Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

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

a_chinn Weird non-cannon Dr. Who film had potential with the casting of Peter Cushing as The Doctor. However, the film strays so much from it's source material that it becomes more of a Jules Verne type of Victorian adventure tale than a piece of contemporary science fiction, which Whovians would come to expect. The Doctor is no longer an alien Time Lord and is now a human doctor named Dr. Who, who invents the Tardis. Cushing travels to an alien planet and must battle Daleks, which do look the same as in the TV series. If you'd never seen the TV series, this would probably be a pretty entertaining film, but anyone hoping to see something similar or even remotely like the TV series is going to be sadly disappointed.

Popinjay37 I really don't understand the numerous defenses of this film. It must be pure nostalgia.It is horrible.Terrible plot. Horrible acting. Nonsensical behavior. Inappropriate interjection of humor.And the slow, slow talking of the Daleks in the Dalek voice is intolerable for plot reveal (the modern Dr. Who doesn't rely on this nearly so much--it is just ridiculous here.)But worth watching with Rifftrax soundtrack as it is indeed so bad it is funny.

jamesmccloskey98 This was quite different to the Doctor Who television series. It is not part of the mainstream canon of Doctor Who and it's a bit childish. However as a Whovian, I quite enjoyed it. It's very good quality on Blu-Ray (which was what I watched it on). Peter Cushing portrayed the Doctor (or Dr. Who, as he's referred to in this film) as a kinder person than William Hartnell did. This is, as you may know, based on the second episode of Doctor Who, "The Daleks", which I found more entertaining despite the fact that the special effects and picture quality wasn't quite as good. The Daleks themselves talked strangely but looked superb. The Thals looked weird due to the fact that their makeup was overdone. The storyline for the film is good and it has a nice and the film as a whole is enjoyable. I recommend this to fans of the classic Doctor Who series, and I also recommend it on Blu-Ray, it is remastered fantastically! On another note that may upset many, Dr. Who is human (as far as we know) in this film and they have a different theme- tune.

c_rys Yo, this movie's title: the main character in Doctor Who is named The Doctor. The shark in Jaws is not named Jaws; the main character of Die Hard is not named Die Hard. So, this film joins the ignoble ranks of Krakatoa, East of Java, &...no, wait, that's the only other one I can think of...as a film to make a goof right there in its title. This should be a clear warning flag to fans of the show regarding how much respect the material is afforded: Peter Cushing plays this "Dr. Who" as some sort of kindly old professor, & apparently, this film also believes he's human, not Time Lord. The entirely unmenacing Daleks have been downgraded from hate-driven killing machines to something more reminiscent of inept Bond villains, constantly trying to capture - not kill - "Dr. Who", occasionally puffing some sort of gas that does nothing & colliding with each other. In spite of all that, though, there is some sort of enjoyable Hammer alchemy going on here. Pretend that it's just some SF film with nothing to do with the Doctor Who series, & it's a mildly diverting ninety minutes. That's really the best course of action in watching this.