The War Games

Last night the BBC showed "The War Games", the final story of the second Doctor's tenure which was originally broadcast in 1969 (I think). It was on BBC 4, if you are in the UK but missed it.
In its original form it had run to as many as ten episodes, but they had cut it down to 90 minutes, so must have left out an awful lot. That probably explains why it felt confusing and disjointed in places, but I still enjoyed it. (I suppose it's also possible that one or two of the original episodes might not have survived, which would have contributed to the disjointedness.) They also had colorised it, and that was very well done.
As many of you will know, it was a very significant story in the show's history, in that it introduced us to the Time Lords, though in the version shown last night that part seemed rather rushed given its significance. I can't recall if that was also true in the original. I noticed that at that point their home planet was still unnamed.
The War Chief, a renegade Time Lord, seemed rather like a prototype for the Master. He wasn't the Master, though, as we saw him being dematerialised for his crimes.
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John Hall
                "I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
                 will hardly mind anything else."
                                            Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)