Dr. Who & The Daleks (1965) Review | Better Than The Original!

Taking a look at the first Peter Cushing Dalek movie: Dr who & the Daleks.
Doctor Who & his companions are transported to a strange alien world, the planet of the Daleks.
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[@Dalekzilla]

I have always ADORED these films. They are in fact in my top ten favourite all time movies. Peter Cushing was brilliant, and in at least one interview he said that this role was one of his very favourites. It's so sad that they didn't make the third film, which was going to be based on The Chase. Instead, they used Peter in At the Earth's Core, I believe. Anyway, these films are amazing, and in my opinion hold up to this day.

[@thewhoview]

They are both enjoyable, but I prefer this one. 😊

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

If any story needed streamlining, it's "The Chase".

[@thewhoview]

@@Benjiesbeenbetter. it's a shame they never made that third movie.

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

@thewhoview Yes. I think they'd have been wise to maybe have a different story, though. I can't say I'm much of a fan of The Chase.

[@user-tn1rs9tg9k]

I think they needed to make an original story, kids don't want to keep paying basically to see a repeat even if it is on the big screen and more glitzy. The two films did have a nice look but were cash-ins. The second film which included the late great Andrew Kier was at times woefully rushed and underfunded: the world of 2150 a.d. still had 1960s Morris vans. When said vehicle is driven into a group of Daleks in the street, the Daleks are broken in half revealing nothing, absolutely nothing inside. Perhaps there were ghosts in these machines, their physical being having deteriorated into malevolent spirit. There are other instances of cheap production values which rather undermine the effectiveness of the film. Having said this, I do love these films and the Daleks voices have never been bettered. Personally I prefer the first film, it is almost like a fairy tale/science fiction mash up: the world of the spirit defined by the elf like Thals versus the technological machine encased goblin Daleks. The sets nicely give an other- worldly faeryland ambience. Oh, and they could try to stop giving Daleks human machinery to operate with knobs and switches and the like which are designed by humans for human hands. Something like the touch sensitive devices seen in the space ship in The Day the Earth Stood Still. That would make more sense and give a sense of the sinisterly advanced alien intellect.

[@Phantassm]

Never seen them but Peter Cushing is my idol and I'd watch anything with him in it.

[@thewhoview]

@@Phantassm yeah Cushing is the goat!

[@EddieBloecher]

@@Phantassm The 2 Cushing movies are available on streaming nets such as Tubi or Pluto apps. Or if you have some kind of movie download app you can save them. I'm not sure if they're available on DVD or Blu-ray here in the states. Not sure if that's helpful.

[@mikeneale9790]

This was the very first film/program I saw in colour on tv. A neighbour had recieved a new Rediffusion rental a couple of days before the film's first broadcast and we kids were invited to watch it.

[@thewhoview]

Cool 😊

[@carlesq.]

lovely memory for you

[@edinarm]

I was about 13/14 years old when this, and "Dalek Invasion Earth 2150 were shown on my local New York station on Saturday afternoons in their Kaiju/SciFi/Horror timeslot. They were my introduction to Dr. Who which took me another decade + before I found out that it was a BBC television show.

[@thewhoview]

@@edinarm that's awesome 😊👌

[@harrymcdonough]

Nice vid. I loved these when I was younger, they are such an Adam West Batman vibe

[@taliesinllanfair4338]

Haven't watched this since the 80s. I remember at the time finding it a bit hard to buy into the chnages. But by the end of the film, I enjoyed what I saw. I watched the second film only a couple of years ago. I enjoyed that one and particularly Bernard Cribbins' role in it.

[@markwardel6751]

I saw this at the cinema as a Dalek mad 7 year old in 1965...Britain had gone Dalek crazy and kids back then didn't give a monkeys whether the Doctor was an alien or not they just wanted to see Daleks....in colour ...for the very first time. ...it was incredible . Still enjoy the 2 films today as a cosy hit of nostalgia.

[@thewhoview]

@@markwardel6751 awesome to hear 😊👍

[@nigelikin7462]

Saw both of these films at the cinema, although not on their first release. That was in the days when films got repeated at the cinema. With the popularity of home video, that all stopped. But I've always loved Dr Who & The Daleks. The countdown to the bomb going off must be the longest in film history considering it was 100 seconds in the film. I think it was 100 anyway. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@thewhoview]

@@nigelikin7462amazing to hear 😊 & your absolutely right the countdown was 100 seconds.

