Dr. Who and the Daleks Dr. Who and the Daleks Dr. Who and the Daleks is a 1965 British science fiction film directed by Gordon Flemyng and written by Milton Subotsky, and the first of two films based on the British science-fiction television series "Doctor Who". It stars Peter Cushing as Dr. Who, Roberta Tovey as Susan, Jennie Linden as Barbara, and Roy Castle as Ian. It was followed by "Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." (1966). The story is based on the "Doctor Who" television serial "The Daleks", produced by the BBC. Filmed in Technicolor, it is the first "Doctor Who" story to be made
Doctor Who spin-offs late stage of its development. He considered it to be "a spin-off too far", despite the production having been commissioned and budgeted by the controller of BBC One. Novelisations based upon individual "Doctor Who" serials were first published in the mid-1960s, the first being "Dr. Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks" by David Whitaker, a loose adaptation of the show's second serial, "The Daleks". "Doctor Who" novelisations became something of a tradition beginning in the early 1970s when Target Books (initially published by Universal-Tandem, later to become part of W.H. Allen & Co and then Virgin Publishing) began