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Last updated 02 January 2017
The War Games: Episode Eight
Broadcast: Saturday 28th August 1999
4:30pm-5:00pm AEST (06:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Edward Brayshaw, Philip Madoc

The Doctor is captured by the War Chief, who belongs to the same race of people as the Doctor, and offers an alliance. In the 1917 zone, fighters prepare to attack Central Control.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 27th August 1999:
UKTV http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/ and http://foxtel.com.au/
Sat 1PM, Sun 2 and 7AM The War Games all 10 eps!
Mon - Thu 11:30PM Planet of the Spiders eps 1 - 4 of 6
Fri 11:30PM Planet of the Spiders eps 5 + 6 of 6

Don't blink when you watch UKTV over the weekend, or you might miss the occasional broadcast of something other than The War Games, the final adventure of the 2nd Doctor. The weekdays are turned over to Planet of the Spiders, the real story behind the demise of the 3rdDoctor. It's the Who-Files, and they plan to last forever, bwa-ha-ha!