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James H


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I had no idea this was still in existence, but it is. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton, my favourite) and his companions materialise in No Man's land, 1917 . . . . or do they?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8pzrb_the-war-games-part-1_shortfilms

Explanation of what is really happening here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/wargames/detail.shtml

Plenty of anachronisms to spot, but also a lot more convincing in places than some modern efforts. I thought it would have been lost, but it seems to be available on DVD. Am I the only one old enough to remember it first time round?

The ambulance is said to be a genuine Great War vehicle, but I don't recognise it.

(Note for those not familiar with Dr. Who: A British TV series in which the Doctor, an extra-terrestrial in human form, travels through time in a machine that normally changes its appearance to look appropriate for its surroundings but, since he accidentally took two humans on board, is now stuck in the form of a 1950s London police telephone box. It ran for 25 years, was dropped, and then was revived a few years ago)

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The Ambulance is a Crossley - widely used by the Royal Flying Corps as a tender and also as a staff car, they were also used as ambulances. I haven't seen any photographs of them used by anyone else other than the RFC/RAF however, but that doesn't mean they weren't used by others.

Here's a few more pics of it, linked to me by another re-enactor on a WW1 living history forum

http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/sevensisterscountrypark
http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/eastbournewaterboardroad
http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/sheepcotevalley

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James H


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Excellent stuff, Rob. You clearly won't remember the original. Sadly, I do.

It's unfortunate that the German soldiers are wearing British gas masks and still sporting Pickelhauben in 1917. A little later the Doctor and his companions are captured by the Germans and interrogated by an Infantry officer. When his superior makes an appearance, the latter is wearing a Hussar uniform.



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When I was about 10 (Only 4 years ago, am I the youngest here?) I would read "Doctor Who Adventures" ("haha, you're so sad-""Shut up, OK? I was 10") I remember one cartoon being set on the Western front in 1914, but unusally, for someting so British, it was the Germans who were the 'goodies'.
Happy(ish) times...

-- Edited by Hughbearson on Saturday 24th of April 2010 12:37:04 PM

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