Doctor Who Guide: The War Games

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Episode Seven

Series Episode Number: 250

World Premiere: Sat 31 May 1969 - 5:16pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 7 Dec 1986 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 22 minutes 28 seconds

4.90 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 53 (UK)

Chart Position: 83 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 22 May 1969 in Television Centre 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The Doctor, Jamie and Carstairs have escaped back to the 1917 war zone, but General Smythe is waiting for them and opens fire on them with a machine gun.

Characters hide uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Lieutenant Carstairs		David Savile
War Chief		Edward Brayshaw
Security Chief		James Bree
War Lord		Philip Madoc
General Smythe		Noel Coleman
Sgt. Major Burns		Esmond Webb
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
Russell		Graham Weston
Du Pont		Peter Craze
Resistance Man		Allan Travell (uncredited)
Alien Guard		Bill Richards (uncredited)
Alien Guard		Bruce Wells (uncredited)
Confederate Soldier		Bryan Nolan (uncredited)
Alien Guard		Denis Balcombe (uncredited)
Alien Technician		Richard King (uncredited)
Alien Guard		Terry Munro (uncredited)
Alien Guard		Les Conrad (uncredited)
Alien Guard		Raoul Skinner (uncredited)
Alien Technician		Derek Calder (uncredited)
Alien Technician		Terence Danville (uncredited)
British Soldier		Alex Hood (uncredited)
British Soldier		Alistair Meldrum (uncredited)
British Soldier		Bill Willyman (uncredited)
British Soldier		David Melbourne (uncredited)
British Soldier		Derek Hunt (uncredited)
British Soldier		Roger Graham (uncredited)
British Soldier		Tony Starr (uncredited)
Machine Gunner		Hein Viljoan (uncredited)
Machine Gunner		Roger Charles (uncredited)
Resistance Man		Derek Crick (uncredited)
Resistance Man		Harry Tierney (uncredited)
Resistance Man		Jim Delaney (uncredited)
Resistance Man		Joe Santo (uncredited)
Resistance Man		Joe Santo (uncredited)
Resistance Man		Patrick Milner (uncredited)
Resistance Man		Robin Scott (uncredited)

Production Teamhide 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)
Makeup		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)
Technical Manager (TM2)		Fred Wright (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		David Langford (uncredited)
Technical Manager (TM2)		David Hare (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Caroline Walmsley (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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