Doctor Who<\/a> movies reveal how the cult favourites went on to influence the revival of the television show in 2005.<\/p>\nDr Who and the Daleks and Daleks\u2019 Invasion Earth 2150 AD both received negative reviews from critics when released in cinemas in the 1960s, but both proved valuable to showrunner Russell T Davies when plotting his first series.<\/p>\n
Model unit supervisor Mike Tucker revealed that the It\u2019s A Sin writer wanted the show to have its \u201cmost Dalek-y Daleks\u201d ever, borrowing design elements from multiple sources to achieve that \u2013 including the often overlooked movies.<\/p>
\u201cMainly, the bigger base to raise them up that little but and longer lights on the dome; up to that point, the TV versions had had quite a shallow relief for the lights and Russell really responded well to having these much more prominent lights on the dome,\u201d he explained in a featurette.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t just Daleks that the films had a direct impact on, either, with Dalek writer Robert Shearman recalling that Invasion Earth 2150 AD also helped inspire the vehicle of another iconic baddie.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the same way that Russell T Davies was keen on pulling design elements from the films into the TV series, there were other elements that made it into the revival of Doctor Who on television and a lot of those do come from the second film,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n