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Subject: Re: The Who Movies
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Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 08:24:21 EST
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From: nacho::lynch  (Go ahead...Make my day)


There is a chapter in the book "Dr Who - A Celebration" dedicated to the
two Dr Who movies. I don't have the book with me, but I'll attempt to
sketch the story from memory.

When the Daleks became something of a sensation in England, an independent
producer obtained the rights to make 3 movies based on the TV series. Two
were made (I don't recall the names -- I'll check the book). They starred
Peter Cushing as the Doctor (you may recall Cushing from the Hammer horror
movies made in the sixties with Christopher Lee (Cushing also played
Sherlock Holmes in some sixties films also (made by Hammer Studios??)).

The producers were very free with the characters and stories. They turned
the Doctor from a Timelord to a sort of potty English professor-type and
changed his companions from the TV series. The basic stories were, I believe,
simply tales of invasions of Earth by the Daleks.

As I said, two films were made and another could be made if the producers
wish to cash-in on the current popularity of the series.

The films have appeared on American TV. Basically they bear little if any
relationship to the series.

-- Bill Lynch
   Digital Equipment Corp
   Nashua, NH
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