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How the West Was Done
William Hartnell’s Doctor was mistaken for the infamous Doc Holliday in Donald Cotton’s retelling of the notorious OK Corral shoot-out. LUCAS TESTRO examines Cotton’s notes.
Left:
Donald Cotton’s notebook includes the discarded opening scenes of the first episode of
Dr
Who
and
The
Gunslingers
(sic).
Above:
Director Rex Tucker (below centre) on the Ealing Studios set of
The
O.K.
Corral,
the fourth and final episode of
The
Gunfighters
(1966).
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