Doctor Who's Lost 1960s Movie Story Details Revealed
Sergei and Dmitri Subotsky, sons of producer Milton Subotsky, have recently shared their father's plans for a scrapped third 1960s Doctor Who movie. The American film and television writer and producer developed two films based on the sci-fi television series in 1965 and 1966. The currently ongoing series is set to celebrate broadcaster BBC's centenary in a special episode set to air in late 2022.
Released in 1965, Dr. Who and the Daleks brought the British time-traveling series to the big screen, albeit with some alterations that set it apart from its television counterpart. After purchasing the rights to develop a film from the BBC and Dalek creator Terry Nation, Dr. Who and the Daleks focuses on a human scientist named Dr. Who, portrayed by Peter Cushing, who transports himself, his granddaughters Susan (Roberta Tovey) and Barbara (Jennie Linden), and Barbara's boyfriend Ian (Royal Castle) to an alien world, where they encounter the terrifying Daleks. While the films aren't canon to the television series, both Dr. Who and the Daleks, as well as its sequel Dalek's Invasion of Earth 2150 A.D., sought to adapt two of the Daleks' first storylines for theatrical release but recently revealed plans suggest that a scrapped third film would take the series in an unexpected direction.
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As reported by RadioTimes, Subotsky's sons, Sergei and Dmitri, revealed their father's plans for a scrapped third film at a recent BFI-held screening of the film's 4K restoration. Titled "Dr. Who's Greatest Adventure," the film would have seen two incarnations of Dr. Who face off against an army of giant, flesh-eating crabs, in an adaptation of Guy N Smith's pulp story "Night of the
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