"Doctor Who"
The War Machines: Episode 1 (1966)

Director:

Michael Ferguson

Writers:

Kit Pedler (television story) and
Ian Stuart Black (written by)
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TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (1963)

Original Air Date:

25 June 1966 (Season 3, Episode 42)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

1960s | London | Stubborn Old Man | Worker | Eccentric Senior Citizen

Cast

William Hartnell	...	The Doctor
Jackie Lane	...	Dodo
Alan Curtis	...	Major Green
John Harvey	...	Professor Brett
Anneke Wills	...	Polly
Sandra Bryant	...	Kitty
Michael Craze	...	Ben Jackson
Ewan Proctor	...	Flash
William Mervyn	...	Sir Charles Summer
John Cater	...	Professor Krimpton
Ric Felgate	...	Roy Stone
John Doye	...	Interviewer
Gerald Taylor	...	WOTAN (voice) (as WOTAN)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Barry	...	Extra (uncredited)
Ruth Calvert	...	Extra (uncredited)
Alan Cassell	...	Extra (uncredited)
Declan Cuffe	...	Extra (uncredited)
Jay Doye	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Kathy Fitzgibbon	...	Extra (uncredited)
Gloria Forstner	...	Extra (uncredited)
Carole Foss	...	Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Diana Hallows	...	Extra (uncredited)
Steve Hardy	...	Extra (uncredited)
Emmett Hennessy	...	Extra (uncredited)
Janice Hoye	...	Extra (uncredited)
Nigel James	...	Man in Crowd / Soldier (uncredited)
Garry Leeman	...	Extra (uncredited)
Sam Mansary	...	Extra (uncredited)
Victor Munt	...	Extra (uncredited)
Barry Noble	...	Extra (uncredited)
Alan Norburn	...	Extra (uncredited)
Chris Reck	...	Man in News Room (uncredited)
Jack Rowlands	...	Extra (uncredited)
Valerie Shelton	...	Extra (uncredited)
Tina Simmons	...	Extra (uncredited)
Mrs. S. Singh	...	Extra (uncredited)
Peter Stewart	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Graham Tonbridge	...	Extra (uncredited)
Alan Wakeling	...	Worker (uncredited)
George Wilder	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Ferguson

Writing credits
Kit Pedler		(television story)
Pat Dunlop		teleplay (uncredited) and
Ian Stuart Black		written by

Produced by
Innes Lloyd	....	producer

Production Design by
Ray London

Music Department
Ron Grainer	....	composer: title music

Other crew
Gerry Davis	....	story editor

Writing credits
Sydney Newman		(creator) uncredited

Produced by
Peter Bryant	....	associate producer (1966)

Film Editing by
John Dunstan
Glenn Hyde
Ian McKendrick
Dan Rae
Sheila S. Tomlinson

Production Design by
John Asbridge
Jeremy Bear
David Buckingham
Roger Cann
Roger Cheveley
Bob Cove		(1970s)
Nigel Curzon
Don Giles
Victor Meredith
Geoff Powell
Anne Ridley
Stephen Scott
Rochelle Selwyn
Michael Trevor

Costume Design by
James Acheson		(1973-1976)
Nicholas Bullen
Richard Croft
Anushia Nieradzik
Dee Robson

Makeup Department
Dorka Nieradzik	....	makeup designer (1982, 1984-1988)

Art Department
Peter Brachaki	....	production designer: TARDIS interior

Sound Department
John Tellick	....	sound

Special Effects by
Mat Irvine	....	special effects (1970s-1980s)
Ian Scoones	....	special effects (1960s-1980s)
Ron Thornton	....	special effects (1980s)
Bernard Wilkie	....	special effects (1960s-1970s)

Visual Effects by
Mitch Mitchell	....	special video effects (1960's-1970's) (as A. J. Mitchell)
Oliver Elmes	....	title sequence designer (1987-1989) (uncredited)
Bernard Lodge	....	title sequence designer (1963-1979) (uncredited 1963-1969)
Sid Sutton	....	title sequence designer (1980-1986) (uncredited)

Stunts
Alan Chuntz	....	stunts (1960's-1970's)
Peter Diamond	....	stunts (1960s)
Max Faulkner	....	stunts (1960's-1970's)
Stuart Fell	....	stunts (1970s-1980s)
Alf Joint	....	stunts (1960s-1980s)
Derek Martin	....	stunts (1960s-1970s)
Roy Scammell	....	stunts (1960s-1980s)
Lee Sheward	....	stunt coordinator
Terry Walsh	....	stunts (1960s-1970s)
Derek Ware	....	stunts (1960s-1970s)

Camera and Electrical Department
Stewart A. Farnell	....	camera operator (1 episode)
Peter Hamilton	....	camera operator (12 episodes)
Alan Jonas	....	camera operator (6 episodes)
Reg Poulter	....	senior camera operator
Robert Sleigh	....	camera operator (pilot episode)
Ken Westbury	....	camera operator (4 episodes)

Music Department
Mark Ayres	....	composer: incidental music (1988-1989)
Carey Blyton	....	composer: incidental music (1970-1973)
Paddy Kingsland	....	composer: incidental music (1980-1985)
Keff McCulloch	....	composer: incidental music (1987-1989)
Humphrey Searle	....	composer: incidental music (1965)
Dudley Simpson	....	composer: incidental music (1964-1980)

Other crew
Christopher Baker	....	production assistant
Ali Bongo	....	magic advisor
Terry Brett	....	technical manager
Kenneth J. Bussanmas	....	creative consultant (1979-1985)
Patricia Greenland	....	production assistant
Jeremy Hare	....	assistant floor manager (three episodes)

Runtime:

24 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G

Trivia:

The main character of this series is not named Doctor Who. The title is a play on what people normally say when introduced to The Doctor: "Doctor who?". In one episode it was revealed that his nickname at school was Theta Sigma. The 1965 episode "The War Machines" and a few episode titles broke this rule by directly referring to The Doctor by the name "Doctor Who".

Quotes:

WOTAN: Doctor Who is required! Bring him here!