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Film / 1966
Doctor Who: The War Machines
Directed by
Michael Ferguson
The TARDIS arrives in London in 1966 and the First Doctor and Dodo visit the Post Office Tower. There they meet Professor Brett, whose revolutionary new computer WOTAN (Will Operating Thought ANalogue) can actually think for itself and is shortly to be linked up to other major computers around the world — a project overseen by civil servant Sir Charles Summer.
The story
The TARDIS arrives in London in 1966 and the First Doctor and Dodo visit the Post Office Tower. There they meet Professor Brett, whose revolutionary new computer WOTAN (Will Operating Thought ANalogue) can actually think for itself and is shortly to be linked up to other major computers around the world — a project overseen by civil servant Sir Charles Summer.
Cast
William HartnellThe Doctor
Jackie LaneDodo Chaplet
Anneke WillsPolly
Michael CrazeBen Jackson
John HarveyProfessor Brett
John CaterProfessor Krimpton
William MervynSir Charles Summer
Alan CurtisMajor Green
Gerald TaylorWar Machine Operator/The Voice of WOTAN
Sandra BryantKitty
Ewan ProctorFlash Customer
George CrossThe Minister
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Kenneth KendallHimself
Ric FelgateAmerican Journalist
Carl ConwayAmerican Journalist
John DoyeInterviewer
Dwight WhylieRadio Announcer
Desmond Cullum-JonesWorker
Roy GodfreyTramp
Michael RathborneTaxi Driver
Edward ColliverMechanic
John RolfeSoldier
John Boyd-BrentSoldier
Frank JarvisSoldier
Robin DawsonSoldier
John SlavidMan in Telephone Box
Mike ReidSoldier
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