Season 1

Season 1 of Doctor Who ran from 23 November 1963 to 12 September 1964. It starred William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter, and William Russell and Jacqueline Hill as companions Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright. The season opened with An Unearthly Child and concluded with The Reign of Terror.

Overview
The season consisted of eight serials comprised of forty-two episodes, as well as a pilot episode which was never aired on television until 1991. More accurately, the production team made several versions of the pilot episode. The inaugural season established many of the concepts that continue to the present day and also introduced the hugely popular Daleks. Two of the three historical stories of this season are presently considered lost, in total (as is the case of Marco Polo) or partially (The Reign of Terror), although audio recordings of all episodes remain.

Cast

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

Recurring

 * Daleks - operated by Robert Jewell, Kevin Manser, Michael Summerton, Gerald Taylor, and voiced by Peter Hawkins, David Graham

Guest

 * Za - Derek Newark
 * Hur - Alethea Charlton
 * Old Mother - Eileen Way
 * Kal - Jeremy Young
 * Horg - Howard Lang
 * Temmosus - Alan Wheatley
 * Alydon - John Lee
 * Dyoni - Virginia Wetherell
 * Ganatus - Philip Bond
 * Antodus - Marcus Hammond
 * Kristas - Jonathan Crane
 * Elyon - Gerald Curtis
 * Thals - Chris Browning, Katie Cashfield, Vez Delahunt, Kevin Glenny, Ruth Harrison, Lesley Hill, Steve Pokol, Jeanette Rossini, Eric Smith
 * Marco Polo - Mark Eden
 * Tegana - Derren Nesbitt
 * Ping-Cho - Zienia Merton
 * Kublai Khan - Martin Miller
 * Chenchu - Jimmy Gardner
 * Man at Lop - Leslie Bates
 * Mongol Bandit - Michael Guest
 * Malik - Charles Wade
 * Acomat - Philip Voss
 * Ling-Tau - Paul Carson
 * Wang-Lo - Gabor Baraker
 * Kuiju - Tutte Lemkow
 * Empress - Claire Davenport
 * Vizier - Peter Lawrence
 * Office Foreman - Basil Tang
 * Yeng - O. Ikeda
 * Arbitan - George Coulouris
 * Voords - Martin Cort, Peter Stenson, Gordon Wales
 * Altos - Robin Phillips
 * Sabetha - Katharine Schofield
 * Voice of Morpho - Heron Carvic
 * Warrior - Martin Cort
 * Darrius - Edmund Warwick
 * Vasor - Francis De Wolff
 * Ice Soldiers - Michael Allaby, Alan James, Peter Stenson, Anthony Verner
 * Tarron - Henley Thomas
 * Larn - Michael Allaby
 * Senior judge - Raf De La Torre
 * First judge - Alan James
 * Second judge - Peter Stenson
 * Kala - Fiona Walker
 * Aydan - Martin Cort
 * Eyesen - Donald Pickering
 * Guard - Alan James
 * Yartek - Stephen Dartnell
 * Autloc - Keith Pyott
 * Tlotoxl - John Ringham
 * Ixta - Ian Cullen
 * Cameca - Margot Van der Burgh
 * First Victim - Tom Booth
 * Aztec Captain - David Anderson
 * Tonila - Walter Randall
 * Perfect Victim - Andre Boulay
 * John - Stephen Dartnell
 * Carol - Ilona Rodgers
 * Maitland - Lorne Cossette
 * First Sensorite - Ken Tyllsen
 * Second Sensorite - Joe Greig
 * Third Sensorite - Peter Glaze
 * Fourth Sensorite - Arthur Newall
 * First Elder - Eric Francis
 * Second Elder - Bartlett Mullins
 * Sensorites - Anthony Rogers, Gerry Martin
 * First Scientist - Ken Tyllsen
 * Second Scientist - Joe Greig
 * Warrior - Joe Greig
 * Commander - John Bailey
 * First Human - Martyn Huntley
 * Second Human - Giles Phibbs
 * Small Boy - Peter Walker
 * Rouvray - Laidlaw Dalling
 * D'Argenson - Neville Smith
 * Sergeant - Robert Hunter
 * Lieutenant - Ken Lawrence
 * Soldier - James Hall
 * Judge - Howard Charlton
 * Jailer - Jack Cunningham
 * Webster - Jeffry Wickham
 * Overseer - Dallas Cavell
 * Peasant - Dennis Cleary
 * James Stirling - James Cairncross
 * Jean - Roy Herrick
 * Jules Renan - Donald Morley
 * Shopkeeper - John Barrard
 * Danielle - Caroline Hunt
 * Léon Colbert - Edward Brayshaw
 * Maximilien Robespierre - Keith Anderson
 * Physician - Ronald Pickup
 * Soldier - Terry Bale
 * Paul Barras - John Law
 * Napoléon Bonaparte - Tony Wall
 * Soldier - Patrick Marley

