Doctor Who (1963) season 3 The War Machines: Episode 4 - Metacritic

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BBC-1
Jul 16, 1966
23 m

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BBC-1
Jul 16, 1966
23 m

Doctor Who (1963)

Summary The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.

Directed By: Michael Ferguson

Written By: Ian Stuart Black, Kit Pedler, Sydney Newman, Donald B. Wilson

TV-G
BBC-1
Jul 16, 1966
23 m

TV-G
BBC-1
Jul 16, 1966
23 m

Doctor Who (1963)

S3 • Episode 45

The War Machines: Episode 4

Air Date: Jul 16, 1966

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Summary The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.

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Episode 1 • Sep 11, 1965 • 23 m

Four Hundred Dawns

After an encounter with a hostile robot called a Chumblie, the Doctor and his companions are rescued by a group of female Drahvins.

Episode 2 • Sep 18, 1965 • 25 m

With the knowledge that the planet will be destroyed in two days, the Drahvins instruct the Doctor to help them steal the Rills' ship.

Episode 3 • Sep 25, 1965 • 24 m

The Doctor and Vicki encounter the Rills and learn the situation is more complex than they thought while Steven finds the Drahvins' hospitality ever more perilous.

Episode 4 • Oct 2, 1965 • 25 m

The Exploding Planet

The Doctor and Vicki enlist the aid of the Chumblies to rescue Steven from the Drahvins and then find a way off the planet before its destruction.

Episode 5 • Oct 9, 1965 • 25 m

Mission to the Unknown

Episode 6 • Oct 16, 1965 • 25 m

Temple of Secrets

The TARDIS lands in the middle of the Trojan War, where the Doctor is mistaken for the god Zeus.

Episode 7 • Oct 23, 1965 • 25 m

Small Prophet, Quick Return

While Odysseus forces the Doctor to find a way to win the war, Steven decides to get himself taken prisoner in order to enter Troy and find Vicki and the TARDIS.

Episode 8 • Oct 30, 1965 • 26 m

With Steven and Vicki being held prisoner by the Trojans, the Doctor's only hope of seeing them again is to suggest the idea of the Trojan Horse.

Episode 9 • Nov 6, 1965 • 25 m

Horse of Destruction

The Doctor waits inside the Trojan Horse for a chance to reach his companions but Steven's assumed identity as a Greek soldier and Vicki's growing feelings for Troilus endanger their escape.

Episode 10 • Nov 13, 1965 • 22 m

The Nightmare Begins

The Doctor runs afoul of the Daleks and Special Security Agent Bret Vyon on the planet Kembel.

Episode 11 • Nov 20, 1965 • 24 m

Day of Armageddon

The Doctor infiltrates the Daleks' conference to try and discover their plans, leaving Steven, Katarina and Bret to find a way off the planet.

Episode 12 • Nov 27, 1965 • 25 m

The Doctor and his friends escape Kembel in the Spar ship but the Daleks force them down on the planet Desperus, where they are threatened by a group of convicts.

Episode 13 • Dec 4, 1965 • 25 m

With Katarina being held hostage, the Doctor, Steven and Bret are in danger of having to given in to Kirksen's demands, while, on Earth, Chen has them listed as traitors.

Episode 14 • Dec 11, 1965 • 24 m

The Doctor, Steven and Sara are accidentally transported to the planet Mira where Chen sends the Daleks after them.

Episode 15 • Dec 18, 1965 • 25 m

Coronas of the Sun

The Doctor, Steven and Sara escape Mira in a Dalek pursuit ship but when they find the ship is returning to Kembel, they are forced to come up with a new plan to avoid the Daleks.

Episode 16 • Dec 25, 1965 • 25 m

The Feast of Steven

The Doctor, Steven and Sara visit a Liverpool police station on Christmas Day and a Hollywood film set during the 1920s.

Episode 17 • Jan 1, 1966 • 25 m

The Daleks realise the Doctor has given them a fake Taranium Core while, on the planet Tigus, the Doctor encounters the Meddling Monk.

Episode 18 • Jan 8, 1966 • 25 m

The Doctor, Steven and Sara travel to Ancient Egypt, pursued by both the Daleks and the Meddling Monk.

Episode 19 • Jan 15, 1966 • 24 m

Steven, Sara and the Monk are captured by the Daleks in order to force the Doctor to hand over the Taranium Core.

Episode 20 • Jan 22, 1966 • 25 m

The Abandoned Planet

The Doctor, Steven and Sara reach Kembel where they find the Daleks have betrayed their allies and imprisoned them.

Episode 21 • Jan 29, 1966 • 24 m

Destruction of Time

With the Daleks poised to invade the solar system, the Doctor decides his only option is to activate the Time Destructor prematurely, threatening the entire planet.

Episode 22 • Feb 5, 1966 • 25 m

The TARDIS lands in sixteenth century Paris and Steven becomes involved with a group of Huguenots.

Episode 23 • Feb 12, 1966 • 25 m

While trying to find the Doctor, Steven discovers a conspiracy to assassinate a man known as the Sea Beggar.

Episode 24 • Feb 19, 1966 • 25 m

Priest of Death

Steven has discovered the identity of the Sea Beggar, but can he warn the Huguenots in time?

Episode 25 • Feb 26, 1966 • 25 m

Steven rejoins the Doctor and they leave Paris just ahead of the massacre, leaving Anne behind.

Episode 26 • Mar 5, 1966 • 24 m

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive on a giant spaceship millions of years in the future, transporting the last humans away from the doomed Earth.

Episode 27 • Mar 12, 1966 • 25 m

With the Ark infected with a cold virus, the Doctor must convince the Guardians to trust him so he can find a cure.

