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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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, which 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. | ||||||||
| 001 | 2 | The Daleks "The Dead Planet" "The Survivors" "The Escape" "The Ambush" "The Expedition" "The Ordeal" "The Rescue" | Richard Martin and Christopher Barry | Terry Nation | 6.9 6.4 8.9 9.9 9.9 10.4 10.4 | 59 58 63 63 63 63 65 | 21 December 1963 28 December 1963 4 January 1964 11 January 1964 18 January 1964 25 January 1964 1 February 1964 | B |
| The TARDIS lands in a petrified jungle, where they find an advanced city and decide to explore 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. | ||||||||
