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From: bstempleton@watmath.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Subject: Re: Terry Nation inquiry
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Date: Wed, 16-May-84 20:48:29 EDT
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"Doctor Who and the Daleks", and "The Dalek Invasion of Earth :2150" the
two Doctor movies starring Peter Cushing, were both adapted from serials
written by Terry Nation, who first thought up the Daleks and has written
almost all the Dalek serials.  In fact, Doctor Who and the Daleks was the
second ever Doctor Who serial, "Unearthly Child" being the very first.

Some movie company got the rights to make Doctor Who movies, and produced
those two in the sixties with Peter Cushing.  Now a bigger star, Cushing
was then not that great, and played a rather wimpy Doctor.  In particular,
to make the movies more modular, the producers made the Doctor a human
scientist who had invented a time machine, not an alien at all.

The third movie was never made, but some people consider Peter Cushing
to be one of the seven actors to play Doctor Who.  This is a point of
contention among fans.  He's certainly the biggest name actor, with
Davison a far second.