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An Unearthly Child: The Firemaker
Last updated 02 January 2017
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CTV Sci-Fi Channel
Featuring: William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, William Russell
The Doctor and his companions use guile and cunning to escape death at the hands of their Stone Age captors. The Doctor decides that the only way to escape is to show the cave dwellers how to make fire.
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:
Friday 16th October 1998:
SPACE: The Imagination Station - a specialty tier channel
Sunday at 8AM Eastern (3:30AM repeat) - The Romans: The Slave Traders - episode 1 of 4
Monday through Thursday at 7:30AM Eastern - An Unearthly Child - all 4 episodes (An Unearthly Child, The Cave Of Skulls, The Forest Of Fear, The Firemaker)
Friday at 7:30AM Eastern - The Daleks: The Dead Planet - episode 1 of 7
In the weekend installment, the 1st Doctor and company spend a month in Italy in 64AD. They do not go unnoticed, however. The weekday episodes cycle back to the earliest stories of Doctor Who. An Unearthly Child is the story that began the series. And at the end of "The Daleks - The Dead Planet", Barbara is the first TARDIS crewmember to ever meet you-know-who.
SPACE: The Imagination Station - a specialty tier channel
Sunday at 8AM Eastern (3:30AM repeat) - The Romans: The Slave Traders - episode 1 of 4
Monday through Thursday at 7:30AM Eastern - An Unearthly Child - all 4 episodes (An Unearthly Child, The Cave Of Skulls, The Forest Of Fear, The Firemaker)
Friday at 7:30AM Eastern - The Daleks: The Dead Planet - episode 1 of 7
In the weekend installment, the 1st Doctor and company spend a month in Italy in 64AD. They do not go unnoticed, however. The weekday episodes cycle back to the earliest stories of Doctor Who. An Unearthly Child is the story that began the series. And at the end of "The Daleks - The Dead Planet", Barbara is the first TARDIS crewmember to ever meet you-know-who.
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