Doctor Who S03 (1965-1966)

Dr. Who and the War Machines

A new adventure begins under London’s newest landmark — the Post Office Tower

It stands like some enormous complicated
missile poised on its launching pad; it is
already a symbol of the city, like the Eiffel
Tower in Paris, and everyone now knows
that it carries important communications
equipment as well as an observation platform and
a rotating restaurant.

But, as Dr. Who learns in his new adventure, the
Post Office Tower also houses something the public
has not yet been told about: ‘ Wotan,’ the world’s
most sophisticated computer.

For once, the Tardis materialises in our own time
and in our own country — right in the shadow of the
Tower in fact. As the Doctor and Dodo emerge,
Wotan is about to go into full operation, solving
practically any scientific problem with the aid of its
globe-spanning network of subsidiary computers. It
has been built by a team of scientists headed by

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Professor Brett (John Harvey), under the overall
supervision of senior civil servant Sir Charles Sum¬
mer (William Mervyn), and a Press conference is
being held to unveil this new aid to the progress of
mankind. But is it in fact going to work for
humanity’s benefit?

The four-part serial has been written by Ian Stuart
Black from an idea by Kit Pedlar, and in the course
of it the Doctor (played by William Hartnell) will
be meeting two important new characters — Polly
and Ben.

Polly is played by Anneke Wills, wife of actor
Michael Gough who turned up in an earlier Dr. Who
adventure as the evil Celestial Toymaker, and she
herself has been seen recently on BBC-tv in Toddler
on the Run and Keep on Running. Ben is otherwise
Michael Craze, a one-time boy soprano whose main
interest outside acting is making his own films.

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DR. WHO

An adventure in space and time
starring

WILLIAM HARTNELL

as Dr. Who

with

WILLIAM MERVYN
JOHN HARVEY

and

Jackie Lane

☆

The War Machines

by Ian Stuart Black

based on an idea by Kit Pedlar

with

John Cater, Alan Curtis

Part 1

London 1966, and Dr. Who and Dodo
meet a revolutionary new computer —
one that can think for itselfl
Cast in order of appearance :

Dr. Who . William Hartnell

Dodo . Jackie Lane

Major Green . Alan Curtis

Professor Brett . John Harvey

Polly . Anneke Wills

Kitty . Sandra Bryant

Ben . Michael Craze

Flash . Ewan Proctor

Sir Charles Summer. ..William Mervyn

Professor Krimpton . John Cater

American journalist . Ric Felgate

Interviewer . John Doyi

and

Wotan

Title music by Ron Grainer
with the

BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Designer, Raymond London
Producer, Innes Lloyd
t Directed by Michael Fergueom

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DR. WHO

An adventure In space and time
starring

WILLIAM HARTNELL

as Dr. Who

with

WILLIAM MERVYN, JOHN HARVEY

and

Jackie Lane
☆

The War Machines

by Ian Stuart Black

based on an idea by Kit Pedlab

with

John Cater, Alan Curtis

Part 2: The Doctor discovers the
computer’s secret, but will it be in
time to save Dodo?

Oast in order of appearance :

Dodo . Jackie Lane

Professor Brett . John Harvey

Professor Krimpton . John Cater

Major Green . Alan Curtis

Dr. Who . William Hartnell

Ben . Michael Craze

Polly..., . Anneke Wills

Kitty . Sandra Bryant

Worker . Desmond Cullum-Jones

Tramp . Roy Godfrey

Taxi-driver . Michael Rathborne

Sir Charles Summer. ..William Mervyn

Machine operator . Gerald Taylor

and

Wotan

Title music by Ron Grainer

with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Designer, Raymond London
Producer, Innes Lloyd
t Directed by Michael Ferguson

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DR. WHO

An adventure in space and timp
starring

WILLIAM HARTNELL

as Dr. Who

with

WILLIAM MERVYN
JOHN HARVEY

☆

The War Machines

by Ian Stuart Black

based on an idea by Kit Pedla*

with

John Cater, Alan Curtis

PART 3: The War Machines move in
to the attack.

Cast in order of appearance:

Major Green . Alan Curtis

Ben . Michael Craze

Polly . Anneke Wills

Dr. Who . William Hartnell

Sir Charles Summer.. .William Mervyn

Professor Brett . John Harvey

Professor Krimpton . John Cater

Worker . Eddie Davis

Captain . John Rolfe

Sergeant . John Boyd-Brent

Corporal . Frank Jarvis

Soldier . . Robin Dawson

Machine Operator . Gerald Taylor

and

Wotan

Title music by Ron Grainer
with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Designer, Raymond London
Producer, Innes Lloyd
t Directed by Michael Fergusoh

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DR. WHO

An adventure in space and time
starring

WILLIAM HARTNELL as Dr. Who

with

WILLIAM MERVYN, JOHN HARVEY

☆

The War Machines

by Ian Stuart Black

based on an idea by Kit Pedlar

with

John Cater, Alan Curtis

Part 4: The battle of the Computer!

comes to a climax

Cast in order of appearance :

Machine operator . Gerald Taylor

Sergeant . John Boyd-Brent

Captain . John Rolfe

Dr. Who . William Hartnell

Sir Charles . William Mervyn

Ben . Michael Craze

Television newsreader. Kenneth Kendall

The Minister . George Cross

Garage mechanic . Edward Colliver

Professor Brett . John Harvey

Professor Krimpton . John Cater

Major Green . Alan Curtis

Man in telephone box . John Slavid

Radio announcer . Dwight Whylie

Polly . .Annexe Wills

U.S. Correspondent . Carl Conway

and

Wotan

Title music by Ron Grainer with the
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Designer, Raymond London
Producer, Innes Lloyd
t Directed by Michael Ferguson