Brilliant version of the black and white classic. No replacement for the original but sorry Cushing this is better than the Amicus Film Version. Mark Ayers new Music score is mind-blowing and very varied and a lot of work has gone in however it is a bit wild at times.... Theve gone for the complete opposite direction from the original abstract and sublime avante-garde Tristram Carrey score. So again definitely not a replacement of the original there either but I've come to LOVE the new crazy music score especially with rewatching a few times. The colourisation ranges from sequences that look originally shot on colour film to some over garish moments but on a whole they have gone for the bold and colourful look of 1960s American sci-fi tv. At times I feel the colour co-ordination and 'colour design' is a bit too designed for example Barbaras pink blouse matching a colour in the forest. I feel personally they could have gone for a more bleak, sombre or cold pallete in some places especially the cold metallic dystopian dalek city and the petrified forest and Dalek city controlroom where it's a wee bit too cheerfuly colourful. However overall this is a fantastic piece of art and I have watched this a few times now. The Blu Ray experience of The Daleks in colour is better than with streaming on i-player. They may have even toned some colours down for this release. This is a fun and groovy 1960s kitsch colourized revamp of the original 7x 25 min episodes in b&w broadcast in Dec 1963 to Jan 1964 They have edited the original monochrome 175 minutes down to one 75min colour version with a new score and soundtrack. This has also been colourised and extensive restoration work done on the original 16mm telerecordings. The new Dalek laser effects are quite good. The original black and white 7parter is also included on a separate Dvd disc

Overall, this is an amazing release. The colourisation (the main feature of this edition of the story) is very well done. Some of the editing, such as the flashback scenes are somewhat distracting, however, these were unavoidable as they were done to hide where cuts had been made in scenes where there were no other scenes to cut to. Some slight continuity errors have occurred as a result of scenes being cut, such as the scene where the TARDIS team pull the camera out of the wall as this leads to a slight loss in clarity when Chesterfield (sorry, ChesterTON) suggests that he can use part of the camera to jam the door. I perhaps would have preferred this edit to be a couple of minutes longer to help with the pacing of this story. I enjoyed the new score in this edit, though sometimes, it does seem too loud and drowns out some dialogue (or at least in the broadcast mix) but for the most part was very well done. As for the physical release, the covers of the DVD and the standard blu ray are not the greatest, though this were probably due to the lack of colourised material available to make these covers. As for the steelbook artwork, it is very basic but still looks alright. As for the features of the release, there are plenty of things that make this fully worth the purchase. The entire seven part black and white TV serial is included (available on blu ray for the first time) along side all previously released bonus features from The Beginning DVD boxset. New bonus features are also included that cover the new colourised edition. Overall, I would very much recommend this release. I am very excited to see what the future of these colourised stories holds, and for a first attempt, this is a very good start.

I'll get this out of the way up-front: the covers for this, whether the normal case or the steelbook one, aren't great. I believe this is because the cover artists were only given a limited selection of colourised images to use when creating the cover art, and they've had to do their best with the limited resources they had. If this cover prevents you from wanting to purchase this, then that's your call. I'm not super thrilled with it either! But it's only the case, and I'd like to think the contents are what we're really here for. The Zavvi listing doesn't go into detail about the exact contents of the disc, so I'll briefly list them here. All-New Features: The Daleks in Colour - the 75 minute re-edited, re-scored and colourised special The Daleks - the original 7 black-and-white episodes Un-named Featurette - a brand new 15 minute special, presumably covering the making of the colourised version Brought over from the original DVD release: Commentaries - cast & crew commentaries for Episode 2, 4 and 7 Creation of the Daleks - a documentary looking at the humble beginnings of the Doctor's most famous foes Production Subtitles - Behind the scenes info, facts and commentary in the form of a subtitle track Photo Gallery - the usual assortment of images from a variety of sources This is a pretty decent release, and if this is your first introduction to the story you'll find plenty to dig into here, though perhaps not a great deal that's actually NEW. If you already own a previous release of the story (I, for example, own the DVD release), then the big draw here is the colourised re-edit and the fact you can finally get one of the most important stories in Doctor Who history on BluRay. It's not a flawless release, and that's why it's only getting 4/5 from me, but... c'mon, if you're a Doctor Who fan, you've already pre-ordered this, right?

It takes special genius to put monochrome images on the front and rear of a release that is primarily marketed as "In Colour".