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Dawn of the AIpocalypse (Deprogramming “The War Machines”)
Season 6 Episode 33
Long before Skynet, the British Post Office built its own murderbot. In The War Machines, a supercomputer called WOTAN tries to conquer the world by... hypnotizing secretaries and constructing clunky Dalek knockoffs in a warehouse. And honestly? It almost works. Join us as we revisit the First Doctor’s most tech-forward outing, featuring the debut of companions Ben and Polly, the Inferno Club (not that one), face-sucking elevators, and a press conference for the ages. Is this the beginning of UNIT-era vibes? Did the GPO invent AGI? And wait, did they seriously name-check Jimmy Savile?! Tune in for evil acronym discourse, war machine shenanigans, and the shocking origin of the Cybermen.
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Timeline:
- Intro 00:00:00
- Previously… 00:01:22
- Whomoji Challenge 00:05:55
- POLL To Open 00:11:36
- TL;DW 00:19:32
- Commentary: The War Machines 00:22:17
- Four Questions to Doomsday 01:07:12
- What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:10:07
- Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:16:32
- Final Judgment 01:21:56
- Randomizer! 01:26:33
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Story Essentials
- Season 3, Serial 10
- Story number: 26, per the The Pull To Open Codex
- Writer: Ian Stuart Black, from a story by Kit Pedler
- Director: Michael Ferguson
- Script Editor: Gerry Davis
- Producer: Innes Lloyd
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