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Doctor Who: The War Machines 1966 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.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Production Company BBC
Release Date 16 July 1966
100 mins
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William Hartnell The Doctor
Jackie Lane Dodo Chaplet
Michael Craze Ben Jackson
John Harvey Professor Brett
John Cater Professor Krimpton
William Mervyn Sir Charles Summer
Alan Curtis Major Green
Gerald Taylor War Machine Operator/The Voice of WOTAN
Ewan Proctor Flash Customer
George Cross The Minister
Ric Felgate American Journalist
Carl Conway American Journalist
John Doye Interviewer
Dwight Whylie Radio Announcer
Eddie Davis Worker
Michael Rathborne Taxi Driver
John Rolfe Soldier
Frank Jarvis Soldier
Robin Dawson Soldier
John Slavid Man in Telephone Box
Mike Reid Soldier
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