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Originally aired on

30 November 1963

Written by

Anthony Coburn

Directed by

Waris Hussein

Cast List

William Hartnell - The Doctor
William Russell - Ian Chesterton
Jaqueline Hill - Barbara Wright
Carol Ann Ford - Susan Foreman
Derek Newark - Za
Alethea Charlton - Hur
Eileen Way - Old Mother
Jeremy Young - Kal
Howard Lang - Horg

Synopsis

London 1963. Teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, their student Susan and her mysterious grandfather, The Doctor, enter a policebox at the side of a junkyard, where they think she is being held against her will. What they find will change their lives forever, as they are transported back in time to 100,000BC to a community where the gift of fire has been lost.