Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)

Not my Doctor, 11 November 2017

Dr. Who (Peter Cushing), granddaughters Barbara and Susan, and Barbara's boyfriend, Ian, are accidentally transported across time and space in the the Doctor's latest invention, TARDIS. They find themselves on a planet ruled by the evil Daleks. It becomes clear that Dr. Who and company must leave the planet if they are to survive. However, the Daleks pose a threat to the future of a peaceful race known as the Thals. The Doctor decides they must help the Thals defeat the Daleks before they make their retreat back to Earth.

I'm not a super fan of Dr. Who, but I enjoy what I've seen. I'm also a big fan of Peter Cushing. Put the two together and you should end up with a winner. Unforutnatley, Dr. Who and the Daleks isn't the Dr. Who from the television show. Cushing's Doctor is a normal human being - not a Time Lord. And he really doesn't do much. His youngest granddaughter, Susan, does more of the heavy lifting than does the Doctor. My other complaint is with the Daleks. They look good and they're appropriately evil, but they do way too much talking. When their limited to shouting "Exterminate!" over and over, that's fine. But here, they have a lot of dialogue - and I mean A LOT of dialogue. And with their computer voices, it's very difficult to understand. There are some scenes where a Dalek seems to be delivering an important soliloquy or something and I had no idea what was being said.

With the unexpected changes to the Dr. Who story-line, a Doctor who is basically ineffective, and large portion of dialogue I found unintelligible, a 4/10 is the best rating I can give Dr. Who and the Daleks.

4/10