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Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

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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.

DirectorWaris Hussein
WriterAnthony Coburn
ProducersVerity Lambert·Rex Tucker

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Cast · Directed by Waris Hussein

WHWilliam Hartnell
William Hartnell
The Doctor
WRWilliam Russell
William Russell
Ian Chesterton
JHJacqueline Hill
Jacqueline Hill
Barbara Wright
CFCarole Ann Ford
Carole Ann Ford
Susan Foreman
DNDerek Newark
Derek Newark
Za
AC
Alethea Charlton
Hur
EWEileen Way
Eileen Way
Old Mother
JY
Jeremy Young
Kal
HL
Howard Lang
Horg
RCReg Cranfield
Reg Cranfield
Policeman (uncredited)
FB
Francesca Bertorelli
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
CC
Carole Clarke
Schoolgirl (uncredited)

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