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WhoviVortex

Yes! Been waiting for this one; such an insightful and emotional trip into Doctor Who's earliest days, with such wonderful and respectful performances from the cast!

WhoviVortex

Fun fact! The security guard at the start of the film, when Brian Cox's character enters the studios, is played by William Russell; he played Ian, one of the two school teachers in 'An Unearthly Child'!

Adam C Turek

Police Boxes served different functions. Most had phone lines that went direct to the nearest police station for public and police assist use, maybe even as a make shift jail until a car came round. They also contained filing cabinets or even a small desk. I heard they were good landmarks for children that were lost, they could stand by a police box as a safe space and wait for an officer to come by. The actor that played Ian (one of the teachers) also played the BBC clerk asking for Sydneys I.D. - he's also the real life father of one of the few Black kids in Harry Potter Alfred Enoch, imagine hving a 90 year old Dad at such a young age!

Lloyd B

Such a wonderful show! Beautifully written and performed, and executed with real love and respect, I feel. Very much Mark Gatiss' finest work. As mentioned above, there were numerous cameos by people who had been involved in DW over the years, not only past cast members like William Russell and Carol Ann Ford, by production crew who appeared in some of those group scenes like Verity's farewell, party. William Hartnell wasn't all that old when he took tbe role - just 55. But a hard life of strong drink and smoking had weathered him considerably. Glad you enjoyed this! Its a real treat.

Henry from CO

Right. He died at 67 in 1975 meaning he was 54 when the show began. Not that old but all the drinking and smoking, along with the stress of making the show, took its toll.

Henry from CO

Nice reaction to a wonderful written docudrama, my favorite from Mark Gaitess. And they did such a wonderful job of recreating the period, and with David Bradley of all people. His previous roles have usually been evil characters (remember him on "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"?) and yet by the end of the film you feel so sad for him on how things ended. Great job, as was the actors who played Verity (Jessica Raine), Waris (Sacha Dhawan), and boss man Sydney Newmen (Brian Cox). And as mentioned by others folks enjoying your reaction, all the little cameos by those previously associated with the show. Here are a couple of more: Ian Chesterton: The original male teacher of Susan who in the film played the old security guard chewing out Sydney Newman for not having his parking permit. Carol Ann Ford: The original Susan appeared briefly (easy to miss) as a mother calling in her children for dinner the night of the first airing of “An Unearthly Child”. Nicholas Briggs: The voice actor who did the Daleks actually also does their voice in the current series along with the voices of several other monsters including the Cybermen. The story was a really nice surprise and so unexpected back when the 50th Anniversary first aired. It really gave the feel of the history of the times and of one of my favorite shows. I’m so glad you enjoyed it as well. Cheers and here’s to “all the pieces of our lives falling into place as they should”. On to the 50th!

Evan!!

Waris Hussein was Doctor Who's first director, a gay Indian man, and the show would not have another director of color for another 53 years. Absolute madness. The Daleks were mindblowingly popular at the time because they were unlike any other alien that was in the popular consciousness (not-humanoid, weird shape, etc.). Their popularity extended beyond the bounds of Doctor Who as a property with them releasing material just about the Daleks and them attempting various Dalek-centered spinoffs, but eventually the craze died down.

Toby Harmon

Thanks so much for reacting to this! Such an amazing, emotional piece of drama

Mark Ward

I love this TV movie - I only watched it the once at the time until now, but I just watched it back and it's as good as I remembered. Heart-warming. I particularly love the character of Verity in this - what a woman! I truly hope she was as feisty as written here!! William Hartnell is one of my favourite Doctors even now... he does soften somewhat from the one you see in the first two episodes, but he's always a bit crotchety all the way to the end. The way episodes were filmed was cast would rehearse Monday to Thursday, then they would have a filming slot of about two hours on a Friday evening (someone will probably correct me on that, but it's something like that anyway). That's why they couldn't go back and change all his line fluffs... there are dozens through his three years and they are heartwarmingly lovely. :D The other actors have the odd one, but his are just the stuff of legends! :D

Samuel Coghlan-White

We can't explain why Susan left, that would spoil it.

Will

I think most British English speakers pronounce patent as 'pay-tunt'. 😀

Will

It's been quite a while since I watched the first attempt at a pilot, but I think the Doctor came across as even more unpleasant in that! The portrayal of the 1st Doctor does generally mellow a lot over the course of his run. I think the comparison with the Nazis stood out in Sidney Newman's mind when he was reading the script for the first Dalek story, which was why he was imagining a pistol being fired when he was reading "Exterminate!" in the script.