The early days of the show were a sharp contrast from the ethos displayed in the upcoming Series Nine catchphrase, “I’m the Doctor. In future serials where the Doctor and crew need to get to a specific place, they have to hitch a ride. This meant that when the Doctor takes off with Barbara and Ian on board at the end of episode one, there’s virtually no chance of getting them home again. But initially the central concept of the Classic Era was the TARDIS’s unreliability. In the current series, the TARDIS can land anywhere it wants to. There’s a mysterious central character called the Doctor and a handful of travelling companions. And in some cases, it looks and feels very much like the show you’re watching now there’s a big blue (well, dark gray) box called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, and it makes the same wheezy noise as it takes off and lands. Before the action figures, the magazines, the thousands of fansites, the DVD’s, the convention circuit, the minisodes, and all the flood of BBC Enterprises swag, there was An Unearthly Child. The sci-fi institution you know and love originated over a half century ago, right here. Okay, all you Smith-heads, Tennant worshipers and Capaldians (all three of you, myself included), listen up. Most of the principle guest cast would appear in future serials: Derek Newark (Za) in Inferno, Althea Charleton (Hur) in The Time Meddler, Jeremy Young (Kal) in Mission to the Unknown, and Eileen Way (Old Woman) in The Creature from the Pit.Episode One was a re-write and re-shoot of the un-broadcast pilot episode, which was beset by technical difficulties and featured an even harsher characterization of the Doctor.More people saw the repeat broadcast than the initial one. Episode One’s viewership was quite low – possibly due to news coverage of President Kennedy’s assassination the day before, possibly due to a number of regional power cuts – so the BBC granted a virtually unprecedented re-broadcast immediately prior to Episode Two.They do not notice the TARDIS’s radiation meter inching into the danger zone. They arrive at their next destination and go out to explore. It is made clear that Susan’s grandfather, who is known as the Doctor, cannot control the navigational systems of the TARDIS, and may never be able to return Ian and Barbara home. Ultimately they make fire for the tribe, Za kills Kal, and the travelers escape to the TARDIS. This lesson is lost on the old man when Za pursues them through the forest and is attacked by a wild beast, he is perfectly willing to kill the wounded man to help them escape. Along the way, Ian and Barbara introduce the tribe to concepts of mercy and helpfulness, that in ‘their tribe,’ the firemaker is the least powerful person, and that one tyrant is not as strong as a unified collective. When the old man announces he can make fire, they become pawns in the struggle.
There is a power struggle for control of the tribe between Za, son of the late elder, and the outsider Kal, focused on the secret of making fire. The quartet find themselves in the Stone Age, and are soon abducted by a tribe of primitive humans. The old man is paranoid and irascible, certain that the teachers will expose their secret, and despite Susan’s panicked pleas he activates the TARDIS, leaving 60’s London behind. Susan explains that they are exiles from another world and another time, and the Police Box is their ship, the TARDIS. The old man is furious at their intrusion. But when Susan’s voice is heard from inside, they push past him into the Police Box and find themselves in a vast futuristic chamber, much larger on the inside. They encounter Susan’s grandfather, who brusquely shoos them away. They trail her to her given address, 76 Totters Lane, only to find a scrapyard wherein sits a rather incongruous Police Box emitting an eerie hum. Her knowledge of history and science surpasses their own, but is also awkwardly unaware of the ins-and-outs of contemporary life. WebberĪt the end of another day at London’s Coal Hill School, history teacher Barbara Wright and science teacher Ian Chesterton compare notes about an enigmatic student, Susan Foreman. With William Russell (Ian), Jacqueline Hill (Barbara) and Carole Ann Ford (Susan) Two teachers follow a mysterious student into a junkyard, spawning multiple generations of sci-fi geeks. (aka 100,000 B.C., The Tribe of Gum, The Stone Age, or The Paleolithic Age)
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