Doctor Who - The Gunfighters - Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon 

2023: “Doctor Who isn’t a musical! This show has gone off the rails!” Doctor Who in 1966:

I went to the Gallifrey One convention this year and Peter Purves (the guy that played Steven Taylor) was there. At one point a fan asked Peter to sing this song he said "I'm sorry but I can't remember the lines." The fan said "Don't worry I got the lyrics." Then Peter was handed the lyrics and sang the song. It was funniest moment I had at the convention.

The thing I found funniest in this episode was that Dodo's fake accent was more convincing than all the other "real" ones

Peter Perves is such a great guy. He's a good actor, and you can tell he loves every second of his time on the show - this fantastic scene is proof of that. In interviews he always talks about the fact that he was on Doctor Who with such pride, and that he didn't want to leave the series - the producers forced him to.

Dodo's one hell of a piano player. For spur of the moment that's seriously good.

"Let's hope the piano knows it." If that's not a not to the fact that that was a player piano, I don't know what is.

Me and some friends of mine played a drinking game to this. Every time you hear the song you take a shot... R.I.P My friends.

You dont even know. My grandpa apparently saw this episode when it was first aired, and he still whistles it from time to time. I didnt even know what it was until I saw this episode a few months ago and asked him.

I've read that Peter Purves really didn't want to sing, but he's really quite good! It's so great to see him having fun in the part.

i love the doctor waddling sadly back from the dentist

I love that he's singing through gritted teeth at times, very funny

I love this episode so much. The unforgettable song and when the doc is to the dentist...LOL It makes me laugh every time.

Funny trivia: Lynda Baron also played Val in the 2011 episode "Closing Time".

1:51 always gets me that Stephen begs that he’s already sang the song four times. Cracks me up thinking about how he’s been singing nonstop for over 15 minutes just waiting for the Doctor to show up!

I've got that song stuck in my head now.

Hahha, I love this episode, it's so FUN! The song just randomly comes on and makes you smile :)

Amazing how Steven all of a sudden can play piano whilst facing away from it!

I love this song! Steven does a phenominale job as a singer

This is the exactly the scene I wanted to watch so thank you

I quite like The Gunfighters, but they really were pushing it with the way the song was used in the serial. It's not even that it's a bad song or anything, but using such a repetitive melody with the same few lines again and again to link every event in the story was not a good idea. Sometimes you have to do things sparingly or they lose their impact. I'd happily watch a version of The Gunfighters where Peter Purves does his performance and this is the only time the song appears. They should have just used the studio recorded version with the female vocalist in the end credits of the final episode. Using it to bookend almost every scene was really tedious by the time you get to episode 3.

The Gunfighters takes place in 1881. A Town Called Mercy takes place in 1870. So I doubt it.

I don't get why this story is so hated, I mean it's a nice mix of a classic western movie and Doctor Who.

This story is deffinatly in my top 3, 1 being planet of the daleks 2 being frontier in space and 3 being this story.

That bit with Steven always makes me giggle with joy

What a brilliant scene in such an enjoyable story. This really showcases what a class act Peter Purves is. Marvellous.

Peter Purves does a really good job with this song.

this is so funny i enjoy jackie lanes dodo and peter purves steven

Damn, now I want to re-watch this story.

Well, Seth Harper was a little more convincing too, as well as Charlie. They were played by Shane Rimmer and David Graham, two professional voice actors from Canada and Britain, who had just done Thunderbirds a year prior to this serial.

The weird thing is that this song is so incredibly annoying when Linda Baron sings it at the beginning of every scene, but so funny when Steven sings it here.

this must make a appearance in tonight's episode

Steven is a pilot from the future funny how he can sight read music lol and play the piano

I wanted to stab my ears after listening to the song over and over

Watching 85-year old Peter Purves and his poor two team-mates doing a DISASTROUS Escape Room, and they just triggered a *surprise* Karaoke *bonus-round* …. Oh…… The *HUMANITY* - the *only* Musical *known* to Mankind that can actually cause *Barrowman* to *CRINGE* ….!!! [..he still remembers ALL The Words - ]

As hated as this episode is, I actually like Dodo's piano skills.

The bar front they use is open all hours shop counter

So we lose The Dalek's Master Plan but get to keep this?!

The Doctor's Daughter

Is it just me or does dodo sounds like tegan?

Better than The Searchers and Blazing Saddles

the all time worst DW so bad its good

This is a Shining Example of why the British can't do Westerns.

This is the worst Doctor Who episode I've ever seen.