Name: Doctor Who - The war games
Brand: BBC DVD
SKU: BBCDVD1800
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Rating: 3.00 (1 reviews)

Doctor Who - The war games (Terrance Dicks / Malcolm Hulke)

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Release details

Detail			Value
Catalogue number			BBCDVD 1800
Title			Doctor Who - The war games
Artist(s)			Terrance Dicks / Malcolm Hulke
Cover condition			Near mint
Record condition			Near mint
BBC records label code			-
Item deleted?			Yes
Released			1969
Distributed / printed by			2 entertain
Country of origin			UK
Media type			Primary
Media genre			Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi.
Run-off codes / Shop bar codes			A0101274599-A913 17 IFPI L556 Sony DADC A010127864-A923 26 IFPI L556 Sony DADC A0101276257-A933 17 IFPI L556 Sony DADC
My rating			*****
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Label

Side & track	Track and Artist	Length
Tracks Below is a list of tracks for this release.
A1	Part 1	25.00
A2	Part 2	25.00
A3	Part 3	24.30
A4	Part 4	23.30
A5	Part 5	24.30
B1	Part 6	22.53
B2	Part 7	22.28
B3	Part 8	24.37
B4	Part 9	24.34
B5	Part 10	24.23
C1	War zone - The end of an era	36.24
C2	Shades of grey	21.45
C3	Now and then - The locations of The War Games	9.34
C4	The Doctor's composer - Part 1 1964-9 [Dudley Simpson]	17.33
C5	Sylvia James - in conversation	8.26
C6	Talking about regeneration	24.24
C7	Time zones - The truth behind The War Zones	15.21
C8	Stripped for action - The second Doctor	13.46
C9	On target - Malcolm Hulke	20.00
C10	Devious - Amateur production	12.17
C11	Photo gallery	6.33
C12	Radio Times listings [PDF]
C13	BBC Enterprises sales literature [PDF]
C14	Original design plans of the SIDRAT [PDF]
C15	Coming soon - Mawdryn undead, Terminus, Enlightenmernt	1.10
Total length of media 7:08:38.

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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts
Starring Patrick Troughton (Second 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 Pat Gorman - Military Policeman Peter Stanton - Military Chauffeur David Garfield - Von Weich Gregg Palmer - Lieutenant Lucke John Livesey, Bernard Davies - German Soldiers Philip Madoc - War Lord Edward Brayshaw - War Chief James Bree - Security Chief Vernon Dobtcheff - Chief Scientist John Atterbury - Alien Guard Charles Pemberton - Alien Technician Bill Hutchinson - Sgt Thompson Terry Adams - Corporal Riley Leslie Schofield - Leroy Rudolph Walker - Harper Michael Lynch - Spencer Graham Weston - Russell David Troughton - Moor Peter Craze - Du Pont Michael Napier Brown - Arturo Villar Stephen Hubay - Petrov Tony McEwan - Redcoat Bernard Horsfall - First Time Lord Trevor Martin - Second Time Lord Clyde Pollitt - Third Time Lord Clare Jenkins - Tanya Lernov Written by Terrance Dicks Malcolm Hulke Produced by Derek Sherwin Directed by David Maloney Synopsis The TARDIS materialises in a world of trench warfare, barbed wire and poison gas: the Western Front, 1917. In the chaos and paranoia of the First World War, the Doctor and his companions are separated from their ship, captured and court-martialled. The death sentence is swiftly pronounced. But all is not as it seems. As the Doctor finds himself increasingly out of his death and facing impossible odds, the only solution is the truly unthinkable. He must seek help from those he most fears - his own people, the Time Lords. Background The Ware Games (1969) is one of the most significant stories in the history of Doctor Who. It presented its writers, Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke, with a unique set of challenges. For the first time, the Doctor was apparently involved in a significant historical event within living memory, namely the First World War. This serious and potentially sensitive subject was treated with characteristic intelligence by the two scriptwriters. The War Games stands out as a powerful and mature anti-war story, its sympathies resting firmly with the common soldier, regardless of nationality. Of course, this wasn't the only issue Dicks and Hulke had to deal with. Production problems meant the serial had to last ten episodes. This was a long stretch even b y the more leisurely-paced standards of sixties television. Moreover, the story needed to end with a lead-in to Doctor Who's new, earth-bound format of the early seventies. Their solution - the capture, trial and exile of the Doctor - brought to an end the first phase of the Doctor Who saga. For the time being at least, the Doctor's travelling days were over ...
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