Doctor Who: The War Games backdrop

Doctor Who: The War Games 1969 Directed by David Maloney

The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on an unnamed planet. At first believing themselves in the midst of World War I, they realise it to be one of many War Zones overseen by the War Lords, who have kidnapped large numbers of human soldiers to form the greatest army the universe has ever seen. At the helm of this plot is the War Chief, another renegade Time Lord like the Doctor. The creeping realisation sets in that the Doctor cannot solve this problem alone, and that his days of wandering may be at an end...

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Production Company BBC
Budget $48,000
Release Date 21 June 1969
240 mins
Cast
Patrick Troughton The Doctor
Frazer Hines Jamie McCrimmon
Wendy Padbury Zoe Heriot
David Savile Lt Carstairs
Jane Sherwin Lady Jennifer Buckingham
Noel Coleman General Smythe
Richard Steele Commandant Gorton
Terence Bayler Major Barrington
Hubert Rees Captain Ransom
David Valla Lieutenant Crane
Esmond Webb Sgt Major Burns
Brian Forster Sergeant Willis
Pat Gorman Military Policeman
Peter Stanton Military Chauffeur
David Garfield Von Weich
Gregg Palmer Lieutenant Lucke
John Livesey German Soldier
Bernard Davies German Soldier
Philip Madoc War Lord
Edward Brayshaw War Chief
James Bree Security Chief
Vernon Dobtcheff Chief Scientist
John Atterbury Alien Guard
Charles Pemberton Alien Technician
Bill Hutchinson Sgt Thompson
Terry Adams Corporal Riley
Peter Craze Du Pont
Michael Napier Brown Arturo Villar
Tony McEwan Redcoat
Bernard Horsfall First Time Lord
Trevor Martin Second Time Lord
Clyde Pollitt Third Time Lord
Clare Jenkins Tanya Lernov