Doctor Who (1963)

01x01 An Unearthly Child: An Unearthly Child (1)

London, 1963. Schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright are perplexed by the behaviour of one of their pupils, Susan Foreman. Her knowledge of science and history exceeds theirs, yet she seems totally ignorant of many common aspects of everyday life. They follow her to her home address, a junkyard with a police telephone box standing in it, and encounter her grandfather, the enigmatic Doctor. When they force their way past him into the police box, Susan's secret is revealed: she and the Doctor are aliens, and the police box is a time machine, the TARDIS, capable of visiting any point in the universe at any moment in time…

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William Russell William Russell As: Ian Chesterton
William Hartnell William Hartnell As: The Doctor
Jacqueline Hill Jacqueline Hill As: Barbara Wright
Carole Ann Ford Carole Ann Ford As: Susan Foreman
Jacqueline Hill Jacqueline Hill As: Barbara Wright
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London, 1963. Schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright are perplexed by the behaviour of one of their pupils, Susan Foreman. Her knowledge of science and history exceeds theirs, yet she seems totally ignorant of many common aspects of everyday life. They follow her to her home address, a junkyard with a police telephone box standing in it, and encounter her grandfather, the enigmatic Doctor. When they force their way past him into the police box, Susan's secret is revealed: she and the Doctor are aliens, and the police box is a time machine, the TARDIS, capable of visiting any point in the universe at any moment in time…


Certification: TV-PG

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Aired: 23 November, 1963 at 5:15 pm

Language: English

Country: United Kingdom

Runtime: 25m

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William Russell

William Russell

Ian Chesterton

William Hartnell

William Hartnell

The Doctor

Jacqueline Hill

Jacqueline Hill

Barbara Wright

Carole Ann Ford

Carole Ann Ford

Susan Foreman

Jacqueline Hill

Jacqueline Hill

Barbara Wright

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