An Unearthly Child
Series Episode Number: 1World Premiere: Sat 23 Nov 1963 - 5:16pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 11 May 1986 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 10 seconds
4.40 Million (UK)
Appreciation Index: 63 (UK)Chart Position: 114 () (UK)
Recorded on Fri 18 Oct 1963 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r
BBC Genome Project: see entry
After discussing a strange pupil, Susan Foreman, teachers Ian and Barbara follow her to a junkyard. They meet her grandfather, the Doctor, and force their way inside a police box with frightening results.
| Characters include uncredited | ||
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| Dr. Who |  | William Hartnell |
| Ian Chesterton |  | William Russell |
| Barbara Wright |  | Jacqueline Hill |
| Susan Foreman |  | Carole Ann Ford |
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 Radio Times clippings for the broadcast of An Unearthly Child on 23 Nov 1963
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| The 30th July 2013 edition of The Radio Times took a look at how Doctor Who missed out on having a front cover back in 1963, and presented a mock-up of how it could have been, presented below with the actual cover that graced the 23-29 Nov edition!
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