Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Gordon Flemyng

Writers:

Terry Nation (BBC television series)
Milton Subotsky (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 August 1966 (UK)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Daleks' fiendish plot in 2150 against Earth and its people is foiled when Dr. Who and friends arrive from the 20th century and figure it out.

Plot Keywords:

2150s | Doctor Who | Product Placement | Telephone Booth | Telephone Box

Cast

Peter Cushing	...	Dr. Who
Bernard Cribbins	...	Tom Campbell
Ray Brooks	...	David
Andrew Keir	...	Wyler
Roberta Tovey	...	Susan
Jill Curzon	...	Louise
Roger Avon	...	Wells
Geoffrey Cheshire	...	Roboman
Keith Marsh	...	Conway
Philip Madoc	...	Brockley
Steve Peters	...	Leader Roboman
Eddie Powell	...	Thompson
Godfrey Quigley	...	Dortmun
Peter Reynolds	...	Man on bicycle
Bernard Spear	...	Man with carrier bag

Also Known As:

Daleks Invade Earth 2150 A.D. (USA) (TV title)
Dr. Who: Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (USA) (video title)
Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:U | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

AARU Productions

Trivia:

The 1960s street where the opening robbery takes place is the same one on which Wyler and Susan encounter a Dalek patrol over 180 years later (the unchanged Mitchell Real Estate premises and Harris & Son shop are prominent in both sequences). In reality this was part of the backlot at Shepperton.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The Dalek in the Thames does not flash its lights when addressing the Robomen, as the casing did not contain an operator.

Quotes:

Dr. Who: [after being found escaping from a Dalek] Back in the cell?

Movie Connections:

References Hammerhead (1968)

The Daleks threaten the Earth

Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150 AD is the second of the Dr Who movies starring Peter Cushing. I enjoyed this as much as I did the first, Dr Who and the Daleks.

The Doctor, his youngest grand-daughter, his niece and a copper use the Tardis to travel to the year 2150. When emerge they find London in ruins and what few humans are left are trying to avoid capture by the Daleks. The Doctor and the others start exploring and all split up. A flying saucer lands and the copper and the Doctor's niece end up in it. What the Dalaks do to humans once captured is turn them into the Robomen. Everybody gets reunited at the mine in Bedfordshire where the Daleks plan to use a magnetic bomb to blow up Earth's core and use it as a giant spaceship. The Daleks are eventually defeated after the bomb is diverted and the strong magnetic field causes the flying saucer to crash and explode. The Earth is saved.

This movie has a 1960's jazz music score throughout and the special effects are not too bad.

Now to the cast: as well as Peter Cushing returning, Roberta Tovey reprises her role as Susan, the Doctor's youngest grand-daughter. Jill Curzan plays his niece and Bernard Cribbins (The Railway Children) is the policeman, Tom. The movie also stars Andrew Keir (Quatermass and the Pit), Ray Brooks and Philip Madoc (He is the one who played the German U-boat Captain in the classic Dad's Army episode The Deadly Attachment).

Along with John Pertwee and Tom Baker, I think Peter Cushing is one of the best Dr Who's, although the current Doctor, Christopher Eccleston is good too.

Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150 AD is very enjoyable and is worth checking out.

Rating: 4 stars out of 5.