Last Chance Saloon

[moon_custafer]

Val, the department store clerk in 'Closing Time' who thinks the Doctor and Craig are an adorable couple, looked familiar; so green_trilobite looked her up on IMDb and found she'd worked on Dr Who twice before - in the Davison era as Captain Wrack (over-the-top Eternal pirate lady)in 'Enlightenment;' and in the Hartnell era's notorious 'The Gunfighters' (she sings the endless ballad that accompanies the narrative.)

We rewatched both this evening - 'Enlightenment' was still good; 'The Gunfighters' was actually not as bad as I remember, despite the wonky accents. I like it that the Doctor basically makes them leave at the end because Dodo is 'shipping Doc Holliday/Bignose Kate way too hard.

Comments

[donald hutton (from livejournal.com)]

I still say that 'The Gunfighters' is the worst Doc Who Ever! The Yanks should not try to do costume period drawing room drama and the Brits should not attempt Westerns.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

I'd say the Americans have done some pretty good costume dramas in the past decade - they just have to be set in American historical periods (1870s, 1920s, 1960s, etc).