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The War Games: Episode Five
Broadcast: Monday 15th March 1999
7:30am-8:00am EST (12:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Edward Brayshaw, Jane Sherwin

In the American Civil War zone, Jamie and Lady Jennifer join forces with resistance fighters from various time zones and prepare to launch an attack on Central Control.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 12th March 1999:
SPACE: The Imagination Station
http://www.spacecast.com/ and http://www.hwcn.org/~an933/spacedw.htm
Early Monday at 3:30AM EST The Time Meddler: The Meddling Monk episode 2 of 4
Monday through Friday at 7:30AM The War Games episodes 5 through 9 of 10

The Monk has imprisoned the 1st Doctor in the early episode, hoping that this will end the interruptions in his work. Thankfully for history, he is wrong. The rest of the week goes to The War Games, the final 2nd Doctor story. The Doctor's plans to end the games keep suffering setbacks. Jamie and Zoe try to organize the resistance. The man in league with the aliens has recognized the Doctor, and hopes to use that knowledge. And at the end of this week's episodes, the Doctor will make a decision that could end his travels in time and space forever.