Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) on Netflix
NR19651h 22mAdventureFamilySci-Fi
Dr. Who's machine, Tardis, travels through time and space. His granddaughters Barbara and Susan come along, as does Ian, Barbara's boyfriend. The machine carries them to an unfamiliar planet.
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Plot summary
Dr. Who is an inventor whose latest machine, Tardis, travels through time and space. His granddaughters Barbara and Susan are with him when he switches it on, as is Ian, who is Barbara's boyfriend. The machine carries the four of them to an unfamiliar planet. Exploring there, they spot a city in the distance and also pick up a small container of drugs, which they bring back to Tardis. Dr. Who wants a closer look at the city, so he fakes a leak in the fluid link, a component the machine needs, telling the others that mercury to refill it can be found only in the city. Inside the city, cyborg creatures who call themselves Daleks capture the group and confiscate the fluid link.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Daleks were originally to be armed with flamethrowers, but the weapons were vetoed on health-and-safety grounds and because they were considered too frightening for a young audience; their guns instead produced jets of CO2 gas from internally mounted fire extinguishers.
- Dr. Who and the Daleks, filmed in Technicolor, was the first Doctor Who story to be made in color and in a widescreen format.
- Amicus bought an option to make the film and two sequels from Terry Nation and the BBC for just £500.
