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Summary: GOOD DOCTOR - GOOD MOVIE!
Review: "Dr. Who and the Daleks" is a fine film version of the television classic! A great addition to anyone's science fiction film collection! Grade: A-
Rating:
Summary: GOOD DOCTOR - GOOD MOVIE!
Review: "Dr. Who and the Daleks" is a fine film version of the television classic! A great addition to anyone's science fiction film collection! Grade: A-
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Summary: Yep. It's bad.
Review: ... I was hoping for the best when I picked up a copy of Dr Who and the Daleks. This fool wishes he had not parted with his money.
It's obvious that this movie was targeted to the American audience. The Doctor's character was simplified to an eccentric old inventor to simplify the backstory. I'm guessing that Dick Van Dyke must have been popular at the time because there's a lookalike doing his best to fall over stuff without taking down the walls of the plastic sets.
You'll get value for your money, as the 80 min running time feels a lot longer due to slow pacing.
At least the Daleks look cool
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Summary: Dr. Who - Classic Stuff with an Acceptable DVD Transfer
Review: A few character changes from the TV series, but still classic stuff if you grew up with the show. The script is tailored for a family audience, so don't expect any sophistication here! But the hairdos and the pure 60s flavor are a nostalgic treat.
The anamorphic DVD transfer is quite good for a 60s film, and grain is handled well. It even looks relatively good in home theater projection.
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Summary: ON TIME AND WITH PLENTY OF SPACE
Review: As fans of DOCTOR WHO will tell you, DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS with Peter Cushing is less about DOCTOR WHO than the DALEKS - and that's exactly how it should be. A vivid full color, widescreen adpatation of Terry Nations script THE MUTANTS (commonly known now as THE DALEKS) for the DOCTOR WHO television series, this is a bright and entertaining film that manages to skirt the line of family fun with the stark horror of the Daleks. A clean and clear transfer of the film, coupled with solid sound and excellent menus is accented with a host of speical features - the best of which is the entertaining feature length commentary with Jennie Linden (Barbara) and Roberta Tovey (Susan) moderated by Jonathan Sothcott which goes into the background of both the movie, the series it was based from and all the actors involved. Not to be missed. For fans of the series, DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS is a must for any collection, for the casual viewer, it's a timeless piece of sound and fury which will not disappoint.
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Summary: Buy this one only if you are a collector
Review: As the other reviewers have pointed out, this movie has lots of mistakes in it. Since it was based on a real Dr. Who episode, it has a good story, which is its only redeeming value. The acting is terrible, the intro music wasn't from the show, this one just doesn't seem like Dr. Who. Don't buy it, unless you just want to collect every movie box with "Dr. Who" on it.
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Summary: Unless you're a collector, avoid like a rusty Dalek.
Review: As with a lot of remakes, this is more a parody than a an attempt to improve on the original. The TV series version was a gripping and involving story of a post-nuclear holocaust world in which the aggressors had become peaceful humanoids and the victims had become paranoid creatures dependant on machinery.This film version however, is a toy-like movie filled with multi-coloured Daleks armed with fire-extinguishers, a city of lava-lamps and shower curtains, a fake-looking forest and Thals in comical make-up. Doctor Who (as he's known in this film, played by the usually dependable Peter Cushing) has none of the charisma of Bill Hartnell's Doctor, the Daleks barely manage to exterminate anyone but each other, the Tardis interior looks like a junkyard and the attempts at humour are just pathetic. If you're a five-year-old who's never seen the TV Dr Who then you'll probably love all the pretty colours and...uh, daring exploits. If, on the other hand, you're a fan a serious sci-fi, then this is one to avoid. Awarded two stars, but only because the soundtrack's nice.
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Summary: where is continuity?
Review: Dr WHO and the Daleks- It was altogether a good feature but the writers have changed the characters around from the original series, which really throws a Doctor Who fan off guard. It is obvious they did this to help those who had never seen Doctor Who before get in to the story. It was as if Disney had a hand in this retelling.
For starters The Doctor is now the inventor of the tardis and seems to be from earth rather than Gallifrey. Susan has regressed in age and Barbara is not her teacher but rather her sister, while Ian (also supposed to be Susans' teacher) is Barbara's clumsy slapstick boyfriend.
In my opinion the writer was either too lazy to think up an ingenious way to keep the storyline in tact, or was kept from doing so by executive types. We should all know how those guys get when profit is involved.
Aside from the fact they butchered the relationships between the Doctor and his companions the story kept true to the first meeting of the Daleks as in the original series.
After removing the thought of Barbara being the Doctors' granddaughter and constantly reminding my self that she and Ian were Susans' teachers; and Susan just looked extremely young for her age, it became quite enjoyable. However if you must see this story look for the William Hartnell, black and white version first, they are essentially the same story.
In conclusion, maybe for the family; my seven year old son preferred the Peter Cushing version, so I am led to believe it may be more enjoyable for the whole family.
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Summary: AAAHHHHRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!
Review: I beg all of you - DO NOT WHATCH THIS MOVIE!!! Dr. Who is one of my all-time favorite shows, and here the entire premise is torn apart. I could go on, but it would be as redundant as ruining a great television series.
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Summary: A Doctor Who Movie - As Always, On the Cheap May 1, 2001
Review: I recently bought a copy of this movie for my eight year old son who has become a Gallifreyan convert and is working his way through my Dr. Who video collection. The movie attempts to build on the unexpected success of the television series in a the same way that the series was constructed...on the cheap. Although this lends some charm to the proceedings it certainly undermines the basic idea of a Doctor Who movie. Similarly while Peter Cushing's screen nemesis Christopher Lee went on to appear as a solid character in Space 1999, he himself is cast in the role of a scientific buffoon, but then being a human that is probably not surprising. There are some parallels with the made for T.V. movie here. The story is the same as that of the first Dalek television adventure writ large and whereas it could have been treated as serious science fiction and transcended the shoestring BBC budget version it degenerates into a comic attempt to get money from the punters pockets. No doubt the unexpected success of this venture led to a more competent attempt with the follow up, which as others have commented is of superior stock. All in all Doctor Who suffered throughout it's life for being too low-brow for the BBC establishment. However, despite many assassination attempts by the Dalek (BBC) High Command, the series persisted and found many lifetime followers in the process. P.S. I quite liked the coloured Daleks but not the lava lamps!
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