1. An Unearthly Child

This is where it all began - a crazy old man, his grand daughter, and a blue police box in the corner of a junk yard.

"Just open the doors Doctor Foreman"

"Eh? Doctor who? What's he talking about?"

I enjoy the first two episodes of this story a great deal -- maybe it's the fan in me. Seeing elements that will be replayed throughout the show's long history used for the first time is just a thrill for me.

• The confused looks and words of a person the first time the enter the TARDIS
• How the TARDIS is supposed to change it's shape but is now stuck as a police box
• The console room
• The unreliability of the TARDIS

The list goes on.

But equally interesting is the elements of the show that had been abandoned later in the series or altered. In the early days the Doctor doesn't seem to be much of an interventionist. Later he goes exploring for trouble, not rocks.

The Doctor is also an exile, trying to get back to his home here whereas later he is a renegade who rejects Time Lord society.

The caveman part of the story is okay - not great that's for sure. I found the broken language tedious, the never ending prattle of fire dull and the behavior of the Doctor so at odds from his future self that it bothered me throughout the story.

Ranking: 6/10 (average)