Sunday, 30 October 2016

The Gunfighters

(Series 3, 34-37)

Summary: The Doctor, despite being a highly skilled scientist from another planet and time, with all the dentistry there ever was or will be available to him, decides the best place to sort out his toothache is the American Wild West.  (Time Lords get toothache – who knew?)  Dodo and Steven dress as Disney cowboys and, quite fortuitously, turn out to be remarkably skilled musicians.  A lot of people get shot and a woman sings the plot for us, in case we weren’t paying attention.

Watch it because: Don’t.  Unless you keep it on mute.


Original Air Date: 30 April – 21 May 1966.
Doctor: William Hartnell.
Companions: Steven Taylor (Peter Purves) and Dodo Chaplet (Jackie Lane).
Writer: Donald Cotton.
Director: Rex Tucker.
Producer: Innes Lloyd.

Available on DVD? Yes. Though I’d happily exchange it for the safe return of Marco Polo.

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