Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden
Dr Who and the Daleks sees Dr Who travel through space and time in the Tardis to find himself on Skaro, the birthplace of his arch-nemeses, the Daleks!
Skaro is a planet devastated by nuclear fallout, where the hideously mutated Daleks have to live in metal suits to survive, and where they plot the destruction of the planet’s other life-form, the Thals, with a massive neutron bomb- the gentle Thals are doomed to extermination- unless the Doctor can save them!
Since their introduction early in the first series of the BBC’s Doctor Who (1963-89; 2005-), the Daleks – warlike, metal-cased inhabitants of the planet Skaro – had captured the imagination of a public fascinated by new technology and the burgeoning space age. Dr. Who and the Daleks saw them transferred to the big screen, in colour, for the first time. – Read more at BFI Screenonline
