| "The War Machines (Part 1)" | |
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| Series Doctor Who Season 3, Episode 42 | |
| File:Doctor Who 3.39 001.jpg | |
| Air date | June 25th, 1966 |
| Writers | Anthony Coburn |
| Director | Waris Hussein |
| Producers | Verity Lambert; Mervyn Pinfield |
| Starring | William Hartnell; William Russell; Jacqueline Hill; Carole Ann Ford |
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"The War Machines (Part 1)" is the forty-second episode of series three of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was directed by Waris Hussein and written by Anthony Coburn. It first aired on BBC-1 in the UK on June 25th, 1966.
In this episode, the Doctor, Ian, Susan and Barbara are trapped inside the Cave of Skulls. The Doctor seems disinterested in their current predicament however. The tribal elder goes to the cave to prevent the Doctor from teaching the others the secret of fire. Za and Hur are forced to work together to stop the Doctor and his companions from escaping.