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This article is about the 1963-1964 season. For the 2005 series, see Doctor Who (series 1).

Doctor Who season 1
Season 1
File:Doctor Who title 1963-1967.jpg
Title card as used in this season
No. of episodes42: 8 serials
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release23 November 1963 (1963-11-23) –
12 September 1964 (1964-09-12)
Season chronology
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Season 2
List of episodes

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
-1"Pilot"Waris HusseinAnthony Coburn1.726 August 1991A
The first pilot episode of The Unearthly child. For the summeries of this episode, see below.
0014"An Unearthly Child"Waris HusseinAnthony Coburn5.923 November - 14 December 1963A
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.
0027"The Daleks"Richard Martin &
Christopher Barry		Terry Nation9.021 December 1963 - 1 February 1964B
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.
0032"The Edge of Destruction"Richard Martin
& Frank Cox		David Whitaker10.18 - 15 February 1964C
The Doctor, while attempting to correct the TARDIS's faulty navigation circuits, causes a small explosion. The Doctor, Barbara, Ian and Susan are all temporarily rendered unconscious. After they awake, Ian and Susan appear to have slight cases of amnesia and everyone begins to act strangely.
0047"Marco Polo"Waris HusseinJohn Lucarotti9.522 February - 4 April 1964D
The TARDIS crew meet the real actual Marco Polo
0056"The Keys of Marinus"John GorrieTerry Nation9.111 April - 16 May 1964E
After arriving on a small island, the TARDIS crew go on a quest to find the six keys to Marinus.
0064"The Aztecs"John CrockettJohn Lucarotti6.523 May - 13 June 1964F
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.
0076"The Sensorites"Mervyn Pinfield
and Frank Cox		Peter R. Newman6.920 June – 1 August 1964G
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.
0086"The Reign of Terror"Henric Hirsch
& John Gorrie		Dennis Spooner6.78 August – 12 September 1964H
The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan arrive in what they believe to be England. However, it is soon clear that they have travelled back into Earth history yet again, this time to 18th Century France, during The French Revolution.

Missing episodes

  • Marco Polo - All 7 Episodes
  • The Reign of Terror - Episodes 4 and 5

DVD releases

See also: List of Doctor Who DVD and Blu-ray releases
Serial name Number and duration
of episodes 		R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
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

  1. ^ http://www.themindrobber.co.uk/ratings.html
  2. ^ Filmink listings
  3. ^ "Doctor Who - 1st Doctor Story 'The Sensorites' Among 5 Classic DVDs Slated for February and March". tvshowsondvd. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  4. ^ "The Doctor Who News Page: The Reign of Terror to be animated". Doctorwhonews.net. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  5. ^ "The Doctor Who News Page: DVD Schedule Update". Doctorwhonews.net. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Twitter / Classic Doctor Who: ... REIGN OF TERROR! To be". Twitter. Retrieved 18 May 2011.

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