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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 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
Director	Richard Martin, Waris Hussein
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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  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 ... read more »
  
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  - 16 Feb 2006 at 16:54
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  who fan
  
  iv bin a doctor who fan 4 as long as i can remember i so wish u could get every episode every season maybe one day but was great to see how it all started even ... read more »
  
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  - 21 Jan 2012 at 22:26
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  Doctor Who - The Beginning
  
  So good to relive my early childhood Tv days.
  
  Remember watching these from behind the sofa, for its day they were scary.
  
  Maybe not up to ... read more »
  
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  - 09 Jan 2011 at 08:36
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  Classic Viewing
  
  These may not be David Tenant and his assistants, but it brings back wonderful memories from a childhood brought up on Doctor Who and hiding behind the sofa ... read more »
  
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- - Peawee
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  - Shrewsbury
  - 27 Dec 2009 at 20:21
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  great stuff
  
  amazing the unearthly child is the first ever doctor who and the first in this set. It is good drama but really only for very keen doctor who fans. -in it the ... read more »
  
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  - 23 May 2009 at 10:47
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  Where it all started . . . .
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  For me this was something of an experience as my partner is the original Who fan - it was his prompting that made me rent this. The original, pilot episode of ... read more »
  
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  - Wolverhampton
  - 28 Feb 2009 at 19:37
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  great
  
  really good 1 of the first doctor who ever made true classic
  
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- - theleedon
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  - Birmingham
  - 18 Feb 2009 at 14:44
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  Doctor Who the beginning
  
  Fantastic great to see were it all began wobbly sets and dodgy acting .
  
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  - 22 Jan 2009 at 09:25
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  Must See for all Dr Who fans
  
  This is an important DVD to watch.
  
  It shows the first ever episode.
  
  The starting point of the 'Doctor' (who?).
  
  It show ... read more »
  
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  - 11 Dec 2008 at 15:54
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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 ... read more »
  
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  - Attleborough
  - 01 Dec 2008 at 13:47
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  dr who the beginning
  
  when i recieved this dvd i was dying to see how doctor who began because i have never ever seen the very first episode.so i sat down and watched it and what a... read more »
  
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  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 ... read more »
  
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  - 16 Feb 2006 at 16:54
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  The original article
  
  If you're a fan of Tom Baker, you wont know what's hit you. This isn't the eccentric, bohemian, Doctor; this guy has an attitude - and it's not... read more »
  
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- - Helen
  - Cardiff, Wales
  - 07 Jul 2006 at 18:19
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  Classic!
  
  The first three stories of Sci-Fi history. When Doctor Who first started the BBC didn't know if it would work or not. All these decades later it's ... read more »
  
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- - JAMIOUSE
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  - 22 Dec 2006 at 09:25
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  See how it all began
  
  See the very first episodes of the series that started nearly half a century ago. Despite the low budget & cumbersome cameras, all the acting is very good ... read more »
  
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- - Tea Chimp
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  - 24 Jul 2006 at 15:47
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  Good to see how it started
  
  Good to see how Doctor Who started. The Doctor is Susan's grandfather (not uncle as the synopsis wrongly states), although he does seem to be quite a ... read more »
  
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- - David King
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  - 07 Sep 2007 at 23:13
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  One for the collection
  
  I only rented this DVD too see if was any good and can honestly say this is one of the DVD's that I will be adding to my collection, OK it may be in black &... read more »
  
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- - Lee Exley
  - Manchester, England
  - 14 May 2006 at 19:51
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  Edge of Destruction
  
  The 3rd DVD in this collection, this has a short 2-part story which seems to have been a filler between the Daleks story and Marco Polo. It does have some very ... read more »
  
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- - David King
  - London, UK
  - 11 Jan 2008 at 20:20
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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 ... read more »
  
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  - Attleborough
  - 01 Dec 2008 at 13:47
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  Where it all started . . . .
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  For me this was something of an experience as my partner is the original Who fan - it was his prompting that made me rent this. The original, pilot episode of ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 717735
- - a customer
  - Wolverhampton
  - 28 Feb 2009 at 19:37
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  Classic Viewing
  
  These may not be David Tenant and his assistants, but it brings back wonderful memories from a childhood brought up on Doctor Who and hiding behind the sofa ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 842664
- - Peawee
  - 15 reviews
  - Shrewsbury
  - 27 Dec 2009 at 20:21

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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 ...