Dr. Who and the Daleks( 1965)

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Overview

Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Who, his two granddaughters Barbara and Susan, and Barbara's boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet Skaro, where a peaceful race of Thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planet's other inhabitants: the robotic mutant Daleks.

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Peter Cushing
Doctor Who
Roy Castle
Ian Chesterton
Jennie Linden
Barbara
Roberta Tovey
Susan
Barrie Ingham
Alydon
Michael Coles
Ganatus
Geoffrey Toone
Temmosus
Yvonne Antrobus
Dyoni
John Bown
Antodus
Mark Peterson
Elyon
Ken Garady
Thal
Nicholas Head
Thal
Mike Lennox
Thal
Jack Waters
Thal
Virginia Tyler
Thal
Jane Lumb
Thal
Bruce Wells
Thal
Martin Grace
Thal
Sharon Young
Thal
Gary Wyler
Thal
Mike Reid
Thal (uncredited)
Michelle Scott
Thal Child (uncredited)
Bruno Castagnoli
Dalek Operator
Mick Dillon
Dalek Operator
Bryan Hands
Dalek Operator
Robert Jewell
Dalek Operator
Kevin Manser
Dalek Operator
Eric McKay
Dalek Operator
Len Sanders
Dalek Operator
Gerald Taylor
Dalek Operator
David Graham
Dalek Voices (uncredited)
Peter Hawkins
Dalek Voices (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jul 11 2022

Though this is quite a watchable feature based on the BBC serial, the production is just a bit too basic. Roy Castle ("Ian") comes courting "Barbara" (Jennie Linden) but is diverted by her grandfather (Peter Cushing) and "Susan" (Roberta Tovey) and shown his rather curious invention - TARDIS - a machine that can travel though time. Of course he doesn't believe them, but next thing we know we are on the irradiated planet "Skaro" which is occupied by the primitive "Thals" and their much more menacing mechanical neighbours - the "Daleks". Lured to their city, our intrepid explorers must try to thw...