[@martinmixedmedia2899]

I saw this film in the cinema on its first release. I was a little confused by the changes I was only 7 years old but there were Daleks and when you're 7 years old that's all that matters. I've watched it many times it's one of my all time favourite science fiction films .

[@beachcomberbob3496]

Plus, note that the Tardis door opened outward? Ooops! Want to see some great 1960s sci-fi? Try 'Quatermass and The Pit' Absolutely fantastic!

[@thewhoview]

@@beachcomberbob3496 yeah I was contemplating mentioning that with the doors. We have seen the doors open outwards before even in classic Who, though it does happen rarely. Also about quatermass, I've seen all the hammer movies of quatermass I've just never seen the original BBC series. I love the movies though 😁

[@frankshailes3205]

Real police boxes open outwards.

[@imafgc]

The two Cushhing movies are great, perfect bank holiday viewing, the second one is better (I suspect due to the powerhouse of Bernard Cribbins). I much prefer the movie version of Suzan, both aging her down and making her more intelligent and outspoken works wonders and at that age it's a lot more bearable when she's scared and stuff. I also really enjoy Cushings take on the Doctor, he may technically be just an eccentric human inventor however I can totally imagine a proper TV Doctor being him and how he'd be dealing with other monsters and time periods

[@thewhoview]

Bernard Cribbins as PC Tom Campbell is fantastic in the sequel, a lot better than Ian in the first film.

[@mickeythompson9537]

He was offered the role of the TV Doctor, by several accounts - but had other commitments.

[@boblowes]

When I was a very young boy of four, Tom Baker was the Doctor. The series was almost never repeated, I'd never heard of Doctor Who Magazine, and had never laid eyes on a Target novelisation. But my older brother and I were both hooked. Eventually, Peter Davison replaced Tom, and the show continued, but almost never repeated (I'm not sure BBC Scotland ran The Five Faces of Doctor Who repeat season). There was certainly no home media at the time, so my exposure to the other Doctor's was limited. Eventually, I discovered the Target books and the magazine, so I could read adaptions of stories, or about them through DWM, but not actually watch the episodeds themselves. Then, one Saturday, the original Peter Cushing movie came on TV, and it was amazing. The Daleks looked way more impressive then the brief sequence in The Five Doctor's, which was the most I'd ever seen of them, save for some hazy memories of Destiny of the Daleks. But here they looked amazing. And the film's pacing is so much better, thanks to the lack of padding the TV version suffers from. When Doctor Who eventually started to appear on VHS regularly, the first two tapes I bought were Death to the Daleks, and Dr Who and the Daleks. And that tape got as much playback as the TV series did. I loved it.

[@thewhoview]

@@boblowes That's really cool to hear. It sounds like you have a lot of nostalgic affection for the film 😉😊👍

[@richardhumphreys8662]

Both this film and its sequel were released during the Summer holidays, so I saw both in a cinema in North Devon where I spent my holidays. I was a bit disappointed by the film when I first saw it as I was very fond of the original and had no issues at all with its pacing as TV in those days was quite different. I was disappointed by the Tardis' interior and the change of actors. However, I was very impressed by the colour. Colour TV was just something to dream about back then (I had heard they had it in America and was very jealous!), and so seeing the Daleks in colour was great. The sets were mostly good as well and Lava lamps were not so common in homes as they subsequently became and were used a couple of years later in The Prisoner also. Both this film and the sequel inhabit their own little bit of the Doctor Who universe and have a quaintness all their own. And whereas my favourite Doctor is William Hartnell, I'd put Peter Cushing in second or third position anyday. But then I am in my seventies!!!

[@thewhoview]

@@richardhumphreys8662 that sounds like a very precious memory & really cool to hear. Even though the films are outside the official show, it doesn't stop me from enjoying them, plus I'm a fan of Cushing so it's kinda of hard for me to hate him in anything. 😊

[@richardhumphreys8662]

@@thewhoview Peter Cushing was in a class of his own.

