An Unearthly Child

Series Episode Number: 1

World 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
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill
Susan Foreman		Carole Ann Ford

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		Anthony Coburn
Director		Waris Hussein
Producer		Verity Lambert
Associate Producer		Mervyn Pinfield
Designer		Peter Brachacki
Story Editor		David Whitaker
Incidental Music		Norman Kay
Title Music		Ron Grainer
with the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Special Effects		Visual Effects Department of the BBC
Writer		C E Webber (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Clive Doig (uncredited)
Lighting		Geoff Shaw (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Jack Clayton (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Catherine Childs (uncredited)
Costume Supervisor		Maureen Heneghan (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Robert Sleigh (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Elizabeth Blattner (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Douglas Camfield (uncredited)
Film Editor		John House (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Secretary		Margaret Allen (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Adrian Bishop-Lagget (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Robert Fort (uncredited)
Make-Up Assistant		Beryl Sanderson (uncredited)
Boom Operator		Peter Fletcher (confirmed)
Director's Assistant		Peggy Lupton (uncredited)
Producer's Secretary		Valerie Speyer (uncredited)

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Additional Details

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23 Nov 1963	Radio Times Coverage
30 Jul 2013	The Radio Times Doctor Who Cover That Never Was

Saturday, 23rd November 1963

Radio Times clippings for the broadcast of An Unearthly Child on 23 Nov 1963

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Tuesday, 30th July 2013

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!

Credit: Doctor Who News

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