{"product_id":"doctor-who-the-war-games","title":"DOCTOR WHO: THE WAR GAMES","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePatrick Troughton’s final adventure as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is something of an epic by the show’s standards. For \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe War Games\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e spans a full ten episodes, and gives on of the most endearing popular actors to take on the title role a fitting, and quite unsettling, send off.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe last \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026gt; adventure to be filmed in black and white, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe War Games\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sees the Doctor, along with companions Jamie and Zoe, seemingly in the midst of the trenches of World War I. But things soon take a puzzling turn, when the Roman Army appear, as well as American civil war soldiers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe mystery of just what’s going on in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe War Games\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e keeps the interest going throughout the story’s prolonged episode count. Granted, there’s some lag on its journey, but the subsequent digging into the Time Lords as a race that the adventure contains is fascinating and very welcome.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Troughton does finally end his tenure, it’s not in the showy blockbuster way you might expect of today’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. And while, of course, the title character would re-emerge in the form of Jon Pertwee, it’s still some ending.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePackaged up with the usual high standard of extras that we’ve come to expect from classic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DVDs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe War Games\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a strong serial, and a welcome addition to di sc. More Patrick Troughton stories would be much appreciated… --\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJon Foster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BBC \/ 2Entertain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000373231790,"sku":"BBCDVD1800","price":8.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/dw_war_games_Lime_Light_Front_DVD.png?v=1762956024","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-eu\/products\/doctor-who-the-war-games","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}