Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5014503431020
Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, PAL
Label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 2 Entertain Video
Running Time: 240 minutes
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
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The War Games is an epic story that sees the departure of the cosmic hobo,Patrick Troughton,the iconic 2nd Doctor,long serving companion Jamie,played by Frazer Hines and the lovely,Wendy Padbury,playing super intelligent Zoe Heriot.
The story starts with the Doctor and his companions arriving in no man's land during WW1,the great twist being,it turns out to be an alien planet with aliens casually watching kidnapped earth men despataching each other,through reinactments of various wars.
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this is one of the doctor who giants. a walloping ten episode gem that actually maintains pace and interest from the start to the finish. Patrick Troughton is at his peak on this, his final story. The location filming is superb for the time and the fight scenes are well performed. And the last two episodes are two of the best in the series history, full of rare emotion and performance, especially for then early years of who. there are sinister generals, great squabbling rulers, some psychedelic sets ...
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This is without a doubt not only the finest Patrick Troughton ever made, it is my belief that it is the best story from the whole black and white era of the show.
Patrick is on top form throughout the stroy, but most notably during his final few scenes when the Doctor shows his outrage at the way his own people - the timelords - are ignoring all the evils throughout the universe.
The rest of the regular cast are on top form, and amongst the guest characters, the War Chief - a mysterious ...
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This was Troughton at his best. The story was very long, and in places, felt like there was a bit too much running down the same corridor, but the concept was very new, and very well handled. Ignore some of the kitchen-sink angry-young-men acting that was fashionable at the time (The Dominators is a prime example of this), but Troughton comes across as an actor enjoying himself, and we all share in the delight.
The War Lords are a nasty bunch, and you know as soon as you meet them that the Doctor ...
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I remember watching the whole of the ten episode War Games in one sitting when I was ten years old and being thoroughly mesmerised by it. Watching it again now it is equally impressive. I have always had a soft spot for Patrick Troughton's Doctor, and this is a wonderful finale to his time in the role. War Games is certainly one of the best plotted Doctor Who stories, full of mystery and suspense right to the end, when we finally meet the Timelords, the Doctor's own race, and the Doctor is forced to change his ...
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