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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/Recap/S4
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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** 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/Recap/S32
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: The oft quoted truism that Doctor Who was originally supposed to be an educational programme for children seems somewhat dubious in light of this story. There are a lot of dark, violent themes and moments, such as the sight of Za's slashed up, bloody chest after an animal attack, the Doctor trying to smash open the head of an injured man and the heroes being trapped in a cave full of broken skulls, foreshadowing their possible fate. The most shocking part is a lot more subtle however, as Ian and Barbara's attempt to get a policeman, and in particular their fear of what the Doctor might being doing to Susan in the mysterious blue box imply that they (wrongly) fear he may be molesting her.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Ian calls the Doctor out for his aforementioned attempted rock bashing.
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