Doctor Who season 1

Doctor Who
Season 1
Cover art of the Region 2 DVD release for the first serial of the season
Starring	William Hartnell Carole Ann Ford Jacqueline Hill William Russell
No. of episodes	42 (9 missing)
Release
Original network	BBC TV / BBC1[N 1]
Original release	23 November 1963 (1963-11-23) – 12 September 1964 (1964-09-12)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The first season of

The first eight serials were written by six writers: Whitaker, Anthony Coburn, Terry Nation, John Lucarotti, Peter R. Newman, and Dennis Spooner. Webber also co-wrote the show's first episode. The show was developed with three particular story types envisioned: past history, future technology, and alternative present; Coburn, Lucarotti, and Spooner wrote historical episodes, Nation and Newman penned futuristic stories, and Whitaker wrote a "filler" serial set entirely in the TARDIS. The serials were mostly directed by junior directors, such as Waris Hussein, John Gorrie, John Crockett, Henric Hirsch, Richard Martin, Christopher Barry, and Frank Cox; the exception is experienced director Mervyn Pinfield, who directed the first four episodes of The Sensorites. Filming started in September 1963 and lasted for approximately nine months, with weekly recording taking place mostly at Lime Grove Studios or the BBC Television Centre.

The first episode, overshadowed by the assassination of John F. Kennedy the previous day, was watched by 4.4 million viewers; the episode was repeated the following week, and the programme gained popularity with audiences, particularly with the introduction of the Daleks in the second serial, which peaked at 10.4 million viewers. The season received generally positive reviews, with praise particularly directed at the scripts and performances. However, many retrospective reviewers noted that Susan lacked character development and was generally portrayed as a damsel in distress, a criticism often echoed by Ford. Several episodes were erased by the BBC between 1967 and 1972, and only 33 of a total of 42 episodes survive; all seven episodes of Marco Polo and two episodes of The Reign of Terror remain missing. The existing serials received several VHS and DVD releases as well as tie-in novels.

Serials

^† Episode is missing

Production

Conception

In March 1963,

William Hartnell, 1946

Carole Ann Ford, 1963

Jacqueline Hill, 1953

William Russell, 1953

Hartnell, Ford, Hill, and Russell were cast as the four leading roles: the Doctor, his granddaughter Susan Foreman, and her teachers Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, respectively.

William Hartnell portrayed the first incarnation of the Doctor (referred to as "Dr. Who") in this season. The role was originally offered to Hugh David, Leslie French, Cyril Cusack, Alan Webb and Geoffrey Bayldon; David, Cusack and Webb turned down the role as they were reluctant to work on a series,^[10][11] while Bayldon wished to avoid another "old man" role.^[11] Lambert and director Waris Hussein invited Hartnell to play the role; he accepted after several discussions, viewing it as an opportunity to take his career in a new direction.^[12] Hartnell had always wished to play an older character in his work, but failed to do so, becoming typecast as a "tough" actor due to his roles in Carry On Sergeant (1958) and The Army Game (1957–61).^[13] Although portrayed as grumpy and antagonistic in early episodes, the Doctor warms to his companions as the show progresses.^[14]

The Doctor's granddaughter Susan Foreman was portrayed by Carole Ann Ford, a 23-year-old who typically played younger roles. Lambert was originally in talks with actress Jacqueline Lenya for the role,^[15] and several actresses auditioned for the part, including Christa Bergmann, Anne Castaldini, Maureen Crombie, Heather Fleming, Camilla Hasse, Waveney Lee, Anna Palk and Anneke Wills.^[16] Ford felt that the character of Susan deteriorated throughout the series; although the show's initial pitch depicted Susan as a strange alien creature, she often played the damsel in distress role, panicking at minor events.^[17] Susan's school teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright were played by William Russell and Jacqueline Hill, respectively. Russell was the only actor considered by Lambert for the role of Chesterton.^[18] While Sally Home, Phyllida Law and Penelope Lee were considered for Barbara,^[16] Lambert chose Hill, her friend, for the role.^[19]

Writing

Three particular story types were envisioned for the show: history of the past, technology in the future, and alternatives of the present.

The programme was originally intended to open with a serial entitled The Giants, written by Webber,[21]^[22] but was scrapped by June 1963 as the technical requirements of the storyline—which involved the leading characters being drastically reduced in size—were beyond the technical capabilities, and the story itself lacked the necessary impact for an opener. Due to the lack of scripts ready for production, the untitled second serial from Coburn was moved to first in the running order.^[23] The order change necessitated rewriting the opening episode of Coburn's script to include some introductory elements of Webber's script for the first episode of The Giants.^[23] Coburn also made several significant original contributions to the opening episode, most notably that the Doctor's time machine should resemble a police box, an idea he conceived after seeing a real police box while walking near his office.^[24]

Some of the first season's stories feature historical figures such as Marco Polo (left) and Maximilien Robespierre (right).

