Doctor Who: The War Machines

Doctor Who: The War Machines

1966•1h 40m•7.4/10

Science FictionDramaAdventure

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🎬TMDb

7.4/10(8)

The TARDIS arrives in London in 1966 and the First Doctor and Dodo visit the Post Office Tower. There they meet Professor Brett, whose revolutionary new computer WOTAN (Will Operating Thought ANalogue) can actually think for itself and is shortly to be linked up to other major computers around the world — a project overseen by civil servant Sir Charles Summer.

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Production

BBC

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

William Hartnell

William Hartnell

The Doctor

Jackie Lane

Jackie Lane

Dodo Chaplet

Anneke Wills

Anneke Wills

Polly

Michael Craze

Michael Craze

Ben Jackson

John Harvey

John Harvey

Professor Brett

John Cater

John Cater

Professor Krimpton

William Mervyn

William Mervyn

Sir Charles Summer

Alan Curtis

Alan Curtis

Major Green

Gerald Taylor

Gerald Taylor

War Machine Operator/The Voice of WOTAN

Sandra Bryant

Kitty

Ewan Proctor

Flash Customer

George Cross

The Minister

Kenneth Kendall

Kenneth Kendall

Himself

Ric Felgate

American Journalist

Carl Conway

American Journalist

John Doye

Interviewer

Dwight Whylie

Radio Announcer

Desmond Cullum-Jones

Worker

Roy Godfrey

Tramp

Michael Rathborne

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