Doctor Who season 1
Appearance
Doctor Who season 1 | |
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Season 1 | |
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No. of episodes | 42: 8 serials |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Original release | 23 November 1963 12 September 1964 | –
Season chronology | |
The 1st season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 23 November 1963 with the story An Unearthly Child and ended on 12 September 1964 with The Reign of Terror.
Casting
Main characters
William Hartnell was cast as The First Doctor, accompanied by three companions: his granddaughter Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford), and her schoolteachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill).
Serials
Verity Lambert was producer with David Whitaker serving as script editor.
Story No. | Episodes | Title | Directed by | Written by | UK viewers (million)[1] |
Original air date | Production code |
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- | 1 | "Pilot" | Waris Hussein | Anthony Coburn | 1.7 | 26 August 1991 | A |
The first pilot episode of The Unearthly child. For the summeries of this episode, see below. | |||||||
001 | 4 | "An Unearthly Child" | Waris Hussein | Anthony Coburn | 5.9 | 23 November - 14 December 1963 | A |
Schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright are concerned about one of their pupils, Susan Foreman, who seems to have a very alien outlook on England. They have come to her listed address to investigate. They arrive in a junkyard and find a Police Box, the Police Box proves to be no ordinary police box: when Ian and Barbara enter, they discover it to be much bigger on the inside than the outside. In the TARDIS is Susan and her grandfather, the Doctor. Fearing that Barbara and Ian will give away the secret of the TARDIS, he kidnaps them and takes the machine to the Stone Age, where they will have to fight for their lives. | |||||||
002 | 7 | "The Daleks" | Richard Martin & Christopher Barry | Terry Nation | 9.0 | 21 December 1963 - 1 February 1964 | B |
The TARDIS lands in a petrified jungle, where they find a advance city and decide to explorer it. Barbara becomes separated from her colleagues, threatened by an unseen creature. Before long, the entire crew is captured by the Daleks, and learn they are in the middle of a war between the Daleks and the Thals. | |||||||
003 | 2 | "The Edge of Destruction" | Richard Martin & Frank Cox | David Whitaker | 10.1 | 8 - 15 February 1964 | C |
004 | 7 | "Marco Polo" | Waris Hussein | John Lucarotti | 9.5 | 22 February - 4 April 1964 | D |
The TARDIS crew meet the real actual Marco Polo | |||||||
005 | 6 | "The Keys of Marinus" | John Gorrie | Terry Nation | 9.1 | 11 April - 16 May 1964 | E |
After arriving on a small island, the TARDIS crew go on a quest to find the six keys to Marinus. | |||||||
006 | 4 | "The Aztecs" | John Crockett | John Lucarotti | 6.5 | 23 May - 13 June 1964 | F |
The TARDIS crew arrive in Mexico in the 15th Century. With the TARDIS trapped in a tomb, Barbara is mistaken for a female reincarnation of the ancient high priest Yetaxa, and assumes her guise and identity. From her new position of power, Barbara sees her chance to bring an end to human sacrifice. | |||||||
007 | 6 | "The Sensorites" | Mervyn Pinfield and Frank Cox | Peter R. Newman | 6.9 | 20 June – 1 August 1964 | G |
The TARDIS travellers land on a spaceship and find the crew apparently dead. However, othe crew members regains consciousness and Ian Chesterton fully revives them. These two tell the travellers that they are on an exploration mission from Earth and are orbiting Sense-Sphere. However, its inhabitants, the Sensorites, refuse to let them leave the orbit. | |||||||
008 | 6 | "The Reign of Terror" | Henric Hirsch & John Gorrie | Dennis Spooner | 6.7 | 8 August – 12 September 1964 | H |
Missing episodes
- Marco Polo - All 7 Episodes
- The Reign of Terror - Episodes 4 and 5
DVD releases
Serial name | Number and duration of episodes |
R2 release date | R4 release date | R1 release date |
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The Beginning: An Unearthly Child (4 episodes) The Daleks (7 episodes) The Edge of Destruction (2 episodes) (Also includes a 30 minute telesnap reconstruction of Marco Polo) |
13 × 25 min. + 1 × 30 min. reconstruction |
30 January 2006 | 2 March 2006 | 28 March 2006 |
The Keys of Marinus | 6 × 25 min. | 21 September 2009 | 7 January 2010 | 5 January 2010 |
The Aztecs | 4 × 25 min. | 21 October 2002 | 2 December 2002 | 4 March 2003 |
The Sensorites | 6 × 25 min. | 23 January 2012 | 2 February 2012[2] | 14 February 2012[3] |
The Reign of Terror (episodes 1-3 & 6 of 6, animation of 4 & 5)[4] | 6 × 25 min | 2012[5][6] | TBA | TBA |
See also
References
- ^ http://www.themindrobber.co.uk/ratings.html
- ^ Filmink listings
- ^ "Doctor Who - 1st Doctor Story 'The Sensorites' Among 5 Classic DVDs Slated for February and March". tvshowsondvd. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ "The Doctor Who News Page: The Reign of Terror to be animated". Doctorwhonews.net. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ "The Doctor Who News Page: DVD Schedule Update". Doctorwhonews.net. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "Twitter / Classic Doctor Who: ... REIGN OF TERROR! To be". Twitter. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
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