8/12/2023 0 Comments Docxtor who an unearthly childI find it quite difficult that they’d be able to converse amongst themselves this fluently, let alone have a language capable of translation. I’m more curious about the capacity of these dirty humans to articulate concepts and ideas as advanced as these characters seem to do. I’m not objecting to the fact that they speak English – after all, the show has some techno-babble to handwave translation to speed up the plot. I’m talking about things like the fact the cavemen can speak. I’m not even going to make cheap shots about the fact that you can very clearly see the underwear that the cavemen are wearing. Don’t get me wrong, I adore the use of high concept science-fiction, and I love the idea that anybody might be interested in the techno-babble and meta-physics on the show to pick up a Stephen Hawking book, but I really don’t think that An Unearthly Child stands as a promising start for a series designed to teach kids about history. In hindsight, I’m never convinced that an educational Doctor Who could ever really have worked. Of course, the second story ( The Daleks or The Mutants, depending on who you ask) would change all that and have at least as much impact on the direction of the show as this four-part trip back to pre-historic earth. Verity Lambert famously insisted that the show would be educational and avoiding all the stereotypical bug-eyed monsters that one might associate with pulp fiction. The show was intended to alternate between historical and science-based stories, reflecting the two teachers on board, and providing all sorts of education to kids. Also if you know of anywhere that I can promote this project please do let me know.In a way, An Unearthly Child stands as a testament to what the show was intended to be – something quite different from what it actually became, to be honest. If there are any comments, question, queries or your own ideas about this set, be sure to post them in the comments section and I'll try to respond to as many as I can. If you have a blog or website and you've featured this idea on it, be sure to let me know, and I'll update the project with the links. Its also available to like on LEGO's Re:Brick Site, be sure to like it there as well! You can tweet about it on Twitter, and 'Like' it on Facebook using the links under the 'SUPPORT' button. If you liked this project, Thank You! Be sure to tell your friends about it. This project has a Flickr account, which will have more images of this set, and other sets in higher resolutions as they arrive. This set, if produced would contain 4 minifigures, the TARDIS and Junkyard Street Diorama. The junkyard as first visited in ‘ An Unearthly Child’ has been featured a number of times in Doctor Who history, mostly during the shows anniversaries The Sixth Doctor in ‘ Attack of the Cybermen’, the Seventh Doctor in ' Remembrance of the Daleks’ and most recently in the fiftieth anniversary special ‘ The Day of the Doctor’ with David Tennant’s and Matt Smith’s Doctors. " I know that free movement in time and space is a scientific dream I don't expect to find solved in a junkyard!" Ian Chesterton The Junkyard With a little help from the TARDIS, the Doctor can collide with characters from Pirates, Castle, Ninjago, Chima, The Hobbit, Blacktron and more! Now you can visit different locations across the LEGO universe and create new stories with your own TARDIS. Arguably more iconic than the Doctor himself, the space and time machine has been a staple of the show since day one (as represented here) a clever mix of visionary design and budgetary constrains, the idea for a humble police box to become a Type 40 TARDIS was ingenious. No Doctor Who set would be complete without a TARDIS, and this set is no exception. The minifigures included in this set are as always the Doctor and his companions the First Doctor (played by William Hartnell), his eager granddaughter Susan (Carol Ann-Ford), the skilful Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and the empathic Barbara Wright(Jacqueline Hill). This set includes the entrance to 76 Totter’s Lane, where the First Doctor parked his TARDIS so his granddaughter Susan could visit the local Coal Hill School to learn about the twentieth century, but her strange unworldly behaviour intrigues two of the staff members history teacher Barbara Wright and Science teacher Ian Chesterton, who decide to visit Susan at home, only to find Susan entering the mysterious junkyard! The Minifigures
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