Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965 UK)
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Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965 UK)
Hey-ho, it's DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS (1965) starring
PETER CUSHING as Dr. Who / ROY CASTLE / JENNIE LINDEN / ROBERTA TOVEY
with BARRIE INGHAM / Directed by GORDON FLEMYNG
The tale ends up revolving around two sets of aliens/peoples in conflict with each other - the hostile, warlike Daleks, encased in moving shells or cones, and the Thals, the nice pacifists, in blond wigs & eye make-up. The story is a mixture of thrills (the lethal gaseous weapons of the Daleks, the swamp) and humor (mostly from Castle's antics), but also some commentary on war and violence. My favorite scene is when Who uses Ian in an educational demonstration - he pretends that Ian is following his orders to forcibly take one of the female Thals to the Daleks; the leader of the Thals leaps up and clobbers Ian; Dr.Who has graphically shown the Thals that violence is sometimes required. It's a great little scene, combining comedy and drama - at Ian's expense, LOL.
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Dr Who & Daleks behind the scenes
Behind the Scenes of Dr.Who & the Daleks and Factoids:
This film, made in March 1965, was an Amicus production and based on the 2nd story of the first season of the BBC-TV series, adapted from Terry Nation's 7-episode arc. At that point, William Hartnell was playing the TV Doctor. Milton Subotsky compressed the story to fit into one film. The TV story was simply titled 'THE MUTANTS' (later known as just 'THE DALEKS' - the 1st episode was 'The Dead Planet') and these ruthless alien characters proved to be very popular with British audiences; therefore, their inclusion in this film was a no-brainer.
Changes to the Doctor character and the insertion of humor happened in view of the American audience for the film which the producers knew was unfamiliar with the TV version. Freddie Francis was announced as director at one point but did not end up with the job. He was involved in pre-production and some casting choices.
By all accounts, the cast got along very well on this film; there's even a story that Peter Cushing agreed to do the 2nd film only if Roberta Tovey (the younger granddaughter) was going to be in it. Roy Castle & Jennie Linden were unavailable for the 2nd one. Castle was well-known as an accomplished tap dancer.
The film went over budget; it was intended to come in at 120,000 pounds, but ended up at 140,000 (other estimates place it at 180,000, but this may have included later marketing, for re-releases and such). It wrapped on 04/23/65. The film opened in London on June 25, 1965 and started breaking box office records. A sequel was thus assured. In the U.S., this first one was released in July, 1966.
Dell Comics released the comic book adaptation as one of their Movie Classics issues in late 1966; this was the first appearance of Dr. Who in American comics:
NOTE THE MENTION OF ROBOTS ON THE COVER - THE ONE THING THAT THE DALEKS WERE NOT.
http://www.entertonement.com/collections/21777/Dalek
This film, made in March 1965, was an Amicus production and based on the 2nd story of the first season of the BBC-TV series, adapted from Terry Nation's 7-episode arc. At that point, William Hartnell was playing the TV Doctor. Milton Subotsky compressed the story to fit into one film. The TV story was simply titled 'THE MUTANTS' (later known as just 'THE DALEKS' - the 1st episode was 'The Dead Planet') and these ruthless alien characters proved to be very popular with British audiences; therefore, their inclusion in this film was a no-brainer.
Changes to the Doctor character and the insertion of humor happened in view of the American audience for the film which the producers knew was unfamiliar with the TV version. Freddie Francis was announced as director at one point but did not end up with the job. He was involved in pre-production and some casting choices.
By all accounts, the cast got along very well on this film; there's even a story that Peter Cushing agreed to do the 2nd film only if Roberta Tovey (the younger granddaughter) was going to be in it. Roy Castle & Jennie Linden were unavailable for the 2nd one. Castle was well-known as an accomplished tap dancer.
The film went over budget; it was intended to come in at 120,000 pounds, but ended up at 140,000 (other estimates place it at 180,000, but this may have included later marketing, for re-releases and such). It wrapped on 04/23/65. The film opened in London on June 25, 1965 and started breaking box office records. A sequel was thus assured. In the U.S., this first one was released in July, 1966.
Dell Comics released the comic book adaptation as one of their Movie Classics issues in late 1966; this was the first appearance of Dr. Who in American comics:
NOTE THE MENTION OF ROBOTS ON THE COVER - THE ONE THING THAT THE DALEKS WERE NOT.
http://www.entertonement.com/collections/21777/Dalek
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