The War Games (TV story)
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Synopsis
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Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Patrick Troughton
- Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines
- Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury
- Lady Jennifer Buckingham - Jane Sherwin
- German Soldiers - John Livesey, Bernard Davies
- Lieutenant Jeremy Carstairs - David Savile
- Major Barrington - Terence Bayler
- Sergeant Willis - Brian Forster
- General Smythe - Noel Coleman
- Captain Ransom - Hubert Rees
- Sgt. Major Burns - Esmond Webb
- Redcoat - Tony McEwan
- Commandant Gorton - Richard Steele
- Military Chauffeur - Peter Stanton
- Military Policeman - Pat Gorman
- Lieut. Crane - David Valla
- Lieut. Lucke - Gregg Palmer
- von Weich - David Garfield
- War Chief - Edward Brayshaw
- Sgt. Thompson - Bill Hutchinson
- Corporal Riley - Terry Adams
- Leroy - Leslie Schofield
- Scientist - Vernon Dobtcheff
- Harper - Rudolph Walker
- Alien Guard - John Atterbury
- Spencer - Michael Lynch
- Russell - Graham Weston
- Security Chief - James Bree
- Alien Technician - Charles Pemberton
- Moor - David Troughton
- War Lord - Philip Madoc
- Du Pont - Peter Craze
- Arturo Villar - Michael Napier-Brown
- Petrov - Stephen Hubay
- First Time Lord - Bernard Horsfall
- Second Time Lord - Trevor Martin
- Third Time Lord - Clyde Pollitt
- Tanya - Clare Jenkins
Crew
- Assistant Floor Manager - Marion McDougall, Caroline Walmsley
- Costumes - Nicholas Bullen
- Designer - Roger Cheveley
- Fight Arranger - Peter Diamond, Arthur Howell
- Film Cameraman - Alan Jonas
- Film Editor - Chris Hayden
- Incidental Music - Dudley Simpson
- Make-Up - Sylvia James
- Producer - Derrick Sherwin
- Production Assistant - Edwina Verner
- Script Editor - Terrance Dicks
- Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
- Studio Lighting - Howard King
- Studio Sound - John Staple
- Theme Arrangement - Delia Derbyshire
- Title Music - Ron Grainer
- Visual Effects - Michealjohn Harris
References
- First appearance of the Doctor's home planet (Gallifrey although not mentioned by name).
- First appearance of the Time Lords (other than The Monk).
Story Notes
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Ratings
- Episode 1 - 5.5m viewers
- Epsiode 2 - 6.3m viewers
- Episode 3 - 5.1m viewers
- Episode 4 - 5.7m viewers
- Episode 5 - 5.1m viewers
- Episode 6 - 4.2m viewers
- Episode 7 - 4.9m viewers
- Episode 8 - 3.5m viewers
- Episode 9 - 4.1m viewers
- Episode 10 - 5.0m viewers
Myths
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Location Filming
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
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Continuity
- The Doctor is put on trial for his deeds, as would happen once more in The Trial of a Time Lord.
- The ending of the War Games leads into what some refer to as "Season 6B".
- The War Chief reappears in Timewyrm: Exodus and Timewyrm: Revelation.
DVD, Video and Other Releases
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Target Novelisations
The War Games was novelised in 1979 as Doctor Who and the War Games.
External Links
- BBC Episode Guide for The War Games
- Detailed sypnosis of The War Games
- Outpost Gallifrey entry for The War Games
- A Brief History of Time (Travel) entry for The War Games
