"Doctor Who"
The War Games: Episode 10 (1969)

Director:

David Maloney

Writers:

Terrance Dicks (writer)
Malcolm Hulke (writer)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (1963)

Original Air Date:

22 June 1969 (Season 6, Episode 44)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Scottish Accent | Kilt | Hobo | Death Of Hero | Famous Opening Theme

Cast

Patrick Troughton	...	The Doctor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frazer Hines	...	Jamie
Bernard Horsfall	...	First Time Lord
Clare Jenkins	...	Tanya Lernov
Philip Madoc	...	The War Lord
Trevor Martin	...	Second Time Lord
Wendy Padbury	...	Zoe Heriot
Clyde Pollitt	...	Third Time Lord

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Quotes:

The Doctor: You can't just change what I look like without consulting me!

The ( First ) Trial Of A Time Lord

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

So enamoured was I of Patrick Troughton's interpretation of the Doctor that I very nearly didn't watch the final part of 'The War Games'. If he died, I did not want to see it. Reason prevailed, though, and I did watch. It opens with the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe fleeing in the TARDIS from the scene of 'The War Games' adventure, materialising in various locations ( nice re-use of old footage from 'The Web Of Fear' and 'Fury From The Deep' ), but the Time Lords prove too powerful; the TARDIS is forced to land, and the Doctor put on trial. That booming voice - "Doctor, your travels are over!" - sent a chill up my spine. Here the Doctor is forced to justify his 'cosmic nomad' lifestyle. The 'War Lord' is on trial too; and the Time Lords bestow on him their harshest sentence imaginable - total non-existence. Jamie and Zoe's touching farewell, the monster flashbacks, the Doctor's attempts to remain rebellious even after the sentence has been passed - all add up to a magnificent conclusion to '60's 'Who'.