Main menuDonald Cotton, Doctor Who - The gunfighters
Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - The gunfighters | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Donald Cotton | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC3 - BBCDVD 3380A | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1966 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0101786680-B911 03 IFPI L556 Sony DADC | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | No | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 1450 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3353, rank in dvds is 215. | ||||||||
| My rating: | ***** | ||||||||
| Guest rating: | ***** | ||||||||
My copies information
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| Detail | Value | ||||||||||
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| Cover condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| Record condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| BBC records label code | - | ||||||||||
| Number have | 1 | ||||||||||
| What type of seller was used | Not recorded | ||||||||||
| Where can I buy this release? | You may be able to purchase this release from the following websites (others are available!) | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | A holiday for The Doctor | 23.48 | |||||||||
| A2 | Don't shoot the pianist | 23.47 | |||||||||
| A3 | Johnny Ringo | 23.52 | |||||||||
| A4 | The OK Corral | 23.53 | |||||||||
| A5 | The end of the line | 43.27 | |||||||||
| A6 | Tomorrow's Times - The First Doctor - Contemporary news coverage of the William Hartnell era | 14.16 | |||||||||
| A7 | Photo gallery | 4.19 | |||||||||
| A8 | Radio Times billings [PDF] | ||||||||||
| A9 | Coming soon - Paradise Towers | 1.20 | |||||||||
| Total length of media 2:38:42. | |||||||||||
All release pictures
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Reviews
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| My rating | 3 | |
| Guest rating | Current average value is 3. To vote, please select one of these buttons: | |
Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts | ||
StarringWilliam Hartnell (First Doctor) Peter Purves (Steven Taylor) Jackie Lane (Dodo Chaplet) John Alderson - Marshal Wyatt Earp Martyn Huntley - Warren Earp Victor Carin - Virgil Earp Richard Beale - Bat Masterson Anthony Jacobs - Doc Holliday Reed De Rouen - Pa Clanton William Hurndell - Ike Clanton Maurice Good - Phineas Clanton David Cole - Billy Clanton Sheena Marshe - Kate Laurence Payne - Johnny Ringo Shane Rimmer - Seth Harper David Graham - Charlie Written byDonald Cotton Produced byInnes Lloyd Directed byRex Tucker SynopsisTombstone, 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 materialising. The Doctor and his companions aren't 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 ... BackgroundThe Gunfighters is in some ways the most ambitious story Doctor Who ever attempted; a Western with a mostly British cast, recorded in a tiny television studio. Broadcast in 1966, the same year The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly hit cinemas, it shared the Sergio Leone movie's cheerful cynicism about American frontier myths. It did not, however, share its budget. Without access to the grand vistas that form the usual western backdrop, The Gunfighters finds its strength in a witty, well-written script by Donald Cotton. The production exudes an irresistable sense of fun. Steven and Dodo's glee in choosing their costumes and Western aliases resembles that of children raiding the dressing-up box; and William Hartnell gets the opportunity ton show off the comic skills which got him noticed as an actor at the beginning of his career. As it turned out, The Gunfighters had a surprising legacy. Anthony Jacobs, who played Doc Holliday, was visited on set by his young son, Matthew. This event made a lasting impression. Thirty years later, when the Doctor returned to the United States for Doctor Who The Movie, a grown-up Matthew Jacobs wrote the script. In one of the pivotal scenes, the newly-regenerated Doctor searches for an outfit. After dismissing several options, he finds just the thing. It is a Wyatt Earp costume ... | ||
Other versions | ||
| I have the title track on these releases: | ||
| [dvds] | BBCDVD 3380 | Doctor Who - Earth story |
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