Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

Nov 23, 1963

1h 36m

★ 7.4

Overview

Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, two humble teachers during 1963, discover a genius student's grandfather, simply known as "the Doctor", and his police box time machine. Deciding that the pair knows too much about his otherworldly origins, they are whisked away on a journey through time and space.

Genres

Science Fiction

Drama

Adventure

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Dr. Who

William Hartnell

Ian Chesterton

William Russell

Barbara Wright

Jacqueline Hill

Susan Foreman

Carole Ann Ford

Derek Newark

Hur

Alethea Charlton

Old Mother

Eileen Way

Kal

Jeremy Young

Horg

Howard Lang

Policeman (uncredited)

Reg Cranfield

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

Francesca Bertorelli

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

Carole Clarke

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