Who movies

[Pamela Barnes]

As a child I remember watching the Who movies, why were these not part of the Who timeline ?

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[Mayor Gregory]

the are seen as "stand alone" features
- Peter Cushing doesn't "count" in the Doc Who regenerations

[Pamela Barnes]

Yep, but how did they come about outside of it. The Americanised version movie was part of the sequence.

[Mayor Gregory]

They were just produced in the 1960's as a "movie version"
- and Peter Cushing seen as a bigger star to appear in the movies

... bizarre when you think Roy Castle was in them !!

[J. R.'s Piece]

As a child I remember watching the Who movies, why were these not part of the Who timeline ?

The first film was an adaptation of the first seven-part Dalek television adventure (1963-64) by Terry Nation and the second film was adapted from the second Dalek television story (1964). With the cast busy filming Doctor Who for approximately 39-44 weeks a year (with the occasional holiday), they wouldn't have been available anyway.

Does this link help?
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1273075/index.html

The 1996 movie was intended as the pilot for a new series of Doctor Who produced in America and a continuation of the previous show.

[J. R.'s Piece]

They were just produced in the 1960's as a "movie version"
- and Peter Cushing seen as a bigger star to appear in the movies

... bizarre when you think Roy Castle was in them !!

Castle and Cushing had recently worked together on the film, "Dr Terror's House of Horrors" for Amicus, another Milton Subotsky production

[Mike]

Those films were really cool :)

[Mayor Gregory]

Those films were really cool :)

remember Roy Castle dancing about making faces at the end of one ? :)

[Mike]

remember Roy Castle dancing about making faces at the end of one ? :)

Yes, and a very young Bernard Cribbins was there too :)

[Daniel Avery]

I think a major reason they disregard the films as part of the "official" timeline is because they monkeyed with the back-story in the films. The Doctor in the films was just a human who happened to invent a time machine, if I'm not mistaken.

[J. R.'s Piece]

Those stories had been already done on television....not that that ever stopped Terry Nation....