An Unearthly Child (Pilot Episode)
An Unearthly Child (Pilot Episode)
To begin...from the beginning...
Sorry, I needed to let that opening scene run uninterrupted. I have the best kind of chest-jitters right now.
And people who complained about Eleven's TARDIS exterior redesign, I point you in this direction...hmm, looks familiar, doesn't it?
Anyway, COAL HILL SCHOOL.
Hello, Ian and Barbara!
"Her grandfather didn't like strangers."
"He's a doctor, isn't he?"
Ian Chesterton, you. have. NO. IDEA.
"That is a bit of a mystery. There must be a simple answer." Well, if you consider living in a time machine "a simple answer..."
Following a student home to see where she lives? Not a little creepy at all. Okay, given the circumstances, but still.
And our first glimpse of Susan is of her...very calmly rockin' out?
"I rather like walking the English block. It's sort of mysterious."
Susan looks too old to be 15. Also, what's with the random Rorschach test-making?
Flashback times now! "Of course! The decimal system hasn't started yet!"
Guys. The 1st person POV. And Susan freaking out. And the dramatic music. Unsettling much?
"Look, she IS fifteen, she might be meeting a boy. Did that occur to you?"
"I almost hope she is."
"You do?"
"Well it would be so NORMAL."
Okay, aside from the fact that they're in a junkyard, is there any reason why there are creepy faces EVERYWHERE?
"It's a police box! What on earth is it doing here? They're always in the street!" And back when this was made, they actually were...
"It's a...faint vibration!"
"It's ALIVE!"
SO IT'S BEEN CANON THIS WHOLE TIME.
Coughing man...OH MY GOD.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, people of Britain, television and sci-fi viewers around the world: THE DOCTOR.
Suspicious and confrontational One is suspicious and confrontational. Ah yes, this was back in his "grumpy old man" days.
INSIDE THE TARDIS! Now all we have to do is wait for someone to say "it's bigger on the inside" for THE FIRST TIME.
I honestly can't imagine how blown away the audiences in '63 must've been when this happened.
Hang on a sec. I've reached the point where I have to wonder if I'm watching the real episode or the unaried pilot. Need to check that...
I remember reading that the pilot was darker, and this certainly seems to be fitting the "dark" bill, if One's laughter is any indication.
Well, I'll just finish it up first...
So there was a time when the Doctor adhered quite rigidly to the Time Lord's law against interference. Like, religiously.
There goes the time rotor...AND THE TARDIS ENGINES!
Producer: Verity Lambert (*salute* Thanks for everything)
Oh wow. Yes it would indeed appear that I just watched the pilot episode. Now to watch the completed episode and point out differences!
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