Dr. Who (Dalek films) 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 poor box office reception of the second film. Cushing made no mention of the films in his autobiography, although he kept a collection of newspaper clippings about them in a scrapbook. Whereas the contemporary television incarnation
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