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Z. Doctor Who - The Gunfighters (Season Three)

Story Editor: Gerry Davis; Writer: Donald Cotton; Director: Rex Tucker; Produced by: Innes Lloyd; Designer: Barry Newbery; Incidental Music: Tristram Carey; The Ballad Of The Last Chance Saloon: Performed by Tom McCall, sung by Lynda Baron;

Programme Description

The Doctor, suffering from toothache, decides to visit the dentist, and takes the TARDIS to Tombstone in 1881. The only local denist is none other that Doc Holliday, who is currently caught in a feud with the Clantons.

The Doctor is mistaken for Doc Holliday, and is nearly shot by the Clantons' gunfighter, Harper. Marshall Wyatt Earp arrests the Doctor, whilst Steven and Dodo narrowly avoid a lynching.

Steven and Dodo end up working as entertainers to avoid being executed as outlaws. They manage to get back to the TARDIS with the Doctor after witnessing the famous events at the OK Coral.


Regular Cast

Steven Taylor: Peter Purves; Dodo Chaplet: Jackie Lane;

Cast

Ike Clanton: William Hurndell; Phineas Clanton: Maurice Good; Billy Clanton: David Cole; Kate Fisher: Sheena Marshe; Wyatt Earp: John Alderson; Doc Holliday: Anthony Jacobs; Bat Masterson: Richard Beale; Charlie: David Graham (1-3); Seth Harper: Shane Rimmer (1-2); Pa Clanton: Reed de Rouen (3-4); Johnny Ringo: Laurence Payne (3-4); Warren Earp: Martyn Huntley (3-4); Virgil Earp: Victor Carin (4);
Uncredited:
Savage: John Raven (4); Walk Ons: Mark Allington, Anthony Billing, John Caeser, Derek Chafer, Edward Chookon, Reg Cranfield, Roy Curtis, John de Marco, John Doye, Jackie Ho, Jonas Kurchi, Maureen Lee, Kevin Leslie, Maureen Nelson, Edwina Salmon, Leslie Shannon, Bill Smith, Vilma Shuttle, Jane Young, Marguerite Young;

Transmissions

Ep.TitleDateViewersPosition
115.A Holiday For The Doctor (BBC 1) Sat 30/04/1966 17:50 - 18:15 6.5M50th
116.Don't Shoot The Pianist (BBC 1) Sat 07/05/1966 17:50 - 18:15 6.6M45th
117.Johnny Ringo (BBC 1) Sat 14/05/1966 17:50 - 18:15 6.2M51st
118.The OK Corral (BBC 1) Sat 21/05/1966 17:50 - 18:15 5.7M60th

Repeat Transmissions

This programme has not been repeated

Bloopers

This programme has no bloopers / mistakes. It's probably not perfect, just that they haven't been found / pointed out

Locations

Virgina Water, Surrey;

Studios

Ealing Television Film Studios; Riverside Studio 1;

Notes / Trivia

This is the last story to have individual episode titles.
The end of part four says that the next episode is "Doctor Who and the Savages", which is incorrect; this is the last regular use of the next episode caption.

Working Titles

The Gunslingers
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