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Doctor Who: The War Machines

Doctor Who (1963)

Doctor Who: The War Machines

BBC Home Video (Jun 25, 1966)
TV Series | Action | Adventure | Science Fiction | Television
UK | English | Black & White | 01:35
Episode 27
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
883929040957
| 1 disc
Region 1
Keep Case

The TARDIS arrives in London, 1966, where the Doctor and Dodo visit the recently opened Post Office Tower. At its top they discover a brilliant new problem-solving super computer - the Will Operating Thought ANalogue.

But when WOTAN decides that it should rule the world, the Doctor is the only person who can stop its rampaging War Machines from destroying London. Luckily, he has the help of a young secretary called Polly and a sailor called Ben...


Cast View all

William Hartnell Dr. Who
Jackie Lane Dodo
Alan Curtis Major Green
John Harvey Professor Brett
Anneke Wills Polly
Sandra Bryant Kitty
Michael Craze Ben
Ewan Proctor Flash
William Mervyn Sir Charles Summer
John Cater Professor Krimpton
Ric Felgate Roy Stone - American Journalist
John Doye Interviewer
Michael Barry Extra
Ruth Calvert Inferno Customer
Alan Cassell Inferno Customer
Declan Cuffe Inferno Customer
Jay Doye Soldier
Kathy Fitzgibbon Inferno Customer
Gloria Forstner Inferno Customer
Carole Foss Inferno Customer/Woman in Crowd
Fiona Fraser Inferno Customer
Diana Hallows Inferno Customer
Steve Hardy Inferno Customer
Emmett Hennessy Inferno Customer
Janice Hoy Inferno Customer

Episodes View details

42 The War Machines (1) 25 min | Jun 25, 1966

London 1966 and the Doctor and Dodo, on a visit to the Post Office Tower, meet Professor Brett whose new computer WOTAN can actually think for itself and is soon to be networked with other computers around the world. However, WOTAN believes that humans are inferior to machines and should, therefore, be ruled by them. Exerting a hypnotic influence, WOTAN arranges for the construction of War Machines - heavily-armed, self-contained mobile computers - with which to take over the world. These prove more than a match for the Army, but the Doctor is able to capture one of them, which he then re-programs to destroy WOTAN. When the crisis is over, Dodo chooses to remain in London; Ben and Polly, however, inadvertently become the Doctor's new companions when they enter the TARDIS to return his lost key.

Director: Michael Ferguson
Writer: Ian Stuart Black
Guest stars: John Doye, John Cater, William Mervyn, Ewan Proctor, Sandra Bryant, Alan Curtis
43 The War Machines (2) 25 min | Jul 02, 1966

London 1966 and the Doctor and Dodo, on a visit to the Post Office Tower, meet Professor Brett whose new computer WOTAN can actually think for itself and is soon to be networked with other computers around the world. However, WOTAN believes that humans are inferior to machines and should, therefore, be ruled by them. Exerting a hypnotic influence, WOTAN arranges for the construction of War Machines - heavily-armed, self-contained mobile computers - with which to take over the world. These prove more than a match for the Army, but the Doctor is able to capture one of them, which he then re-programs to destroy WOTAN. When the crisis is over, Dodo chooses to remain in London; Ben and Polly, however, inadvertently become the Doctor's new companions when they enter the TARDIS to return his lost key.

Director: Michael Ferguson
Writer: Ian Stuart Black
Guest stars: John Cater, Alan Curtis, Sandra Bryant, Desmond Cullum-Jones, Roy Godfrey, Michael Rathbone, William Mervyn, WOTAN
44 The War Machines (3) 25 min | Jul 09, 1966

London 1966 and the Doctor and Dodo, on a visit to the Post Office Tower, meet Professor Brett whose new computer WOTAN can actually think for itself and is soon to be networked with other computers around the world. However, WOTAN believes that humans are inferior to machines and should, therefore, be ruled by them. Exerting a hypnotic influence, WOTAN arranges for the construction of War Machines - heavily-armed, self-contained mobile computers - with which to take over the world. These prove more than a match for the Army, but the Doctor is able to capture one of them, which he then re-programs to destroy WOTAN. When the crisis is over, Dodo chooses to remain in London; Ben and Polly, however, inadvertently become the Doctor's new companions when they enter the TARDIS to return his lost key.

Director: Michael Ferguson
Writer: Ian Stuart Black
Guest stars: Alan Curtis, William Mervyn, John Cater, Eddie Davis, John Boyd-Brent, Robin Dawson, WOTAN
45 The War Machines (4) 25 min | Jul 16, 1966

London 1966 and the Doctor and Dodo, on a visit to the Post Office Tower, meet Professor Brett whose new computer WOTAN can actually think for itself and is soon to be networked with other computers around the world. However, WOTAN believes that humans are inferior to machines and should, therefore, be ruled by them. Exerting a hypnotic influence, WOTAN arranges for the construction of War Machines - heavily-armed, self-contained mobile computers - with which to take over the world. These prove more than a match for the Army, but the Doctor is able to capture one of them, which he then re-programs to destroy WOTAN. When the crisis is over, Dodo chooses to remain in London; Ben and Polly, however, inadvertently become the Doctor's new companions when they enter the TARDIS to return his lost key.

Director: Michael Ferguson
Writer: Ian Stuart Black
Guest stars: Carl Conway, Dwight Whylie, John Slavid, Alan Curtis, John Cater, Edward Colliver, George Cross, Kenneth Kendall, William Mervyn, John Boyd-Brent