Doctor Who (1963) Season 1 Episode 1

Ep 1. An Unearthly Child (1)

  • TV-PG
  • November 23, 1963
  • 24 min
  • 7.5  (10,316)

The show Doctor Who season 1 episode 1 is named "An Unearthly Child (1)" and is the pilot episode for the series. The episode begins with two schoolteachers, Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, who are concerned about one of their students, Susan Foreman. Susan is a strange girl who has a unique perspective on the world, and her knowledge of science and history is far beyond her years.

Ian and Barbara decide to follow Susan home and investigate her home life to find out what is going on. When they arrive at the address Susan gave them, they find a junkyard with a strange police box in the center. As they investigate the police box, they discover that it is much larger on the inside than it looks on the outside.

Suddenly, they are confronted by an eccentric and mysterious figure who introduces himself as the Doctor. The Doctor is a Time Lord who has been traveling through time and space in his TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) for several hundred years. He explains that his ship is broken and he needs to make repairs before he can leave, which will take some time.

Ian and Barbara are skeptical of the Doctor's story and try to leave, but he locks them in the TARDIS to prevent them from interfering. As they travel through time and space, they find themselves on a prehistoric Earth where they witness ancient dangers and the existence of Neanderthals.

The Doctor reveals to them that he stole the TARDIS and is on the run from his own people, the Time Lords, who want to punish him for interfering with the flow of time. He warns them that they must not interfere with the events of history and must return home as soon as possible.

As they continue to travel, they encounter an unearthly child, a young woman who appears to have telekinetic powers and is being hunted by strange beings. The Doctor and his companions must protect her from harm and uncover the mystery of her origins.

The episode ends with the Doctor offering to take Ian and Barbara home, but they refuse, asking to be returned to the junkyard in the present day. They promise to keep the Doctor's secret and not tell anyone what they have seen.

Overall, the pilot episode of Doctor Who sets the stage for the adventures to come, introducing the principle characters and establishing the concept of time travel and the TARDIS. The episode is a thrilling and mysterious ride through time and space and sets the tone for the rest of the series.

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  • First Aired
    November 23, 1963
  • Content Rating
    TV-PG
  • Runtime
    24 min
  • Language
    English
  • IMDB Rating
    7.5  (10,316)