Doctor Who Guide: The Gunfighters - Don't Shoot the Pianist

Last updated 24 March 2024

Don't Shoot the Pianist

Series Episode Number: 116

World Premiere: Sat 7 May 1966 - 5:49pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 12 Sep 2014 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 23 minutes 47 seconds

Appreciation Index: 39 (UK)

Chart Position: 45 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 22 Apr 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Tensions between the Clantons and Doc Holliday continue to grow and Steven finds himself caught in the crossfire.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ike Clanton		William Hurndell
Phineas Clanton		Maurice Good
Billy Clanton		David Cole
Seth Harper		Shane Rimmer
Steven Taylor		Peter Purves
Dodo		Jackie Lane
Charlie		David Graham
Doc Holliday		Anthony Jacobs
Kate		Sheena Marshe
Wyatt Earp		John Alderson
Bat Masterson		Richard Beale

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		Donald Cotton
Director		Rex Tucker
Producer		Innes Lloyd
Designer		Barry Newbery
Story Editor		Gerry Davis
Ballad Music		Tristram Cary
Sung by		Lynda Baron
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Pianist		Tom McCall (uncredited)
Pianist		Winifred Taylor (uncredited)
Lighting		George Summers (uncredited)
Sound		Colin Dixon (uncredited)
Costumes		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Makeup		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Tristan de Vere Cole (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Angela Gordon (uncredited)
Technical Manager (TM2)		Johnny Farr (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Ken Westbury (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		Clive Halls (uncredited)
Film Editor		Geoff Higgs (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Tom O'Sullivan (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Julian Aston (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Assistant		Rosemary Parsons (uncredited)
Armourer		Jack Lennox (uncredited)