An Unearthly Child.
I will admit I watched this in response to a challenge. I had heard no less than Steven Moffat describe the first episode of Who as a classic. However it was the reviewer He Who Moans
Who stated ``you cannot call yourself a Dr Who fan if you have never seen this''
Who stated ``you cannot call yourself a Dr Who fan if you have never seen this''
I am glad I took the bait
The first episode is great. We are brought to an English high school in the early sixties. Whether a secondary modern or a grammar we are not told.
Meeting two teachers Susan and Ian. The professors have become equally intrigued and bemused by Susan a pupil of precocious understanding and also rank ignorance. They decide to follow her home
They do not find a council house or a bungalow. But a scrap yard. Susan seems to disappear into a police box
The teachers are challenged by an old man. Who accuses them of tresdtresdpass and refuses to answer what he is doing with, or to Susan
This is the strength of the episode. The episode hints but never says. That Susans grandfather is having an unhealthy relationship with Susan A criminal one.
The first episode is great. We are brought to an English high school in the early sixties. Whether a secondary modern or a grammar we are not told.
Meeting two teachers Susan and Ian. The professors have become equally intrigued and bemused by Susan a pupil of precocious understanding and also rank ignorance. They decide to follow her home
They do not find a council house or a bungalow. But a scrap yard. Susan seems to disappear into a police box
The teachers are challenged by an old man. Who accuses them of tresdtresdpass and refuses to answer what he is doing with, or to Susan
This is the strength of the episode. The episode hints but never says. That Susans grandfather is having an unhealthy relationship with Susan A criminal one.
Despite watching this 53 years in the future, the tension is still there...
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