The point of “Doctor Who” has completely been missed here. I get this movie was made in 1965 when “Doctor Who” and its mythology hadn’t been fully established but any of it that was by that time is completely abandoned here and what we’re left with is the most generic and unfulfilled movie of its kind, you even know it’s going to bad when the opening credits commence.

In this film, Doctor Who is not an alien but instead he’s a whacky inventor played here by Peter Cushing (“The Horror of Dracula”, “Star Wars”) and he and a few companions that are some of the most two-dimensional characters seen in movies travel to another world in the Doctor’s TARDIS (it looks terrible here) and encounter the Daleks.

Peter Cushing seems like a good choice to play Doctor Who but here the script is so distanced from the show that it seems unfortunate that he’s been cast here. The Daleks at least look okay here and are the only thing from the show to make an appearance. The companions are dreadfully silly and they never seem to experience any sense of danger, which in the show all of the companions (even the earlier ones) seemed to.

“Doctor Who and the Daleks” should have distanced itself even further and called itself “Professor What and the Robots” but even then it probably would only gain an extra mark from me. I loved the programme (the 2005 reboot was disappointing though) and I thought a movie based on this starring a seemingly perfect choice in the lead role would make this an enjoyable romp but instead it is severely dull film that lacks any real imagination because that was what made shows such as “Doctor Who” and “Star Trek” great to begin with. I think they need to make another “Doctor Who” movie.