William Hartnell
The Grandfather Of All Doctors

"One day I shall come back, yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine."

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Hartnell's Doctor was also extremely stubborn. One of his finer traits. He was never wrong, set in his ways and generally kind of ornry. At the same time he is extremely caring and intelligent. He insists on thinkning everything out before acting on it. Which is, to him and his companions, extremely helpful. At a time when special effects (especially in Brittain) were just being developed, Hartnell was able to rivit viewers with sheer talent and believability... something often missed in low-budget sci-fi. He set the trend for the following Doctors and gave them something to draw upon. Not disimilar to a grandfather passing down a family heirloom. William Hartnell starred in the following episodes:

• An Unearthly Child
• The Daleks
• Beyond the Sun
• Marco Polo
• The Keys of Marinus
• The Aztecs
• The Sensorites
• The Reign of Terror
• Planet of the Giants
• The Dalek Invasion of Earth
• The Rescue
• The Romans
• The Web Planet
• The Crusade
• The Space Museum
• The Chase
• The Time Meddler
• Galaxy Four
• Mission to the Unkown
• The Myth Makers
• The Daleks' Master Plan
• The Massacre
• The Ark
• The Celestial Toymaker
• The Gunfighters
• The Savages
• The War Machines
• The Smugglers
• The Tenth Planet

Some of William Hartnell's T.V. & Film Credits Include:

Show	Year(s)	Role	Miscellaneous
Doctor Who	1963-1966	The Doctor	(guest appearance: 1973)
Heavens Above!	1963	?	.
This Sporting Life	1963	Johnson	.
The World Ten Times Over/Pussycat Alley	1963	?	.
Make Mine a Double	1961	Sgt. Bright	.
The Mouse That Roared	1959	Will Buckley	.
The Night We Dropped a Clanger	1959	w/o Bright	.
Shake Hands with the Devil	1959	Sergeant Jenkins	.
Carry On Sergeant	1958	Sergeant Grimshawe	.
Hell Drivers/Hard Drivers	1958	Cartley	.
Private's Progress	1956	Sargeant Sutton	.
The Holly and the Ivy	1952	Company Sergeant Major	.
The Pickwick Papers	1952	?	.
The Ringer/The Gaunt Stranger	1952	Sam Hackett	.
The Dark Man	1951	Superintendent	.
The Magic Box	1951	Recruiting Sergeant	.
The Lost People	1949	Barnes	.
Now Barabbas Was a Robber	1949	?	.
Escape	1948	Inspector Harris	.
Brighton Rock/Young Scarface	1947	Dallow	.
Odd Man Out/Gang War	1947	Fencie	.
Strawberry Roan	1945	Chris Lowe	.
The Agitator	1944	Peter Pettinger	.
The Way Ahead/Immortal Battalion	1944	Sergeant Fletcher	(Credits Listed as BillyHartnell)
Bells Go Down	1943	Bookes	.
Headline	1943	Dell	.
Suspected Person	1943	Saunders	.
The Dark Tower	1942	Towers	.
The Goose Steps Out	1942	?	.
They Flew Alone\Wings and the Woman	1941	Man	.
Murder Will Out	1939	?	.
Nothing Like Publicity	1936	Billy Hartnell	.

The TARDIS

This, of course, is the most popular time travel machine of all time. The familiar Blue Police Box modeled after England's emergency phone boothe is the Doctor's main vehicle of transport. TARDIS, meaning: Time And Relative Dimensions In Space is the ship that can do the impossible... except get the Doctor to the right destination. The doctor uses this incredible device to fly through time and space with his companions. Although an old model (old type 40 to be exact), this broken down and somewhat unreliable form of transportation has managed to keep audiences riveted since the Hartnell years. The stolen, or more eloquenlty put by the Doctor-- the "borrowed" Galifreyen machine has a broken chameleon device which at one point in time was used to cloak the machine and let it blend with its surroundings. Aside from its outward appearance, the TARDIS is larger on the inside than on the outside! I wish I could do that with my house. To read more on the tardis and see a cool photo of the TARDIS console visit the faq: "All About the TARDIS" Or if you would like to get a good look of the interior, go to a VRML TARDIS Console Room.

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