Cushing Daleks
Dr Who and the Daleks (1965)
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
- UK Release Dates
- 23 August 1965
- 5 August 1966
The two Peter Cushing Dalek movies screened in cinemas around the world in the 1960s and 70s - either dubbed or subtitled - although the second film had a much wider distribution than the first, especially in Europe.
Only the first film received a cinematic release in the United States and Canada. The second was never distributed as a theatrical presentation in North America, but eventually ended up on TV from early 1969, and was usually billed under the shortened title "Invasion Earth 2150 AD".
The arrival of the second film within Latin America was late - it was subtitled in 1977 - and distribution was very limited; the only country we could find clear evidence of the movie showing was in Argentina. But both films were later dubbed into Spanish and shown on TV in the late 70s / early 80s.
In Middle Eastern countries where the second film was shown, it was often already dubbed into another language (usually French or Italian) but with added Arabic subtitles.
DISTRIBUTION
In the 1960s, 70s and 80s, the films were distributed to theatres by BLC / British Lion / Regal Films International, and in some foreign territories by The Rank Organisation.
Both were first broadcast on BBC1 in 1972. This was in a cropped 4:3 pan and scan presentation. They aired again several more times (sometimes as unscheduled filler for cancelled sports), with the last BBC showing in 1987. Both were broadcast for the first time in a widescreen format on Channel 4 in 1994.
Both films were broadcast on television many times in many other countries since the late 1960s, and as such it would be impossible to catalogue all the TV appearances, so only some known instances are included below. (Additional info on TV appearances can be found on the main country profiles.)
The distribution rights to the British Lion film library were sold to EMI in 1976. In 1982, EMI / Thorn released both Dalek films on VHS for the first time. The tapes were in a cropped 4:3 pan and scan format.
EMI was sold to Cannon in 1986, and the new owners re-released the tapes, now in dubbed or subtitled editions. It wasn't until 1990 that widescreen presentations were released commercially.
The rights were held by Lumiere Pictures Ltd in the mid-1990s, and they released the celebratory documentary "Dalekmania" in July 1995.
By 2001, the rights had been acquired by the French distribution company StudioCanal, and they issued the Dalek films on DVD for the first time. There were also several foreign editions subtitled or dubbed (some of the dubs may have been new, not reused from previous releases).
Most of the DVD sets included the "Dalekmania" documentary.
Bizarrely, with some of the commercial editions of Daleks' Invasion Earth, the pre-credit sequence has been repositioned and now comes after the titles.
Only some of the VHS and DVDs are noted below. See the main country profiles plus the following lists of known releases:
CINEMA / TV / VIDEO
The following countries are those whose profiles contain specific reference to the movies being shown in theatres and/or on TV and/or released on Video/DVD (with the foreign or alternative titles given where known).
KEY: The table below is for cinema releases unless indicated otherwise: Y [film played in cinemas under original title]; X [film didn't play in cinemas at all]; blank [not known if seen in cinemas] (TV / Video / DVD / Blu-ray also noted where known)
| Movie 1 | Movie 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic countries | غزا دلكس العالم عام ٢١٥٠ | |
| Argentina | Daleks Invasion a la Tierra Ano 2150AD (also VHS) | |
| Armed Forces Network | Y - shown at US bases around the world (also TV) | Y - shown at US bases around the world (also TV) |
| Australia | Y (also VHS / DVD / BR / TV - airdates) | Y (also VHS / DVD / BR / TV - airdates) |
| Belgium | Les Daleks Envahissent la Terre and De Daleks Veroveren de Aarde | |
| Brazil | (A Guerra dos Daleks - TV only; and Dr Who e a Guerra dos Daleks - DVD only) | Ano 2150 A Invasão da Terra (also DVD) |
| Canada | Y (also TV) | (TV / VHS / DVD only) |
| China | 怪博士天外降魔 (VHS only?) | 飛碟 大力人(also VHS as 飞碟大力人达莱克斯入侵地球) |
| Denmark | Dr Who's Hemmelige Våben | |
| Finland | (Doctor Who ja Dalekit - TV only) | (Doctor Who ja Dalekien Invaasio - TV only) |
| France | (Dr Who Contre les Daleks - DVD only) | Les Daleks Envahissent la Terre (also DVD) |
| Gibraltar | Y | |
| Guatemala | (El Dr Misterio y los Daleks - TV only?) | |
| Iceland | Dr Who og Vélmennin | |
| Ireland | Y | Y |
| Israel | הפלישה לכדור הארץ | |
| Italy | (Dr Who & the Daleks - DVD only) | Daleks Il Futuro Fra un Milione di Anni (also TV / VHS / DVD) |
| Japan | 怪人ダレクの惑星 (also VHS / DVD) | (地球侵略戦争2150 - VHS / DVD only?) |
| Jamaica | Y | |
| Latin America countries | (TV only?) | (TV only?) |
| Libya | This was the Italian dub with Arabic subtitles | |
| Luxembourg | X | Les Daleks Envahissent la Terre (also TV) |
| Malaysia | Y | |
| Netherlands? | X | De Daleks Veroveren de Aarde |
| New Zealand | Y (also TV / VHS / DVD) | Y (also TV / VHS / DVD / BR) |
| Poland | (Doktor Who i Dalekowie - TV only) | (Najazd Daleków na Ziemię - TV only) |
| Portugal | A Invasão da Terra | |
| Singapore | Y | Y |
| Spain | Dr Who y los Daleks (also VHS / TV / DVD) | (Los Marcianos Invaden la Tierra - TV / DVD, with the alternative title Los Daleks Invaden la Tierra 2150 AD on the box cover) |
| Sweden | (TV only) | (TV only) |
| Switzerland | Y | |
| Thailand | หุ่นยนต์ ทำลายโลก | |
| Turkey | Daleks Fezadan Saldiranlar 2150 Yili | |
| United States | Y (also TV / VHS / DVD / BR) | X (on TV titled Invasion Earth 2150 AD; also TV / VHS / DVD / BR with correct title) |
- The films were also broadcast on cable and satellite feeds reaching numerous countries simultaneously (such as TV4 Science Fiction and Sci-Fi Channel Europe), and some of these would have been given translated titles in the online and print listings
- The IMDB does provide a number of alternative foreign titles for several other countries and languages (as well as unsubstantiated overseas release dates), but many of these could just be 'Google translations' of what the names would be in those foreign languages rather than being official onscreen titles at the cinema, on TV / satellite broadcasts or on home media releases.
- Our list above therefore includes only those foreign titles that can be backed-up by visual evidence such as newspaper clippings, cinema posters and VHS/DVD covers
