A degree of copyright confusion had blown up in April 1965 in correspondence between Walter Tuckwell, Terry Nation’s agent Beryl Vertue and Roy Williams of BBC Television Enterprises. BBC-licensed Dalek merchandise, Williams insisted, should not be tied into Dr. Who and the Daleks. This included a proposed – but ultimately unreleased – slide projector featuring photos from the film.
Directly film-related merchandise was soon on sale. Tied into the peak general release month, Souvenir Press issued the colouring book Paint and Draw the Film of Dr. Who and the Daleks on 12 August, telling the story of the film in pictures the reader could colour in. Three seven-inch records were released the following day. As well as Roberta Tovey’s Who’s Who, Polydor issued the generic instrumental Dance of the Daleks by Jack Dorsey and Orchestra. Columbia chipped in with the Malcolm Lockyer single The Eccentric Dr. Who, released the same day and featuring reworked film music.