The Doctor ( William Hartnell) in desperate need of a dentist to cure an aching tooth, arrives in Tombstone, Arizona in October 1881 with his companions Steven Taylor (Peter Purves) and Dodo Chaplet (Jackie Lane) and soon encounters Wyatt Earp who offers them protection. The Doctor finds a dentist, none other than Doc Holliday. Meanwhile Steven and Dodo dressed as cowboys arrive at a local hotel to book rooms and encounter the Clantons who mock their appearance. Steven and Dodo book 3 rooms which arouses the Clanton’s suspicion. The pair explain the other room is for The Doctor causing the Clantons to suspect that The Doctor is Doc Holliday himself.
After his tooth is removed The Doctor heads to the hotel and a possible trap with the Clantons believing he is Doc Holliday. Holliday hides in the hotel, firing his guns and soon a fracas ensuses, but just in time Wyatt Earp arrives at the hotel with Bat Masterson and and breaks up the fracas, taking The Doctor into custody for his own protection.
Steven meanwhile arrives at the jail to offer The Doctor a gun to defend himself but The Doctor refuses to be armed. A mob arrives fired up by the Clantons who are intent on lynching Steven as an associate of Doc Holliday. Earp and Masterson advise The Doctor and Steven to get out of town as soon as possible. They then go looking for Dodo, only to encounter Johnny Ringo who takes Steven to the Clantons ranch.
The situation becomes worse and it soon appears that despite efforts by The Doctor to defuse the situation a showdown will soon be happening at the OK Corral. After the gunfight at the Corral, The Doctor, Steven and Dodo leave Tombstone in the Tardis.
These episodes in Black and White and titled The Gunfighter series, were shown in 4 parts beginning 30 April 1966. A Holiday for the Doctor, Don’t Shoot the Pianist, Johnny Ringo and The OK Corral.
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