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#54: The War Machines

Release date - August 2008



Back cover info:
"The TARDIS arrives in London, 1966, where the Doctor and Dodo visit the recently opened Post Office Tower. At its top they discover a brilliant new problem-solving super computer — the Will Operating Thought ANalogue.

But when WOTAN decides that it should rule the world, the Doctor is the only person who can stop its rampaging War Machines from destroying London. Luckily, he has the help of a young secretary called Polly and a sailor called Ben..."


Special features:
  • Commentary with Anneke Wills (Polly) and Michael Ferguson (Director)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Now and Then (dur. 6.29) - A look at the locations used in the making of the story comparing how they appeared in 1966 with how they look today
  • Blue Peter (dur. 16.16) - A compilation of clips featuring the War Machines. Valerie Singleton shows new stamps of the Post Office Tower. Christopher Trace goes to visit the tower and shows viewers how to build a model of it. A War Machine visits the Blue Peter studio. Schoolchildren bring in a Dalek they built at school.
  • One Foot In The Past (dur. 7.32) - MP Tony Benn investigates the history of the Post Office Tower
  • WOTAN Assembly (dur. 9.15) - How these episodes were restored for this DVD
  • Coming Soon Trailer: Battlefield (dur. 1.14)
  • Photo Gallery
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