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form y separately published work icon An Unearthly Child series - publisher   film/TV   science fiction   fantasy  
Alternative title: The Tribe of Gum; 100,000 BC
Note: Uncredited co-author: C.E. Webber
Issue Details: First known date: 1963... 1963 An Unearthly Child
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Two schoolteachers, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, become concerned by the unusual behavior of their fifteen-year-old student, Susan Foreman. When they follow her home, they meet her mysterious grandfather, the Doctor, and find themselves unwilling passengers on his time ship. The first episode deals with Ian and Barbara's discovery of the Doctor and the TARDIS in a junkyard in contemporary London. The following three episodes are set amid a power struggle between warring Stone Age factions.

Source : 'An Unearthly Child' - Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Unearthly_Child (Sighted 4/05/10)

Notes

  • 'An Unearthly Child' comprises the first series of episodes in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 23 November to 14 December 1963. 'The Tribe of Gum' was a working title only. The four episodes have also been referred to as '100,000 B.C.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1963
    • c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       BBC TV ,       1963 .
      person or book cover
      Screen cap from opening credits
      Extent: 4x25 min. episodes ; black and whitep.
      Series: form y separately published work icon Doctor Who (International) assertion London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1963- 9076372 1963 series - publisher film/TV science fiction

      Long-running British science-fiction television programme.

      Doctor Who ran from 1963 to 1989 in its original incarnation. After a long hiatus, it returned in 2005. Both series are treated as a single series on AustLit, with individual episodes listed as 'original series' or 'new series'.

             Number in series: 1.1-4 (original series)
Form: screenplay
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Titan ,       1988 .
      Alternative title: The Tribe of Gum
      Extent: 125p.p.
      ISBN: 185286012X, 9781852860127
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Works about this Work

An Aussie Gave Shape to Tardis Patrick McDonald , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 November 2013; (p. 35)
Going For the Doctor Jacquelin Magnay , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 October 2013; (p. 4-5)
Going For the Doctor Jacquelin Magnay , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 October 2013; (p. 4-5)
An Aussie Gave Shape to Tardis Patrick McDonald , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 November 2013; (p. 35)
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