Doctor Who (Season 1)
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| Doctor Who season 1 | |||
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom | ||
| No. of episodes | 42: 8 serials | ||
| Broadcast | |||
| Original channel | BBC One | ||
| Original run | 23 November 1963 – 12 September 1964 | ||
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| Next → Season 2 | |||
| List of Doctor Who serials | |||
The first season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 23 November 1963 with the first ever story An Unearthly Child and ended on 12 September 1964 with The Reign of Terror.
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Casting
- See also List of Doctor Who cast members
Prolific actor William Hartnell was cast as the Doctor, a mysterious alien traveller; his interpretation of the character has since come to be known as the First Doctor. In the series, the Doctor is 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 story editor and Mervyn Pinfield as associate producer.
Season 1 is one of the more complete seasons of Doctor Who from the 1960s, as all but two of the serials are complete in the BBC archive. The only serials that have episodes missing are Marco Polo (all 7 episodes) and The Reign of Terror (2 episodes). Marco Polo is one of three serials that has no surviving footage at all from any source (the others are "Mission to the Unknown" and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, both from Season 3). The Reign of Terror has had its two missing episodes reconstructed using animation for its release on DVD.
| Story | Serial | Title | Directed by | Written by | UK viewers (million) | AI | Original air date | Production code |
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| 001 | 1 | An Unearthly Child "An Unearthly Child" "The Cave of Skulls" "The Forest of Fear" "The Firemaker" | Waris Hussein | Anthony Coburn | 4.4 5.9 6.9 6.4 | 63 59 56 55 | 23 November 1963 30 November 1963 7 December 1963 14 December 1963 | A |