The second serial of Doctor Who was always planned to be futuristic due to the historical nature of the first. Comedy writer Terry Nation had written a 26-page outline for a story entitled The Survivors at his home, influenced by the threat of racial extermination by the Nazis and the concerns of advanced warfare, as well as taking influences from H. G. Wells' novel The Time Machine (1895).^[25] Newman and Wilson were unhappy with the serial, having wanted to avoid featuring "bug-eyed monsters"; however, with no other scripts prepared, they were forced to accept the serial for production.^[26] Due to other sudden commitments, Nation quickly wrote the scripts for the serial at the rate of one per day.^[27] Nation also wrote the show's fifth serial, The Keys of Marinus, to replace Dr Who and the Hidden Planet by Malcolm Hulke, which was deemed problematic and required rewrites. Nation and Whitaker decided to base the serial around a series of "mini-adventures", each with a different setting and cast; Nation was intrigued by the idea of the TARDIS crew searching for parts of a puzzle.^[28] Nation was also set to write the show's eighth serial, Doctor Who and the Red Fort, a seven-part story set during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, but other commitments prevented him from doing so.^[29]

Newman suggested writer John Lucarotti to the production team during the show's early development. Lucarotti, who had recently worked on the 18-part radio serial The Three Journeys of Marco Polo (1955), penned a seven-part serial about the Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo titled Dr Who and a Journey to Cathay.^[30] Later known as Marco Polo, the serial was moved from its placement in the running order to accommodate The Edge of Destruction.^[31] Lucarotti was approached to write The Aztecs while Marco Polo was in production. Having lived in Mexico, Lucarotti was fascinated by the Aztec civilisation^[32] and their obsession with human sacrifice.^[33] The show's eighth serial, The Reign of Terror, is also a historical story, though writer Dennis Spooner was initially interested in writing a science fiction story. Whitaker gave Spooner four possible historical subjects, and he ultimately selected the French Revolution.^[34]

The show's third serial, The Edge of Destruction, was written as a "filler" in case the show was not renewed beyond 13 episodes. Since the serial had no budget and minimal resources, Whitaker took the opportunity to develop an idea conceived during the show's formative weeks: a character-driven story exploring the facets of the TARDIS.^[35] He wrote the script in two days, drawing upon influences of ghost stories and haunted houses.^[36] Peter R. Newman wrote the show's sixth serial, The Sensorites, inspired by 1950s films set during World War II that explore the notion of soldiers who continued to fight after the war.^[37]

Filming

BBC Television Centre in 2005

Ealing Studios in 2008

Some episodes of the first season were recorded at the Television Centre, and most inserts were filmed at Ealing Studios.

An Unearthly Child was provisionally scheduled to begin recording on 5 July,^[38] but was delayed to 19 July.^[39] Production was later deferred for a further two weeks while scripts were prepared.^[40] The show's pilot recording was finally scheduled for 27 September and regular episodes made from 18 October.^[41] Tucker was originally selected as the serial's director, but the task was assigned to Hussein due to Tucker's unavailability after the rearranging of production dates.^[42] Some of the pre-filmed inserts for the serial, shot at Ealing Studios in September and October 1963,^[43] were directed by Hussein's production assistant Douglas Camfield.^[44] The first version of the opening episode was recorded at Lime Grove Studios on the evening of 27 September 1963, following a week of rehearsals. However, the recording was bedevilled with technical errors, including the doors leading into the TARDIS control room failing to close properly. After viewing the episode, Newman ordered that it be mounted again. During the weeks between the two tapings, changes were made to costuming, effects, performances, and scripts.^{[45][N 4]} The second attempt at the opening episode was recorded on 18 October,^[47] with the following three episodes being recorded weekly on 25 October, 1 November and 8 November.^[48]

Tucker was initially appointed to direct The Daleks, but was later replaced by Christopher Barry.^[49] A week of shooting for The Daleks took place from 28 October, consisting mostly of inserts of the city and models.^[50] Weekly recording began on 15 November;^[51] it was later discovered that the first recording was affected by induction—an effect in which the voices from the production assistants' headphones was clearly audible. The episode was re-recorded on 6 December, pushing the weekly recordings of episodes 4–7 back by one week.^[52] The final episode was recorded on 10 January 1964.^[50] The re-recording forced Paddy Russell to forego directing The Edge of Destruction due to other commitments; junior director Richard Martin was later handed the role,^[53] and the first episode was recorded on 17 January.^[54] Frank Cox directed the second episode on 24 January, as Martin was unavailable.^[55] Filming for Marco Polo was preceded by a week of insert shooting of locations and props for the montage sequences.^[56] The serial was recorded weekly from 31 January to 13 March, directed by Hussein;^[56] John Crockett directed the fourth episode in Hussein's absence.^[57]

