Posted on 04/13/2022 11:41:35 AM PDT by Red Badger
The two Doctor Who adaptations, featuring the Daleks, will also return to British cinemas for a double bill of TARDIS action.
Peter Cushing's Dr. Who, as
well as his companions Susan and Ian, are menaced by the Daleks. Screenshot: StudioCanal While attempts have been made to try and bring Doctor Who to the big screen, the TV franchise hasn’t had the luck since the height of 1960s “Dalekmania” saw Peter Cushing thrust into the role of Dr. Who for two adaptations of iconic Dalek stories. Now, those movies are back for a snazzy new re-release—and a chance at the box office again.
Studiocanal has announced that it’s releasing two new 4K remasters of Dr. Who and the Daleks and its follow up Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., the 1965/1966 cinematic adaptations of two Doctor Who serials starring William Hartnell’s Doctor, “The Daleks” and “The Dalek Invasion of Earth.” Starring Peter Cushing as the titular hero—here not a rogue extra-terrestrial Time Lord, but instead an eccentric human inventor who happened to build his own Police Box time machine—the two movies offer a peculiar, yet charmingly retro alternative look at the earliest days of Doctor Who, in garishly wonderful technicolor compared to the TV show’s black-and-white origins.
It’s not just the weirdness of a Doctor Who story you already know told at a sideways glance—aside from Cushing’s Dr. Who, the second film also guest stars a future familiar Who face: a young Bernard Cribbins, playing Policeman Tom Campbell decades before he’d appear in Doctor Who as Donna Noble’s loveable grandfather, Wilfred Mott! Lovely.
Both movies will receive lavish Blu-ray releases in June and July, complete with extras like retro-styled art posters, a collector’s book, and stills from each film. Between the release of each film on Blu-ray, however, both will return to cinemas in the UK on July 10th as a special double bill, giving fans the chance to see Doctor Who (sorry, Dr. Who) on the big screen as it was always intended.
Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. release on UHD Bluray on June 20 and July 18, respectively.
Consider watching Blake’s 7 but for sure skip the first episode, or better the first 2 seasons.
Avon is Awesome.
Avon was the best part.
I believe these two movies were not Dr. Who as a Time Lord but instead Dr. Who as a befuddled earth scientist with a granddaughter Susan. I could be wrong, saw them decades ago.
Characters Ian and Susan are from the original, first true episode of the show.
This episode, as far as I’m aware, has not lived through the years and masters and copies have both been degraded and lost. Again, as I understand, this episode has a few successful minutes of restoration.
The original told about the Doctor not as an alien but as a loving grandfather. He taught his grand-daughter about history by pretending the police call box outside was a time machine. Two teachers were sent to investigate her claims that her grandfather was a time-traveller.
Further details are lost and while I am NO Dr Who pro or lover (Which is why I say “as far as I know”) it was designed to be a children’s show teaching about history. Fanciful travels forward in time were to show the effects of the things that we do.
I could be wrong here.. if I am I’m sorry. But the original Dr Who script seemed like a better idea than what we got now. Which is TERRIBLE sci-fi.
I mean seriously Britain can not CAN NOT write or produce sci-fi to save itself. I guess that is what you get when the state owns the media and it’s funding.
“Britain can not CAN NOT write or produce sci-fi to save itself.”
I disagree.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Ba4BbH0oY
I haven’t watched Dr. Who since they made him a woman.
Still think they look like salt shakers...
Weeping Angels are lots scarier...
I like Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Chris Eccleston in that order.
Matt Smith was pretty good.
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