Dr. Who (Dalek films) (entitled "Journey into Time") featured Dr. Who and his granddaughter travelling to the time of the American Revolution. The script was written by future "Doctor Who" TV series writer Malcolm Hulke. The recording was subsequently lost. Dr. Who (Dalek films) Dr. Who is a character based on the Doctor, the protagonist featuring in the long-running BBC science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The character, portrayed by the actor Peter Cushing, appeared in two films produced by AARU Productions; "Dr. Who and the Daleks" (1965) and "Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." (1966). Plans for a third film were abandoned following the
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