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| Episode 4 scene posed image colourized image by Clayton Hickman. |
If there's one thing that British film and TV can't do very well in terms of genre realisation, it's the Western-that unique look and feel resides exclusively with America. When Classic Who tried it with the amiable if rather lightweight comedy drama The Gunfighters, based on the events of the infamous Gunfight at the OK Corral, it was met with ratings decline and derision by audiences who found it too phoney. the failure ultimately used as a handy scapegoat by the series then production team in changing the series format and sadly phasing-out of the historical adventures by the start of the Troughton era.
I've only watched the story twice and, though many fans (and Peter Purves) enjoy it, I personally found it a struggle, especially with the awful ballad that hurts the overall storytelling. Fortunately, the finale episode shoot-out at the legendary OK Corral is well handled for the time it was made, and Hartnell proves himself adept with some fun light humour moments given to him by writer Donald Cotton.
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