This film is the second of two mid-'60s "Dr. Who" movies which, according to information elsewhere in the description of this (1966) movie and its 1965 predecessor, each of which is described as "NOT part of the Dr. Who canon of the BBC serial". However, as a Voice Actor myself, I must congratulate the casting people for these two films. Let me explain. The "Lead Dalek Voice" is a dead ringer for the guy who did the same voice for the later set of "Dr. Who" shows which were made DECADES later for the BBC. These casting people had a great "ear" for voices, quite unlike the American casting people who found the actors to play ESTABLISHED characters for such awful garbage as the "New Looney Tunes". It's a completely different person doing that voice (the original voice actor passed away in 1998). The only thing that's physically the same is the Coles "Lip Mic", a ribbon microphone that was used starting during World War II. It got its nickname because it was used by pressing a plastic piece mounted directly above the part that was spoken into against the user's upper lip. Even CBS Newsman Edward R. Murrow was known to use one of these mics when reporting via short-wave radio to CBS New York during the London Blitz... when there were Nazi bombs going off all around Murrow, but not a single one of those bombs could be heard during Murrow's reports. Coles, the British company that made these microphones, last I heard, is STILL MAKING THEM! The distortion you hear when a Dalek is speaking was added by equipment between the mic and the recording device. One other thing I thought was cool is that the actor who plays the ... is London Policeman in this film ended up playing "Donna's" grandfather in later Dr. Who shows made by the BBC, and starring David Tenet as The Doctor. All in all, even though these two films are officially not part of the many Dr. Who shows made decades later for the BBC, they are still pretty good! And Peter Cushing is impeccable as The Doctor.
Review of Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
