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The TARDIS arrives in contemporary London, and the Doctor and Dodo visit the Post Office Tower, where they meet Professor Brett and his new super-computer WOTAN, which can think for itself and is about to be plugged into a worldwide computer network.
The TARDIS arrives in contemporary London, and the Doctor and Dodo visit the Post Office Tower, where they meet Professor Brett and his new super-computer WOTAN, which can think for itself and is about to be plugged into a worldwide computer network.


[[AI Is a Crapshoot|I think we can all see what's about to happen here, can't we?]]
[[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|I think we can all see what's about to happen here, can't we?]]


WOTAN decides that machines are superior and should rule the world, and hypnotises humans into building the titular War Machines, which turn out to be more than a match for the army. The Doctor uses a magnetic field to capture one, which he then reprograms to destroy WOTAN.
WOTAN decides that machines are superior and should rule the world, and hypnotises humans into building the titular War Machines, which turn out to be more than a match for the army. The Doctor uses a magnetic field to capture one, which he then reprograms to destroy WOTAN.
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[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1mesq_matrixarchive_the-war-machines/ Watch it here.]
[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1mesq_matrixarchive_the-war-machines/ Watch it here.]


=== Tropes ===
== Tropes ==
* [[A Friend in Need]]: Ben is first persuaded to act when he sees Polly being hassled at the nightclub.
* [[A Friend in Need]]: Ben is first persuaded to act when he sees Polly being hassled at the nightclub.
* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]
* [[Bring News Back]]
* [[Bring News Back]]
* [[Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like]]: Ben tells a man to stop hassling Polly, he starts a fist fight with Ben, and Polly complains -- though Dodo intervenes on his behalf.
* [[Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like]]: Ben tells a man to stop hassling Polly, he starts a fist fight with Ben, and Polly complains—though Dodo intervenes on his behalf.
* [[Computer Equals Tapedrive]]: Not only WOTAN but the War Machines have these -- the latter are mounted on the outside where they can easily be damaged by gunfire!
* [[Computer Equals Tapedrive]]: Not only WOTAN but the War Machines have these—the latter are mounted on the outside where they can easily be damaged by gunfire!
* [[Disposable Vagrant]]: A bum tries to sleep in an abandoned building, unaware that WOTAN is using it to construct one war machine.
* [[Disposable Vagrant]]: A bum tries to sleep in an abandoned building, unaware that WOTAN is using it to construct one war machine.
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Mind control effects on two women. (Plus the man who wouldn't leave Polly alone at the nightclub.)
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Mind control effects on two women. (Plus the man who wouldn't leave Polly alone at the nightclub.)
* [[Distressed Dude]]: Most of the mind control victims are men. And {{spoiler|Ben}} gets captured and forced to work without it.
* [[Dude in Distress]]: Most of the mind control victims are men. And {{spoiler|Ben}} gets captured and forced to work without it.
* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]
* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]
* [[Fridge Logic]]: WOTAN tries to take over the world quickly by force, instead of slowly letting humans [[A for Andromeda|rely more and more on its decision-making ability]].
* [[Fridge Logic]]: WOTAN tries to take over the world quickly by force, instead of slowly letting humans [[A for Andromeda|rely more and more on its decision-making ability]].
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* [[The Sixties]] (remember when [[Alternate History|that computer took over the world?]])
* [[The Sixties]] (remember when [[Alternate History|that computer took over the world?]])
* [[Tin Can Robot]] / [[Killer Robot]]: The War Machines
* [[Tin Can Robot]] / [[Killer Robot]]: The War Machines
* [[You Have Failed Me]]
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]


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Latest revision as of 09:54, 9 April 2017
"I dig your fab gear!"
—A nightclub owner likes the Doctor's clothes.

The TARDIS arrives in contemporary London, and the Doctor and Dodo visit the Post Office Tower, where they meet Professor Brett and his new super-computer WOTAN, which can think for itself and is about to be plugged into a worldwide computer network.

I think we can all see what's about to happen here, can't we?

WOTAN decides that machines are superior and should rule the world, and hypnotises humans into building the titular War Machines, which turn out to be more than a match for the army. The Doctor uses a magnetic field to capture one, which he then reprograms to destroy WOTAN.

Dodo decides to stay around, since she's made it back to her own time (in fact, she appears to simply wander off and not be seen again), but Professor Brett's secretary Polly and her sailor friend Ben sneak into the TARDIS just as it leaves...

Watch it here.

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