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,
Dr. Who and the Daleks predominantly black and a second-in-command in red. Originally the Daleks were to be armed with flamethrowers, but these were vetoed on health and safety grounds and because they were considered too frightening for a young audience. Instead, the guns produced jets of CO gas from internally mounted fire extinguishers. Some of the Daleks used in the background for crowd scenes were constructed from moulded fibreglass, and can be distinguished by the slightly different shape of the collars around their midsections. Three of the movie Daleks were hired by the BBC and used in the serial "The Chase". As the film