Weekly recording for The Keys of Marinus, directed by John Gorrie, took place from 20 March to 24 April;^[58] Hartnell was absent for the third and fourth episodes, as he was on holiday.^[59] The Aztecs, directed by Crockett, was filmed from 1 to 22 May;^[60] Ford appeared in pre-filmed inserts for the second and third episodes, shot on 13 April, due to her holiday.^[61][62] Experienced director Mervyn Pinfield was chosen to direct the first four episodes of The Sensorites, while Cox directed the final two episodes.^[63] Recording took place from 29 March to 3 July;^[64] Hill was absent for the fourth and fifth episodes due to her holiday.^[65] The Reign of Terror featured the show's first outdoor filming in Denham, Buckinghamshire, led by cameraman Peter Hamilton on 15 June 1964.^[66] Hungarian director Henric Hirsch directed the serial, which was recorded from 10 July to 19 August;^[67] in preparation for his holiday, William Russell recorded inserts for the second and third episodes from 16–17 June.^[68] Hirsch collapsed during the filming of the third episode. Lambert placed production assistant Tim Combe in charge until a replacement director could be found; documentation indicates that Gorrie oversaw production of the third episode,^[4] though Gorrie has no memory of the event.^[5] Hirsch returned to direct the final three episodes, splitting some of the workload with Combe.^[67]

Release

Promotion

Doctor Who was announced as a year-long series by Controller of BBC Television Stuart Hood on 12 September 1963,^[69] described by Television Mail as "a serial of stories to entertain the whole family".^[70] Trade newspaper Kinematograph Weekly devoted its TV column to the show on 24 October; journalist Tony Gruner described the show as "a somewhat mysterious type of programme consisting in part of fantasy and realism".^[70] A trailer for the show was broadcast on the BBC on 16 November. The first serial was given a half-page preview in Radio Times on 21 November, outlining the show's main characters and upcoming settings.^[71] On the same day, the main cast and production team attended the show's launch at Room 222 of the BBC's Broadcasting House. Hartnell hosted a radio trailer for the show on the BBC Light Programme.^[72] The BBC Home Service programme Today hosted a one-minute piece about the show's "space music" on 22 November, and a second trailer for the show was screened on BBC in the evening.^[73]

Hartnell taped a radio interview for Northern View on 17 December to promote the show's second serial. To increase the profile of the

VHS releases

DVD and Blu-ray releases

All releases are for DVD unless otherwise indicated:

• ^(D) indicates a DVD release for a specific date
• ^(B) indicates a Blu-ray release

Books

Reception

Ratings

Viewers per episode (millions)

