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4.0 out of 5 stars
Doctor Caligari,
By Bill Huebsch (Virginia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who: The Gunfighters (Doctor Who Library) (Paperback)
When a toothache forces the Doctor to stop on Earth and look for a dentist he gets much more than a simple check up. In a case of mistaken identity he finds himself the target of the vengeance seeking Clanton brothers. The Doctor's companions in this one are Dodo and Steven.The setting is the American west back in the 1870's. The story is told by Doc Holliday on his deathbed and represents what really happened in the shootout at the OK Corral. Turns out the Doctor was involved in the gun fight and helped turn the tide. This story is a break from the more serious "save the world" missions the Doctor normally takes on and is instead a "just for fun" kind of story. I have no idea how historically accurate the story is (the "real" cast of course, not the Doctor's group), but I found the western heroes and villians colorful and the story was fun to read.
1.0 out of 5 stars
The Doctor's toothache my have been from reading this,
By Margaret (Buffalo, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who: The Gunfighters (Doctor Who Library) (Paperback)
Having seen the edpisode and then compounding the insult by reading this book, I can state that this is the worst Doctor Who I have ever seen. It is set in Tombstone, AZ just prior to the gunfight at the OK corral. While reviews I have read from the UK were positive, even glowing, it is an excruciating experience to the American viewer/reader. Doctor Who's original aim was to educate its young viewers, but in this story it takes individuals from the most documented gunfight in US history and completely changes them. From the Doctor being mistaken for Doc Holiday to Wyatt Erp spouting scripture every five seconds to the painfully "western" language...you not only have to dispell your disbelief, you have to bury it. Which is what they should have done with this story. Unless you need this book to fill out your collection, mosey on over...sorry, try Tombstone (1993) instead.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Doctor visits the wild west in an OK shoot-out,
This review is from: Doctor Who: The Gunfighters (Doctor Who Library) (Paperback)
Donald Cotton adapts his own script and, as he normally does, elects to not go down the straightforward route of adapting the story to a book format. Doc Holliday is assigned the role of narrator, as well as playing a significant role in the story.'The Gunfighters' is a story with a reputation - essentially, it has been called the worst Doctor Who ever made! While the story still exists in its original form, the BBC have not released it on video so I cannot say whether the reputation is earned or not. The novelisation is one which features a fun romp through the events leading up to the gunfight at the OK Corral. The Doctor has a toothache, and they seek the services of a dentist - and the dentist in Tombstone is Doc Holliday. Through the connivance of Doc, the TARDIS crew (and the Doctor in particular) find themselves in a difficult situation. This story features a fair degree of comedy, although it is not as forced as was the case in, say. 'The Romans'. As to the worst story - all I can say is this certainly isn't the worst Doctor Who I have ever read but (count the stars above) certainly not the best either! If you're reading Doctor Who books for science fiction, you might want to avoid this one.
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