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The War Machines: Episode 1
Broadcast: Wednesday 28th April 1999
7:30am-8:00am EDT (11:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: William Hartnell, Michael Craze, Jackie Lane, Anneke Wills, John Cater, Alan Curtis, John Harvey, William Mervyn

In London in 1966, the Doctor and Dodo visit the new Post Office Tower and are introduced to the super computer, WOTAN.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 23rd April 1999:
SPACE: The Imagination Station
http://www.spacecast.com/ and
http://www.hwcn.org/~an933/spacedw.htm
Saturday through Tuesday at 7:30AM EDT The Gunfighters the 4 episodes (A Holiday For The Doctor, Don't Shoot The Pianist, Johnny Ringo, The OK Corral)
Wednesday through Friday at 7:30AM EDT The War Machines episodes 1 through 3 of 4

Doctor Who goes to 7 days a week beginning with Saturday, April 24th, presumably to burn off their remaining episodes sooner. In the first story, the 1st Doctor goes to Tombstone, AZ in search of a dentist. Unfortunately, he bears a slight resemblance to the dentist, who happens to be the infamous Doc Holliday. And it so happens that a bunch of outlaws are out to kill Doc Holliday. 'So take up the call boys, the time will be soon / When there's blood upon the sawdust of the Last Chance Saloon!' In The War Machines, the 1st Doctor and Dodo return to 1966, where they meet WOTAN, the ultimate computer. Well, now we know where they got the idea for Hal 5000 from.