Posted by Steve on 04/15/06 15:08

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:14:43 -0400, Sean O'Hara <seanohara@gmail.com>
wrote:

>In the Year of the Dog, the Great and Powerful Derek Janssen declared:
>> Bratboy wrote:
>>
>>> I have the set. The 1st episode is in one case and then the 2nd case
>>> in the set contains 2 disc's, not a flipper.
>>
>> So "An Unearthly Child" and the pilot *are* on the set, and unless we
>> want to buy it, we just have to wait for Netflix to clean up their mess?
>>
>
>Yes, though "Pilot" is a misnomer -- they shot it with every
>intention of airing it as the first episode, but a BBC executive
>felt the Doctor was too crotchety and made them do it over. There
>are actually two versions of the pilot included: the final, edited
>version that they planned on airing, and the unedited tape of the
>recording session (which is basically the same as the former, except
>they do two takes of the last scene).

There was never an edited version of the Pilot ready for air. That
was put together by the Dr. Who Restoration Team. The Pilot footage
was rejected by the Canadian director of programming because of its
poor technical production values, camera wobbles, actors' flubs, etc.
Also Susan was TOO otherwordly and alien. The Doctor was meant to be
an anti-hero, but Hartnell himself wanted to tone down the character.

... Steve ..

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