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THE STORYLINES
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THE ORIGINS OF
DOCTOR WHO.
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THE COMPANIONS
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THE MISSING
EPISODES
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WILLIAM
HARTNELL
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SEASON ONE
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An UnEarthly Child.
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The Daleks.
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The Edge of Destruction.
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Marco Polo.
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The Keys of Marinus.
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The Aztecs.
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The Sensorites.
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The Reign of Terror.
SEASON TWO
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Planet of Giants.
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The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
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The Rescue.
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The Romans.
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The Web Planet.
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The Crusade.
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The Space Museum.
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The Chase.
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The Time Meddler.
SEASON THREE
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Galaxy Four.
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Mission to the Unknown.
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The Myth Makers.
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The Daleks' Masterplan.
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The Massacre.
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The Ark.
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The Celestial Toymaker.
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The Gunfighters.
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The Savages.
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The War Machines.
SEASON FOUR
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The Smugglers.
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The Tenth Planet.
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CONTENTS
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COMPANIONS
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THE MISSING EPISODES
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  Susan was the Doctors' grand-daughter. Played by Carole Ann Ford, she
appeared in the first story, AN UNEARTHLY CHILD and stayed for 51 episodes
covering ten stories, before leaving the crew at the conclusion of
THE DALEK INVASION OF EARTH. She appeared in the 20th anniversary special,
THE FIVE DOCTORS.
  Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright were played by William Russell and the
late Jaqueline Hill. They were teachers of Susan and also appeared in the
first story. They stayed for sixteen stories and 77 episodes before going
back to their own time in the Dalek time capsule during THE CHASE.       >>>

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  Space pilot Steven Taylor was played by Peter Purves and made his debut in
the 1965 story, THE CHASE. Purves also appeared as an American sightseer
encountered by the Doctor and his companions on top of The Empire State
Building in the same story. He stayed with the Doctor for ten more stories,
45 episodes, before finally leaving at the end of THE SAVAGES when he
became leader of The Elders.
  Vicki was played by Maureen O'Brien and joined the TARDIS crew in the
two part story THE RESCUE. She remained with the TARDIS crew for a further
nine stories (39 episodes in all) and left to marry Troilus during THE MYTH
MAKERS in season three.
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  Sara Kingdom (left) was a companion for just one story, THE DALEK MASTER-
PLAN. She was a dedicated agent of Mavic Chen and even killed her own
brother out of a sense of duty. When she discovered Chen's alliance with
the Daleks, she helped the Doctor to defeat them. She died from the effects
of the Time Destructor. Sara Kingdom was played by Jean Marsh.
  Katarina was another short-lived companion, played by Adrienne Hill.
She was a handmaiden of the prophetess Cassandra and was rescued from the
carnage of Troy by Steven and the Doctor. She joined the TARDIS crew in
THE MYTH MAKERS and stayed only until part way through the next adventure,
THE DALEK MASTERPLAN, when she died saving the Doctor from blackmail.
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  Dorothea Chaplet (Dodo) was played by Jackie Lane and joined the TARDIS
crew in the third season story THE MASSACRE. She returned to the 20th
century during THE WAR MACHINES and left after just six stories and 24
episodes.
  Ben Jackson and Polly Lopez were played by Peter Craze and Anneke Wills
respectively. They met the Doctor and Dodo during THE WAR MACHINES joining
the Doctor at the end of this story, when they entered the TARDIS just
before take off to return the Doctor's key to him. They appeared with
William Hartnell's Doctor until he left the show and continued alongside
Patrick Troughton.
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FTHE ILLUSTRATED STORIES ARE:- THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER, THE TENTH PLANET

E  In the 1970s the BBC made a decision, partly for cost and partly to
Emake space for new material, to cut back much of its archive stock of
Cblack and white video recordings. This decision was to cost the BBC
Cthe potential to make millions of pounds in revenue from home video
Csales. In those days the home video was a long way off but it seems
Estrange that nobody appreciated the future value of these recordings.
A  The BBC sold programmes all over the world, usually on a three-
Cyear contract and ordered their overseas buyers to likewise destroy
Ball tapes held by them at the end of their lease. Thankfully, some
companies didn't do this.
F  The BBC also neglected to destroy a large chunk of the early William
AHartnell stories, a vault at BBC Enterprises was found to contain
?most of the first two seasons. And they were found by accident!
C  In all, 47 episodes from the Hartnell era are officially missing,
Ealthough many have found their way into private collections. At least
Cthree episodes classed as lost are known to survive, parts four and
Bfive of THE REIGN OF TERROR and episode four of THE TENTH PLANET,
Cwhich went walkies after being lent to "Blue Peter"! It is rumoured
Athat these three episodes were offered to the BBC for
2000 each.
 An offer that was declined!
A  Episodes are still turning up all the time from various strange
@places ranging from a Mormon church cellar to a small station in
Nigeria (THE TIME MEDDLER).
THE LOST HARTNELL EPISODES.
