An Unearthly Child

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Doctor Who serial science fiction television episode television story

An Unearthly Child is the very first episode of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, introducing the Doctor, his granddaughter Susan, and the TARDIS.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Doctor Who serial ⓘ
science fiction television episode ⓘ
television story ⓘ
broadcastOn BBC television services ⓘ
surface form: BBC Television Service
commissionedBy Sydney Newman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Waris Hussein ⓘ
episodeNumberInSerial 1 ⓘ
featuresActor Carole Ann Ford ⓘ
Jacqueline Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Russell ⓘ
featuresCharacter Barbara Wright ⓘ
Ian Chesterton ⓘ
Susan Foreman ⓘ
featuresVehicle TARDIS ⓘ
firstBroadcastDate 1963-11-23 ⓘ
firstBroadcastTime 17:16 GMT ⓘ
followedBy The Daleks ⓘ
format black-and-white ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
homeMediaRelease Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
introducesCharacter Susan Foreman ⓘ
The Doctor NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducesConcept TARDIS ⓘ
Time Lord time travel ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor being the first Doctor Who story broadcast ⓘ
introducing the Doctor’s time machine TARDIS ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 4 ⓘ
originalChannel BBC One ⓘ
originallyTitled 100,000 BC (for the full serial) ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC television services ⓘ
surface form: BBC Television
partOf Doctor Who ⓘ
precededBy none ⓘ
producer Verity Lambert ⓘ
productionCode A ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 25 ⓘ
scriptEditor David Whitaker ⓘ
serialCode A ⓘ
series Doctor Who ⓘ
setting 1963 ⓘ
Coal Hill Academy ⓘ
surface form: Coal Hill School

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
starsActor William Hartnell ⓘ
starsCharacter The Doctor ⓘ
surface form: First Doctor
tardisInteriorDebut First Doctor’s TARDIS interior ⓘ
themeArrangedBy Delia Derbyshire ⓘ
themeMusicBy Ron Grainer ⓘ
writer Anthony Coburn ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Companions of the Doctor → firstAppearance → An Unearthly Child ⓘ
TARDIS → firstAppearance → An Unearthly Child ⓘ
The Doctor → firstAppearance → An Unearthly Child ⓘ