3216lmb@hogpc.UUCP (L.BRODY) (01/18/84)
I remember that in the middle sixties there was a set of two Dr. Who movies shown in the US. One was on the war between the Daleks and the thals. The other was when the Daleks invaded the Earth. Does anyone know how these movies relate to the TV show. Larry
wharton@eosp1.UUCP (01/19/84)
The Doctor Who movies had the following titles: Doctor Who and the Daleks Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150. The second involved the Daleks trying to steal the Earths core and being destroyed bye the magnetic field of Earth. Peter Cushing played the Doctor. If my memory is correct, there was no reference of the Doctor being a Time Lord, just a very strange Earth human. Tom Baker's Doctor may have tried to legitamize the movies in the episode "Genesis of the Daleks". I have a vague memory of him saying something about Daleks moning the Earths core when he was being questioned by Davros but cannot remember the exact quote. Does anyone out there have a copy of the fanzine "The Doctor and the Enterprise"? The story takes Tom Baker's character and has him meeting the crew of Star Trek. I would like publisher, name of author,any way that I can locate a copy of the issue. Thanks to anyone who replies. Francis J. Wharton Exxon Office Systems Princeton, N.J. 08540
marla@ssc-vax.UUCP (Marla S Baer) (01/27/84)
[]\ They don't! The movies have very little to do with the series. The doctor is NOT a time lord, just an eccentric inventor and his two neices. Both are very bad (they were both shown here not too long ago, and I was unable to watch more than a few minutes of either before I got ill!) Marla S. Baer ssc-vax!marla
shz@hlexa.UUCP (shz) (01/27/84)
I saw both the Dr. Who movies with Peter Cushing as the Doctor. They are *really* quite bad. The movies are not faithful to the BBC show; as someone else mentioned, in the movie the Doctor is just an eccentric earth man. The Doctor does very little in the movies -- the real star is his granddaughter Susan, who is about 8 years old (unlike Susan in the William Hartnell series). I do not recommend the movies for Dr. Who fans above the age of 7. --Sally Handy-Zarnstorff AT&T Bell Labs at Short Hills hlexa!shz
daemon@decwrl.UUCP (02/01/84)
From: nacho::lynch (Go ahead...Make my day)
There is a chapter in the book "Dr Who - A Celebration" dedicated to the
two Dr Who movies. I don't have the book with me, but I'll attempt to
sketch the story from memory.
When the Daleks became something of a sensation in England, an independent
producer obtained the rights to make 3 movies based on the TV series. Two
were made (I don't recall the names -- I'll check the book). They starred
Peter Cushing as the Doctor (you may recall Cushing from the Hammer horror
movies made in the sixties with Christopher Lee (Cushing also played
Sherlock Holmes in some sixties films also (made by Hammer Studios??)).
The producers were very free with the characters and stories. They turned
the Doctor from a Timelord to a sort of potty English professor-type and
changed his companions from the TV series. The basic stories were, I believe,
simply tales of invasions of Earth by the Daleks.
As I said, two films were made and another could be made if the producers
wish to cash-in on the current popularity of the series.
The films have appeared on American TV. Basically they bear little if any
relationship to the series.
-- Bill Lynch
Digital Equipment Corp
Nashua, NH
{decvax,allegra,ucbvax}!decwrl!rhea!nacho!lynchmoriarty@uw-june.UUCP (02/03/84)
I must agree.... these are some of the worst imaginable movies I've ever
seen. One of the few things I've ever seen Peter Cushing in that I didn't
enjoy......
Moriarty