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As they slowly recover from the shock of being theown to the TARDIS floor, the Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara all seem to be acting strangely. A number of unexplained events occur and suspicions are raised that some alien force may have entered the ship. The Doctor at one point even accuses Ian and Barbara of sabotage.

It gradually dawns on the travellers that what they have been experiencing is an attempt by the TARDIS itself to warn them of something. The Doctor ultimately realises that the 'fast return' switch he used when leaving Skaro has stuck, and the ship has been plunging back to the beginning of time and its own destruction.

Once the problem - a faulty spring - is corrected, the TARDIS returns to normal and the Doctor is forced to make some apologies.

DVD EXTRAS

• Studio Commentary with Verity Lambert OBE, Christopher Barry, Richard Martin, William Russell, and Carole Ann Ford
• DOCTOR WHO: ORIGINS - A 55-minute documentary detailing the creation of DOCTOR WHO. Including rare interview clips with creator Sydney Newman, and new intreviews with Verity Lambert, Waris Hussein, Richard Martin, William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Bernard Lodge, Brian Hodgson
• OVER THE EDGE - The cast and crew look back at the production of the story.
• INSIDE THE SPACESHIP - A look at the TARDIS
• MASTERS OF SOUND - A look inside the BBC Radiophonic Workshop whcih created the electronic sounds and music during DOCTOR WHO's early years
• MARCO POLO - A 30 minute version of the lost fourth DOCTOR WHO story
• PDF DOCUMENTS- RADIO TIMES clippings and script for AN UNEARTHLY CHILD
• ARABIC SOUNDTRACK - Listen to the final episode dubbed into Arabic
• Photo gallery + Production galleries
• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality

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