@jnielson1121]

I found the second half of the colourised The Daleks just accelerated into an incomprehesible trailer of jump cuts I couldn't follow. It was really weird - hard to follow and rushed. And the shocking pink in the Dalek city was ridiculous and on Barbara's top was insulting - she'd never have worn that! It was still a mammoth task, done really well and under very difficult circumstances I'm sure - but... ooff :/

[@mr.werb15md90]

I haven't seen it, so I'll take your word on it. as for colorized versions of classic who, I'd probably want "The War Machines" and "The Dominators". not sure how well the story could be squished like "The Daleks" were, but it'd be cool to see none-the-less.

[@thewhoview]

I love the war machines. They would probably remove most of the story though. I'd be fine with The dominators to be cut down. You could really make it look like an alien world to with the colourisation.

[@user-sx8il7yg9f]

I've seen it. The colours ok, the music over the top, and it's been shortened for today's audiences who only have the attention span of a fly. A classic that should have been left alone.

[@stevenmcnicoll5060]

It was an odd choice. There was a colour 90 minute version already. Dr Who & The Daleks (1965) anyone?

[@jimbrown9542]

Not sure what they are trying to do with this, a colour version of this story has already been done.

[@MovieHeretic]

Maybe not available Downunder Bro, haven't checked.

[@daryljoyce1211]

I can't think of anything I'd want to see less than classic who cut down to give nuWho vibes.

[@TheArchieTheory]

60s Doctor Who is lowkey underrated

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Great vid

[@inspector2363]

Justice for the Magnadon!

[@Budbrothers420]

Was great apart from the fact they made the original fans and anyone over the age of 17 look like idiots who couldn’t take the whole thing on board. Too much was chopped out and the music when Ian is in the dalek 🙄 what person thought that worked?

[@thewhoview]

Yeah the whole edit cut down is very obscure that scene especially with Ian as a Dalek I hated they way that was cut together in a wired montage.

[@Budbrothers420]

@@thewhoview trying to make it a fast paced moment when it never was 😂 it’s a shame that they felt like they needed to this for new viewers as it really could of been amazing if scored and chopped less the colour was wonderful and it felt like it wasn’t 60 years old

[@thewhoview]

@@Budbrothers420 agree

[@RaymondWilliams-uu1ns]

Too much colourisation, especially primary colours. Very little black or white. The editing was too severe, it needed that extra 15 minutes. Sound was good at the beginning, especially when Barbara gets caught. The over the top music at the end did ruin the enjoyment for me. It takes away all the danger and threat. Good try but it failed. I had this Preordered but cancelled my order after it aired on BBC2. Huge disappointment!

[@thewhoview]

Hopefully they take notes from how people responded to this colourisation & not repeat the same things for the next release.

[@andygozzo72]

yep the music and effects were excessive, and did not like the jumpy flashbacks, but apart from that it was ok ..

[@Funem]

Colour looks something more akin to a Willy Wonka chocolate factory film than a Doctor Who episode. Think I will pass.

[@nickthepick8043]

It feels like it was designed for the new generation of ADHD-obsessed viewers who brag about their short attention spans because they can't take anything out of long-term substance. They got the themes of this story so wrong.

[@chrislackey775]

LIKED AND SUBBED TY1

[@DrZacksCafe]

Slight correction: “artistic license” rather than “artistic merit” is the term you want.

[@thewhoview]

My mistake 😄

[@harnois75]

I'll stick with the 7 episodes in glorious B/W, at 25 minutes an episode it's perfectly palatable. Trying to reinvent it with 'pacier' editing and bombastic cacophony is pretty offensive. RTD should steer clear of episodes he has no ownership of.

[@Scripture-Man]

Interesting review. For me, the colourization looks "good" but the choices of colour are abysmal and garish, completely lacking taste. I checked out clips of the music and the music is also tasteless. It's not "bad music", it's just inappropriate. The scene when we first see the Daleks is a still, tense, suspenseful scene where the Doctor and co are scared to move, but the music plays like a fast-paced action scene. The original audio is way nearer the mark.

[@thewhoview]

@@Scripture-Man the whole tone of the episodes has been changed because of the music. The colourisation itself was inspired by the movie dr who & the Daleks but all the saturation is dialled up 100%. I have too constantly remind myself that it's not made for the fans, but nu who viewers that can't watch B&W.