[@carlesq.]

hi richard,where in north devon did you holiday?

[@richardhumphreys8662]

@@carlesq.Hi, I stayed with my Great Aunt in Braunton and saw both the Doctor Who films in Barnstaple.

[@carlesq.]

@@richardhumphreys8662 ah im in ilfracombe,about 8 miles from braunton and 13 miles from barnstaple,went for dinner in barnstaple last tuesday

[@PopcultureNerdvana]

Great video! I agree this is the most accessible version of the first daleks story, would love to have seen more of Peter Cushings doctor in further adaptations, like the Chase!

[@thewhoview]

@@PopcultureNerdvana I wish they made the third movie.

[@PopcultureNerdvana]

@@thewhoview so much missed potential!

[@pinchopaxtonsgreatestminds9591]

I always liked this film. I have had an idea for a new film in my head for about 20 years... a dark Dalek film.

[@glaustin]

Loved both film versions as a six/ seven year old boy (the Daleks in colour😊) and you’ve given a fair review. I know you made it clear it was a movie version that was adapted from the TV story. But you made a point the Doctor wasn’t an ‘alien’ in the films. You need to think back to 1964/ 1965. Nothing was known at all about his origins in the early years. It was kept deliberately vague (which add to the Doctor’s mystique). All we knew was he didn’t come from 1963 and his ‘civilisation’ was more far more advanced. He could have come from Atlantis or from well into the Earth’s future. The idea he wasn’t human at all didn’t take hold until Hartnell’s transformation into Troughton (the term regeneration didn’t appear for another decade or more). And of course, we found out he was a Time Lord in 1969 when Pat left the show. So, the idea he was an alien took a long time to develop and when the films were made he could have equally been human😊

[@thewhoview]

@@glaustin I mean, yeah your right, but you do get that sense that he's an alien. Susan & I are cut off from our own planet he says. But hay it doesn't really matter anyway & I'm sure it didn't really matter either to anyone back then when it was released. All you care about is it's doctor who on the big screen! 😲

[@EddieBloecher]

I didn't have cable as a kid but when visiting cousins in Milwaukee, this film came on and I had issues at first because I was used to Tom Baker reruns on PBS. So I wasn't getting it at first but Peter Cushing and technocolor Daleks won me over. I loved these 2 films.

[@thewhoview]

@@EddieBloecher Hey as long as it brought some enjoyment too you, that's all that matters. 😊

[@EddieBloecher]

@@thewhoview It sure did. In fact I watched the movie again after this video yesterday.

[@Chamiliatic]

Was actually the first doctor who anything i watched and loved it. It was this and a vhs of pyramids of mars i watched as a kid.

[@thewhoview]

@@Chamiliatic awesome 😊👌👍

[@peterlee4753]

Saw these as a child . I thought Peter Cushing was the first doctor. Confusing. But they are brilliant.

[@thewhoview]

@@peterlee4753 I saw this before I saw any of Hartnell or Troughton.

[@christophersnyder1532]

I didn't know Grand Moff Tarkin was a Time Lord! Just kidding, I actually knew this. Take care, and all the best.

[@garethspotfur1]

it wasn't too bad, i agree it was improved by being streamlined. ian is a bit annoying, but the way he saved the day was perfect.

[@brianfretwell3886]

To really appreciate the ffect this film had at the time you have to watch it as a 13 year old in the middle of the wet British summer school holidays. Preferably at a small seaside cinema with othjer children.

[@martaaay774]

Great movie, remember it vividly as a kid and love the dystopian, unsettling feeling it gives you. I must watch this and Invasion Earth every few years they give such a great feeling of nostalgia. The Daleks look brilliant and are menacing, Peter Cushing as Dr. Who is wonderful and you can imagine him as your own crazy Grandad, he gives such a warm performance. The Thals remind me somewhat of the Eloi from the Time Machine (must be the haircuts😂). I'm not a huge Who fan so where the Peter Cushing films sit in the whole Doctor Who cannon don't bother me. In fact I believe that in the DW world these are movies based upon Doctor Who and therefore are entertainment and fictionalised adventures of the Doctor!

