Now on the Big Screen
Gloriously Technicolored Daleks twice trundled into 1960s cinemas, but their invasion of the box-office fell short of some fans’ expectations.
Director Gordon Flemyng and his crew were filmed on the set of Daleks’
Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
for an edition of the BBC programme
A Whole Scene Going
in 1966.
Peter Cushing as Dr Who in Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
With Doctor Who’s early popularity, and the UK’s Dalek obsession, both reaching their peak in 1965, it was almost inevitable that a big-screen adaptation of the series would be available that year. Written and co-produced by filmic entrepreneur Milton Subotsky under the Aaru Productions banner, Dr. Who and the Daleks was a breezy adaptation of Terry Nation’s first television Dalek story (1963-64), released just in time for the school summer holidays.