An Unearthly Child (TV story): Difference between revisions
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| * An Unearthly Child was broadcast 10 minutes late due to an extended news report into the assassination of [[John F. Kennedy|President Kennedy]] the previous day. ''(It was transmitted only eighty seconds later than the scheduled 5.15 p.m.)''
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| * [[C. E. Webber]] co-wrote the story with [[Anthony Coburn]]. ''(Webber had actually been working on a proposed episode known as [[The Giants]] which was originally intended to be the first story but was later rejected).''
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| * This story was broadcast live. ''(No episode was ever broadcast live).''
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| * Jackie Lane was offered the role of [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]. ''(Although she auditioned for the part she withdrew before the role was cast).''
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| * [[Waris Hussein]] spotted [[Carole Ann Ford]] in [[BBC]] play called The Man on a Bicycle when he was looking for someone for the role of Susan. ''(This play was actually broadcast months before Hussein became involved with Doctor Who. However according to a documentary included in the DVD box set "The Beginning" Hussein spotted her in an episode of "Z-Cars".).''
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| * [[Jacqueline Hill]] worked as a model in [[Paris]]. ''(She didn't.)''
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| * The original [[police box]] was a prop left over from Dixon of Dock Green. ''(It was specially made for Doctor Who.)''
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| * It has been reported in an number of sources that broadcast of the first episode was disrupted due to ongoing news coverage of the previous day's assassination of American president John F. Kennedy, which is why the BBC rebroadcast the episode a week later. In fact, the disruption was due to a power cut (a regular occurrance in 1960s Britain) and not the news coverage. Similarly, it is sometimes erroneously stated that the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald might have also contributed to the disruption, but in fact Oswald wasn't killed until the next day.
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