The Gunfighters (TV story)
The Gunfighters was the eighth story of Season 3 of Doctor Who. This was the last serial whose episodes had individual titles until the 2005 series.
Synopsis
The TARDIS arrives in the town of Tombstone in the Wild West and the Doctor, having hurt a tooth on one of Cyril's sweets, decides he must visit a dentist. The local dentist is Doc Holliday, currently engaged in a feud with the Clanton family. Lawmen Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson are meanwhile doing their best to keep the peace.
The Doctor, Steven and Dodo narrowly survive a lynch mob, the attentions of Holliday and Earp and various other dangers; they finally return to the TARDIS after witnessing the famous gunfight at the OK Corral, in which the young Clanton brothers and their gunman ally Johnny Ringo are all killed by Holliday, Earp and Earp's brother Virgil.
Plot
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Cast
- Doctor - William Hartnell
- Steven Taylor - Peter Purves
- Dodo Chaplet - Jackie Lane
- Ike Clanton - William Hurndall
- Phineas Clanton - Maurice Good
- Billy Clanton - David Cole
- Kate - Sheena Marshe
- Seth Harper - Shane Rimmer
- Charlie - David Graham
- Wyatt Earp - John Alderson
- Doc Holliday - Anthony Jacobs
- Bat Masterson - Richard Beale
- Pa Clanton - Reed De Rouen
- Johnny Ringo - Laurence Payne
- Warren Earp - Martyn Huntley
- Virgil Earp - Victor Carin
Crew
- Assistant Floor Manager - Tom O'Sullivan
- Ballad Music - Tristram Cary
- Costumes - Daphne Dare
- Designer - Barry Newbury
- Film Cameraman - Ken Westbury
- Film Editor - Les Newman
- Lyrics - Donald Cotton, Rex Tucker
- Make-Up - Sonia Markham
- Producer - Innes Lloyd
- Production Assistant - Tristan de Vere Cole, Angela Gordon
- Script Editor - Gerry Davis
- Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
- Studio Lighting - George Summers
- Studio Sound - Colin Dixon
- Theme Arrangement - Delia Derbyshire
- Title Music - Ron Grainer
Quotes
- Johnny Ringo I'd blast you down as soon as spit at you.
References
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Story Notes
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Ratings
- A Holiday For The Doctor - 6.5m viewers
- Don't Shoot The Pianist - 6.6m viewers
- Johnny Ringo - 6.2m viewers
- The O.K. Corral - 5.7m viewers
Myths
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Location Filming
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
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Continuity
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DVD, Video and Other Releases
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Target Novelisations
- Novelised as The Gunfighters (novelisation) in 1986 by Donald Cotton.
See Also
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External Links
- Outpost Gallifrey The Gunfighters page
- The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of The Gunfighters
- BBC page for The Gunfighters
- A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to The Gunfighters
