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Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. is a 1966 British science fiction film directed by Gordon Flemyng and written by Milton Subotsky, and the second of two films based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. It stars Peter Cushing in a return to the role of the eccentric inventor and time traveller Dr.
The Dalek Invasion of Earth was the first major location shoot for Doctor Who. Filming in 35mm began at Trafalgar Square at around 5:30 a.m. on 23 August 1964, consisting of shots of a deserted city. [17] The design team added Dalek markings on landmarks such as Nelson's Column, which police requested they remove. [18]
Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966). Plans for a third film were abandoned following the poor box office reception of the second film. [1] Cushing made no mention of the films in his autobiography, [2] although he kept a collection of newspaper clippings about them in a scrapbook. [3]
[106] 20-second trailers for The Dalek Invasion of Earth began airing on 14 November 1964, immediately after the conclusion of Planet of Giants. The Daily Mail and Daily Mirror both ran stories about the return of the Daleks, and Radio Times featured the Daleks on its cover on 19 November, alongside a half-page article previewing the serial. [107]
It was followed by Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966). The story is based on the Doctor Who television serial The Daleks, produced by the BBC. Filmed in Technicolor, it is the first Doctor Who story to be made in colour and in a widescreen format. The film was not intended to form part of the ongoing story-lines of the television series.
The Dalek Book (1964, written by Terry Nation and David Whitaker), The Dalek World (1965, written by Nation and Whitaker) and The Dalek Outer Space Book (1966, by Nation and Brad Ashton) were all hardcover books formatted like annuals, containing text stories and comics about the Daleks, along with fictional information (sometimes based on the ...
The trailer highlights the slew of guest stars that appear in the special, including John Barrowman, who will reprise his role as Captain Jack Harkness; Chris Noth as Jack Robertson, Dame Harriet ...
Although TV Comic included a Doctor Who strip from 1964, City Magazines' TV Century 21 title held the rights to use the Daleks in comic strip form until 1966. Consequently, the Daleks were absent from TV Comic until the January 1967 story 'The Trodos Ambush'. Subsequently, the rights passed to Countdown / TV Action from 1971 to 1973, returning ...