Who and the daleks 1965 and daleks invasion earth 2150 a. Doctor who is best known as one of britains most popular tv series, but the show has actually inspired several movies too. Perhaps if he knew this screenplay is based on robert blochs short story from weird tales, hed take the warnings more seriously. This is a hard to find british movie but amazon had it. Because in the mid60s, the british horror studio amicus pictures got peter cushing, one of the. This movie collection features both of the peter cushing dr who movies. Who i guess likes earth so much he has a home in britain for awhile, lol rotten tomatoes. Peter cushings doctor who dalek movies coming to britbox. Peter cushing was a great doctor and a fantastic choice in the role.
British film legend peter cushing plays everyones favourite timelord, and having. Instead of casting william hartnell, the actor playing the doctor on television, as the doctor in the movie, the producers went with peter cushing because he was deemed a bigger name. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Fans have been debating for decades whether or not the two dr. Who, to the big screen, presenting them to audiences in color for the first time. For over 5 decades now people have been debating if peter cushing counts as the doctor well he did two dalek films in 1965 and 1966 a little bit before they even came up with the regeneration which were sort of movie redos of the original dalek serial from 1963 the. One of the earliest doctors in the movies was the great horror favorite peter cushing, and in this movie he saves the universe and, not incidentally, our dear old earth, from domination by the mostly robot and decidedly antibiological daleks predecessors of the. Peter cushing, better known for his hammer horror movie appearances and the gentlemanly villainous grand moff tarkin in star wars, played a version of the bbcs own popular scifi character in 1965s dr. Doctor who novel sorta confirms peter cushing is in canon. Who and the daleks is a 1965 british science fiction film directed by gordon flemyng and written by milton subotsky, and the first of two films based on the british sciencefiction television series doctor who.
Peter cushings doctor who movies are now canon, but not the way. The films, which were actually the first doctor who to. A trailer was discovered in the basement of a church in northern england in 2009. Who, roberta tovey as susan, jennie linden as barbara, and roy castle as ian. That film, released in 1965, saw doctor who adapted for the big screen, and featured peter cushing in the title role as the slightlymad scientist dr. In the course of his long career, peter cushing was lucky enough to be part of three wildly popular entertainment institutions. Peter cushing 26 may 1911 august 1994 played the eccentric dr. Gone but not forgotten peter cushing as grand moff tarkin with darth vader in star wars 1977. Who and the daleks and daleks invasion earth 2150 a. Who and the daleks and 66s daleks invasion earth 2150 a. He is perhaps best known for playing baron frankenstein and professor van helsing in hammer. The canadian tv movie doctor who in the 90s, starring paul mcgann as the 8th doctor, is commonly agreed to be a weak oddity, but thats not what this article is about. The character, portrayed by the actor peter cushing, appeared in two films produced by aaru productions. Amazing that these great dalek films are still overlooked and generally underrated.
For those of you not in the know, cushing starred in two doctor who movies in the 1960s. The reason why you often hear people putting them down is because they were so loose as far as being adaptations of the tv series, with the doctor being named dr. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Plans for a third film were abandoned following the poor box office. Peter cushing plays a memorable if not canon doctor but forget all that just enjoy. Peter cushing also teamed with vincent price in movies including scream and scream again 1970, dr. The daleks, was the first theatrical film based on doctor who. Peter cushing once more makes a kindly, dependable doctor, though bernard cribbins is given a cringemaking comedy routine impersonating a roboman, and the jazzy. In 1976 cushing went back to playing a bad guy in one of the biggest movie. Peter cushing played a version of the doctor in two films in the 60s. The first film was more or less a remake of the second william hartnell. Who and the daleks, based on the 19631964 television serial, the daleks. Phibes rises again 1972, madhouse 1974, which plays an evil. With peter cushing, roy castle, jennie linden, roberta tovey.
Doctor who meets scratchman would have featured scarecrows animated when a fertiliser on earth goes horribly wrong and also daleks, cybermen and vincent price as the villain. Peter cushing was lucky enough to be part of three wildly. Who is a character based on the docto r, the protagonist featuring in the longrunning bbc science fiction television serie s doc tor who the character, portrayed by the ac tor peter c ushing, appeared in two films produced by aaru productions. Who and the daleks and 1966s daleks invasion earth. Plans for a third film never materialized following the poor box office reception of the second movie.
An eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his tardis. Peter cushings doctor should not be confused with the doctor from the tv series doctor who. A third dalek film starring peter cushing, based on dw. Fear the advanced technology of the daleks, for example their very deadly lava lamps. The supposed trailer was fanmade, as the graphics were too advanced for circa 1967.
And its the source of the fear and loathing over the david yates film. It stars peter cushing as a human scientist named dr. Cushing was digitally resurrected, or ghosted, for the. And rather than having the doctor be a mysterious alien, he was written. The problem of peter cushing resolved houston press. Geeky gentlemen peter cushing doctor who movies 1965,1966. Marking 50 years since the peter cushing dalek movies debuted on the. But jennie lindens young female second fiddle is now played by jill curzon, and roy castles comedy relief provided by another popular childrens entertainer, bernard cribbins below left.
Who movies starring acting legend peter cushing were actually part of the official doctor who canon. The aspect of the movie that most antagonises purists is cushings doctor. The eccentric doctor who the always watchable peter cushing takes his familiars, a little girl tovey and a young woman jennie linden, women in love along. In the new novelization of the day of the doctor available now, moffat has revealed that the films now. Cushing and cribbins had just appeared together in hammer films remake of she. The doctor and his granddaughters, modish barbara jennie linden and young, precocious susan roberta tovey, along with barbaras boyfriend, ian singer and comedian roy castle. Again, peter cushing plays the doctor, roberta tovey plays his granddaughter. An eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his tardis to the planet skaro and battle the evil menace of the daleks. Who and the daleks broadly adheres to the television series. Who who being his actual surname, as he is human, not alien. Steven moffats novelization of the day of the doctor has finally confirmed that the peter cushing movies are part of the doctor who canon in a sense.
New doctor who novel confirms that peter cushing is. Both movies are digitally mastered with brilliant picture and sound, and feature a modest selection of extras for such a reasonably priced collection. Doctor who the peter cushing theory doctor who amino. Peter cushings doctor is a real life every day human being who is an inventor who creates his very own tardis and chooses to disguise it in his families back garden as a police box surely a shed would have been the most obvious disguise in this case.
The peter cushing doctor who movie appreciation group. Steven moffat found the silliest way to make peter cushings. When you look back at last 12 years of doctor who on television, youll. The most recent was 1996s doctor who film, starring paul mcgann, which is actually considered part of the canon. Mechons, was filmed but subsequently lost in a fire. Amicus didnt quite have the money to make the first film all by itself, so it went into coproduction with british lion films for the 1965 film.
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