Main menuIan Stuart Black, Doctor Who - The war machines
Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - The war machines | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Ian Stuart Black | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC DVD - BBCDVD 2441 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1966 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0100981148-A911 18 IFPI L556 Sony DADC | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | No | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 1892 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 2814, rank in dvds is 130. | ||||||||
| 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 | Other online shop | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | Episode 1 | 24.03 | |||||||||
| A2 | Episode 2 | 24.03 | |||||||||
| A3 | Episode 3 | 24.02 | |||||||||
| A4 | Episode 4 | 23.13 | |||||||||
| A5 | Now and then | 6.40 | |||||||||
| A6 | Blue Peter - Introducing the War Machine | 16.15 | |||||||||
| A7 | One foot in the past | 7.31 | |||||||||
| A8 | WOTAN Assembly | ||||||||||
| A9 | War Machines design plan (PDF) | 9.14 | |||||||||
| A10 | Radio Times billings [PDF] | ||||||||||
| A11 | Photo gallery | 4.12 | |||||||||
| A12 | Easter egg | ||||||||||
| A13 | Coming soon trailer | 1.13 | |||||||||
| Total length of media 2:20:26. | |||||||||||
All release pictures
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Reviews
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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 | ||
StarringWilliam Hartnell (First Doctor) Jackie Lane (Dodo Chaplet) Anneke Wills (Polly) Michael Craze (Ben Jackson) John Harvey - Professor Brett John Cater - Professor Krimpton William Mervyn - Sir Charles Summer Alan Curtis - Major Green Gerald Taylor - Voice of WOTAN & War Machine Operator Sandra Bryant - Kitty Ewan Proctor - Flash customer George Cross - The Minister Kenneth Kendall - Himself Ric Felgate, Carl Conway - American Journalists John Doye - Interviewer Dwight Whylie - Radio Announcer Desmond Cullum-Jones, Eddie Davis - Workers Roy Godfrey - Tramp Michael Rathborne - Taxi Driver Edward Colliver - Mechanic John Rolfe, John Boyd-Brent, Frank Jarvis, Robin Dawson - Soldiers John Slavid - Man in Telephone Box Written byIan Stuart Black (based on an idea by Kit Pedler) Produced byInnes Lloyd Directed byMichael Ferguson SynopsisThe 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 ... BackgroundThe War Machines was based on an idea by Doctor Who's scientific advisor Kit Pedler. He was asked what would happen if the new post Office Tower was taken over - and his answer was turned into a four-part script by writer Ian Stuart Black. It is very different from all the stories before it, featuring recognisable locations in present-day London, 'fab' 1960s fashion, the city's hottest nightclub and the Doctor protecting the planet. The Doctor defending contemporary Earth is a theme that has continued throughout the series. For the first time, the TARDIS lands in the present for a whole set of episodes and the setting is central to the plot. Previously, only Planet of Giants had been set on 1960s Earth, but the TARDIS and the regulars were only a few centimetres tall throughout the adventure. The story was a deliberate move to steer the series away from less popular historical tales and inject something new into the three-year old show. It paved the way for many other Doctor Who stories, and wouldn't feel out of place in Jon Pertwee's era. The War Machines saw the sudden departure of the Doctor's companion Dodo Chaplet, the 'teenage schoolgirl' with an ever-changing accent. The more successful Ben and Polly immediately filled the empty space in the TARDIS, as they stumble inside at the end of the episode. Even bigger changes were to follow, as the first-ever regeneration was only a few weeks away ... | ||
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