[@thewhoview]

@@martaaay774 Hey what ever works for you 😁😊 totally agree with you on Peter Cushing he is absolutely superb & yeah the connection with the Thals being like the Eloi I can totally see, especially from the 60s film adaptation of the time machine. 😉👍

[@pizzapunk8816]

love these movies, oh the nostalgia.

[@thewhoview]

@@pizzapunk8816 They scream fun adventure! 😊

[@pizzapunk8816]

@@thewhoview they sure do.

[@bowda99]

My first trip to the cinema as a kid .

[@thewhoview]

@@bowda99 What a great film to start with. 😉👌

[@JurassicRod]

I love the 60s pulp sci-fi vibe of these movies. I do enjoy them more than the TV episodes they adapt. I always thought the Daleks were spraying nerve gas at people.

[@thewhoview]

@@JurassicRodI prefer the original Dalek invasion of earth over the movie, but I still really enjoy the movie. With the Daleks can we just agree it's gotta be some sort of gas that can kill you in seconds.

[@mickeythompson9537]

I love bothe these movies - but wish Peter Cushing had played Doctor Who more like Van Helsing.

[@thewhoview]

@@mickeythompson9537 Peter Cushing was absolutely perfect as Van Helsing. It would of been definitely interesting to see. 😉

[@PaulJohn01]

I liked it, hard to find it online nowadays.

[@hhvictor2462]

I liked the TV series rendition of the 1st and 2nd movies as well as the theatrical rendition. Each has their own interesting flavors.

[@thewhoview]

@@hhvictor2462 I like the first Dalek story I just don't love it & feel at 7 episodes it really drags. The movie really improves upon the original IMO. The Dalek invasion of earth (the original) I much prefer over the movie but both movies do a really good job of presenting those original stories with a different tone & works really well. 😁

[@Scripture-Man]

Always been aware of these films. Never seen them. This was a helpful summary, thanks! :-)

[@thewhoview]

@@Scripture-Man Well, I know I've succeeded with something in my life. 😆

[@Scripture-Man]

@@thewhoview By the way, my grandparents knew Roy Castle (Ian), he lived in our village :-)

[@thewhoview]

@@Scripture-Man that's really cool.

[@suttercane6]

Agreed... FAR better than the original Half the runtime but twice the fun! I just wish Hartnell had been cast instead of Cushing

[@borusa32]

I regularly watch these movies. Shame we didn't get the third.

[@thewhoview]

@@borusa32I agree it's such a shame.

[@radicallyrethinkingrailwaysina]

Peter Cushing was charming to the last...

[@thewhoview]

@@radicallyrethinkingrailwaysina indeed he was. 😊

[@autumnmatthews3179]

I certainly don't hate this film but I prefer the second one. I'd love for Peter Cushing to become canon but of course it'll never happen. I enjoy the pace of the film as the TV serial of 7 episodes does drag in places, I have to see the colour version that's been cut down to 75 minutes I believe, just to see if it works as well as the film. I wish the third film was made but we're so lucky to have the two with no less than the legend Peter Cushing with his sense of mischief and adventure

[@thewhoview]

@@autumnmatthews3179 Cushing is really great 😊

[@rondemkiw4492]

I was disappointed you never see a Dalek mutant or any monsters in the swamp. There is a book about the films by John Walsh. In my view, the best version is the novelisation by David Whittaker, illustrated by Robert Hack.

[@thewhoview]

@@rondemkiw4492 I have the target book, where it's told from the perspective of Ian & think it's great. The illustrated version u mentioned sounds pretty cool I'm not gonna lie. ☺️

[@Quirderph]

I think most of the changes make sense when you consider that they were turning this story into a standalone film. Besides, most of the spinoff media contradicted the show back then. It was only later that they tried to make things more cohesive.

[@jonesjeff42]

9:58 Jimmy! 🤣

[@GuyClapperton1]

Great video but I'd disagree with one point, the Doctor no longer being an alien. They hadn't made that clear on TV yet - there was only the one Doctor and replacing him wasn't in the original game plan!

[@thewhoview]

@@GuyClapperton1 in the first episode of the first story (an unearthly child) the doctor said to Ian: Susan & I are cut off from our own planet, without friends or protection but one day we shall go back. So it's pretty safe too assume right from the get go the doctor is an alien.

