7.8/1026 votes#1 - An Unearthly Child
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/23/1963
After discussing a strange pupil, Susan Foreman, teachers Ian and Barbara follow her to a junkyard. They meet her grandfather, the Doctor, and force their way inside a police box with frightening results.
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: Anthony Coburn
6.3/1018 votes#2 - The Firemaker
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/14/1963
The TARDIS crew must make fire for the early humans to stay alive. But once they do, they may not be allowed to leave!
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: Anthony Coburn
5.8/1017 votes#3 - The Forest of Fear
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/7/1963
Prisoners of the earliest humans, the TARDIS crew are caught in a deadly power play for leadership of the tribe.
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: Anthony Coburn
5.6/1019 votes#4 - The Cave of Skulls
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/30/1963
The enigmatic Doctor, afraid that schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright will reveal his secrets to the people of 20th century Earth, has taken them and his granddaughter Susan back to the dawn of human history. There, the four travellers are dragged into the savage politics of a tribe of cavemen who have lost the secret of making fire…
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: Anthony Coburn
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"An Unearthly Child" is the best rated episode written by Anthony Coburn. It scored 7.8/10 based on 26 votes. It was directed by Waris Hussein. It aired on 11/23/1963 and is rated 1.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Firemaker".