SMarco Polo.                         All    The Reign of Terror.   4, 5
GThe Crusades.                   1, 2, 4    Galaxy 4.               All
FMission to the Unknown.               1    The Myth Makers.        All
FThe Dalek Masterplan.  1-4, 6-9, 11, 12    The Massacre.           All
FThe Celestial Toymaker.         1, 2, 3    The Savages.            All
FThe Smugglers.                      All    The Tenth Planet.         4
F  The BBC currently have an initiative going to try to recover as much
Fmaterial as possible. If you know the whereabouts of ANY BBC material,
Eyou can contact Adam Lee at the BBC Archive. All calls will be in the
Fstrictest confidence but be advised that the BBC will NOT pay for the
return of their material.
D  If you'd rather deal with fans, who MIGHT pay for material (though
Cobviously not thousands of pounds per episode!!) I have included my
Caddress on the READ ME file. Again no questions will be asked as to
the origin of the tapes.
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  WILLIAM HARTNELL (1908-1975)
  William Hartnell was born on January 8th 1908 in Devon. He decided early
on in life that he wanted to be an actor, which upset his parents a great
deal. In his early teens he ran away from home and went to London. He trained
to be a jockey and even boxed for a while but at sixteen years of age, he
got a job with Sir Frank Benson's Shakespearian Company. The start was slow,
he worked mainly backstage doing anything from call-boy to lighting director,
with only the occasional walk on part.
  Two years later, Hartnell left the group and went on tour, working for
several companies. He understudied for the likes of Bud Flanagan and also
played the lead in "Charley's Aunt" in Sheffield before touring Canada in
1928.
  When he returned to England he married Heather McIntyre and decided to try
films. At first he could only find work in crowd scenes but eventually began
to win featured parts, mostly in low-budget comedy shorts such as "I'm an
Explosive" (1933).
  Despite making twelve films by 1938, Hartnell returned to the theatre
as the majority of his work was still in crowd scenes.
  When war broke out, he was drafted into the Royal Artillery Corps but
suffered a nervous breakdown eleven months later due to the strain of the
training. He was invalided out of the service after twelve weeks in an army
hospital. He also developed a stutter.
  Hartnell conquered his stutter and by 1941 had begun acting again. He got
a few parts in films such as "They Flew Alone" and "The Dark Tower" but his
big break came in 1943. He was appearing as Dallow in "Brighton Rock" at
the Garrick Theatre in London, when he was spotted by director Carol Reed.
Hartnell's performance impressed Reed and he offered him a screen test for
the type of role Hartnell would become famous for, that of a tough army
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  The film was called "The Way Ahead" and Hartnell's performance earned him
a contract with a major studio, British National. He was given the lead
role in four films- "Strawberry Roan", "The Agitator", "Murder in Reverse"
and "Appointment with Crime" but they were not successful and his contract
was not renewed upon expiry in 1946.
  Despite this, Hartnell was kept busy in films and he won many roles,
including the part which "broke" him, Dallow, in the Boulting Brothers
cinema version of "Brighton Rock". He now found himself rather typecast as
the tough guy however and even when given parts in comedies, he would
usually have the straight role.
  In 1957, Granada Television gave him a part in their new comedy series,
"The Army Game" but once again he played the straight man. It was this role
however, along with his portrayal of a talent scout in the film "This
Sporting Life", which led to his biggest success.
  Hartnell had tremendous confidence in "Dr Who", predicting a five year
run. He was a little uncomfortable with the science-fiction stories but
very much at home with the historical ones, especially those with comedy
influences.
  The constantly changing nature of "Dr Who" didn't always meet with
Hartnell's approval though. After the departure of Verity Lambert, he didn't
like the attempts made by her successor to make the series more
sophisticated. He also disliked the trend to shorter stay companions after
the long tenure of Carole Ann Ford, Jaqueline Hill and William Russell.
The move away from historical stories also found no great favour with him
and the punishing shooting schedule began to take its toll. The work load
would have been horrendous for a fit man but Hartnell was suffering from
arteriosclerosis, a disease which hardens the arteries and affects blood
flow. His proprietorial attitude toward the role made him difficult to
work with and all of these factors lead the producer, Innes Lloyd, to decide
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to change the lead actor. Lloyd felt that the change would benefit both the
show and Hartnell himself.
  Hartnell was devastated at having to give up the role. He later said that
the events leading to his departure were engraved on his heart. He had
another breakdown in 1967.
  William Hartnell's physical and mental health continued to deteriorate
and by the early seventies, his arteriosclerosis had become so bad, it
prevented him from working.
  In 1972, the "Dr Who" production office contacted Hartnell to offer him
the chance to reprise his role for the tenth anniversary. As is so often
the case with sick people, he had no idea how ill he really was and readily
accepted. Heather Hartnell contacted the BBC to tell them his true state
and provision was made for him to pre-record his contribution. Even then
Hartnell had to read his lines from cue cards due to his poor memory.
"The Three Doctors" was to be his final work. After suffering several
strokes, William Hartnell died on April 24th 1975.


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THE ORIGINS OF DOCTOR WHO
  In 1962, Sydney Newman joined the BBC as Head of Drama. Newman was a
Canadian who had come to Britain in 1958 to work for ABC Television.
