An Unearthly Child (television story)

An Unearthly Child was the first serial of season 1 of Doctor Who It was the first televised Doctor Who serial and the beginning of the Doctor Who franchise in general.
== Plot ==
An Unearthly Child
The Cave of Skulls
The Forest of Fear
The Firemaker
== Casting and Characters ==
In Coreman's original production documents, the character of the Doctor (referred to as "Dr. Who") was a suspicious and malign character who hated scientists and inventors, and had a secret intention to destroy or nullify the future; Newman rejected this idea, wanting the character to be a father figure. Newman offered the role of the Doctor to Jonathon Harris; having starring as Sam Twyfford in Outlaws and in various episodes of The Twilight Zone and not wanting to be tied to another series, Harris turned down the role. Coreman envisioned a young actor to play the Doctor with aged make-up; however, Lambert favoured an older actor to avoid preparation time and add authenticity to the role. The part was turned down by actors John Caradine, who went on to portray Tlotoxl in the Doctor Who episode, The Aztecs Henry Travers and Ray Walston, Who was CBS's choice for him to portay the character in which he did not want to be compared to his character in My Favorite Martian. Buck Houghton eventually brought up Burgess Meredith for the role of The Doctor, Who he previously worked with Meredith in a few Twilight Zone episodes in which to Meredith accepted immediately after reading the script.