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Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
Starring: William Hartnell , Jackie Lane
Directed by: Rex Tucker
Produced by: Innes Lloyd
Written by: Donald Cotton
The TARDIS lands in Wild West Tombstone. When the Doctor (William Hartnell) visits the local dentist, Doc Holliday, he doesn't realize he'll soon be a part of the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral. Meanwhile, Steven and Dodo narrowly escape a lynch mob. Digitally remastered. Extras include audio commentary.
Item Number: 16180
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 1 2/3 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 1
- Closed Captions / Subtitles:
- This Product has English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
- Special Features:
• Audio Commentary
• The End of the Line
• Tomorrow's Times
• Photo Gallery
• PDF materials: Radio Times Listings
• Production Notes Subtitle Option
Tombstone, Arizona, 1881. The air is filled with the sounds of shooting, cussing, and toe-tapping tunes knocked out on the battered piano at the Last Chance Saloon. And then there is something less familiar: the wheezing, groaning sound of a Police Box materializing.
The Doctor and his companions aren't the only newcomers in town. The Clanton brothers have ridden in to settle a grudge with Doc Holliday, the notorious gambler, drinker, and dentist. In the Wild West, tempers are short, guns are swift, and a moment's hesitation on the draw can mean death.
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.
| William Hartnell | --- | The Doctor |
| Jackie Lane | --- | Dodo |
| Peter Purves | --- | Steven Taylor |
| Richard Beale | --- | Bat Masterson |
| David Cole | --- | Billy Clanton |
| David Graham | --- | Charlie |
| Anthony Jacobs | --- | Doc Holliday |
| William Hurndall | --- | Ike Clanton |
| Laurence Payne | --- | Johnny Ringo |
| Sheena Marshe | --- | Kate |
| Reed de Rouen | --- | Pa Clanton |
| Maurice Good | --- | Phineas Clanton |
| Shane Rimmer | --- | Seth Harper |
| Victor Carin | --- | Virgil Earp |
| Martyn Huntley | --- | Warren Earp |
| John Alderson | --- | Wyatt Earp |
Directed by Rex Tucker
Written by Donald Cotton
Produced by Innes Lloyd
Original Music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Delia Derbyshire
Film Editing by Les Newman
Costume Design by Daphne Dare
Ballad Music by Tristram Cary lyrics by Donald Cotton and Rex Tucker, played by Tom McCall (In Don't Shoot the Pianist only, Winifred Taylor rather than Tom McCall played the piano accompaniment for the studio scenes in which the Ballad was played in the Last Chance Saloon.), sung by Lynda Baron.
Thunderbirds voice artistes David 'Brains' Graham and Shane 'Scott Tracy' Rimmer appear as Charlie the barman and Seth Harper respectively. Graham had also provided Dalek voices for a number of earlier Doctor Who stories.
The caption at the end of the final episode reads 'Next Episode: Dr. Who and the Savages'. The Gunfighters was the last story to have individual episode titles.
Patrick Troughton was one of the actors considered for the role of Johnny Ringo.
A Holiday for the Doctor - 30/04/1966 17:50
Don't Shoot the Pianist - 07/05/1966 17:50
Johnny Ringo - 14/05/1966 17:55
The O K Corral - 21/05/1966 17:50
