"A Holiday for the Doctor":
1)Ah, yes, "Doctor Who and the Questionable 'American' Accents"...
2)"Doctor Caligari." "Doctor Who".
3)"Mr. Werp." For some reason, I find that gag endlessly amusing.
4)He can face down armies of Daleks, but he's afraid to go to the dentist! Not that I blame him.
5)"I never touch alcohol." "Well, I do."
6)"I certainly disapprove of violence."
7)"Let's hope the piano knows it."
8)Cliffhanger: Steven sings at gunpoint!
"Don't Shoot the Pianist":
9)"The Clanton Brothers - oh, dear. I mean, eh, how do you do?"
10)Hartnell is quite good in this.
11)"Well, I don't have no gun." "Exactly! That's the whole point, isn't it?"
12)"People keep giving me guns and I do wish they wouldn't."
13)Cliffhanger: The Clantons threaten to lynch Steven!
"Johnny Ringo":
14)I gotta find a good book about what actually did happen at the O.K. Corral.
15)"He gave me a gun, he extracted my tooth - good gracious me, what more do you want?"
16)"Ringo!" This must be from before he became a drummer.
17)"I shall try not to kill you. I shall aim for your arm."
18)Cliffhanger: The Clantons kill Warren Earp!
"The O.K. Corral":
19)Deputy Doc!
20)"I'm sorry, Johnny."
21)"Ringo was here." "And?" "He ain't no more."
22)I really wish the new show would do a "pure" historical, just once, just to see what it would be like.
23)Cliffhanger: A primitive-looking type clambers over a rock, or something!
Overall: For a serial that for many years had a reputation as one of the worst stoies the old show ever did, this was quite fun. I enjoyed this and would have no problem watching it again.
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... which I’m planning to spring as a surprise on Tracy, who hates Shatner).
I think if I had a working time machine, I might travel to a time after the invention of Novocain before having my tooth treated.
I suppose one rationale might be that considering how in those days he had little to no control over where or when the TARDIS landed, he may've felt fortunate to've landed someplace where dentistry actually existed.
Long thought this would make a great triple feature...
DOCTOR WHO -- "The Gunfighters"
STAR TREK -- "Spectre Of The Gun"
THE PRISONER -- "Living In Harmony"
Long thought this would make a great triple feature...
DOCTOR WHO -- "The Gunfighters"
STAR TREK -- "Spectre Of The Gun"
THE PRISONER -- "Living In Harmony"
Sounds like they were happy to see him go. Of course, THEY were the next ones to be given the push.
Doesn't it really separate US and UK programs, where in the States, people often do whatever they can to keep actors on a long-running show, while in England, on both sides (actors and producers) so many seem in a hurry to move on to the next job?
I can still remember in the 80's people asking me, WHY do they keep changing girls on WHO so often?
I think it started with THE ROMANS, written by Dennis Spooner, that "historicals" started getting played for laughs. I haven't seen THE MYTH MAKERS (about the Trojan War), but I understand that was done in much the same style. And of course, THE GUNFIGHTERS is a riot. I suppose it would also make a good double-feature with CARRY ON COWBOY (which I just saw last year). Jon Pertwee has a cameo in that!
Sometimes I prefer stories done as comedies... I'd certainly prefer to watch THE ROMANS than either BEN HUR (which also features an innocent man sold into slavery and forced to become an oarsman on a ship) or "Bread And Circuses" on STAR TREK (one of my least-favorite ST's, the character played by Logan Ramsey is one of the most dispicaple villains in that series entire history, and really DESERVED to have been killed by the end-- which he wasn't).
I haven't seen THE MYTH MAKERS (about the Trojan War), but I understand that was done in much the same style.
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