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Old 09-05-2011, 11:54
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How many forumites remember sitting down on that fateful Saturday 47 years ago and watching the young girl (although she seemed almost a grown up to me, at the time) being followed by her teachers into the old scrap yard.

I'll bet none of you thought that you'd still be watching the programme nearly half a century later.

Can anyone remember any of the lines?

The only one I can remember is the Doctor saying something about money and, after the two teachers looked confused telling them "I forgot you haven't gone decimal yet" (or words to that effect). Prescient or what?
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Old 09-05-2011, 12:03
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That will be An Unearthly Child then???

Don't remember it myself though.
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Old 09-05-2011, 12:17
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Hmm, checking that link it seems it was Susan (the granddaughter) who did the decimalisation line.

So I didn't remember any of the dialogue properly.
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Old 09-05-2011, 12:52
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I don't remember because I'm not quite old enough, almost though. But is this the same junkyard talked about where the doctor and his granddaughter Susan lived for a while?
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Old 09-05-2011, 12:58
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I don't remember because I'm not quite old enough, almost though. But is this the same junkyard talked about where the doctor and his granddaughter Susan lived for a while?
Yes. The one in the very first episode.
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Old 09-05-2011, 13:10
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Yes. The one in the very first episode.
And in Attack of the Cybermen and Remembrance of the Daleks.
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Old 09-05-2011, 13:14
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I'm not old enough to have seen the first episode on transmission but having watched it on Video/DVD, it is a cracking good episode and the decimal currency line in hindsight is one seriously magical moment!
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Old 09-05-2011, 13:17
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I'm not old enough to have seen the first episode on transmission but having watched it on Video/DVD, it is a cracking good episode and the decimal currency line in hindsight is one seriously magical moment!
As (perhaps) someday will be the one about Scotland wanting their own ship.
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Old 09-05-2011, 14:07
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Susan's reference to decimalisation was not a wild stab in the dark for 1963. The Halsbury Committee had been set up in 1961, and both main parties considered decimalisation to be an essential modernising step. In practice the Committee set up by a Conservative government reported to a subsequent Labour government, which then made plans that were finally put into operation by the Conservative government that succeeded it. Fiction is fast, public policy is slow in the making.
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Old 09-05-2011, 14:20
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Susan's reference to decimalisation was not a wild stab in the dark for 1963. The Halsbury Committee had been set up in 1961, and both main parties considered decimalisation to be an essential modernising step. In practice the Committee set up by a Conservative government reported to a subsequent Labour government, which then made plans that were finally put into operation by the Conservative government that succeeded it. Fiction is fast, public policy is slow in the making.
It wasn't portrayed as a stab in the dark. She'd merely got the year slightly wrong.
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Old 09-05-2011, 14:37
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I envy anyone who got to see the wiped episodes.
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Old 09-05-2011, 14:39
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I also remember "The Junk Yard Demon".
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Old 09-05-2011, 14:42
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The classic series was over a few years before my birth! So no.
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Old 09-05-2011, 14:51
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And in Attack of the Cybermen and Remembrance of the Daleks.
It's actually partly relevant to the plot in Remembrance, being about a chain of events the Doctor set in motion prior to the first episode (ummm, if you'll excuse the slightly revisionist bits). Is it in Attack of the Cybermen for any reason other than a nod to the fans? All I recall is that they descend to the sewers from there.
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Old 09-05-2011, 15:00
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I was 10, just the right age!
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Old 09-05-2011, 15:01
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I remember the junk yard, but that's because I only watched it a couple of months ago! I'm from that sad generation which had no doctor who in their childhood (I was nearly 16 when it came back).
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Old 09-05-2011, 15:17
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I remember it too, I was only about 7 though. I watched it avidly after that but always thought they would end up back at the junk yard and all go home. Guess I misunderstood the concept lol!
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Old 09-05-2011, 15:57
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I aways wondered - did they use the Steptoe set ?
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Old 09-05-2011, 16:59
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There is a great documentry on the edge of destruction dvd extras, all about how the first episode came about, from the casting, finding a studio, budgeting and the skill and inititive to create the story and music. Its amazing such a iconic programme was made just to fill 25 minutes before grandstand came on.
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Old 09-05-2011, 17:15
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I remember the first doctor so I suspect I would have watched the first episode. I cannot remember the episode though.
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Old 09-05-2011, 17:16
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How many forumites remember sitting down on that fateful Saturday 47 years ago and watching the young girl (although she seemed almost a grown up to me, at the time) being followed by her teachers into the old scrap yard.

I'll bet none of you thought that you'd still be watching the programme nearly half a century later.

Can anyone remember any of the lines?

The only one I can remember is the Doctor saying something about money and, after the two teachers looked confused telling them "I forgot you haven't gone decimal yet" (or words to that effect). Prescient or what?
I remember the first doctor and the moon walk. I also remember the Silents but I thought I would be mocked if I admitted it.
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Old 09-05-2011, 17:38
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I also remember "The Junk Yard Demon".
As do I. Hated the artwork with a passion though.
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Old 09-05-2011, 21:05
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Oldie Timelord here, I watched it on transmission night with my Mum !
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Old 09-05-2011, 21:08
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Oldie Timelord here, I watched it on transmission night with my Mum !
Yes, me too, only it was with my dad.

I can't tell how much I remember from the first viewing as I've seen it a few times since. I know I thought it was intriguing and exciting.
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Old 09-05-2011, 21:16
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Yes, me too, only it was with my dad.

I can't tell how much I remember from the first viewing as I've seen it a few times since. I know I thought it was intriguing and exciting.
Why doesn't it surprise me that you watched the first episode Granny?!!!!

I'm so envious!
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