Doctor Who spin-offs spin-off series, "Miranda" from Comeuppance Comics and "Faction Paradox" from Mad Norwegian Press, have also appeared, both featuring characters who had debuted in "Doctor Who" novels. Two "Doctor Who" movies produced by Max J. Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky were released in the mid-1960s, loosely adapted on the first two Dalek serials: "Dr. Who and the Daleks" (1965) and "" (1966). Neither film takes place in televised continuity. They both star Peter Cushing as Dr. Who, a human scientist who invents a time machine, "Tardis", with early companions Ian, Barbara and Susan, also re-imagined. From 1987 to 1994, the Daltenreys group,
Thal (Doctor Who) a meteorite storm detonates it prematurely, causing planet-wide destruction in which the Thals apparently perish. Thals are featured in the film "Dr. Who and the Daleks" (1965), which is based upon the BBC "Doctor Who" television programme serial "The Daleks", and the film's 1966 comic book adaptation. The Thals appear in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel "War of the Daleks" (1997) by John Peel, which depicts them as having once again become a warlike society, willing to destroy an inhabited planet simply as part of a trap to defeat a Dalek attack fleet. In the Big Finish Productions audio play