Doctor Who Guide: The War Games

Last updated 24 March 2024

Episode Three

Series Episode Number: 246

World Premiere: Sat 3 May 1969 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 30 seconds

Appreciation Index: 53 (UK)

Chart Position: 81 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 25 Apr 1969 in Television Centre 4
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The Doctor discovers that they are on an alien planet divided into different time zones where human soldiers fight never ending wars.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Lieutenant Carstairs		David Savile
Lady Jennifer Buckingham		Jane Sherwin
Captain Ransom		Hubert Rees
Lieut. Crane		David Valla
German soldier		Bernard Davies
Lieut. Lucke		Gregg Palmer
von Weich		David Garfield
General Smythe		Noel Coleman
War Chief		Edward Brayshaw

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Malcolm Hulke
Writer		Terrance Dicks
Director		David Maloney
Producer		Derrick Sherwin
Designer		Roger Cheveley
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Film Cameraman		Alan Jonas (uncredited)
Film Editor		Chris Hayden (uncredited)
Lighting		Howard King (uncredited)
Sound		John Staple (uncredited)
Costumes		Nicholas Bullen (uncredited)
Make-up		Sylvia James (uncredited)
Visual Effects Designer		Michaeljohn Harris (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Special Sound		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks (uncredited)
Fight Arranger		Peter Diamond (uncredited)
Fight Arranger		Arthur Howell (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Marion McDougall (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Edwina Verner (uncredited)
Film Camera Assistant		John Walker (uncredited)
Film Sound Recordist		Bill Meekums (uncredited)
Assistant Sound Recordist		Alan Cooper (uncredited)
Effects Assistant		Dave Havard (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Fred Wright (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		David Langford (uncredited)
Technical Manager		David Hare (uncredited)