"Exterminate!"-Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966) Review

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

Director: Gordon Felmyng 

Genre: Sci-Fi

Codestar30 Rating: 6/10

While out on patrol one evening, Police Constable Tom Campbell (Bernard Cribbins), is beaten up while out on patrol. His assailant hops into a get away vehicle followed by 2 other men who have just robbed the shop across the street. As they drive away, Tom come around and attempts to give chase, but they are already speeding away. He spots a police phone box, and runs to it to summon help. However, when he opens the door, he finds that in fact, this police telephone box is a time machine. He faints from the shock. When he wakes up he welcomed by Doctor Who (Peter Cushing), his niece Louise (Jill Curzon), and his granddaughter Susan (Roberta Tovey). They explain to him they are time travelers, and that they have tim traveled to London, Earth, the year 2150 A.D. However, this isn't the way they'd expected to find earth. This is Earth during the Daleks', a race of killer robots, invasion.

This was one of my favorite films when I was a small child. It is a cinema interpretation of an episode of the T.V. series Doctor Who, also titled 'Dalek's Invasion of Earth: 2150 A.D.', which originally aired in 1994. It was the second film interpretation of an Episode of Doctor Who by Warner Brothers. 

I can't really comment on much because its quite old, and I'm not really familiar with the standards of the time so I can't compare it. By todays standards it is obviously not amazing quality, but that is due to its age of almost 50 years. However I imagine that it couldn't have had a massive budget or range technology that could be used and judging by this the set and effects are good I would imagine. The sets were obviously well thought out and look good. But due to its age once again the effects are mostly just smoke and flashes. A very common setting, a post apocalypse. The acting isn't anything special, although I'm not saying it's bad. However, using lighting and music it is quite atmospheric. The action scenes are actually fairly exiting. 

Its kind of hard to describe, but this movie is pretty good. Its hard to put my finger on why, but it does have a very endearing quality and is enjoyable. I'd say watch it if your a sci-fi fan or if your nostalgic about older movies.