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Story #27 "The War Machines"
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Season
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3
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Writer
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Ian Stewart Black
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Book/CD
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X
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Episodes
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4
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Director
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Michael Ferguson
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Vid
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Story code
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BB
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Producer
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Innes Lloyd
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Episode Details
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Episode
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DR MM:SS
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In BBC Archive
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1
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24:01
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25/06/1966
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Y
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2
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24:00
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02/07/1966
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Y
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09/07/1966 |
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4
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23:11
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16/07/1966
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Y
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Cast Details
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Regular Cast
William Hartnell (First Doctor) , Jackie Lane (Dodo Chaplet)
Guest Cast
Micheal Craze (Ben Jackson) / Anneke Wills (Polly) / Alan Curtis (Major Green) / John Harvey (Professor Brett) / Sandra Bryant (Kitty) / Ewan Proctor (Flash) / William Mervyn (Sir Charles Summer) / John Cater (Professor Krimpton) / Ric Felgate (American Journalist) / John Doye (Interviewer) / Desmond Cullum-Jones (Worker) / Roy Godfrey (Tramp) / Michael Rathbone (Taxi-driver) / Gerald Taylor (Machine Operator) / Eddie Davis (Worker) / John Rolfe (Captain) / John Boyd-Brent (Sergeant) / Frank Jarvis (Corporal) / Robin Dawson (Soldier) / Kenneth Kendall (Television Newsreader) / George Cross (The Minister) / Edward Colliver (Garage Mechanic) / John Slavid (Man in telephone box) / Dwight Whylie (Radio Announcer) / Carl Conway (US Correspondent) / Gerald Taylor (Voice Of WOTAN)
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Synopsis
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A newly developed computer called Wotan hypnotises a number of people and starts building an army of machines with which to take over the world. The Doctor tries to alert the authorities to the danger but the message falls on deaf ears.
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- This story marks Jackie Lanes' departure.
- Michael Craze provided the voice of a policeman heard in Episode four.
- WOTAN received a credit as "And WOTAN" at the end of the first three episodes, the only time a fictional character was credited as itself in the series.
- Jackie Lane's contract expired midway through production of this story. She does not appear again after episode two; Dodo's off-screen departure is relayed to the Doctor by Polly.
- This is the last complete William Hartnell era serial, and the only serial featuring Anneke Wills and Michael Craze, to exist in its entirety.
Order the War Machines DVD via our BBC DVD Page
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