[@FlatCapWhovian1865]

First saw this film as a kid around late 2006/7 and loved it purely because it was Doctor Who and didnt know till years later that fandom had a distain towards this and its sequel. Still love watching and just view it as its own thing separate from the TV show as it should be.

[@thewhoview]

About the same time I watched it 😊

[@TryptychUK]

I first saw this at a Saturday Morning kids show at my local cinema in the early 70's. I had no idea they had even made films at the time. And the following week we got the sequel, so us kids were in rapture seeing them up on a big screen. (By then, we all had colour TV's, so that was not such a big deal.) Some of the film Daleks were rented back to the BBC for later shows, hence the big "bumper car" skirts.

[@thewhoview]

@@TryptychUK yes surprisingly they were used in the chase, which actually aired before the movie was released. 😄

[@TryptychUK]

@@thewhoview I read Shawcraft were commissioned by Aaru to build eight. When the BBC came to make The Chase, they borrowed three from Aaru, but removed the big skirts and lights as they looked different.

[@user-le4sm4wd1e]

Dr Who wasn't a Time Lord until 1969. The film version is actually more accurate to the original concept.

[@thewhoview]

@@user-le4sm4wd1e your right he's species wasn't properly established until the war games were the audience was finally introduced to the doctor's people - the time lords, however in the very first episode of the first story (an unearthly child) the doctor says that himself & Susan are not from this planet (meaning earth).

[@stephenclaridge1896]

Love this film. It is way better than the colourization version they released for the 60th anniversary. Wish that they had used this film as a template for it. Love the B/W episodes as well

[@thewhoview]

@@stephenclaridge1896 I think the took inspiration for the look of the forrest.

[@peterfmodel]

I found both movies rather good, even though i am a hard core original Doctor Who fan.

[@thewhoview]

@@peterfmodel That's awesome 😊 I much prefer the first film over the original story. The original is good; it's well directed by Christopher Barry and Richard Martin; the petrified forest looks like it's been annihilated by a radiation bomb; it's suspenseful & thrilling at times & the B&W really helps the production. I think at 7 episodes, it's too long. I like it I just don't love it. It's the opposite for the second film, I think the original episode is way better, but I still still have fun with it & enjoy both films. 😉😁

[@Nigel-xp4rf]

I know 'they' (KZbin) may get upset when people make videos about subjects which include clips to illustrate the discussion, but surely when aforementioned video is also pointing out different aspects of, like in this one, the film Vs the TV version, why must it be hindered by having to flip some of the scenes, yet still images, may be the right way round, it's a bit distracting, apart from that, awesome video.

[@thewhoview]

@@Nigel-xp4rf photos still can still get copyright claims , I know from experience. It's really annoying because it's fair use & I'm not making money off the video & yet KZbin don't care.

[@beachcomberbob3496]

The second film, Daleks-Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. with Bernard Cribbins, was the better film in my opinion. Neither are canon, but the story was stronger. Cheesy, and very 1960s, but more credible protagonists (and, for the time, better SFX). I remember going to my local 'flea pit' as a boy to see this when it came out. And back in those days, there was also a 'B' movie shown beforehand - can't remember that though!

[@thewhoview]

@@beachcomberbob3496 Bernard Cribbins is fantastic in the sequel 😁

[@davidsmith5523]

Lol Canon.

[@thewhoview]

@@davidsmith5523 doesn't stop it being enjoyable though 😄

[@davidsmith5523]

@@thewhoview I laugh because both Star Trek and Who is drowning in fantom that likes restriction. Both series are imaginative fantasy fiction yet there are fans outraged by risk taking and innovation. The Dr Who films you reviewed were commercially motivated vehiclrd to cash in on Dalekmania. They could have been dreadful. But were actually quite respectful to the source material. I liked Peter Cushing's Dr better than William Hartnell's interpretation. When I first saw the first film in colour, I was very engaged by it. Roy Castle was incidentally from my home town. I am glad he was part of the project as it keeps his work alive. I feel sad that the joy of Who is being tainted by devision today. I go back to Jon Pertwee era. So change keeps Who interesting. Fan of course is derived from the word fanatic. So that explains a lot. I liked the film. Second one less so as it was earthbound. I felt a missed opportunity. For what it was, the otherworld building in Daleks was very impressive. Good review.

