Doctor Who Collector's Edition - Doctor Who And The Daleks / Daleks Invasion Earth - 2150 AD DVD

Advantages: Great family entertainment, well presented
Disadvantages: Cheap special effects

...Colour Cert U Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966) This is the second film made with Peter Cushing as Dr. Who. with Susan is his daughter still being played by Roberta Tovey, but with his side kick Tom Campbell being played by Bernard Cribbins, a Police constable who mistake's the Police call box (TARDIS) for a Police call box.... The Dr and his granddaughter and Bernard Cribbins are moved ahead in time to the future. They arrive on Earth in 2150 AD and find the world is a different place with the human race being made to serve the Daleks. Human beings are being herded together by the Daleks and humans that have been robotized. London becomes a war zone with some humans forming resistance fighters. The Dr sets about trying to find out why the Daleks are digging a shaft / well down to the Earths core and then sets about organising... Read review

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Advantages: Great Story
Disadvantages: None

...The Dalek Invasion of Earth is part of the classic series featuring the original TARDIS crew of the First Doctor played by William Hartnell and his grandaughter Susan and her two school teachers Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, and of course the Daleks. The two school teachers finally find themselves back in London but soon discover that all is not well. This story benefits greatly from the four regulars who are by this stage really comfortable with each other. The story is split in two almost immediately with Barbara and Susan going missing. The Doctor and Ian are brought face to face with a Dalek. The central idea is quite basic, an invasion of Earth, and is repeated during the run of the series on a number of occasions. The supporting characters are well rounded and are there to eventually get the four time travellers... Read review

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Advantages: A great dalek story
Disadvantages: drags a bit

...Doctor Who, Genesis Of The Daleks is one of the better dalek stories. The story starts when the doctor is transported to the planet of Skaro by the timelords who wish the doctor to change the future by destroying the daleks. After finding his companions, the doctor and harry are captured by the Kaleds, a race who are at war with the thals. Sarah is captured by the thals after being discovered by mutants known as the mutos. All three try to escape but the doctor has other priorities. He must recover the time ring, their only way of escaping Skaro. But he must defeat Davros, evil creator of the daleks and prevent the daleks from ever being created. The story is an original one but it does drag abit. But one of the good things about this story that it allows more dalek action and it reveals how the daleks were created. The special... Read review

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