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An Unearthly Child
Broadcast: Saturday 17th July 1999
1:00pm-1:30pm AEST (03:00 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, William Russell

After discussing a strange pupil, Susan Foreman, teachers Ian and Barbara follow her to a junkyard. They meet her grandfather, the Doctor, and force their way inside a police box with frightening results.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 16th July 1999:
FOXTEL's UKTV http://www.foxtel.com.au/ and
http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/
July 1998: Sat 1PM, Sun 2 and 8AM - 1 or 2 complete stories in episode form; Mon through Fri 11:30PM - 1 episode a night
Now: Sat 1PM, Sun 2 and 7AM An Unearthly Child all 4 episodes (An Unearthly Child, The Cave Of Skulls, The Forest Of Fear, The Firemaker)
Sat 3PM, Sun 4 and 9AM Spearhead From Space all 4 episodes
Mon through Thu 11:30PM Robot episodes 1 through 4 of 4
Fri 11:30PM Castrovalva episode 1 of 4

(series not on air from mid-August to early October 1998 - may leave air again temporarily in August 1999)