[@thewhoview]

@@davidsmith5523 I'm done with New Who, but that's fine, because if there's something I don't like, I won't watch it. I gave the new series a go. I reviewed it & said what I liked & didn't, I thought I was fair, but overall it wasn't for me, like the Whittaker era wasn't for me either, & I'm fine with that because I know others enjoy it & that's great 😁👍 I will always love Doctor Who, & I'm not going to stop being a fan. 😊 I grew up with the RTD1 era, I love & adore classic Who but I don't need to watch anymore of the current stuff. BTW, I consider the Pertwee era to be the best & most consistent era of the show, but I love all of the 70s.😉😁

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

I prefer the TV version of this story (not the colourised one) as Skaro and the Dalek city feel more alien. The dark grottiness of the forest and swamp seem more opressive. The movie swamp looks like quite nice. I like the cramped, claustrophobic design of the city, the corridors in particular. It's not often you see a sci-fi set that looks lije it was designed not for humans. I do love the movies though, and oreger the second to the TV original, especially as I was too young to have seen the originals. The .ovie double bill was shown at a local venue when I was a teenager. I looked forward to it for weeks. On the morning of the only showing, we'd had a foot of snow, and of course, being England, all the roads were impassable.

[@thewhoview]

@@Benjiesbeenbetter. That's cool, I will say the B&W does help the original story. The petrified forest does look completely dead & I agree the Dalek city looks like it was designed by Daleks. I do like the original but I don't love it, I prefer the movie. 😊

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

@thewhoview We're all different. I notice you said you prefer the original Invasion over the movie, whereas I prefer the movie. Even if it has got that damned awful piano jazz in parts.

[@fatdog1963rb]

I've been a who fan forever! Watched all barley remembering Hartnel I was very young! First seeing the films when broadcast on BBC I was not that struck! Being young watching TV series I didn't like them and being as we only had a black and white TV (remember those) it didn't impress me. But I do love them now! Peter should be known as the 2nd actor to play the doctor!

[@AHoundOnAHonda]

Why were you watching barley? Are you a farmer? 🤔

[@eddiegaltek]

I don't recall Susan ever being called anything other than Susan.

[@thewhoview]

@@eddiegaltek dr who also calls her Suzie

[@Darkwintre]

Not forgotten, not overlooked. Not by true fans which doesn't include the modern abomination!

[@thewhoview]

@@Darkwintre I gotta say that people's responses to my review have been overwhelmingly positive. The majority of people who have left a comment have said they like the film or prefer the second film. I can remember that for the longest time, people just instantly dismissed both films because there not canon. I really enjoy the first film, & I like the second film, but I do prefer the original tv story of the dalek invasion of earth.

[@Darkwintre]

@@thewhoview Me too, but it was still done with more respect for the material it was based on than some attempts including from RTD which was a shock.

[@KeithPrince-cp3me]

Great film.

[@rhysseddon7279]

I do like this, but 2150 ad peter cushing one is one of my favorites, its a fun adventure film

[@thewhoview]

@@rhysseddon7279 awesome! A lot of people seem to prefer the sequel, it's a definitely a different flavour more fast paced action.

[@MattMcIrvin]

Cushing's Doctor is very likeable but I disliked the movie versions of Ian and Barbara. I thought the second Cushing movie was much better, though--it had some impressively large-scale spectacle in it.

[@thewhoview]

@@MattMcIrvin a lot of people seem to prefer that movie. I love the sense of exploration & adventure dr. who & the Daleks has. I agree with you on Ian though 😆

[@Superbokka]

Will you do a review of Dalek Invasion of Earth too?

[@thewhoview]

@@Superbokka absolutely 😁

[@kevanhubbard9673]

A good pair of films but Dr Who enthusiasts argue that Cushing's Dr Who isn't the same as the other Dr Who as he's a human whereas the other is a Time Lord.

[@thewhoview]

Yeah there not canon to the show, but that doesn't stop me enjoying the film's.

[@johntomlinson6849]

Is it bugger better than the original! Ye gods!!!

