This low-budget British sci-fi film was one
of the last double features to be made at
Merton Park Studios. Roger Marshall's
of the last double features to be made at
Merton Park Studios. Roger Marshall's
script was based on a storyline from
Robert Holmes, who later re-used
elements for Spearhead from Space.
Here, female aliens crash land in woods
outside London. The injured humanoid
Lystrians are taken to a rural hospital
where they raise a forcefield.
Released by Anglo-Amalgamated in late
1965, the thriller was shown on Talking
1965, the thriller was shown on Talking
Pictures TV today - it featured Edward
Judd, and seven Doctor Who cast/crew connections:
- Barrie [Stanton] Ingham (Muncaster) played Alydon (pictured) in Dr. Who and the Daleks, then Prince Paris in The Myth Makers
- Glyn [born Glyndwr Desmond] Houston (Draycott) was Professor [Owen] Watson in The Hand of Fear, and Colonel Ben Wolsey in The Awakening
- Stephanie Bidmead (Elaine) was Maaga in Galaxy 4
- Tony Wall (Ted) was Napoleon Bonaparte in (episode 6 of) The Reign of Terror
- Peter [Ellerby] Thomas (Harry) was Captain Edal in The Savages
- Norman Mitchell (Driver) was Policeman in The Daleks' Master Plan (7)
- Jack Kine (1921-2005) co-founded the BBC Visual Effects Depart- ment in 1954 with Bernard Wilkie - together they provided special effects on The Mind Robber - Kine was seen on posters as the 'Big Brother' type leader of the parallel Earth in Inferno
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