Doctor Who - The Beginning
1963
Features four episodes. Includes the previously unreleased pilot episode and the very first episode from the long-running sci-fi TV series set in London in 1963. In 'An Unearthly Child', teachers Ian and Barbara follow a mysterious pupil, Susan, home one evening and find that she lives in a junkyard. Suddenly her uncle, the .. Read more
| Starring | William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, William Russell |
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| Director | Waris Hussein, Richard Martin |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Doctor Who - The Beginning
Features four episodes. Includes the previously unreleased pilot episode and the very first episode from the long-running sci-fi TV series set in London in 1963. In 'An Unearthly Child', teachers Ian and Barbara follow a mysterious pupil, Susan, home one evening and find that she lives in a junkyard. Suddenly her uncle, the Doctor, appears but they suspect Susan is being held in the police box. On entering this box their lives change forever... Also includes 'The Daleks' and the two-part episode of 'The Edge Of Destruction'.
| Starring | William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, William Russell |
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| Director | Waris Hussein, Richard Martin |
| Studio | 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 5 hrs 46 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 30 Jan 2006 Production year: 1963 |
| Format | DVD |
Doctor Who - The Beginning (3 discs) (1963)
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22 out of 22 people found this review helpful
Worth another look...
Although 'An Unearthly Child' and 'The Daleks' have already been released on VHS, they are worth looking at again as they've been restored and are nice clean bright copies. However, it is the extras which make this release worth seeing. With 'an Unearthly Child' included is the original unedited version of the first episode and short short comedy sketches by Mark Gatiss, plus a theme music video. In 'The Daleks' there is a very interesting documentary about the origins of the daleks. The third DVD in the set, 'The Edge of Destruction,' is only two episodes and is rather claustrophobic, being set in the Tardis only. One extra on this disk is a special 30 minute story of the 'lost' Marco Polo story. Overall, if you are interested in the early days of Dr Who, this is worth renting.
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Interesting
... if you want to see how it all started.
William Hartnell as the Dr. character plays it as a batty old grand-dad. This is quite different in terms of character positioning to the nearly omniscient galactic enforcer (according to his own PR) Dr. that you get by series 9.
I guess that they were not thinking that Dr Who would become as epic as it has become.
William Hartnell never has any real idea where they have landed for half of the episodes and continuously needs rescuing from the earthlings he has unwillingly brought along.
The female teacher character looks very reminiscent of Cherie Blair. -
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Features four episodes. Includes the previously unreleased pilot episode and the very first episode from the long-running sci-fi TV series set in London in 1963. In 'An Unearthly Child', teachers Ian ... -