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- THE WAR MACHINES. Written by Ian Stuart Black. 4 episodes.
- 25th June - 16th July 1966.
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- COMPANIONS:- Dodo and introducing Ben Jackson and Polly Lopez.
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- Landing in London in the 20th century, the Doctor becomes aware of a
- presence. Drawn to the new Post Office Tower, he and Dodo meet Professor
- Brett and his invention WOTAN, which stands for Will Operating Thought
- ANalogue, a super-computer. The Professor says that WOTAN knows everything
- and when Dodo asks it what TARDIS stands for, it replies Time And Relative
- Dimensions In Space. The Doctor is both amazed and made uneasy by WOTAN.
- Dodo meets the Professors' assistant Polly and the Doctor suggests that
- she spends some time with her and relaxes a little. They both go to a club
- where they meet Ben, a young sailor.
- WOTAN meanwhile has begun assembling a group of electronically hypnotised
- men who construct War Machines to assist it in destroying the population of
- London. WOTAN wants to rule but the Doctor captures one of the Machines and
- re-programs it to destroy WOTAN.
- Dodo decides to stay on Earth and Ben and Polly enter the TARDIS to
- return something to the Doctor. The TARDIS takes off.
- This story was aimed at the teenage market for the first time after
- research identified a growing, older audience. The very attractive Polly
- was also a "hook" for the show.
- Ian Stuart Black's script was based on ideas by Pat Dunlap and Dr Kit
- Pedler, who would soon introduce a new and popular enemy for the Doctor to
- fight.
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