| Dr. Who and the Daleks | |
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| Directed by | Gordon Flemyng |
| Screenplay by | Milton Subotsky |
| Based on | The Daleks by Terry Nation |
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| Cinematography | John Wilcox |
| Edited by | Oswald Hafenrichter |
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| Distributed by | Regal Films International |
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Running time | 82 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £180,000[2] or £159,054[3] |
Dr. Who and the Daleks is a 1965 British science fiction film directed by Gordon Flemyng and written by Milton Subotsky, and the first of two films based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. It stars Peter Cushing as Dr. Who, Roberta Tovey as Susan, Jennie Linden as Barbara, and Roy Castle as Ian.[4] 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. Elements from the programme are used, however, such as various characters, the Daleks and a police box time machine, albeit in re-imagined forms.
- ^ "Dr. Who and the Daleks (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 16 June 1965. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Bryce, Allan, ed. (2000). Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood. Stray Cat Publishing. pp. 32–36. ISBN 978-0-95332-613-6.
- ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360
- ^ "Dr. Who and the Daleks". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 August 2024.