The War Machines

027 – The War Machines
Doctor Who serial
A War Machine, having just been assembled.
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byMichael Ferguson
Written byIan Stuart Black, from a story by Kit Pedler
Script editorGerry Davis
Produced byInnes Lloyd
Music byStock music
Production codeBB
SeriesSeason 3
Running time4 episodes, 25 minutes each (material missing from parts 3–4)
First broadcast25 June 1966 (1966-06-25)
Last broadcast16 July 1966 (1966-07-16)
Chronology
← Preceded by
The Savages
Followed by →
The Smugglers
List of episodes (1963–1989)

The War Machines is the tenth and final serial of the third season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in 4 weekly parts from 25 June to 16 July 1966.

The serial is set in London in the 1960s,[a] shortly after construction of the Post Office Tower was completed. In the serial, the time traveller the First Doctor (William Hartnell) and sailor Ben Jackson (Michael Craze) work together to stop the self-thinking computer WOTAN (voiced by Gerald Taylor) from invading London with the deadly War Machines controlled by WOTAN.

This serial marks the departure of Jackie Lane as Dodo Chaplet and also the first appearance of Michael Craze and Anneke Wills as new companions Ben and Polly. It is also the only known complete serial to feature Anneke Wills and Michael Craze, and the final complete serial from the William Hartnell era.
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