Episode 28 • Mar 19, 1966 • 25 m

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo have traveled 700 years into the future and find that the Ark is now under the control of the Monoids as it approaches Refusis.

Episode 29 • Mar 26, 1966 • 25 m

The Monoids abandon the Ark, leaving Steven and the Guardians to die, but a mutiny in their ranks may give the Doctor a chance to bring about peace.

Episode 30 • Apr 2, 1966 • 25 m

The Celestial Toyroom

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the realms of the Celestial Toymaker, who forces them to play his deadly games.

Episode 31 • Apr 9, 1966 • 25 m

The Hall of Dolls

While the Doctor continues to play the Trilogic Game with the Toymaker, Steven and Dodo are involved in a deadly game of musical chairs.

Episode 32 • Apr 16, 1966 • 24 m

The Dancing Floor

Steven and Dodo are forced to cross the dancing floor, where the Toymaker's dolls plan to force them to dance for eternity.

Episode 33 • Apr 23, 1966 • 24 m

As the Doctor nears the end of his game against the Toymaker, Steven and Dodo take on Cyril in a lethal game of hopscotch to try and recover the TARDIS.

Episode 34 • Apr 30, 1966 • 24 m

A Holiday for the Doctor

Episode 35 • May 7, 1966 • 24 m

Don't Shoot the Pianist

With the Clantons believing the Doctor to be Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp takes him into protective custody but this leaves Steven and Dodo in danger.

Episode 36 • May 14, 1966 • 25 m

Earp comes to Steven's rescue and arrests Phineas Clanton, prompting the Clantons to decide to enlist the help of Johnny Ringo.

Episode 37 • May 21, 1966 • 24 m

The O.K. Corral

The Clantons have shot Warren Earp, leading to a showdown between the two families with the Doctor powerless to prevent bloodshed.

Episode 38 • May 28, 1966 • 25 m

The Savages: Episode 1

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the far future and are welcomed by the advanced civilisation of the Elders but soon begin to suspect they are hiding a secret.

Episode 39 • Jun 4, 1966 • 25 m

The Savages: Episode 2

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo investigate why there are Savages in the Elders' city and uncover the true price of the Elders' perfect society.

Episode 40 • Jun 11, 1966 • 26 m

The Savages: Episode 3

The Doctor has been subjected to the Elders' extraction process and Steven and Dodo must return to their city to rescue him.

Episode 41 • Jun 18, 1966 • 25 m

The Savages: Episode 4

The Doctor urges the Savages to finally bring an end to the Elders' oppression and enlists the help of an unlikely ally.

Episode 42 • Jun 25, 1966 • 24 m

The War Machines: Episode 1

The Doctor and Dodo return to London in the present day where the Doctor becomes concerned about WOTAN, a new super-computer installed in the Post Officer Tower.

Episode 43 • Jul 2, 1966 • 24 m

The War Machines: Episode 2

Dodo is under the control of WOTAN and attempts to lure the Doctor into a trap, while the rest of WOTAN's slaves begin construction on its robotic War Machines.

Episode 44 • Jul 9, 1966 • 24 m

The War Machines: Episode 3

Ben tries to escape from the warehouse but is captured by Polly, who is now also under WOTAN's control, and forced to work on construction the War Machine.

Episode 45 • Jul 16, 1966 • 23 m

The War Machines: Episode 4

The first War Machine is defeated but the Doctor only has a matter of hours to destroy WOTAN before the rest of its army is activated.

26 Seasons

Top Cast

William Hartnell

Dr. Who, The Abbot of Amboise

Patrick Troughton

Dr. Who, Salamander, The Doctor

Jon Pertwee

Doctor Who, Dr. Who, The Doctor

Tom Baker

Doctor Who

Frazer Hines

Jamie, Jamie McCrimmon

Nicholas Courtney

Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Bret Vyon

Pat Gorman

Guard, Cyberman, Technician

Elisabeth Sladen

Sarah Jane Smith

Jacqueline Hill

Barbara Wright, Lexa

William Russell

Ian Chesterton

Katy Manning

Jo Grant

John Scott Martin

Dalek, Dalek Operator, Mutt, Zarbi, Charlie, Robot, Nucleus, Gell Guard, Hughes, Kriz, Mechanoid, Mechonoid, Reading Guard, Zarbi Operator

John Levene

Sergeant Benton, RSM Benton, Benton, Yeti, Platoon Under Leader Benton, Cyberman

Peter Davison

The Doctor, Omega

Janet Fielding

Tegan

John Leeson

K9, Voice of K9, Voice of K.9, Dugeen, Nucleus Voice, Dalek Battle Computer, K9 Voice, Daleks

Terry Walsh

Primitive, Castle Guard Barclay, Guard, Guard Captain, UNIT Soldier, Crew Member, Auton Policeman, Doran, Mensch, Skybase Guard, Solos Guard, Thal Soldier, Burning Exxilon, Executioner, IMC Guard Rogers, Jack, Kaled Scientist, Man with Boat, Militiaman, Muto, Overlord Guard, S.R.S. Meeting Security, Security Guard, Soldier, Stangmoor Man, Thal Guard, UNIT Motorcyclist, Warehouse Looter, Window Cleaner, Wirrn Operator, Zake, Zombie

Gerald Taylor

Dalek, Dalek Machine Operator, WOTAN, Zarbi, War Machine Operator, Zarbi Operator, Assistant, Baker's Man, Dalek Operator, Damon's Assistant, Vega Nexos

Robert Jewell

Dalek, Dalek Machine Operator, Zarbi, Macra, Dalek Operator, Zarbi Operator, Clown, Macra Operator

Carole Ann Ford

Susan Foreman

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