YMMV / Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

• Fridge Logic:
  • As with "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", Dr. Who and his friends escape an intelligence test. Viewers may wonder why an intelligence test is a necessary step to becoming a Roboman. The authors of the nonfiction volume The Discontinuity Guide speculate that the test is a way of eliminating the more intelligent candidates! The less intelligent (for lack of a better word) are clearly less of a threat to the Daleks than anyone with a high level of scientific or engineering knowledge as the main thing that the Daleks have over us is their huge technological advantage. If the humans were to start reverse-engineering that technology or turn it against them somehow then they would be in serious trouble - which is exactly what the Doctor does in the film's conclusion. Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? is in full effect here of course, but the TV series is just as guilty of that.
  • Wouldn't Tom Campbell returning to the scene of the robbery a couple of minutes before it happened result in two Tom's running about? (as his other self never gets into the Tardis as he was never hit on the head).
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Tom jokes about getting an OBE at the end of the film after apprehending the would-be crook. Bernard Cribbins did get an actual OBE in 2011.
  • Dr. Who says the Daleks will never dare land on Earth again. It's not even the last time they conquer it.
• Narm
  • The silly cry one of the rebels gives as he leaps on the Robomen advancing up the ramp of the flying saucer.
  • The Robomen finally turn on the Daleks...but first stop to take off their hats.
• Older Than They Think: Tom was the first police officer to join the TARDIS, decades before Yaz.
• Retroactive Recognition: Conway is played by Keith Marsh, who would later be best known for playing Jacko in Love Thy Neighbour.
• Surprisingly Improved Sequel: Generally regarded as way more entertaining (and less insulting) than Dr. Who and the Daleks.
• Visual Effects of Awesome:
  • The Dalek Saucer is a superb piece of model work: detailed and robustly bulky, it gives a strong impression of size and might.
  • A Dalek gradually breaks the surface of the Thames as it charges through the water towards the bank - a spectacular showcasing of the beloved Dalek image.
  • Some very Impressive Pyrotechnics.

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