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The Gunfighters
''The Gunfighters'' is the eighth serial of the third season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 30 April to 21 May 1966. The serial is set in and around the town of Tombstone, Arizona, in the Wild West. In the serial, the time traveller the First Doctor (William Hartnell) and his travelling companions Steven Taylor (Peter Purves) and Dodo Chaplet ( Jackie Lane) get themselves involved with the events leading up to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Plot In the frontier town of Tombstone, Arizona, the troublesome Clanton brothers, Ike, Phineas and Billy, are in search of Doc Holliday to settle an old score over the death of another brother called Reuben. They meet their hired hand Seth Harper at the Last Chance Saloon. He knows what Holliday looks like and describes his coat and demeanour. This is overheard by bar singer Kate, who lets her paramour Holliday know he is in danger. The TARDIS arriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunfighters
Gunfighters, also called gunslingers (), or in the 19th and early 20th centuries gunmen, were individuals in the American Old West who gained a reputation of being dangerous with a gun and participated in gunfights and shootouts. Today, the term "gunslinger" is more or less used to denote someone who is quick on the draw with a pistol, but can also refer to riflemen and shotgun messengers. The gunfighter is also one of the most popular characters in the Western genre and has appeared in associated films, video games, and literature. The gunfighter could be a lawman, outlaw, cowboy, or shooting exhibitionist, but was more commonly a hired gun who made a living with his weapons in the Old West. Origin of the term The term "gun slinger" was used in the Western film ''Drag Harlan'' (1920). The word was soon adopted by other Western writers, such as Zane Grey, and became common usage. In his introduction to ''The Shootist'' (1976), author Glendon Swarthout says "gunslinger" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ike Clanton
Joseph Isaac Clanton (1847 – June 1, 1887) was a member of a loose association of outlaws known as The Cowboys who clashed with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp as well as Doc Holliday. On October 26, 1881, Clanton was present at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in the boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory but was unarmed and ran from the gunfight, in which his 19-year-old brother Billy was killed. Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Holliday but after a 30-day preliminary hearing, Justice Wells Spicer ruled that the lawmen had acted within their lawful duty. Clanton was implicated in the attempted assassination of Virgil Earp on December 30, 1881 but other Cowboys provided an alibi and he was released. Six years later Clanton was killed attempting to flee when he was shot by a lawman seeking to arrest him for cattle-rustling. Early life Born in Callaway County, Missouri, Joseph Isaac "Ike" Clanton was one of seven children of Newman Haynes Clanto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who (season 3)
The third season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 11 September 1965 with the story ''Galaxy 4'' and ended on 16 July 1966 with ''The War Machines''. Only 17 out of 45 episodes survive in the BBC archives; 28 remain missing. As a result, only 3 serials are complete. Casting Main cast * William Hartnell as the First Doctor * Maureen O'Brien as Vicki * Peter Purves as Steven Taylor * Adrienne Hill as Katarina * Jean Marsh as Sara Kingdom * Jackie Lane as Dodo Chaplet * Anneke Wills as Polly * Michael Craze as Ben Jackson For season 3, William Hartnell continued his role as The Doctor, and was joined by Peter Purves as Steven Taylor for a majority of the episodes. Maureen O'Brien, who had been a regular cast member of the previous season, dropped out after episode nine, 'Horse of Destruction,' from ''The Myth Makers'' storyline. That episode saw the introduction of Adrienne Hill as Katarina, a short-lived companion whose character wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristram Cary
Tristram Ogilvie Cary, OAM (14 May 192524 April 2008), was a pioneering English-Australian composer. He was also active as a teacher and music critic. Career Cary was born in Oxford, England, and educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and Westminster School in London. He was the third son and child of a pianist and the Ulster-born novelist Joyce Cary, author of '' Mister Johnson''. While working as a radar engineer for the Royal Navy during World War II, he independently developed his own conception of electronic and tape music, and is regarded as being amongst the earliest pioneers of these musical forms. Following World War II, he created one of the first electronic music studios, later travelling around Europe to meet the small numbers of other early pioneers of electronic music and composition. He studied arts at the University of Oxford and went on to study composition, conducting, piano, viola and horn at Trinity College London.Jo Litson, "Maestro with a motherboard", ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innes Lloyd
George Innes Llewelyn Lloyd (24 December 1925 – 23 August 1991) was a Welsh television producer. He had a long career in BBC drama, which included producing series such as ''Doctor Who'' and ''Talking Heads''. Early life and career Following service in the Royal Navy, Innes Lloyd trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He joined the BBC in the 1950s, initially in presentation before moving into outside broadcasts. As an outside broadcast producer he covered many important sporting events such as tennis at Wimbledon, golf and motor racing. He also produced important national events such as the Royal Christmas Message and Winston Churchill's state funeral. ''Doctor Who'' Lloyd began his drama career when he was made the producer of the science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' in 1966. He was the third producer on the programme and his duration as producer ran for two seasons between ''The Celestial Toymaker'' and ''The Enemy of the World'' (with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Davis (screenwriter)
