Doctor who film peter cushing

With peter cushing, roy castle, jennie linden, roberta tovey. Peter cushings doctor is a real life every day human being who is an inventor who creates his very own tardis and chooses to disguise it in his families back garden as a police box surely a shed would have been the most obvious disguise in this case. Because in the mid60s, the british horror studio amicus pictures got peter cushing, one of the greatest horror actors ever, to step in front of the camera for two familyfriendly doctor who films. The sequel had bernard cribbins, who would one day portray donnas grandfather in the canon doctor who. Former showrunner steven moffats novelization of his 50th anniversary special finally puts those debates to rest in the new novelization of the day of the doctor available now, moffat has revealed that the films now. The screenplay was written by arnaud dusseau and julian zimet credited as julian. At the same time, doctor who had become a television phenomenon. Amazing that these great dalek films are still overlooked and generally underrated. Who movies starring acting legend peter cushing were actually part of the official doctor who canon. The original tv serial is far superior to this film adaptation. Marking 50 years since the peter cushing dalek movies debuted on the. Peter cushing played a version of the doctor in two films in the 60s.

Peter cushing also teamed with vincent price in movies including scream and scream again 1970, dr. Peter cushing plays the doctor, who returns to a future earth to find that the intergalactic warmongering daleks have invaded. Doctor who novel sorta confirms peter cushing is in canon. Doctor who and the daleks 1965 coming from kino page. Peter cushings doctor should not be confused with the doctor from the tv series doctor who. Who, cushing was considered to take over from first doctor william hartnell or. Perhaps if he knew this screenplay is based on robert blochs short story from weird tales, hed take the warnings more seriously. Overall a very decent blu ray release with good extras too. The character, portrayed by the actor peter cushing, appeared in two films produced by aaru productions. Legendary actor peter cushing talks about being offered the role of dr who by the bbc, after having played the character in two films, dr who. Who and the daleks and 1966s daleks invasion earth. Peter cushings doctor who movies are now canon, but not the way. An eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his tardis to the planet skaro and battle the evil menace of the daleks. Loosely based on the daleks first appearance in the tv series 196364s the daleks, it was the first of two such films, followed by daleks.

Again, peter cushing plays the doctor, roberta tovey plays his granddaughter. Russell t davies says hes grown up after worrying about casting a female doctor in doctor who. Peter cushings career was already twentyplus years old by the 1960s and by 1965, hed garnered a new reputation as one of the top actors at hammer studios by playing victor frankenstein and abraham van helsing. Steven moffat found the silliest way to make peter cushings. Doctor who is best known as one of britains most popular tv series, but the show has actually inspired several movies too. The faked clip mentioned by the op is probably this trailer, which created a myth. The problem of peter cushing resolved houston press. Who and the daleks and daleks invasion earth 2150 a.

Amicus didnt quite have the money to make the first film all by itself, so it went into coproduction with british lion films for the 1965 film. Who and the daleks broadly adheres to the television series. Who, who invents tardis and takes his companions on a journey to the planet skaro, where they help the peaceloving thals battle the evil daleks. Geeky gentlemen peter cushing doctor who movies 1965,1966. He was the inventor of a timespace ship in the shape of a police box, called tardis no acronym, and was accompanied by his. The daleks, was the first theatrical film based on doctor who. Fear the advanced technology of the daleks, for example their very deadly lava lamps. It stars peter cushing as a human scientist named dr. Steven moffats novelization of the day of the doctor has finally confirmed that the peter cushing movies are part of the doctor who canon in a sense. Mechons, was filmed but subsequently lost in a fire.

Peter cushing as grand moff tarkin with darth vader in star wars 1977. For over 5 decades now people have been debating if peter cushing counts as the doctor well he did two dalek films in 1965 and 1966 a little bit before they even came up with the regeneration which were sort of movie redos of the original dalek serial from 1963 the. When you look back at last 12 years of doctor who on television, youll. Cushing and cribbins had just appeared together in hammer film s remake of she. For a long time, the cushing movies were reliably looked down on by real fanstm. Who and the daleks, was released in june 1965 in the uk 1966 in the us, and starred peter cushing as the doctor. Doctor who the peter cushing theory doctor who amino. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. In 1977 he obtained the role of grand moff tarkin, in star wars by george lucas. The rigours of the tv shows production schedule would never have allowed william hartnell the necessary time off to film a couple of features so it was inevitable that the part would be recast. Fans have been debating for decades whether or not the two dr. The hound of the baskervilles 1959 sherlock holmes. That film, released in 1965, saw doctor who adapted for the big screen, and featured peter cushing in the title role as the slightlymad scientist dr. Peter cushing himself is great, predating patrick troughtons second doctor in showing that you could almost completely reimagine the part and still keep the general sense of the franchise.

Released in 1965 and directed by gordon flemyng, dr. Peter cushing 26 may 1911 august 1994 played the eccentric dr. Peter cushing, the star wars actor who played the doctor in two tv movies in the 1960s. The doctor and his granddaughters, modish barbara jennie linden and young, precocious susan roberta tovey, along with barbaras boyfriend, ian singer and comedian roy castle accidently travel in the tardis to skaro and are soon embroiled in a struggle between the warlike daleks and the peaceloving thals. Heres a look at those roles, the times peter cushing starred in a horror or science fiction film but did not play a doctor or scientist. A third dalek film starring peter cushing, based on dw. Who who being his actual surname, as he is human, not alien. Peter capaldi reveals he modelled his signature on peter. Who and the daleks is a 1965 film that cashed in on the craze of dalekmania by adapting the doctor who serial the daleks into a cinema spectacle albeit distilled into an alternate continuity simpler than the show.

British film legend peter cushing plays everyones favourite timelord, and having invented the tardis, a strange machine capable of travelling into other dimensions, the doctor and his three young accomplices set forth on a quest through time and space. A feature film sequel to doctor who and the daleks, based on the the tv story the dalek invasion of earth. The most recent was 1996s doctor who film, starring paul mcgann, which is actually considered part of the canon. The two doctor who cinema movies were produced by milton subotsky, and adapted from two of the william hartnell television stories. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Who, to the big screen, presenting them to audiences in color for the first time. Mind, his interpretation of the doctor in dalek invasion of earth is much better. Doctor who, his two granddaughters, and barbaras boyfriend ian are transported through time and space to the planet skaro, where a peaceful race of thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planets other inhabitants. This is basically a remake of the tv series story dalek invasion, with a few differences.