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This 1965 film cashed in on the craze of Dalekmania by adapting the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S1 |
This 1965 film cashed in on the craze of Dalekmania by adapting the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S1/E02 The Daleks|The Daleks]]" into a cinema spectacle. It featured the Daleks - IN COLOUR! - battling against [[Peter Cushing]] as Dr Who. |
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It was followed a year later by ''[[Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.|Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 AD]]''. |
It was followed a year later by ''[[Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.|Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 AD]]''. |
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** Dr. Who's ship is known as ''TARDIS'' (note the lack of the definite article). |
** Dr. Who's ship is known as ''TARDIS'' (note the lack of the definite article). |
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** ''TARDIS'' is still a police box that is [[Bigger on the Inside]] (somehow), but its interior consists of only one room, and it's built very haphazardly. There's no hexagonal console, time rotor, or roundels--there are many random buttons, wires, and switches, and a single lever is all that controls the space/time travel mechanism. Also, no [[Most Wonderful Sound|vworp noise]]. |
** ''TARDIS'' is still a police box that is [[Bigger on the Inside]] (somehow), but its interior consists of only one room, and it's built very haphazardly. There's no hexagonal console, time rotor, or roundels--there are many random buttons, wires, and switches, and a single lever is all that controls the space/time travel mechanism. Also, no [[Most Wonderful Sound|vworp noise]]. |
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* [[Canon Immigrant]]/[[Development Gag]]: The Daleks in this film were supposed to have flamethrowers, which were scrapped for the infamous fog cannons. However, flamethrowers were included with the Daleks in regular canon, in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S3 |
* [[Canon Immigrant]]/[[Development Gag]]: The Daleks in this film were supposed to have flamethrowers, which were scrapped for the infamous fog cannons. However, flamethrowers were included with the Daleks in regular canon, in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S3/E04 The Daleks Master Plan|The Daleks' Master Plan]]." |
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* [[Compressed Adaptation]]: From seven 25-minute episodes (175 minutes total) to one 79-minute film. |
* [[Compressed Adaptation]]: From seven 25-minute episodes (175 minutes total) to one 79-minute film. |
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* [[Sequel Hook]]: At the end, our heroes try to get back to London, but end up in the middle of an ancient Roman battle. |
* [[Sequel Hook]]: At the end, our heroes try to get back to London, but end up in the middle of an ancient Roman battle. |