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'''''The War Games in Colour''''' was a colourised 90-minute re-cut and updated edition of ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', the seventh serial of [[Season 6 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 6]] of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]''.
'''''The War Games in Colour''''' was a colourised 90-minute re-cut and updated [[omnibus]] edition of ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', the seventh and final serial of [[Season 6 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 6]] of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'', and the last one to be broadcast in monochrome black and white.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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[[Second Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] land in what appears to be [[No Man's Land]] during [[World War I]]. They soon discover that they are not on Earth, and uncover a conspiracy by the [[War Lord]]s to conquer the galaxy, using conditioned [[human]]s stolen from Earth's history as their soldiers. The Doctor soon realises that he can't return the human victims to their own times himself, and resorts to sending for his own people, the [[Time Lord]]s, for aid.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* When the [[Court (The War Games)|Court]] brings up the Doctor's interest in [[Earth]], a [[hologram]] of the [[planet]] appears much like that which was used by [[Rassilon (The End of Time)|Rassilon]] in {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}.
* When the [[Court (The War Games)|Court]] brings up the Doctor's interest in [[Earth]], a [[hologram]] of the [[planet]] appears much like that which was used by [[Rassilon (The End of Time)|Rassilon]] in {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}.
* During [[The Doctor's trial (The War Games)|the Doctor's trial]], the sketches of potential new appearances which the Court offers to the Doctor are replaced with the images of future [[incarnation]]s of the Doctor, namely the [[Twelfth Doctor]], who the Doctor deems "too old", the [[Tenth Doctor]], who the Doctor deems "too thin", the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], who the Doctor deems "too young", and the [[Eleventh Doctor]], who the Doctor deems "[will not] do at all". The Doctor's reference to a potential face being "too fat" is omitted.
* During [[The Doctor's trial (The War Games)|the Doctor's trial]], the sketches of potential new appearances which the Court offers to the Doctor are replaced with the images of future [[incarnation]]s of the Doctor, namely the [[Twelfth Doctor]], who the Doctor deems "too old", the [[Tenth Doctor]], who the Doctor deems "too thin", the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], who the Doctor deems "too young", and the [[Eleventh Doctor]], who the Doctor deems "[will not] do at all". The Doctor's reference to a potential face being "too fat" is omitted.
* Perhaps the most notable deviation, one which was teased in promotional material prior to broadcast, was the complete [[Second Doctor's regeneration]] into the [[Third Doctor]], accomplished with archive footage of [[Patrick Troughton]] and [[Jon Pertwee]]. The [[The Disciplinary|original sequence]] in which the Second Doctor appears to spin and fade away is seemingly [[retcon]]ned as merely the process of transporting him from the [[Courtroom (The War Games)|courtroom]] to the [[TARDIS control room (An Unearthly Child)|TARDIS control room]] where he is seated. [[Flashback (narrative)|Flashback]]s going back to {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}} appear as the Doctor reflects on his life before completing his [[The Explosion|fiery regeneration]]. The Third Doctor quickly finds that the TARDIS is on course to [[Oxley Woods]] on [[Earth]] in [[UNIT dating controversy|either 1970 or 1980]]. Finally, archive footage from {{cs|Spearhead from Space}} sees the Doctor stumble out of the TARDIS before passing out, leading directly into that serial.
* While only the many various rooms of the [[War Lord base]] was shown in the original, the colourised version occasionally cuts to a building exterior, which was created with VFX for the new version of the story.
* The [[plastic]] [[Meteorite|meteors]] used by the [[Nestene Consciousness]] in {{cs|Spearhead from Space}} are seen landing on [[Earth]].
