XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

datemaru I first heard about this movie from an internet critic Nash who did reviewed some episodes of Classic Doctor Who. You can check it out for yourselves at ChannelAwecome.com, it's a really funny one.This is the most 60s looking movie I have ever seen complete with a soundtrack out of the late Looney Tunes and the most ridiculous plot I have ever seen.Basically the Deleks, the most popular Doctor Who villains, have invaded the Earth and Doctor Who (who is called Dr. Who in this movie) and have enslaved the human race that reminds me of the Combine occupation of Earth in Half Life 2. We have people who work with the Deleks and an active resistance and the Doctor played by Peter Cushing is our Morgan Freeman. I will say Peter Cushing does make for a great Doctor and I unironically enjoyed his performance, he smart, charming, fun, and I will defend him to my dying breath.I don't know how to explain to you the insane plan of the Deleks or how our heroes defeat them without heavy spoilers, but needless to say I wouldn't be surprised to find out everyone involved in writing it had never watched an episode of Doctor Who and was on enough drugs to kill a small army. If you watch Nash's review or read someone else's they'll tell you about the Delek's secret plan for the Earth and why they invaded us... and it's pretty funny if you think about it scientifically.This movie is cheesy, has a grim apocalyptic setting that clashes badly with moments of slapstick comedy, and makes me wonder if it was written by a team of monkeys instead professional writers. But despite all of it, this movie was a lot of fun and had some pretty good actors which is one of the few areas it didn't screw up.On a final note, I did have a lot of fun watching this movie and even if you are or aren't a Doctor Who fan (which I'm only a casual fan) you'll probably have fun too.

jc-osms This second outing for Peter Cushing's Doctor Who benefits from a bigger budget, which at least translates into a far larger cast than the preceding movie and bigger, if not better sets and special effects.Oddly still travelling with his young grandchild, Susan, he gets a new grown-up couple who act in the act same way as their predecessors. Thus comedic actor Bernard Cribbins gets a fairly cringe-worthy silent comedy scene, just like Roy Castle's Ian did the time before.As a movie it's again shot in bright colour, with multicoloured Daleks by the score, with another easy-to-follow plot of the Daleks trying to conquer earth, this time by using assimilated earthmen as robotic slaves to construct a giant mine to blow out the earth's magnetic core, making it possible for them to rule the planet. Naturally, the Doctor turns up and has something to say about that, eventually having the last word, in a fairly laughable explosive finish which wouldn't have been out of place in Gerry Anderson's string-bound animation of the time.Never mind, there's a bit more characterisation this time with the treacherous side of humans shown in the duplicitous characters played by Philip Madoc's black-marketeer and Sheila Steafel and her mother trading in Susan and Andrew Keir's gruff rebel to the Daleks for extra food.Peter Cushing is again charming in the title role and young Ray Brooks shines in a slightly under-written part in what is a reasonably entertaining British sci-fi feature, the better for being set in Earth's future, thus helping the viewer to identify more with their oppressed fellow-humans' plight.

Leofwine_draca I sat through, and was utterly bored by, the first of the Peter Cushing/Dr Who movies, DR WHO AND THE DALEKS. It was a chore to sit through in places, a resolutely twee attempt to transfer the TV series to the big screen for children to enjoy. The good news is that this sequel is a different beast entirely, even though it brings back much of the same cast and crew (including the director).Put simply, DALEKS INVASION EARTH: 2150 AD is an action-packed romp. If you think that scenes of Dalek war-bands patrolling the streets of a post-apocalyptic London sounds like a good time, then you'd be right. This is a film that sacrifices character set-up in favour of all out action, and it works a treat.Cushing plays the crusty old buffoon once more, and the only reason he's not as irritating is because he's given far less screen time here. For most of the time his character is a mere observer, watching a guerrilla war between Ray Brooks (THE FLESH AND BLOOD SHOW) and his rebels and the Daleks and their goons. Bernard Cribbins contributes some comedy schtick, but he's nowhere near as irritating as Roy Castle was in the last one.The technical effects are surprisingly decent, from the Dalek spaceships to the explosions, firefights, and large-scale destruction. Scenes of buildings collapsing are vivid and exciting and the Daleks are more of a menace here (and thankfully their voices aren't irritating anymore). There are lots of great visual moments, like the solitary Dalek rising out of the Thames or the humans vs. Dalek fight scenes. A rousing score and decent supporting cast serve as the icing on the cake here.

JoeB131 This was an attempt to cash in on the popularity of the Doctor Who television show by making it into a big screen movie. Instead of using William Hartnell, who had played the role on TV, they used venerable Hammer actor Peter Cushing.The notion is that the TARDIS visits 2150 London (which looks amazing like 1965 London after it's been bombed to rubble) and finds that the Daleks have taken over the planet despite having been apparently destroyed in the first film. Daleks are like cockroaches, you can never seem to permanently kill them off. Anyway, lot of meandering scenes, largely because they modified the meandering six part serial this was based on without bothering to tighten up the script.Cushing seems disinterested in the first half of the movie, only really coming through in the second half.A curious film, maybe of interest to hard-core Doctor Who fans.