Gerry Davis (23 February 1930 – 31 August 1991) was a British television writer, best known for his contributions to the science-fiction genre. He also wrote for the soap operas ''Coronation Street'' and ''United!''. From 1966 until the following year Davis was the story editor of the popular BBC science-fiction series ''Doctor Who'', for which he created the character Jamie McCrimmon and co-created the popular cybernetic monsters known as the Cybermen, who continue to make appearances in the show, having been revived in the new run. His fellow co-creator of these creatures was the programme's unofficial scientific adviser Dr. Kit Pedler. Following their work on ''Doctor Who'' the pair teamed up in 1970 to create the science-fiction programme ''Doomwatch''. ''Doomwatch'' ran for three seasons on BBC One from 1970 to 1972 and spawned a novel written by Davis and Pedler, a subsequent cinema film and a 1999 revival on Channel 5. Davis briefly returned to writing ''Doctor Who'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Cotton
Donald Henry Cotton (26 April 1928 – 28 December 1999) was a British writer for radio and television during the black and white era. He also wrote numerous musical revues for the stage. His work often had a comedic bent. Early BBC career Cotton's scripts for the BBC Third Programme include ''Echo and Narcissus'' (1959), ''The Golden Fleece'' and ''Stereologue'' (both 1962) and ''The Tragedy of Phaethon'' (1965, described as a comedy despite the name). In 1960, he introduced ''Voices in the Air'', a programme whose script included work not only by Cotton but also by other notable contributors including Harold Pinter, John Betjeman, Michael Flanders, Antony Hopkins, N. F. Simpson, Donald Swann, and Sandy Wilson. Doctor Who scripts "The Myth Makers" In April 1965, Donald Tosh replaced Dennis Spooner as story editor on the popular BBC science fiction programme '' Doctor Who'', and soon thereafter contacted Donald Cotton, an old acquaintance, to write for the programme. Tos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Tucker
Rex Tucker (20 February 1913 – 10 August 1996) was a British television director in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in March in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire. Tucker joined the BBC in 1937 to work in radio where he remained for several years before moving to TV work. In 1954 Tucker wrote and directed ''The Three Princes'' which featured future Doctor Who producer Barry Letts and actor Roger Delgado who later became well known for playing the Doctor's opponent The Master. In 1961 he wrote, produced and directed the historical serial ''Triton'', which was remade in 1968. Tucker also wrote a sequel '' Pegasus'' for broadcast in 1969. Amongst his work, he was a driving force during the formative stages of '' Doctor Who'' in 1963, acting as a caretaker producer prior to the arrival of Verity Lambert. Tucker's friend, the actor and director Hugh David — whom Tucker had actually approached about playing the leading role in the series — later claimed in interviews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Graham (actor)
David Graham (born 11 July 1925) is an English retired actor. He is best known for voicing the Daleks in ''Doctor Who'', Gordon Tracy, Brains, Aloysius Parker and Kyrano in '' Thunderbirds'' and Grandpa Pig in ''Peppa Pig''. He played the role of Big Brother in the "1984" television Super Bowl advert to introduce the Apple Macintosh computer. Life and career Graham was born in London in July 1925 and trained as an actor in New York City following service in the Royal Air Force as a radar mechanic. He played several characters in the science-fiction TV series ''Doctor Who'' during the 1960s and 1970s, most notably Dalek voices in the serials ''The Daleks'' (1963–1964), ''The Dalek Invasion of Earth'' (1964), '' The Chase'' (1965; in which he also provided Mechanoid voices) and ''The Daleks' Master Plan'' (1965–1966). He performed in person as barman Charlie in ''The Gunfighters'' (1966) and as time-travel scientist Professor Kerensky in ''City of Death'' (1979). In 2017, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Rimmer
Shane Rimmer (born Shane Lance Deacon; May 28, 1929 – March 29, 2019) was a Canadian actor and screenwriter who spent the majority of his career in the United Kingdom. The self-proclaimed "Rent-A-Yank" of the British entertainment industry, he appeared in over 160 films and television programmes from 1957 until his death in 2019, usually playing supporting North American characters. Among his best known roles were the voice of Scott Tracy in the original ''Thunderbirds (TV series), Thunderbirds'' series, Air Force Captain "Ace" Owens in ''Dr. Strangelove'', Joe Donnelli and Malcolm Reid on ''Coronation Street'', Edward R. Murrow in ''Gandhi (film), Gandhi'', and Louie Watterson on the Cartoon Network series ''The Amazing World of Gumball''. He also made several appearances in the James Bond film series. He also made several on-stage appearances for the Royal National Theatre, and contributed scripts to ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' and ''Joe 90''. Early life Rimmer was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Ringo
John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 – July 13, 1882), known as Johnny Ringo, was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier boomtown Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He took part in the Mason County War in Texas during which he committed his first murder. He was arrested and charged with murder. He was affiliated with Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan, Ike Clanton, and Frank Stilwell during 1881–1882. He got into a confrontation in Tombstone with Doc Holliday and was suspected by Wyatt Earp of having taken part in the attempted murder of Virgil Earp and the ambush and death of Morgan Earp. Ringo was found dead with a bullet wound to his temple which was ruled a suicide. Modern writers have advanced various theories attributing his death to Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Frank Leslie, and Michael O'Rourke. Early life Johnny Ringo, son of Martin and Mary Peters Ringo, had distant Dutch ancestry, and was born in (what would later become) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Payne
Laurence Stanley Payne (5 June 1919 – 23 February 2009) was an English actor and novelist. Early life Payne was born in London. His father died when he was three years old, and he and his elder brother and sister were brought up by their mother, a Wesleyan Methodist in Wood Green, London. He attended Belmont School and Tottenham Grammar School, leaving at 16 to take a clerical job. After training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1939, he was exempted from war service as a conscientious objector on condition that he went on tour with the Old Vic during the war. Career Actor Payne made his professional debut at the Old Vic theatre in 1939 and remained with the company for several years. He then performed at the Chanticleer and Arts theatres in London, also directing and broadcasting for the first times during this period. At Stratford-on-Avon he played, among other parts, Romeo in Peter Brook's 1947 production. After more work at London theatres, he played lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