Creation
The series was borne out of a need to fill a gap in the Saturday teatime schedule between Grandstand and Juke Box Jury. A meeting between Donald Wilson, Sydney Newman and Donald Baverstock was held to discuss potential shows to fill this gap. Newman, having had recent experience producing a successful sci-fi show at ABC, suggested that a sci-fi show would be of great potential. From there, the show was formed through various meetings and developing proposals. The show, as we know it, was essentially the creation of a committee, with the following amongst the many who created the various parts that went into the series: Donald Wilson (time travel), Sydney Newman (the First Doctor and Susan), C. E. Webber (Ian and Barbara and the scenario for the first episode), Anthony Coburn (Susan's name, the TARDIS looking like a police box and the idea that the Doctor's ship would have an abbreviated/acronymic name) and David Whitaker (Susan being the Doctor's granddaughter).

Production overview
Verity Lambert was chosen by Sydney Newman as producer of the series (although Don Taylor was first approached), due to his experience working with her on projects for several years, and Mervyn Pinfield was assigned as associate producer, picking up mainly on the technical side of the series such as dealing with the in-camera SFX.

Initially, the series was only ordered for the first four episodes that made up An Unearthly Child and came close to going no further. This was extended to thirteen episodes, but the production team had either eleven (An Unearthly Child and The Daleks) or eighteen (An Unearthly Child, The Daleks and Marco Polo). To solve this problem, David Whitaker wrote the two episode The Edge of Destruction, something that normally would not have happened due to an existing rule that prohibited script editors writing for the series they were editing. This was so that they could not simply commission themselves and deprive other script writers of work.

The first to third season story titles have been a contentious issue. For more information, see disputed story titles.

Stories considered during this season, but ultimately unmade, included:


 * The Masters of Luxor (a.k.a. The Robots) by Anthony Coburn
 * The Hidden Planet (a.k.a. Beyond the Sun) by Malcolm Hulke
 * The Red Fort by Terry Nation
 * Farewell Great Macedon by Moris Farhi
 * The Miniscules by C. E. Webber (a variant on this idea appeared as Planet of Giants, aired during Season 2)

Telos Publishing

 * Frayed is set during the travels of the First Doctor and Susan.
 * Time and Relative relates the events leading up to An Unearthly Child.

Short Trips

 * One Virtue, and a Thousand Crimes is set before the First Doctor flees Gallifrey.
 * The Exiles is set immediately after the First Doctor and Susan depart Gallifrey.
 * Childhood Living is set during the travels of the First Doctor and Susan.
 * Indian Summer is set during the travels of the First Doctor and Susan.
 * The Price of Conviction is set during the travels of the First Doctor and Susan.
 * Bide-a-Wee is set during the travels of the First Doctor and Susan.
 * The Gift is set during the travels of the First Doctor and Susan.
 * Losing the Audience is set during the First Doctor and Susan's stay on Earth in 1963.
 * The Splintered Gate features Ian and Barbara not long before they meet the Doctor.

