Doctor Who Guide: The War Machines

Last updated 24 March 2024

Episode 3

Series Episode Number: 125

World Premiere: Sat 9 Jul 1966 - 5:35pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Wed 17 Sep 2014 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 23 minutes 58 seconds

Appreciation Index: 44 (UK)

Chart Position: 62 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 24 Jun 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

With WOTAN's plans for world conquest about to reach fruition, the Doctor comes face-to-face with the unstoppable might of the War Machines.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Major Green		Alan Curtis
Ben		Michael Craze
Polly		Anneke Wills
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

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Ian Stuart Black
Based on an idea by		Kit Pedlar
Director		Michael Ferguson
Producer		Innes Lloyd
Designer		Raymond London
Story Editor		Gerry Davis
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Costumes		Barbara Lane (uncredited)
Make-up		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Lighting		George Summers (uncredited)
Sound		David Hughes (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Alan Jonas (uncredited)
Film Editor		Eric Mival (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Margot Hayhoe (uncredited)
Production Assistant		N (Snowy) Lidiard-White (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)