Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)

"There will be no mistake! These prisoners are to be exterminated!", 21 November 2017

Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. is the second, and I believe last, of the standalone Dr Who films made in the 60s. I actually enjoyed this one more than the Dr Who and the Daleks. But that's not really saying much as I felt as if I might have overrated the first film a bit by giving it a whopping 4/10. My major complaint with both films is they are not part of the larger series. I know this will sound pretentious, but they're not canon. They ignore elements of the television series I find enjoyable and replace them with a bumbling, sometimes hapless, old Dr Who and his young relatives. I suppose that if I had never seen the Dr Who series, these films might be more enjoyable, but I have seen the series. At best, like its predecessor, Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. is a harmless diversion (not a ringing endorsement).

In this one, Dr Who, his niece and granddaughter, and a poor policeman, who's in the wrong place at the wrong time, are transported to a future Earth ruled by the Daleks. Most of humanity has been enslaved and forced to work in the mines for the Daleks. Dr Who teams up with a band of resistance fighters who must find a way to stop the Daleks from destroying Earth.

One moment in this film that brought me a real unintended laugh comes near the end just as the Daleks are about the finally exterminate Dr Who. His escape consists of cleverly (note the sarcasm) saying, "Hey, look that way". The Daleks do and Dr Who escapes. Hilarious!

5/10