[@thewhoview]

@@johntomlinson6849 The original is good; it's directed extremely well by Christopher Barry & Richard Martin. It has a lot of atmosphere & tension. The set design of the petrified forest actually looks like it's been completely annihilated by a radiation bomb, & the B&W probably really contributes to improving the production, but I feel at 7 episodes it really drags IMO. I like the story; I just don't love it. 😉👍

[@Lucretia9000]

Pretty sure Hartnell wasn't an alien until he had to leave and they decided on the regeneration thing.

[@Quirderph]

He was from another planet with advanced technology, though little was known beyond that.

[@robertbrown3413]

I don't recall at what point the Doctor became an alien, it may have been before regeneration, but a good question?

[@Quirderph]

@@robertbrown3413 He does say "We're not of this race, we're not of this planet" in the first epsode, but that's still a somewhat ambiguous line. He wasn't *definitively* a human-looking alien (as opposed to an enhanced human from some future space colony) until the Time Lords were introduced and expanded upon.

[@robertbrown3413]

@@Quirderph The first episode (plus all 1st Doc) are on Tubi, I will watch again...

[@thewhoview]

@@robertbrown3413 in the first episode of the first story the doctor says: Susan & I are cut off from our own planet. So it's established pretty early on.

[@hopebgood]

This is just a fun movie. Is it "proper" Doctor Who? Who knows? What is? This movie was obviously just a quickie cash-in, but so what? It's entertaining and that's all that matters.

[@garethspotfur1]

when i reviewed this, i joked the gas firing daleks would be a good sub for smoky the bear."ONLY-YOU-CAN-PRE-VENT-FOR-EST-FIRES. OR-YOU-WILL-BE-EX-TER-MIN-AT-ED!"

[@thewhoview]

@@garethspotfur1 😂

[@marcse7en]

Constructive criticism: The narration sounds like it's playing at double speed! I feel the video would feel less "rushed" if you spoke just a little slower? ... It sounds as though you're in a rush, and you need to be somewhere! 🤣 The Dalek movies are brilliant!

[@thewhoview]

Ok thanks

[@hopebgood]

It sounds fine to me marcse mate. You could always change the Playback Speed of this video if that's of any help.

[@rodneymarsden3003]

It was okay. I thought the original was better. The big draw was seeing the Daleks in colour.

[@thewhoview]

@@rodneymarsden3003 Everyone's different.🙂 The original is well directed by Christopher Barry & Richard Martin; the Dalek city interior looks like it was actually made by Daleks; the petrified forest does look like it has been annihilated by a radiation bomb; & the B&W helps the production. I don't hate the original; I just don't love it. I think at seven episodes, it drags. 😉👍

[@rodneymarsden3003]

@@thewhoview I agree with you. We all have our points of view. As a kid watching the black-and-white episodes, I thought the Daleks were scary. I liked the episode with the human quislings who betrayed their fellow humans for food. Also, I liked William Hartnell as the Doctor because he could be rude, selfish and arrogant. The movie Doctor was much nicer and more predictable. But I did love seeing the Daleks in colour.

[@bioshock6935]

Oh what could of been why it needs a remake without rtd and the bbc having anything do with it. I would like to have benedict cumberbatch as the dr for the new movie remake a proper actor and British not to young or old just the right age

[@thewhoview]

@@bioshock6935 Benedict Cumberbatch would be amazing as the doctor. 😁

[@jponeill2151]

Erm.. The original Doctor wasn't an alien either, he was an inventor. He didn't become an alien until later.

[@thewhoview]

@@jponeill2151 In an unearthly child the very first episode The Doctor say's to Ian: Susan & I are cut off from our own planet without friends or protection, but one day we shall go back... One day. So I think it's safe to assume he's not human, but keep in mind that it wasn't stated what he was or where his species was from. We found out that the doctor & his species were called time lords in the war games (Troughton's last story), and, if memory serves, the name of the time lord's planet was revealed to be called Gallifrey in the time warrior.

[@toku_floyd]

Of course the movie versions are better than the original. The original had one studio, one camera and minimal cash. The movies had dedicated crews, expensive stars and a considerable amount of money to make them work. The BBC produced a fine show, with next to nothing to work with, the modern BBC with tons of money, questionable stars and two studios backing it, managed to take the show to the lowest popularity and absolute rubbish shows.