[@Scripture-Man]

@@thewhoview I must admit, black and white is a bit before my time and I've always struggled to watch it. I find it a bit cold and much prefer a warmer, more natural sepia colour. The idea of colourisation is something I like - just not THIS colourisation! But I find myself looking more now to the show's history rather than its future, wanting to go back and get to know the classic Doctors, since I have no fondness for the current show. I am completely "out" now concerning modern Who. It's dead to me. I found Capaldi's era poor, and the Chibnal era dire. But what RTD has done to the show lately, I find utterly abhorrent. The man has lost his mind IMHO. It's not even a TV programme any more, it's just a series of events happening for no reason.

[@thewhoview]

@@Scripture-Man that's an interesting way of putting it. I would say everything after Capaldi hasn't been for me & that's fine cause there are people that do enjoy it. I reviewed the newest season with Ncuti & I really struggled with it.

[@akshaytrayner1960]

I enjoyed it but it takes away from the original

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

I didn’t enjoy it at all. I’m not against the idea of colourising it in principle, as long as the B&W is always readily available. But I do feel that it’s a waste when the money could be better spent doing animations for missing episodes. The editing was awful. Very chopping done. The lurid colours seemed to take their cue from the Peter Cushing movie. I’m ok with that to a point, but it was a wasted opportunity do do something new. And whilst the addition of the Dalek ray was a welcome addition, it would have been nice if it was blue like later episodes and not that shade of aquamarine. Due to the editing they had to re-record some of the Daleks lines. Naturally they used Nicholas Briggs because the BBC seem to spent the last 19 years thinking he’s the only person qualified for the job. (Personally I’m getting a bit tired of his Dalek voices now). But getting David Graham out of retirement to re-do his original lines which was a nice touch. I’m glad he was involved. The soundtrack was the biggest problem for me. Made all the more disappointing because Mark Ayers is usually such a safe pair of hands. But they ditched a lot of the really atmospheric music from the original in favour of high-paced music where high-paced music wasn’t always warranted. I assume it was to make the story seem packer than it really was for a modern audience not used to the slow-burning style of storytelling of yore. But it turned slow, thoughtful scenes into urgent, rushed scenes and it wasn’t good. And then they threw in some 60s-style pop which just didn’t suit the spirit of the program. For me it was an interesting enough novelty, and I’m glad I watched it. But it’s not something I’d ever want to watch again. Although I’m invested to know how they justified 2 discs for this.

[@markwardel6751]

A garish nightmare ...were the Daleks all on ecstacy when they decorated their city? Ridiculous.

[@thewhoview]

🤣🤣

[@joshuajoshua2732]

Im personally not a fan of it i prefer the original version it should had been left alone.

[@joelsoetendorp3279]

The BBC attitude towards IP is bizarre sorry it's denied you some of its treasures. Sad that it took Disney to make Dr who more widely available

[@MadMal2024]

&0 minutes edit Not quiet long enough. Your length would be better and get rid of the flashbacks... Pointless. I watched all original 7 episodes on TV as live shows... yup I'm that old. The colourising and the additional effects; help; but you are right about the colour palette of the Dalek City... Doesn't fit with the Dalek mentality... To be honest' I would have them use a Military colour grouping. The Thalls and the Kaleds were military factions Which is why I liked the look of the "ironsides" ; Dark wartime coloured green fitted them. No; as far as I'm concerned... they over egged it and ruined the recipe... in other words... They left the cake out in the rain..

[@thewhoview]

@@MadMal2024 Hopefully they can take the feedback from the fans about this colourisation & edit & apply it to the next release. But considering this was not targeted towards classic fans but new who fans, that for whatever reason can't watch B&W it will probably be the same next time round. Just have to wait & see I suppose.

[@stevecallum7933]

The colour version was pointless. It cut an entire hour out of it. It just didnt make any sense. The editing is dreadful and the incidental music doesnt work in a lot of scenes. If you cant do it right just dont bother guys. Sorry but i wont be buying it on blu ray.

[@thewhoview]

Fair assessment.

[@liittlemiissd]

Classic purists when background music is changed to not sound really dated and awkward and the pacing doesn’t take 4 hours to get to the main monster: 😭😭😭😭

[@matthewbolitho-jones]

I like The Daleks in Colour

[@thewhoview]

That's great. For me the editing just didn't really work for me.

[@joshuajoshua2732]

@matthewbolitho-jones May I asked what you liked about it? All I saw is vandalism.

[@edwardcatt2399]

Unpopular opinion (potentially); I actually like how lurid it all looks. It seems to befit its ‘60’s ‘technicolour’-obsessed era very well.

[@stephenclaridge1896]

so glad you mentioned the flasbacks. it's the main reason i dislike this video

[@thewhoview]

1 or 2 flashbacks I could be forgiving, but there's so many & a lot of them are completely unnecessary. We don't need a flashback of something that happened 3 minutes ago.