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An Unearthly Child was the first televised story in the original Doctor Who series.

Curious about an unusual student Susan Foreman, two school teachers follow her home to a junkyard. This leads to an encounter with the mysterious Doctor and a his police box which turns out to be a craft capable of travel in time and space.

Afraid that the teachers will reveal his secrets the Doctor whisks them back in time. They arrive in 100,000 BC and encounter a group of cave people desperately trying to create fire. Kidnapped and imprisoned in a cavel filled with skulls the unwilling travellers have to work together to create fire and escape their captors. (Click here for an extended synopsis)

Story Notes

 * The first story broadcast on television
 * The first story featuring the First Doctor
 * The first story featuring Susan
 * The first story featuring Ian
 * The first story featuring Barbara
 * This story is also known as 100,000 BC and The Tribe of Gum
 * The episodes of this story went by different titles during the production stage. Episode 2 was originally known as The Fire-Maker, Episode 3 was originally known as The Cave of Skulls and Episode 4 was originally known as The Dawn of Knowledge
 * All episodes exist in 16mm telerecordings
 * All episodes are held in the BBC's Film and Videotape Library
 * The first episode was repeated just before the second episode because of a power outage
 * The makers of the show originally considered the idea of having a functioning chameleon circuit but ruled it out on cost grounds
 * The bones used in the cave of skulls were real bones taken from an abbatoir and were very unpleasant to smell under hot studio lights
 * Although assumed there is no evidence to suggest that episodes 2,3 and 4 are even set on Earth.


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