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A Holiday for the Doctor

Series Episode Number: 115

World Premiere: Sat 30 Apr 1966 - 5:50pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 5 Oct 1986 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 48 seconds

6.50 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 45 (UK)

Chart Position: 50 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 15 Apr 1966 in Television Centre 4
Archive State: 16mm t/r



The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in Tombstone in America's Wild West. Mistaken for the infamous Doc Holliday, the Doctor unwittingly walks into a trap.


Production Team hide uncredited
WriterDonald Cotton
DirectorRex Tucker
ProducerInnes Lloyd
DesignerBarry Newbery
Story EditorGerry Davis
Ballad MusicTristram Cary
Sung byLynda Baron
Title MusicRon Grainer
with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
PianistTom McCall (uncredited)
LightingGeorge Summers (uncredited)
SoundColin Dixon (uncredited)
CostumesDaphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-upSonia Markham (uncredited)
Special SoundBrian Hodgson (uncredited)
Production AssistantTristan de Vere Cole (uncredited)
Ealing Production AssistantAngela Gordon (uncredited)
Technical ManagerJohnny Farr (uncredited)
Film CameramanKen Westbury (uncredited)
Vision MixerClive Halls (uncredited)
Film EditorGeoff Higgs (uncredited)
Assistant Floor ManagerTom O'Sullivan (uncredited)
Floor AssistantJulian Aston (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerDelia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title SequenceBernard Lodge (uncredited)
AssistantRosemary Parsons (uncredited)
ArmourerJack Lennox (uncredited)