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* [[David Maloney]] came up with the sequence in which the Doctor sent his plea to the Time Lords in a small box. He also suggested war settings which would be interesting to the viewers based on advice from his young son. | * [[David Maloney]] came up with the sequence in which the Doctor sent his plea to the Time Lords in a small box. He also suggested war settings which would be interesting to the viewers based on advice from his young son. | ||
* Since the story was first released on VHS in 1990, additional 16mm film prints were at some point located at the BFI. Although copies of already existing episodes are usually considered redundant (episode three of ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'' and episode one of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''), these prints of ''The War Games'' were of significantly higher quality than those that already existed in the BBC Archives. They were used for the story's DVD release in 2009. | * Since the story was first released on VHS in 1990, additional 16mm film prints were at some point located at the BFI. Although copies of already existing episodes are usually considered redundant (episode three of ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'' and episode one of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''), these prints of ''The War Games'' were of significantly higher quality than those that already existed in the BBC Archives. They were used for the story's DVD release in 2009. | ||
* This story was ranked as ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' readers' favourite [[Second Doctor]] story in their [[2014]] and [[2023]] polls, replacing the previous title holder, ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''. ([[DWM 589]]) | |||
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