I felt it was time to do a new movie review… And I’m quite sure people haven’t seen this one..
It was made in 1965, and before I started to watch it, I have to say that I didn’t used to be a Dr Who watcher until I saw the Doctor who was before David Tennant, Mr Christopher Eccleston…. who, in my mind, was the best Doctor ever… Why they killed him off, I have no idea… AND EDDIE IZZARD WAS ROBBED!!! HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE NEW DOCTOR AFTER DAVID!!!! *cough*Well… he was the reason I started watching Dr Who and when I saw the Sci Fi channel was airing Dr Who, I started to watch…. some….. (we’re up to the 80’s now…)
Anyways… the movie was made in 1965, and I was hoping that one of the old Doctors would be the Doctor… but no such luck… instead we got Giff Maul…Grand Riff….Grand Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing)… a little younger, yet still old looking… make-up is a wonderful thing…
Anyway… here’s the plot:
Based on a story from the BBC TV serial “Doctor Who”. Scientist Dr. Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Dr. Who, his two grand-daughters, and Barbara’s boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet Skaro, where a peaceful race of Thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planet’s other inhabitants: the robotic mutant Daleks.
There were loads of things that bugged me when I started watching this movie…
True, the Doctor had a grand-daughter and she was Barbara’s age… but that’s where all the similarities between the BBC thing and this Americanized movie ends… well… they got the Daleks right too…
For some reason Doctor Who lives in England… not that there’s anything wrong with that, but you have remember that the Doctor is an alien… with two hearts… and he’s from Galifrey… And seeing as he’s a Time Lord, they were given Tardis’ there…
So yeah… they royally fucked that up… They didn’t even get the Tardis sound right…
But special effects were kinda good… I didn’t really think that lava lamps were in, decor wise, on Skaro…
I have to admit I had to have a lot of patiance watching it…
Reason is… one of my least favorite things were in the movie… hysterical screaming women…
Yeah, I really hate it… I’m the kind of woman that’s cheering for the bad guy when there’s a hysterical screaming woman in the movie. Texas Chainsaw Massacre… I was hoping the dude would slice her up so that we’d be safe from her intolerable screaming…
Same with Cujo… If I could I’d help the dog get inside the car… well… truth be told.. it was an hysterical screaming child in that one… but still… it’s annoying and SOOOO unnecessary…
Anywho…
If you have 82 minutes to kill, go a head and watch it…
It’s not the worst movie in the world, but it helps if you know nothing about Dr Who… Then it’s actually kinda interesting.. But if you know, then you’ll find yourself screaming at the TV because of all the errors.
One of hem being the Daleks is far too easy to kill…. And they weren’t as argumentative as they usually are…
I think I’ve covered it all…. *shrug*
Lene