Season 1 (1963-1964)

An Unearthly Child: The Firemaker

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The Firemaker

6.40 Million

The Firemaker

Series Episode Number: 4

First Broadcast: Sat 14 Dec 1963 - 05:14:58pm
Running Time: 24 minutes 23 seconds

Appreciation Index: 55

Chart Position: 70
Recorded on Fri 08 Nov 1963 in Lime Grove D
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Kal has been banished from the tribe and Ian is making fire for Za in the hope that he will be grateful and will allow them to return to the TARDIS.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Susan Foreman		Carole Ann Ford
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Hur		Alethea Charlton
Horg		Howard Lang
Za		Derek Newark
Kal		Jeremy Young

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Anthony Coburn
Director		Waris Hussein
Producer		Verity Lambert
Make-up Supervisor		Elizabeth Blattner
Assistant Floor Manager		Catherine Childs
Studio Sound		Jack Clayton
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Costume Supervisor		Maureen Heneghan
Incidental Music		Norman Kay
Production Assistant		Tony Lightley
Designer		Barry Newbery
Associate Producer		Mervyn Pinfield
Lighting		Geoff Shaw
Film Cameraman		Robert Sleigh
Story Editor		David Whitaker

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