Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. | |
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Directed by | Gordon Flemyng |
Produced by |
Max J. Rosenberg Milton Subotsky |
Written by | Milton Subotsky |
Based on |
The Dalek Invasion of Earth by Terry Nation |
Starring |
Peter Cushing Bernard Cribbins Ray Brooks Andrew Keir Jill Curzon Roberta Tovey |
Music by |
Barry Gray Bill McGuffie |
Cinematography | John Wilcox |
Edited by | Ann Chegwidden |
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Distributed by |
Amicus Productions (UK) Continental Distributing/Walter Reade Organization (US) |
Release date
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5 August 1966 (UK) |
Running time
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84 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £286,000 |
Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. is a 1966 British science fiction film and the second of two films based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. It was the sequel to Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965), and starred Peter Cushing in his return to the role of the eccentric inventor and time traveller Dr. Who. It also featured Bernard Cribbins and Andrew Keir. It was filmed in Technicolor and in widescreen Techniscope format.
The script is based on the television serial The Dalek Invasion of Earth, although like the first film (which was also based on a serial in the original series) there are many structural differences. For example, in the television series, the Doctor is an alien who is simply called "the Doctor", while in the two films he is human and "Who" is his actual surname.
Tom Campbell, a London Special Constable, is on patrol near a jewellery shop. Men are burgling the shop and Tom is struck down by their getaway driver before he can stop them. Running to what appears to be a police box to call for backup, Tom enters TARDIS, a time machine operated by its pilot, Dr. Who, with his niece Louise and his granddaughter Susan.