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Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

The final black and white adventure returns in full colour!

2024 · 90 min · ★ 5.8 · Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure, TV Movie

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...

Directed by David Maloney · Written by Malcolm Hulke

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