Main menuTerrance Dicks / Malcolm Hulke, Doctor Who - The war games
Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - The war games | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Terrance Dicks / Malcolm Hulke | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC DVD - BBCDVD 1800 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1969 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0101274599-A913 17 IFPI L556 Sony DADC A010127864-A923 26 IFPI L556 Sony DADC A0101276257-A933 17 IFPI L556 Sony DADC | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | Yes | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 4696 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 992, rank in dvds is 56. | ||||||||
| My rating: | ***** | ||||||||
| Guest rating: | ***** | ||||||||
My copies information
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| Detail | Value | ||||||||||
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| Cover condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| Record condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| BBC records label code | - | ||||||||||
| Number have | 1 | ||||||||||
| What type of seller was used | Amazon online shop | ||||||||||
| Where can I buy this release? | You may be able to purchase this release from the following websites (others are available!) | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | Part 1 | 25.00 | |||||||||
| A2 | Part 2 | 25.00 | |||||||||
| A3 | Part 3 | 24.30 | |||||||||
| A4 | Part 4 | 23.30 | |||||||||
| A5 | Part 5 | 24.30 | |||||||||
| B1 | Part 6 | 22.53 | |||||||||
| B2 | Part 7 | 22.28 | |||||||||
| B3 | Part 8 | 24.37 | |||||||||
| B4 | Part 9 | 24.34 | |||||||||
| B5 | Part 10 | 24.23 | |||||||||
| C1 | War zone - The end of an era | 36.24 | |||||||||
| C2 | Shades of grey | 21.45 | |||||||||
| C3 | Now and then - The locations of The War Games | 9.34 | |||||||||
| C4 | The Doctor's composer - Part 1 1964-9 [Dudley Simpson] | 17.33 | |||||||||
| C5 | Sylvia James - in conversation | 8.26 | |||||||||
| C6 | Talking about regeneration | 24.24 | |||||||||
| C7 | Time zones - The truth behind The War Zones | 15.21 | |||||||||
| C8 | Stripped for action - The second Doctor | 13.46 | |||||||||
| C9 | On target - Malcolm Hulke | 20.00 | |||||||||
| C10 | Devious - Amateur production | 12.17 | |||||||||
| C11 | Photo gallery | 6.33 | |||||||||
| C12 | Radio Times listings [PDF] | ||||||||||
| C13 | BBC Enterprises sales literature [PDF] | ||||||||||
| C14 | Original design plans of the SIDRAT [PDF] | ||||||||||
| C15 | Coming soon - Mawdryn undead, Terminus, Enlightenmernt | 1.10 | |||||||||
| Total length of media 7:08:38. | |||||||||||
All release pictures
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Reviews
| Below is my review for this release and the ratings. | ||
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| My rating | 3 | |
| Guest rating | Current average value is 3. To vote, please select one of these buttons: | |
Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts | ||
StarringPatrick Troughton (Second Doctor) Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) Wendy Padbury (Zoe Heriot) David Savile - Lt Carstairs Jane Sherwin - Lady Jennifer Buckingham Noel Coleman - General Smythe Richard Steele - Commandant Gorton Terence Bayler - Major Barrington Hubert Rees - Captain Ransom David Valla - Lieutenant Crane Esmond Webb - Sgt Major Burns Brian Forster - Sergeant Willis Pat Gorman - Military Policeman Peter Stanton - Military Chauffeur David Garfield - Von Weich Gregg Palmer - Lieutenant Lucke John Livesey, Bernard Davies - German Soldiers Philip Madoc - War Lord Edward Brayshaw - War Chief James Bree - Security Chief Vernon Dobtcheff - Chief Scientist John Atterbury - Alien Guard Charles Pemberton - Alien Technician Bill Hutchinson - Sgt Thompson Terry Adams - Corporal Riley Leslie Schofield - Leroy Rudolph Walker - Harper Michael Lynch - Spencer Graham Weston - Russell David Troughton - Moor Peter Craze - Du Pont Michael Napier Brown - Arturo Villar Stephen Hubay - Petrov Tony McEwan - Redcoat Bernard Horsfall - First Time Lord Trevor Martin - Second Time Lord Clyde Pollitt - Third Time Lord Clare Jenkins - Tanya Lernov Written byTerrance Dicks Malcolm Hulke Produced byDerek Sherwin Directed byDavid Maloney SynopsisThe TARDIS materialises in a world of trench warfare, barbed wire and poison gas: the Western Front, 1917. In the chaos and paranoia of the First World War, the Doctor and his companions are separated from their ship, captured and court-martialled. The death sentence is swiftly pronounced. But all is not as it seems. As the Doctor finds himself increasingly out of his death and facing impossible odds, the only solution is the truly unthinkable. He must seek help from those he most fears - his own people, the Time Lords. BackgroundThe War Games (1969) is one of the most significant stories in the history of Doctor Who. It presented its writers, Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke, with a unique set of challenges. For the first time, the Doctor was apparently involved in a significant historical event within living memory, namely the First World War. This serious and potentially sensitive subject was treated with characteristic intelligence by the two scriptwriters. The War Games stands out as a powerful and mature anti-war story, its sympathies resting firmly with the common soldier, regardless of nationality. Of course, this wasn't the only issue Dicks and Hulke had to deal with. Production problems meant the serial had to last ten episodes. This was a long stretch even by the more leisurely-paced standards of sixties television. Moreover, the story needed to end with a lead-in to Doctor Who's new, earth-bound format of the early seventies. Their solution - the capture, trial and exile of the Doctor - brought to an end the first phase of the Doctor Who saga. For the time being at least, the Doctor's travelling days were over ... | ||
Other versions | ||
| I have the title track on these releases: | ||
| [dvds] | BBCDVD 4619 | Doctor Who - The war games - In colour |
| [blu-rays] | BBCBD 0623 | Doctor Who - The war games - In colour |
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