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'''[[Black Guardian|The Guardian of Darkness and Chaos]]''', a.k.a. as the '''[[Black Guardian]]''' was an anthropomorphic personification of forces opposed to the powers of light, as embodied by the [[White Guardian]].  
'''''[[An Unearthly Child]]''''' was the first televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story. It premiered on Saturday, [[23rd November|23]] [[November]], [[1963]] and first introduced viewers to [[the Doctor]], played by [[William Hartnell]], and his fantastic machine, the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]].


'''History''' - '''The First Quest For The [[Key to Time]]'''
Curious about an unusual pupil, [[Susan Foreman]], two school teachers follow her home to a junkyard. This leads to an encounter with the mysterious [[First Doctor|Doctor]] and his [[police box]] which turns out to be a craft capable of travel in time and space.


The White Guardian set [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Romana I|Romana]] on a quest to find the six segments of the [[Key to Time]], transmuted into a variety of forms and scattered across time and space. He warned them of the Black Guardian who would try to prevent the assembly of the Key. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'')
Afraid that the teachers will reveal his secrets, the Doctor whisks them back in time. They arrive in [[100,000 BC]] and encounter a group of cave people desperately trying to create [[fire]]. Kidnapped and imprisoned in a cave filled with skulls the unwilling travellers have to work together to create fire and escape their captors.


The sixth and final segment took the form of a living being, [[Astra of Atrios|Princess Astra of Atrios]]. The Black Guardian used [[the Shadow]] to try to prevent the Doctor and Romana from re-assembling the Key. After the Doctor defeated the Shadow and re-assembled the Key, including the Sixth segment, formerly Princess Astra, the Black Guardian presented himself as the White Guardian and asked for the Key back. Observing the Black Guardian's casual indifference to the life of Princess Astra, the Doctor saw through this ruse, and scattered the Key through time instead. The Black Guardian swore revenge on the Doctor and Romana. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor]]'')
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* Recent Spotlights: [[An Unearthly Child]], [[William Hartnell]], [[Susan Foreman]], [[Elisabeth Sladen]], [[:Category:Previous Spotlight Articles|Previous Spotlight Articles]]
* Recent Spotlights: [[William Hartnell]], [[Susan Foreman]], [[Elisabeth Sladen]], [[Davros]] [[:Category:Previous Spotlight Articles|Previous Spotlight Articles]]


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An Unearthly Child was the first televised Doctor Who story. It premiered on Saturday, 23 November, 1963 and first introduced viewers to the Doctor, played by William Hartnell, and his fantastic machine, the TARDIS.

Curious about an unusual pupil, Susan Foreman, two school teachers follow her home to a junkyard. This leads to an encounter with the mysterious Doctor and his police box which turns out to be a craft capable of travel in time and space.

Afraid that the teachers will reveal his secrets, the Doctor whisks them back in time. They arrive in 100,000 BC and encounter a group of cave people desperately trying to create fire. Kidnapped and imprisoned in a cave filled with skulls the unwilling travellers have to work together to create fire and escape their captors.

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