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Broadcasters' Audience Research Board[46][81][84][85][89][90][91][94] The assassination of John F. Kennedy the day preceding the launch of Doctor Who overshadowed the first episode;[129] as a result, it was repeated a week later, on 30 November, preceding the second episode.[129] The first episode was watched by 4.4 million viewers (9.1% of the viewing audience), and it received a score of 63 on the Appreciation Index;[129] the repeat of the first episode reached a larger audience of six million viewers.[46] Across its four episodes, An Unearthly Child was watched by an average of 6 million (12.3% of potential viewers).[129] Mark Bould suggests that a disappointing audience reaction and high production costs prompted the BBC's chief of programmes to cancel the series until the Daleks, introduced in the second serial, were immediately popular with viewers.[130] The first two episodes of The Daleks received 6.9 and 6.4 million viewers, respectively. By the third episode, news about the Daleks had spread, and the episode was watched by 8.9 million viewers.[81] An additional million viewers watched for the following two weeks, and the final two episodes reached 10.4 million;[81] by the end of the serial, the show's overall audience had increased by 50%.[131] The following two serials retained these high viewing figures, with The Edge of Destruction receiving 10.4 and 9.9 million viewers,[84] and Marco Polo maintaining an average of 9.47 million viewers.[85] The fourth episode of The Keys of Marinus received 10.4 million viewers, but saw a drop of 2.5 million viewers the following week, and an additional drop of one million for the sixth episode.[89] The drop in viewers for the sixth episode was attributed to the absence of Juke Box Jury, the programme that followed Doctor Who.[1] The Aztecs maintained these figures, with an average of 7.5 million viewers across the four episodes;[90] the third episode became the first episode of the show to place in the top 20 of the BBC's audience measurement charts.[132][N 5] The fourth and fifth episodes of The Sensorites dropped to 5.5 and 6.9 million viewers, respectively,[91] but were nonetheless the highest-rated BBC show in the BBC North region for their respective weeks.[92] The Reign of Terror received smaller audiences than previous serials due to the warmer weekends, with an average of around 6.7 million viewers, but still maintained a position within the top 40 shows for the week.[95] Critical response Doctor Who's first season received generally positive responses. For An Unearthly Child, Variety felt that the script "suffered from a glibness of characterisations which didn't carry the burden of belief", but praised the "effective camerawork", noting that the show "will impress if it decides to establish a firm base in realism".[134] Mary Crozier of The Guardian was unimpressed by the first serial, stating that it "has fallen off badly soon after getting underway".[135] Conversely, Marjorie Norris of Television Today commented that if the show "keeps up the high standard of the first two episodes it will capture a much wider audience".[134] The following serial, The Daleks, was widely praised, described by the Daily Mirror's Richard Sear as "splendid children's stuff". The serial's villains, the Daleks, became a cultural phenomenon, and have been closely associated with the show since.[131] The Edge of Destruction was criticised at a BBC Programme Review Board Meeting in February 1964 by controller of television programmes Stuart Hood, who felt that the serial's sequences in which Susan uses scissors as a weapon "digressed from the code of violence in programmes"; Lambert apologised for the scenes.[84] Marco Polo was positively received; Philip Purser of The Sunday Telegraph noted that Mark Eden impersonated Marco Polo "with sartorial dash", but felt that the main characters were poorly written, describing Barbara as "a persistent drip".[136] The Keys of Marinus was criticised by Bob Leeson of the Daily Worker, who felt that the fifth episode of the serial was the show's low point, noting that the introduction of a trial scene represented a rushed script.[1] The following serial, The Aztecs, received high praise and is retrospectively seen as one of the show's greatest stories. Television Today's Bill Edmunds praised the serial's villains, but felt that Barbara should have "a chance to look beautiful instead of worried",[132] and Leeson of the Daily Worker felt that the serial had "charm", applauding the "painstaking attempts for historical accuracy" and noting a "much tighter plot" than previous serials.[137] The Reign of Terror was criticised for its historical inaccuracies, described by Daily Worker's Stewart Lane as a "half-baked royalist adventure".[138] Retrospective reviews of the season were positive. Kimberley Piece of Geek Girl Authority felt that, while the season started slowly, it "managed to find its footing" and "developed quickly into a popular ratings favorite".[139] Simbasible found that most serials are memorable, though many feature repetitive and "silly" storytelling.[140] Richard Gray of The Reel Bits praised the imagination and perseverance of the show's producers.[141] Reviewing the first serial in 2008, Radio Times reviewer Patrick Mulkern praised the casting of Hartnell, the "moody" direction and the "thrilling" race back to the TARDIS.[142] For The Daleks, Mulkern praised the strength of Nation's scripts, particularly the first three cliffhangers, but felt that "the urgency and claustrophobia dissipate towards the end", describing the final battle as "a disappointingly limp affair".[143] Reviewing The Edge of Destruction, Mulkern described David Whitaker as "a master of dialogue, characterisation and atmosphere", but felt he struggled with plot logic, as evidenced by the fast return switch explanation.[144] Mark Braxton of Radio Times praised Marco Polo, stating that "the historical landscape was rarely mapped with such poetry and elegance", though noted inconsistencies in the foreign characters' accents.[145] Mulkern wrote that "standards slip appreciably" in The Keys of Marinus,[146] and Arnold T. Blumberg of IGN described the serial as "a clichéd premise ... handled poorly and with no spark at all apart from Hartnell's late-hour rally".[147] Christopher Bahn of The A.V. Club described The Aztecs as "a classical tragedy infused with just enough hope toward the end to keep it from being unbearably bleak",[148] and Ian Berriman of SFX described the serial as "Jacqueline Hill's finest hour".[149] DVD Talk's John Sinnott considered The Sensorites "well constructed" with impressive set design and an expanded role for Susan, but felt that there was "nothing special" about the serial.[150] Mulkern wrote positively of the humour and Hartnell's increased role in The Reign of Terror, but felt that Susan was "at her weakest".[151] References Notes ^ BBC2.[1] ^ Though Hirsch was credited, he did not direct the third episode.[3] Documentation indicates that John Gorrie was director,[4] but he has no memory of it.[5] ^ Hugh David, an actor initially considered for the role of the Doctor and later a director on the programme, later claimed that Rex Tucker coined the title Doctor Who. 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