[@michaelrushton3953]

For me, it's the original everytime. Peter Cushing is a legend but they portraied the Doctor as some dotty Jules Verne style scientist from Earth and the Daleks deadly fire extinguishers are a joke ! The second film was better but still a faint shadow of the black and white original... in my opinion !

[@thewhoview]

@@michaelrushton3953 hey that's completely fine😊 I think the original is directed really well by Christopher Barry & Richard Martin, the Dalek interior city looks like it was built by Daleks for Daleks, the petrified forest looks like it was completely annihilated by a radiation bomb & the B&W really actually improves the look of the production. I think the pacing just hurts the story for me & feels like it drags in places but I would never say I hate it, I just don't love it 😉😊

[@michaelrushton3953]

@@thewhoview Well reasoned ! Even I, a Dalek maniac, agree 7 parts is a hard slog.

[@doctordetroit1217]

The Peter Cushing versions are excellent, even at 5 years old I got that the changes were because they were stand alone movies, albeit remakes of the original tv show, Peter is more believable as the Doctor, than the gender/race swapped nonsense, that the BBC are trying to foist onto us these days!

[@JennyHat1977]

Wouldn’t this BE the original?

[@thewhoview]

@@JennyHat1977 it's the first movie yes, but is based on the original Dalek tv story the Daleks.

[@Helliconia54]

i saw them when released in cinemas MEH,,,, Not bad, but NO comparison

[@thewhoview]

@@Helliconia54 that's cool. 👍👌

[@johnbayles1426]

Certainly better than anything that came with and/or after Jodie. I'd cut someone's eyes out if it meant I never had to watch Ncuti being bad, camp and crying..... Thankfully I gave up before then and I've never looked back..... DW is dead to me now...... Still I watched the film and I liked it. I'd watch it now and hate it. What's the point? Peter just ends up as a camp cry baby who would rather chase people in trousers than you know, actually save the universe!!!! Who has been the worst for years now! Bring back Capaldi or Smith! Tennant can do one (recent).

[@thewhoview]

@@johnbayles1426 I don't think brining back past doctor's will make the show better. Tennant came back for the 60th & I thought that the episodes were wasted potential. Nothing about them said anniversary or special. Tennant & Tate were the best thing about all 3. It always comes down to writing & the direction the showrunner wants too take the show.

[@leebritnell2405]

500 pounds?are you sure?

[@thewhoview]

@@leebritnell2405 yep, it was a lot of money back then.

[@garyfinn8772]

This is propper dr who not the stupidly that's gay dr who the series

[@suttercane6]

The only thing worse than modern Who is your grammar!

[@redfieldblair]

These films are awful, the original being 20 years before my time I should have been more open to these than the black and white originals as a kid but they truly failed on every level.

[@thewhoview]

@@redfieldblair Hey, I'm 26. The films were waaaaay before my time, & I still love them. I prefer the Dalek invasion of Earth tv story over the movie, but hey, everyone's different, & if you don't like them that's completely fine 😊

[@richallenxbox1976]

Based on this, some people still think Peter Cushing counts as an actual Doctor, wrong!

[@thewhoview]

@@richallenxbox1976 he doesn't count as an official doctor apart of the show, but that doesn't make his performance any less enjoyable.

[@Dalekzilla]

Peter Cushing is not one of the TV universe Doctors, however, since the TV series has long established (as far back as the Pertwee serial Inferno, not to mention the Big Finish Unbound audios) that alternate universes exist with counterparts of characters we know in The Doctor's universe, Peter's Doctor Who is a 100 percent valid "alternate" Doctor. He is also BRILLIANT as Doctor Who.

[@thewhoview]

@@Dalekzilla I can't disagree with you there.

[@harveydents]

The special efffect in the second were AMAZING for its time. BTW, the DALEK spaceship looks a helluva lot like Captain Zapp Brainngans ship.

[@thewhoview]

@@harveydents OMG you're totally right 😆

[@toku_floyd]

Who is Captain Zapp Brainngan?

[@thewhoview]

@@toku_floydwatch Futurama

[@bostaffterrier7293]

Dr Who died when they gave us the woman doctor and buried it with the gay doctor RIP