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''to be | * 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.)'' <ref name="TV companion"> Howe, David J., Walker, Stephan James, ''The Television Companion'', BBC Worldwide Ltd, 1998. pg.9</ref> | ||
* [[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).''<ref name="TV companion"/> | |||
* This story was broadcast live. ''(No episode was ever broadcast live).''<ref name="TV companion"/> | |||
* Jackie Lane was offered the role of [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]. ''(Although she auditioned for the part she withdrew before the role was cast).''<ref name="TV companion"/> | |||
* [[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.<ref name="TV companion"/> ''(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".).'' | |||
* [[Jacqueline Hill]] worked as a model in [[Paris]]. ''(She didn't.)''<ref name="TV companion"/> | |||
* The original [[police box]] was a prop left over from Dixon of Dock Green. ''(It was specially made for Doctor Who.)''<ref name="TV companion"/> | |||
* 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 occurrence 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. | |||
===Filming Locations=== | ===Filming Locations=== | ||
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* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=a Outpost Gallifrey entry for '''An Unearthly Child'''] | * [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=a Outpost Gallifrey entry for '''An Unearthly Child'''] | ||
* [http://www.eofftv.com/episodes/d/doctor_who/1st_doctor/unearthly_child_main.htm '''An Unearthly Child''' entry at Encyclopaedia of Fantastic Film and Television] | * [http://www.eofftv.com/episodes/d/doctor_who/1st_doctor/unearthly_child_main.htm '''An Unearthly Child''' entry at Encyclopaedia of Fantastic Film and Television] | ||
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