Doctor Who Guide: The War Games

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Episode Four

Series Episode Number: 247

World Premiere: Sat 10 May 1969 - 5:15pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 30 Nov 1986 - 11:25pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 30 seconds

5.70 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 50 (UK)

Chart Position: 63 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 02 May 1969 in Television Centre 4
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The Doctor and Zoe penetrate the Aliens' HQ from where the war games are controlled. Carstairs is reconditioned and exposes the Doctor and Zoe as German spies.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Lady Jennifer Buckingham		Jane Sherwin
Sgt. Thompson		Bill Hutchinson
Corporal Riley		Terry Adams
Leroy		Leslie Schofield
von Weich		David Garfield
War Chief		Edward Brayshaw
Scientist		Vernon Dobtcheff
Harper		Rudolph Walker
Alien Guard		John Atterbury
Lieutenant Carstairs		David Savile

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
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)
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (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)
Script Editor		Terrance Dicks (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Effects Assistant		Dave Havard (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Technical Manager		Fred Wright (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		David Langford (uncredited)
Technical Manager		David Hare (uncredited)

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