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Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

In this first ever Doctor Who adventure, the Doctor's grand-daughter has become a pupil at an ordinary school in Britain, 1963. A strange amalgam of teenage normality and uncanny intelligence, she whets the curiosity of two teachers who become inextricably involved in the Doctor's strange travels. Proving that time goes round in circles, the Doctor blasts them back to a pre-civilised age of the Great Cold where tribal leaders battle for supremacy in a race to make fire. Thrown into the cave of skulls, the Doctor and his companions soon realise that their lives depend on two alternatives: making fire without matches or escaping through the forest of fear...

Year: 1963
Genre: TV Cult, TV Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror, Television Shows, Time Travel
Country: UK
Director: Waris Hussein
Starring: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Duration: 183 Minutes
Rating: PG
8.7/10
Location in store: Cult (TV)

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