Doctor Who: The War Machines (Target Doctor Who Library, No. 136)

AN EARLY DOCTOR WHO NOVELIZATION OF A TV EPISODE, THIS INVOLVES THE 1ST DOCTOR (PLAYED BY WILLIAM HARTNELL IN 1966) AND HIS COMPANION, DODO. THE DOCTOR BECOMES AWARE OF A POWERFUL FORCE AND TRACKS IT TO A PROF. BRETT AND WOTAN, A COMPUTER. A COMPUTER WITH AN EVIL PLAN, TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD! London, 1966. The TARDIS materialises in the shadow of the newly-completed Post Office Tower in London and the Doctor senses a strange energy in the air. He instinctively knows that evil is at work nearby. Posing as a scientist, the Doctor and his 'secretary' Dodo gain access to a suite at the top of the tower, and meet the driven Professor Brett. His life's work, the thinking computer WOTAN, is about to be linked up in a problem-solving network with many other machines around the world. But the Doctor is concerned. How can WOTAN possibly know the meaning of the word TARDIS and about the Doctor's travels through time and space? What is the strange control that WOTAN can exert over humans via a mere telephone call? And what is the computer's link with the deadly robots being assembled in a Covent Garden warehouse? Soon, London will face an army of war machines, ruthlessly programmed to eliminate all who stand in their way... London, 1966 — when the TARDIS materialises outside the Post Office Tower the Doctor becomes aware of a powerful and evil force nearby, so he and the ever-curious Dodo set off to investigate. Inside the tower they track down the source of power to Professor Brett and WOTAN, his revolutionary new computer. Designed as a universal problem solver, WOTAN has suddenly begun to think for itself and has formulated a deadly plan. Using its phenomenal power it will programme humans to build mobile fighting computers, and with these indestructible war machines WOTAN will take over the world... Fiction; General; Science Fiction