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An Unearthly Child: The Firemaker
Broadcast: Sunday 23rd January 2000
8:30am-9:00am AEDT (21:30 GMT) < > « »
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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 21st January 2000:
UKTV Australia
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Sun 7AM, Late Sun 1AM AEDT An Unearthly Child all 4 eps (An Unearthly Child, The Cave Of Skulls, The Forest Of Fear, The Firemaker)
The original Doctor Who story. The Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara leave London in 1963 and wind up in a pre-civilization civilization.
Mon-Thu 11:30PM AEDT The Dead Planet eps 4 - 7 of 7 (The Ambush, The Expedition, The Ordeal, The Rescue)
The Doctor and friends escape the Daleks, but they left behind the fluid link. Unless they can get it back, the TARDIS will never fly again.
ยป next edition indicated that The Rescue had its cliffhanger cutFri 11:30PM AEDT The Edge of Destruction - The Edge Of Destruction ep 1 of 2
The TARDIS malfunctions, giving the crew strong cases of amnesia and paranoia.