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An Unearthly Child: The Firemaker
Last updated 13 January 2025
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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 25th June 1999:
SPACE: The Imagination Station
http://www.spacecast.com/ and
http://www.hwcn.org/~an933/spacedw.htm
Saturday through Monday at 7:30AM EDT An Unearthly Child episodes 2 through 4 of 4 (The Cave Of Skulls, The Forest Of Fear, The Firemaker)
Tuesday through Friday at 7:30AM EDT The Daleks episodes 1 through 4 of 7 (The Dead Planet, The Survivors, The Escape, The Ambush)
The very earliest episodes of Doctor Who - a chance to invite new fans to tune in and see how it began. The 1st Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara travel first to ancient Earth where the cavemen are in an unfriendly move, then discover a barren world ruined by its militaristic inhabitants.
SPACE: The Imagination Station
http://www.spacecast.com/ and
http://www.hwcn.org/~an933/spacedw.htm
Saturday through Monday at 7:30AM EDT An Unearthly Child episodes 2 through 4 of 4 (The Cave Of Skulls, The Forest Of Fear, The Firemaker)
Tuesday through Friday at 7:30AM EDT The Daleks episodes 1 through 4 of 7 (The Dead Planet, The Survivors, The Escape, The Ambush)
The very earliest episodes of Doctor Who - a chance to invite new fans to tune in and see how it began. The 1st Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara travel first to ancient Earth where the cavemen are in an unfriendly move, then discover a barren world ruined by its militaristic inhabitants.
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