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Two teachers think their super-bright pupil, Susan Foreman (a brown-eyed girl, complete with transistor radio, though she is not heard to actually sing sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la), is a bit on the strange side: she's bored with regular physics and math and wants to move on to multi-dimensional physics and maths, and she thinks that the UK has decimalised its currency (which hasn't yet happened in 1963). So, they decide to follow her home one night. This being 1963, it's benign concern for the welfare of a child, and not at all creepy.
Now, neither of these teachers fit the model of the later companions. They're in their thirties. One is male and the other is female. They are not having an extra-curricular relationship. [[The Sarah Jane Adventures
They arrive at Susan's home address. It's a junkyard. They hear Susan's voice coming from inside a police box. Thinking that her grandfather, "I. M. Foreman", has locked her in there, they proceed to open the door.
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The story can be watched [http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1i8z8_matrixarchive_an-unearthly-child here.]{{Dead link}}
NB: This story is commonly also called "100,000 BC", and less commonly called "The Tribe of Gum". "An Unearthly Child" is the title of the first episode (episodes were individually named until season 3) and is applied to the entire first serial through synecdoche.
* [[Action Girl]] - Susan attacks one of the cavemen with a rather disturbing enthusiasm.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In one episode, the
** Although his flustering when caught is pretty much spot on compared to the rest of the series.
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* [[Future Imperfect]]: What draws the teachers' attention to Susan.
* [[Line
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Ian is known to the tribe as "Friend".
* [[Never Mess
* [[One Million BC]]
* [[Styrofoam Rocks]]: Naturally, as the whole thing was filmed in a studio.
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** Ian addresses the Doctor as "Dr Foreman"; the Doctor responds, "Eh? [[Throw It In|Doctor who]]?"
** Then, later, Ian to Barbara: "Who is he? Doctor who? Perhaps if we knew his name, we might have a clue to all this."
** {{spoiler|This all becomes the setup for the show's current longest running [[Brick Joke]] if one watches the Eleventh Doctor episode "[[Doctor Who
* [[What Do You Mean
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Ian calls the Doctor out for his aforementioned attempted rock bashing.
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