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Last updated 02 January 2017
An Unearthly Child: The Firemaker
Broadcast: Saturday 14th December 1963
5:15pm-5:40pm GMT < > « » Premiere < > « »
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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: BBC

Ratings Information:


Consolidated figures: 6.400m viewers (+7 days), 70th place, AI 55