The First Doctor

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The first Doctor was played by William Hartnell and made his debut in 1963. Little was known about the Doctor during this era, except that he and his granddaughter were aliens on the run in a stolen TARDIS. He was obviously a brilliant scientist, but had little patience at times. This was to change as the character of the Doctor evolved into something a little more human. In 1966, it was decided that Hartnell would leave the series. The writers, in turn, came up with the plausible idea of the Doctor having multiple lives. This worked very well as the lead role was then passed on to Patrick Troughton. He consequently appeared in the episode 'The Three Doctors' along with Troughton and the third Doctor, Jon Pertwee. Unfortunately, his appearances were limited due to his failing health. Hartnell later died, but was featured in a video clip in the opening of 'The Five Doctors'. His replacement for that episode was actor William Hurndall.

Story #	Episode	Parts	Writer	Director	Producer	Book
1	An Unearthly Child	4	Anthony Coburn	Warris Hussein	Verity Lambert	68
2	The Daleks	7	Terry Nation	Christopher Barry	Verity Lambert	16
3	The Edge Of Destruction	2	David Whitaker	Richard Martin	Verity Lambert	132
4	Marco Polo	7	John Lucarotti	Warris Hussein	Verity Lambert	94
5	The Keys of Marinus	6	Terry Nation	John Gorrie	Verity Lambert	38
6	The Aztecs	4	John Lucarotti	John Crockett	Verity Lambert	88
7	The Sensorites	6	Peter R. Newman	Mervyn Pinfield	Verity Lambert	118
8	The Reign of Terror	6	DennisSpooner	Henric Hirsch	Verity Lambert	119
9	Planet of the Giants	3	Louis Marks	Mervyn Pinfield	Verity Lambert	145
10	The Dalek Invasion of Earth	6	Terry Nation	Richard Martin	Verity Lambert	17
11	The Rescue	2	David Whitaker	Christopher Barry	Verity Lambert	124
12	The Romans	4	Dennis Spooner	Christopher Barry	Verity Lambert	120
13	The Web Planet	6	Bill Strutton	Richard Martin	Verity Lambert	73
14	The Crusade	4	David Whitaker	Douglas Camfield	Verity Lambert	12
15	The Space Museum	4	Glyn Jones	Mervyn Pinfield	Verity Lambert	117
16	The Chase	6	Terry Nation	Richard Martin	Verity Lambert	140
17	The Time Meddler	4	Dennis Spooner	Douglas Camfield	Verity Lambert	126
18	Galaxy Four	4	William Emms	Derek Martinus	Verity Lambert	104
19	Mission to the Unknown	1	Terry Nation	Derek Martinus	Verity Lambert	141
20	The Myth Makers	4	Donald Cotton	Michael Leeston-Smith	John Wiles	97
21	The Daleks' Master Plan	12	Terry Nation	Douglas Camfield	John Wiles	142
22	The Massacre	4	John Lucarotti	Paddy Russell	John Wiles	122
23	The Ark	4	Paul Erickson	Michael Imison	John Wiles	114
24	The Celestial Toymaker	4	Brian Hayles	Bill Sellars	Innes Lloyd	111
25	The Gunfighters	4	Donald Cotton	Rex Tucker	Innes Lloyd	101
26	The Savages	4	Ian Stuart Black	Christopher Barry	Innes Lloyd	109
27	The War Machines	4	Ian Stuart Black	Michael Ferguson	Innes Lloyd	136
28	The Smugglers	4	Brian Hayles	Julia Smith	Innes Lloyd	133
29	The Tenth Planet	4	Kit Pedler	Derek Martinus	Innes Lloyd	62

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