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The War Machines
1966 Doctor Who serial
The War Machines
The War Machines is the tenth and final serial of the third season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by Ian Stuart Black and directed by Michael Ferguson, it was broadcast on BBC1 in four weekly parts from 25 June to 16 July 1966. In the serial, the First Doctor (William Hartnell) and his travelling companion, Dodo Chaplet (Jackie Lane), arrive in London shortly after the Post Office Tower was constructed. They meet secretary Polly (Anneke Wills) and sailor Ben Jackson (Michael Craze), and work to stop the sentient supercomputer WOTAN from invading London with its deadly War Machines. Story editor Gerry Davis employed the academic Kit Pedler to develop the story idea. Scriptwriting duties were assigned to Pat Dunlop, who soon asked to be removed; he was replaced by Black, who also wrote the preceding serial. The War Machines is the programme's second serial set entirely on contemporary Earth. It marked the final appearance of Lane as Dodo, and the first...
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