Nice review!

Absolutely adore this film.

WELL yes fun see but ok like see a re do with CGI and well to day stuff and THE DR who and the galfan hes is thats me but if can find a DVD i see it be fun to see both

This movie was set almost two centuries into the future (1966 then 2150), but it went against the trend that settings in the future had to look futuristic. This England in 2150, if it weren't for the Daleks, looks ordinary, just as ordinary as the mid-20th century. This speculation seems realistic. Despite all the scientific discoveries and inventions, Earth will still be our good old Earth, people will still have their identity, culture, and ordinary, practical lives.

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My Father who was the Production Designer on the original TV Series got a phone call from the film makers to use some of the Daleks from the TV Series in order to get enough Daleks for the film. In the TV series some of the Daleks are actually card cut outs in order to have enough Daleks.

If only they toned down the music and made the daleks resistant to being hit by a 1950s bread van, this would be a good movie...

The two things I love about this film are Jill Curzon (who's bloody gorgeous), and the fact Sugar Puffs still apparently exist in 2150.

LOVE them both, but this is my favourite. that Spaceship of the daleks alone and the practical effects which are amazing is worth the price ofthe ticket alone.

I was 5. I was in the cinema, slightly puzzled about who Who is, but... never mind. Also, being used to Fireball XL5 (needs a remake) and Stingray (ditto), I knew about puppets, models and visual effects of the time. I could see wires, I could see thick matte lines, wobbly optical printing - yadda yadda yadda. The Dalek saucer blew my mind! On film, on the big screen, in colour, and... HOW did they do that? Outside? It looks like they did it outside? How big or small was the model? WOW THAT's just... WOW! I paraphrase, of course, I was mostly a gurgling incoherent mess of excitement. Even a couple of years later, on tv, some of the more family friendly aspects I found not amusing or cute but a bit annoying - THAT ROBOMAN's REFLECTIVE GLASSES ARE CROOKED! - but even that lengthy bit of business with Bernard Cribbins is now to me quite charming. Then in my teens, having discovered Amicus and Hammer Films (Tygon, too), I grew to love the certain breathless pace the always rushed productions the UK film industry imbued with their movies back then. To me, it lent a certain reality to proceedings. So when the NuWho started way back when, this was the standard I was hoping for, and we had that for a few seasons until someone let Murray Gold off the leash and he ran amok with way too many music cues - which now make the tv unwatchable for me (aside from the constant running away from everything! Oh for a Doctor to turn around like Jon Pertwee did and square off to foe, saying, "I've learned a few new Venusion Karate moves since we last met..." And as for Peter Cushing as Dr Who... one of my favourites.

Loved it and still do, recall recording a copy off the telly onto Super Beta and much more recently the 4k blu - yes those wires are way too clear and it wouldn't have taken much in a modern edit suite to remove them completely....perhaps on the 8k version ?????

Enjoyed this film. I miss Bernard Crimmins. My wife was watching a Midsomer Murders he was in as I type this. Coincidence. Keep up the content. I enjoy what you present.

Infinitely better than the first. Even with the crazy blanket Product Placement that paid for it's high standard production (a compromise that isn't that noticeable unless you watch it over and over).

Great entertainment. Head and shoulders above the first one

Hi! Your review of the first film was recommended to me and I really enjoyed it (your review). But I also remembered that I enjoyed 2150 more (both the film and TV) than 'The Daleks', so I bought it on streaming and watched it this weekend - just before your review! Totally agree it's great fun, Cushing is great, and I love the scale of the movie compared to the TV version. (Your review the colourised TV 'Daleks' story also completely hit the spot, even down to matching my own view that The Invasion would be an ideal candidate for colourising, if all episodes were intact) Looking forward to your future reviews!

It's just a bit of fun but I try to forget about the Robomen canteen scene.

I LOVE this film. It scared me and excited me when I was 8.

Defo better than the first one - plus it had Cribbins!

I like this better than the original Doctor Who story.

I prefer this one to the first. It is absolutely brutal, the robotisation process really disturbed me as a kid. Still does 🙂

...The current Doctor Who paints series in a different light, this film is like a breath of fresh air!

I think that Dr Who purists are well aware that these films exist but don't like to acknowledge them as they paint Dr Who in a different light.

I went to see both films at the Maxime Cinema in Blackwood, Wales in July 2022. Dalek Allan was there. Check It out. It was in 4k.

I preferred the more fairy tale vibe of the first one; to the second one being the Brits basically congratulating themselves on what an awesome resistance movement they'd have been if Hitler had invaded. Cushing's part was scaled down due either to physical health problems or some kind of nervous breakdown, depending on who you ask, but although I know *why* it happened I still feel kind of cheated by how little he is in it.

I had an idea on how someone could perhaps make a new sequel (though for obvious reasons, Dr Who would have to be recast with an actor who looks similar enough to Peter Cushing, but that could also be used as a plot point towards the end): Unlike the first two, this film isn't a cinematic remake of a Doctor Who Dalek serial, but rather it's a remake of the first Cyberman story as a retro-style movie cinematic adaptation of 'The Then Planet'... I won't go into the plot itself, which is basically the same as the original serial, but following the main climax of the film and the Cybermen are defeated, Dr Who goes off back to Tardis, looking very ill, much to his new Companions Ben & Polly's confusion (and more based on the novelisation of the serial rather than how it was in the serial) a now sickly Dr Who goes into a rejuvenation machine thing and comes out with a new younger face. (With a subtle behind-the-scenes twist that the new Dr Who is actually the same actor as the recast 'original' Dr Who, but with less make-up to make the actor look like Peter Cushing, and he now has a simpler & slightly scruffier style akin to Troughton's Doctor while somehow wearing almost the same clothes as before). Then, afterwards, as a bit of a teaser, Dr Who the final moments of the film have Tardis materialise within some in the dimly lit, seemingly abandoned cobwebbed chamber and the newly rejuvenated Dr Who calls his companions over and (like that iconic clip from the following TV serial after the original 'The 'Tenth Planet') Dr Who ominously tells the companions "Ben... Polly... meet the Daleks..." and that how the film ends...

Loved both films. Shame the 3rd one which I believe would have been based on "The Chase" was never made

There's a great documentary on KZfaq about the making of this film how the film was shot in a stone throw of each other

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

With AI, why can’t we take the existing tele-snaps and have an AI reanimate the live action

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).

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

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

What I really liked about this was that the original version wasn't available so they told the artists to use some imagination - just go for it! "Pretend you're still setting this in a low-budget TV studio" would have been too limiting. I could see Masterplan expanding on the scale and the realism of the ancient Egypt section among other changes. It could be that we'll end up wondering why we ever wanted this stuff to be limited by the original TV versions - if they turn up and become available I'm sure the BBC will release those as well.

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Did anyone take you up with your bet of One special per month, leading up to the Christmas Special? 😁😁

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.

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

It wasn't my cup of tea due to its massive set changes and inconsistencies such as: booth in the first game. I mean, I don't mind it being replaced by a car, but they're calling it a booth, and that's what annoyed me the most. Still a great review!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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