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You may wish to consult War Games (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

War Games was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with Victory of the Daleks.

Its namesake was the Second Doctor serial The War Games.

Aspects of production covered[]

  • The redesign of the Daleks, concerning the redressing of the Time War model Daleks as Ironsides and the introduction of the New Dalek Paradigm models.
  • Filming of the flying Spitfires using greenscreen and a special rig.

Additional topics covered[]

  • Mark Gatiss visits the real Cabinet War Rooms, and Cressida Finch explains the history of the location.

People interviewed[]

Music list[]

  • "Omen" by The Prodigy (also used in CON: Desert Storm)
  • "Little Lion Man" by Mumford & Sons
  • "Spitfire ('05 Version)" by The Prodigy (also used in CON: Finale and Sins of the Fathers)
  • "The Great Escape Theme" by Elmer Bernstein
  • "Live with Me" by Massive Attack
  • "We Are Your Friends" by Justice vs. Simian
  • "Silence" by Portishead
  • "Jessica (theme from 'Top Gear')" by The Allman Brothers Band
  • "With Every Heartbeat (Acoustic Version)" by Robyn

Crew[]

General production staff Camera and lighting department


Special and visual effects

General post-production staff

Sound

BBC Cymru Wales
© BBC MMX
Not every person who worked on this episode was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.


Elements retained in Cut Down[]

to be added

Home video releases[]

Series-5-boxset

Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series DVD cover.

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series DVD & Blu-ray box set released on 8 November 2010.

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