TeenzTen An action-packed slog

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Edison Witt The first must-see film of the year.

a_baron I saw this film more than half a century ago, so I remembered little of it, including Bernard Cribbins co-starring, but one thing I did remember was Peter Cushing introducing himself to the Cribbins character as Doctor Who. It is widely believed that The Doctor has never alluded to himself or been alluded to as such. In the TV series, maybe not.What do we have here? An amiable if sinister romp into the future where The Doctor's and our most dangerous enemy the Daleks are plotting to destroy the Earth for their own nefarious ends. "Exterminate!" Well, "Kill!" doesn't have quite the same ring to it, does it? The one thing missing is the Ron Grainer/Delia Derbyshire theme. How did that ever come about?

jc-osms This second outing for Peter Cushing's Doctor Who benefits from a bigger budget, which at least translates into a far larger cast than the preceding movie and bigger, if not better sets and special effects.Oddly still travelling with his young grandchild, Susan, he gets a new grown-up couple who act in the act same way as their predecessors. Thus comedic actor Bernard Cribbins gets a fairly cringe-worthy silent comedy scene, just like Roy Castle's Ian did the time before.As a movie it's again shot in bright colour, with multicoloured Daleks by the score, with another easy-to-follow plot of the Daleks trying to conquer earth, this time by using assimilated earthmen as robotic slaves to construct a giant mine to blow out the earth's magnetic core, making it possible for them to rule the planet. Naturally, the Doctor turns up and has something to say about that, eventually having the last word, in a fairly laughable explosive finish which wouldn't have been out of place in Gerry Anderson's string-bound animation of the time.Never mind, there's a bit more characterisation this time with the treacherous side of humans shown in the duplicitous characters played by Philip Madoc's black-marketeer and Sheila Steafel and her mother trading in Susan and Andrew Keir's gruff rebel to the Daleks for extra food.Peter Cushing is again charming in the title role and young Ray Brooks shines in a slightly under-written part in what is a reasonably entertaining British sci-fi feature, the better for being set in Earth's future, thus helping the viewer to identify more with their oppressed fellow-humans' plight.

BA_Harrison Peter Cushing returns as Doctor Who for a second cinematic battle against the Daleks, this time in the year 2150 AD (although it looks suspiciously like 1966), where the metallic menaces are trying to turn Earth into a giant spacecraft by detonating a bomb in the planet's magnetic core. Also along for the adventure are the Doctor's niece Louise (Jill Curzon), grand-daughter Susan, and the obligatory comic relief, London police constable Tom Campbell (Bernard Cribbens).The good news is that this Dr. Who adventure is better than the first; the bad news is that any improvement is marginal. The livelier storyline means that the film isn't quite the endurance test that was Dr. Who and the Daleks, but there are still plenty of reasons to feel disappointed by this more ambitious movie, including totally unsuitable jazzy incidental music, Daleks that use fire extinguishers to 'Ex-ter-min-ate!', and unconvincing sets, matte paintings and models (eg. the Daleks' flying saucer, which is suspended from clearly visible wires).The film ends in a similar manner to the previous year's Dr. Who and the Daleks, the good guys narrowly saving the day thanks to a ridiculously drawn out countdown from the Daleks; next time, they really should just count to three and push the button...

zn1-58-147766 made at the height of "dalekmania" this was 2nd time we get to see the daleks in colour, the plot follows the original TV version, but in a bigger scale, i always find it a creepy movie, maybe because of its desolate smashed apart look - made more effective by the mass abandonment of buildings dilapidated in London, Peter Cushing plays an effective version of the doctor and is often criticised for his portrayal, the supporting cast work well, with Bernard cribbens Jennie linden and Roberta tovey a fine group, other actors who would appear with later versions of the doctor such as Philip madoc and Bernard cribbens also star. The big stars are the Mk3 travel machines, they steal the show and London, and I for one am glad that this movie is shown reguarly. I wonder what Peter cushing would make of it now....with the doctor, his tardis still running around 50 years later....