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The War Machines: Episode 1
Broadcast: Sunday 7th May 2000
7:00am-7:30am AEST (21:00 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 5th May 2000:
UKTV Australia
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Sun 7AM, Late Sun 1AM AEST The War Machines all 4 eps
The 1st Doctor and Dodo arrive in 1966 London, where a computer capable of running all other computers on Earth is about to go online.
Mon-Wed 11:30PM AEST The Dominators eps 3 - 5 of 5
The 2nd Doctor's only chance to save Dulkis from the Dominators is to keep the Dominators squabbling with each other.
Thu-Fri 11:30PM AEST The Mind Robber eps 1 - 2 of 5
The aftereffects of the end of The Dominators endanger the TARDIS' life. To save the TARDIS, the Doctor takes everyone outside of reality, and into a land of insanity.