Season 3 (1965-1966)

The War Machines: Episode 1

Last Updated 28 Feb 2013 by Marcus

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Episode 1

5.40 Million

Episode 1

Series Episode Number: 123

First Broadcast: Sat 25 Jun 1966 - 05:35:06pm
Running Time: 24 minutes 1 seconds

Appreciation Index: 49

Chart Position: 71
Recorded on Fri 10 Jun 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

In London in 1966, the Doctor and Dodo visit the new Post Office Tower and are introduced to the super computer, WOTAN.

Characters
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ben		Michael Craze
Dodo		Jackie Lane
Polly		Anneke Wills
Professor Krimpton		John Cater
Major Green		Alan Curtis
Professor Brett		John Harvey
Sir Charles Summer		William Mervyn
Kitty		Sandra Bryant
Interviewer		John Doye
American Journalist		Ric Felgate
Flash		Ewan Proctor
The voice of WOTAN		Gerald Taylor

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Ian Stuart Black
Writer		Kit Pedler
Director		Michael Ferguson
Producer		Innes Lloyd
Costumes		Daphne Dare
Story Editor		Gerry Davis
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Sound		David Hughes
Designer		Raymond London
Make-up		Sonia Markham
Lighting		George Summers
Assistant Floor Manager		Lovett Bickford
Film Cameraman		Alan Jonas
Production Assistant		Snowy Lidiard-White
Film Editor		Eric Mival

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