Showing posts with label DW-1963-02-02. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DW-1963-02-02. Show all posts

Friday, November 29, 2024

Doctor Who (1963) 2.02.X2

Talking Daleks (2003)
10 minutes

A look back at the development of the Dalek voices used in Dalek Invasion of Earth with
- David Graham, Dalek voice
- Peter Hawkins, Dalek voice
- Brian Hodgson, DDC Radiophonic Workshop
- Nicholas Smith, Wells


Now and Then (2003)
7 minutes

A comparative look at some of the non-studio locations where parts of Dalek Invasion of Earth were shot as they looked in the story and in 2003.


Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Doctor Who (1963) 2.02.X1

Future Visions (2003)
17 minutes

Spencer Chapman (designer) talks about working on The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Topics he talks about include
  • using the space to create a sense of different levels, looking up and down at the Daleks
  • freedom to design things as he saw fit '
  • running out of money
  • William Hartnell's injury
  • filming the alligators

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Doctor Who (1963) 2.02.06

Flashpoint
(aka The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Part Six)

Ian damages the bomb before it is in place and escapes from it before it is dropped into the ground. He then wedges some branches into the shaft after finding a door out of the shaft.

Barbara and Jenny are taken to the Dalek command center. Barbara keep the Daleks distracted while Jenny messes with the controls. The Daleks lock them up once they realize that they have nothing to gain from them.

The Doctor sends Susan and David to destroy some of the Dalek radio towers while he and Tyler head down into the Dalek command center. The Daleks that were in the command center are gone. The Doctor frees Barbara and Jenny, who were left there to die.

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Doctor Who (1963) 2.02.05

The Waking Ally
(aka The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Part Five)

Ian and Larry escape from the Slyther by jumping into large mining bucket. The Slyther tries following them but Ian hits in with a rock until it falls deep into the mine shaft. The bucket starts moving and descends into the mine.

The Doctor, Susan, Tyler, and David descend into the sewers. They are followed by a couple Robomen. The robomen attack them. David kills one of them. The other one is knocked unconscious.

Susan and Jenny find a house. Two women are living there who make clothes for the people who work in the mines. They invite Susan and Jenny to stay with them but then they tell the Daleks about the two new arrivals. A Dalek comes and takes Susan and Jenny to the mine.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Doctor Who (1963) 2.02.04

The End of Tomorrow
(aka The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Part Four)

David disarms the bomb that the Robomen left behind. The Doctor is still recovering and in no condition to travel. David convinces Susan that the Doctor will be safe there, Together, Susan and David, head into the sewers to see who and what they can find.

Ian and Larry explore the area where the Dalek saucer landed. They see a work gang and meet a man named Wells who fills them in on how things are going. Their conversation gets interrupted by a Roboman. The Roboman is getting ready to take them to the Daleks but they overpower him and knock him out.

Barbara and Jenny talk about what Dortmun did and then load up in a truck. They drive towards the outskirts of London. They have to run a Dalek blockade. They drive right through it.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Doctor Who (1963) 2.02.03

Day of Reckoning
(aka The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Part Three)

The attack on the Dalek flying suacer doesn't go well. Many of the rebels are killed. Barbara makes her way back to the rebel base of operations with Jenny, one of the rebels. Susan escapes with David. Ian gets the Doctor out of the flying saucer after a couple rebels rescue the Doctor from the operating table.

Ian retreats back into the flying saucer. A rebel named Baker gets the Doctor away from the flying saucer and eventually meets up with Susan and David.

The flying saucer takes off. Ian hides in a crawl space aboard the flying saucer. He helps Larry, a rebel who is also still aboard the flying saucer, to fight off a Roboman.

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Doctor Who (1963) 2.02.02

The Daleks
(aka The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Part Two)

The Doctor and Ian are taken prisoner by the Dalek and the Robomen. They are taken taken to the Daleks’ flying saucer. They are thrown in a cell with Craddock, another prisoner. Craddock tells them all about how the Daleks took over the Earth.

The Daleks identify the Doctor as having above average intelligence. They place a device in his cell. He uses it to escape from the cell but it was just a test. The Doctor does not get more than a few steps outside his cell before he is recaptured. 

The rebels take care of Susan and Barbara. The rebels are planning an attack on the saucer where the Doctor and Ian are being held prisoner. Dortmun, their wheelchair bound leader, has made some bombs which he believes will be very effective against the Daleks.

Some of the humans disguise themselves as Robomen, an idea that Barbara thought up, and they use that scheme to allow them to get close to the saucer without being detected. They use the bombs and break into the saucer. 

The Doctor is taken against his will to an operating room. He is sedated and operated on as the attack on the saucer begins.

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Doctor Who (1963) 2.02.01

World's End
(aka The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Part One)

The TARDIS arrives in London but the city looks quite abandoned. The Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara exit the TARDIS. Susan climbs up a wall but then gets injured when she slips and falls. Her ankle is sprained. Some debris from a nearby bridge falls on the TARDIS, preventing the Doctor and the others from accessing it.

The Doctor and Ian go looking in a nearby warehouse for something to help remove some of the debris. Barbara and Susan stay behind because Susan's ankle is hurting too much.

A man named Tyler approaches Susan and Barbara. He warns them against staying where they are. He carries Susan. Barbara follows on foot. They go underground through a tunnel. They meet a couple more men, David and Dortmun, who is in a wheelchair. David goes back to find the Doctor and Ian when he learns that there are others.