Yearbooks

 * Urrozdinee is set during the travels of the First Doctor and Susan.

Puffin eshorts

 * A Big Hand for the Doctor is set during the travels of the First Doctor and Susan.

The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who

 * The Arboreals is set during the travels of the First Doctor and Susan.

The Companion Chronicles

 * The Beginning recounts the TARDIS' maiden voyage.
 * The Alchemists is set during the travels of the First Doctor and Susan.
 * The Sleeping Blood is set during the travels of the First Doctor and Susan.
 * Quinnis is set immediately before the First Doctor and Susan's arrival on Earth in 1963.

Destiny of the Doctors

 * Hunters of Earth is set during the First Doctor and Susan's stay on Earth in 1963.

Doctor Who Magazine

 * Operation Proteus is set during the First Doctor and Susan's stay on Earth in 1963.

Virgin Missing Adventures

 * The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Set between Marco Polo and The Keys of Marinus

Doctor Who Magazine

 * Who Discovered America? (Set between Marco Polo and The Keys of Marinus)

Short Trips

 * The Ruins of Time (Set between Marco Polo and The Keys of Marinus)
 * The Last Days (Set between The Aztecs and The Sensorites)
 * Mire and Clay (Set between The Aztecs and The Sensorites)
 * The Duke's Folly (Set between The Aztecs and The Sensorites)
 * The Mother Road (Set between The Aztecs and The Sensorites)
 * Tell Me You Love Me (Set between The Aztecs and The Sensorites)

The Companion Chronicles

 * The Transit of Venus (Set between The Sensorites and The Reign of Terror)

Short Trips

 * A Small Semblance of Home (Set between Marco Polo and The Keys of Marinus)

The Lost Stories

 * The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance (Set between The Aztecs and The Sensorites)
 * Farewell, Great Macedon (Set between The Aztecs and The Sensorites)
 * The Masters of Luxor (Set between The Aztecs and The Sensorites)

Specials

 * Ian, Barbara and Susan's involvement in The Light at the End (Set somewhere between Marco Polo and The Dalek Invasion of Earth)

Comics

 * In-Between Times (Set between Marco Polo and The Keys of Marinus)
 * The Path of Skulls (Set between Marco Polo and The Keys of Marinus)
 * The Forgotten (Set between The Keys of Marinus and The Aztecs)

Ratings

 * Average: 8.1 million
 * Highest: 10.4 million (five-way tie)
 * Lowest: 4.9 million (An Unearthly Child episode 1, due to a widespread power cut)

VHS releases

 * An Unearthly Child (1990/2000)
 * The Daleks (2-part version) (1989)
 * The Daleks [Remastered] (2001)
 * The Edge of Destruction and Dr. Who: The Pilot Episode (2000)
 * The Keys of Marinus (1999)
 * The Aztecs (1992)
 * The Sensorites (2002)
 * The Reign of Terror (2003) (with linking narration of missing episodes, also includes The Faceless Ones episodes 1 and 3 & The Web of Fear episode 1)
 * The Hartnell Years (1991) (Pilot Episode)

See episode articles for full details.

Loose Cannon VHS releases

 * Marco Polo (2002)
 * The Reign of Terror (2000) (episodes 4 and 5 only)

Download/streaming availability
BritBox is available only in the US and UK. iTunes stores carry Doctor Who serials in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK and US.

Novels

 * Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child
 * Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks
 * Doctor Who – The Edge of Destruction
 * Doctor Who - Marco Polo
 * Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus
 * Doctor Who - The Aztecs
 * Doctor Who – The Sensorites
 * Doctor Who – The Reign of Terror

Audiobooks

 * Marco Polo
 * The Reign of Terror

Theatrical film

 * Dr. Who and the Daleks - based upon the second serial, The Daleks.