Fact of the Day - An Unearthly Child

• An Unearthly Child was the first serial of Doctor Who.
• A 'pilot episode' was sent to producer Sydney Newman, who said that the character of the Doctor needed to be toned down.
• The story received many complaints about the theme tune, which was deemed to scary, hoiwever the BBC refused to change it.
• The pilot theme tune contained a thunder crack.
• The third episode, 'The Forest of Fear', set in caveman times, was broadcast 04/12/1963.