* Perhaps the most notable deviation, one which was teased in promotional material prior to broadcast, was the complete [[Second Doctor's regeneration]] into the [[Third Doctor]], adapted from a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7hO8Zx4ATs fan video] originally uploaded to [[YouTube]] by [[Jacob Booth]], using archive footage of [[Patrick Troughton]] and [[Jon Pertwee]]. The [[The Disciplinary|original sequence]] in which the Second Doctor appears to spin and fade away is seemingly [[retcon]]ned as merely the process of transporting him from the [[Courtroom (The War Games)|courtroom]] to the [[TARDIS control room (An Unearthly Child)|TARDIS control room]] where he is seated. [[Flashback (narrative)|Flashback]]s going back to {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}} appear as the Doctor begins to regenerate, evoking the [[Fourth Doctor's regeneration]] in [[TV]]: {{Cs|Logopolis (TV story)}}. The Doctor is sitting in a chair as he completes his [[The Explosion|fiery regeneration]]. The Third Doctor quickly finds that the TARDIS is on course to [[Oxley Woods]] on [[Earth]] in [[UNIT dating controversy|either 1970 or 1980]]. Finally, archive footage from {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}} sees the Doctor stumble out of the TARDIS before passing out, leading directly into that serial. Whilst numerous stories had taken advantage of Pertwee's absence from ''The War Games'' to establish a [[season 6B|timeframe]] in which the regeneration was delayed for some considerable time, the indication here is that the regeneration follows the trial with no interruption.
** The Second Doctor completing his regeneration whilst seated notably defies the norm of both the classic series, in which the Doctor would regenerate whilst lying down, and the new series, in which the Doctor has regenerated whilst standing up. In this regard, it matches the sequence in the fanfilm {{cs|Devious (home video)}}, in which [[Tony Garner]]'s "Second-and-a-Half Doctor" completes the regeneration into the Third Doctor played by Jon Pertwee, who filmed the sequence in [[1995 (releases)|1995]].
** Several of the labels created for [[TV]]: {{Cs|An Adventure in Space and Time (TV story)}} appear on the [[TARDIS console (An Unearthly Child)|TARDIS console]], including "[[Gamma]]" and the [[Fault Locator]]. The label which was a tribute to [[Bernard Wilkie]], seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (TV story)}} as the [[Bernard Wilkie function]], is replaced with a new label denoting the controls as the [[Temporal Regulator]].
** The [[Yearometer]] shows the TARDIS moving through several years as it falls to Earth. In order, these years are [[2143]], [[2207]], [[2272]], [[2337]], [[2402]], [[2467]], [[2424]], [[2381]], [[2337]], [[2294]], [[2251]], [[2208]], [[2165]], [[2121]], [[2078]], [[2035]], [[1992]], [[1949]], [[1906]], [[1862]], [[1819]], [[1776]], [[1733]], [[1690]], [[1646]], [[1603]], [[1560]], [[1586]], [[1612]], [[1637]], [[1663]], [[1689]], [[1715]], [[1740]], [[1766]], [[1792]], [[1818]], [[1843]], [[1869]], [[1895]], [[1921]], [[1947]], [[1972]], [[1998]], [[2024]], [[2050]], [[2075]], [[2101]], [[2127]], [[2153]], [[2178]], [[2204]], [[2230]], [[2256]], [[2281]], [[2307]], [[2333]], [[2296]], [[2259]], [[2222]], [[2180]], [[2140s|214-]], [[2110s|211-]], [[21st century|20--]], and [[20th century|19--]].
** When the TARDIS displays that the Doctor is simultaneously in [[1970]] and [[1980]], wording on the Yearometer says the spatial location is the [[Oxley Woods]], [[UK]], [[Earth]] and the section for the "temporal location" displays "-----ERROR----- [[83-NYRDWAM-6F]]".
* The [[plastic]] [[Meteorite|meteors]] used by the [[Nestene Consciousness]] in {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}} are seen landing on [[Earth]].


=== Ratings ===
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=== Filming locations ===
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=== Production errors ===
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* The appearances which the Time Lords offer to the Second Doctor are the [[Twelfth Doctor]], the [[Tenth Doctor]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. In {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (novel)}}, the Time Lords of the [[Last Great Time War]] demonstrated the ability to use [[the Matrix]] to project events from the Doctor's [[future]], then thought to be only theoretical.


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
=== DVD and Blu-ray releases ===
=== DVD and Blu-ray releases ===
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=== Digital releases ===
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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
=== Notes ===
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The War Games in Colour was a colourised 90-minute re-cut and updated omnibus edition of The War Games, the seventh and final serial of season 6 of Doctor Who, and the last one to be broadcast in monochrome black and white.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe land in what appears to be No Man's Land during World War I. They soon discover that they are not on Earth, and uncover a conspiracy by the War Lords to conquer the galaxy, using conditioned humans stolen from Earth's history as their soldiers. The Doctor soon realises that he can't return the human victims to their own times himself, and resorts to sending for his own people, the Time Lords, for aid.

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If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

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Following its television premiere, The War Games in Colour was added to BBC iPlayer's Whoniverse catalog of Doctor Who content.

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