Doctor Who: The War Games

Doctor Who: The War Games

1969 · 240 min · ★ 9.7 · Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure

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 Terrance Dicks

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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

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