Whilst at ABC he worked on the Sunday night play series
Armchair Theatre
and also played a part in creating
The Avengers
  One of his first tasks at the BBC was to create a programme to fill the
gap between
Grandstand
Juke Box Jury
 on Saturday evenings. He wanted a
programme that would keep adults after the football results as well as
being exciting for younger children and interesting enough to hook the
teenagers waiting for
Jury.
  When he had worked in Canada, Newman had worked on several sci-fi series
and this was a genre which had all the right ingredients for all types of
audience. He was inspired by the H.G. Wells novel
 The Time Machine
realising that he could use the time travel concept to present historical
stories which could have educational value. Although space travel would be
an important ingredient, Newman wanted to get away from the old "monster
fun" approach, which he saw as the lowest form of sci-fi.
  Newman came up with the idea of a "timeship" which was bigger on the
inside than out, disguised as an everyday object. Originally, the TARDIS
was to change its appearance to suit its surroundings but this was deemed
to be too expensive to pull off. The production team got around this by
making the TARDIS chameleon circuit faulty, sticking the ship in its police
box form. In time, the BBC came to buy the rights to the design of the
police telephone box from the Metropolitan Police.
  In addition to the concept of what was to become the TARDIS, Newman
decided that the traveller would be old, alien and unable to control the
ship. The unpredictability of this would make for exciting television as
the viewers would have no idea where or when the ship would go next.

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  In early 1963 Newman submitted his ideas to Donald Wilson, the Head of the
BBC Script Department. It was around this time that the Drama Department was
undergoing a restructuring process and as a result of this, the new programme
was delayed. The Script Dept was abolished and Wilson became Head of the new
Serials Dept. Newman discussed the new show with Rex Tucker, a
producer/director who was to temporarily take the reins of
Dr Who
 in March
1963.
  Around this time, responsibility for turning Newman's ideas into solid
scripts was handed to C.E. Webber. "Bunny" Webber was a mutual friend of both
Donald Wilson and Rex Tucker and it was Webber who devised the characters of
Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Susan. His original script involved the
travellers being taken on a journey by the Doctor and being shrunk to just an
inch in height. This was rejected by Rex Tucker as "too cerebral", although
the idea was later used in the story PLANET OF GIANTS. Tucker handed the job
of writing the script to an Australian, Anthony Coburn and appointed the
shows' first story editor, David Whittaker.
  Coburn's first draft story was based around Webber's rejected manuscript
but contained three new scripts based around the stone age. Whittaker was
happy with these scripts but suggested changes to make the story less
educational and more exciting. He agreed to Coburn's suggestion of a police
box shape and the name TARDIS. The character of Susan was changed from being
a travelling companion (with its possible sexual connotations) to that of the
Doctor's grand-daughter.
  In April 1963, Rex Tucker went on a holiday and the job of permanent
producer was given to an associate of Newman's from ABC, a young woman called
Verity Lambert. Lambert was just the right person for the job being young and
forward looking.
Dr Who
 was the first in a long line of successes for her,
including
 Adam Adamant Lives!, Budgie
 Minder.
 Lambert soon made her mark
on the show, changing many of Tucker's production ideas, including the theme
music and some of the tentative casting made by him.
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  Donald Wilson appointed an experienced man to the post of associate
producer as he felt that Lambert was perhaps a little too green to handle
the job alone. The man chosen was Mervyn Pinfield.
  During May and June of '63 the casting process proper began. The lead role
was offered to both Cyril Cusack and Leslie French (the choices of Whittaker
and Pinfield) but both turned it down. It was Lambert who remembered the
performances of William Hartnell in Granada TVs
The Army Game
 and the film
This Sporting Life.
 He was offered the role and accepted after some initial
hesitation. The role of Ian was filled by William Russell who had starred in
the ITV series
 The Adventures of Sir Lancelot.
 Ex model Jaqueline Hill (now
sadly deceased) was chosen for the role of Barbara and Susan's part was
played by Carol Anne Ford, who had appeared in films since the age of eight.
  Whittaker drafted a six page writer's guide for the series and soon
submissions were reaching Whittaker's desk. Among these early ideas were
THE SURVIVORS by Terry Nation and DR WHO AND A JOURNEY TO CATHAY by John
Lucarotti. These ideas later made the screen as THE DALEKS and MARCO POLO.
  By September '63 Whittaker began to assemble the first 52 week series.
Both Terry Nation and John Lucarotti were given a second story but Coburn's
second submission, MASTERS OF LUXOR was rejected and Nation's Dalek story
was comissioned instead.
  The theme music was written by Ron Grainer and then taken to the BBCs
Radiophonic Workshop and Delia Derbyshire. She and her assistant Dick Mills
took Grainers' descriptions of the sounds he wanted, "windbubble and clouds"
and came up with the distinctive theme. A theme which was murdered by later
composers when it came to be updated from 1985 onward.
  The first episode, AN UNEARTHLY CHILD, was filmed on 27th September 1963
in Studio D at the BBCs Lime Grove Studios. This pilot was refilmed with
minor adjustments on 18th October and was transmitted the day after the
assassination of John F. Kennedy on 23rd November 1963 at 5:16pm.
  THE STORY HAD JUST BEGUN.
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