Cinema Classics Number 15 - "We'll have to bypass Watford. The place is full of Daleks."
This week, it's exterminate! meets cinematechnique as Silver Screen Cinema Classics teams up with sister show Hit or Miss: Doctor Who for a one-time-only crossover that's bigger, louder, and more British than ever before! Join Mike, DK, and returning guest Will Templar as they journey back in time for the Technicolor mayhem of Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D., the second (and final) big-screen adventure featuring Peter Cushing’s eccentric, grandfatherly Dr. Who. But don't expect much timey-wimey tinkering — the team’s casting a cinematic eye over this lavish (by BBC standards) adaptation of the classic TV serial, and they're not pulling any punches. From the eye-popping return of the colourful, chunky, and shoutier-than-ever movie Daleks to the dystopian breakfast endorsement of Sugar Puffs, this sequel doesn’t skimp on spectacle — or shameless product placement. There’s plenty to dissect in how the film diverges from its small-screen source material, with tighter pacing, broader humour, and explosions dialled up to eleven. The gang dives into the oddly divergent tones starting with the curious case of Tom, the comic-relief copper whose Roboman clown act proves divisive to say the least. Meanwhile, genre stalwart Philip Madoc makes a memorably grim exit, gunned down by Daleks in one of the film’s starkest and most cinematically striking sequences. All the while, poor Peter Cushing finds himself strangely sidelined, with his kindly human Doctor taking something of a backseat in a story that feels more ensemble than star vehicle. Naturally, comparisons to the first Cushing film are inevitable — and thoroughly explored. Is this camp classic a cinematic regeneration worth remembering, or did the Daleks’ big-screen dreams fall into the core of the Earth? Grab your anti-Dalek bombs, stock up from the Roboman food dispenser, and join us as we head to a 2150 that looks curiously like 1966.
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