August 23, 1965 –
The British science fiction film, Dr. Who and the Daleks, directed by Gordon Flemyng, and starring Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden, and Roberta Tovey was released on this date.
Contrary to popular belief, it was not inconsistent for The Doctor to be shown as a human scientist named Dr. Who. At that time, in the TV series, the lead character had been explicitly named as human (in 1965’s The Sensorites), implied as inventor of the TARDIS (in 1965’s The Chase) and would soon be identified as Doctor Who. (in 1966’s The War Machines). The later revelations that he was an alien time-traveler, specifically a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, had not yet been devised.
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