MentalFloss.com put out that question into the world wide web and the world and luckily and amazingly Back to the Future co-writer/co-creator Bob Gale answered that question.
Here's what the writer had to say about what he and Robert Zemeckis came up with to explain how Marty and Doc got together…
For years, Marty was told that Doc Brown was dangerous, a crackpot, a lunatic. So, being a red-blooded American teenage boy, age 13 or 14, he decided to find out just why this guy was so dangerous. Marty snuck into Doc’s lab, and was fascinated by all the cool stuff that was there. when Doc found him there, he was delighted to find that Marty thought he was cool and accepted him for what he was. Both of them were the black sheep in their respective environments. Doc gave Marty a part-time job to help with experiments, tend to the lab, tend to the dog, etc.-Bob Gale
And that’s the origin of their relationship.
It is pretty awesome to know that about "Back To The Future" folklore, especially when you factor in the pre-established bond between Doc and Marty at the beginning first movie. The film starts with Marty showing up at Doc's lab to mess around with this speaker equipment. He lets himself in like he's been there a million times, which in itself suggests a close relationship with the Doc. But what I really like about this explanation is that it's consistent with their characters. Marty meeting Doc sounds like it was due to an act of rebellion, rather than an interest in science. The connection was made. Lightning struck. And the rest was history or in the past or maybe in the future.....you decided
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