The Gunfighters - Dont Shoot the Pianist

The next episode starts off with the stupid singing of the last chance saloon. There is a look that Steven gives that mplies that he is sick of singing it Not often does the actor match the view of the viewer. The episode picks up when William Hartnell enters the saloon and says that he would be happy with a glass of milk. The locals still think that the Doctor is Doc Holiday and its fun when he finally realises the confusion. After the chuckle I got from the milk line, the fact that he shot someone (accidentally) was another funny sight.

As the Doctor is trying to explain the truth he keeps getting cut off by various people and its somewhat frustrating because I feel like they are just trying to kill time. Having said that Donald Cotton has done a better job of at least looking like he knows where the story is heading. Dodo is being kept to one sode b Doc Holiday and the Doctor is behind bars because they still think that he is Doc Holiday. The singing has become tolerable during this episode but I still think that the storycould benefit a little from not having it playing every couple of minutes.

The central performances have discarded the silly playing up of their surroundings and get stuck into the stor and all do a good job but frankly they don't really have much to do so I think that its the supporting performances that are noticeable. Anthony Jacobs is very good as Doc Holiday. There is a sense of slimeyness about him and I think that's what I like about his performance. John Alderson continues to impress as Wyatt Earp. Every time that he is on screen he is very good.

This was a much better episode than the first. I still don't think my opinion of the whole story will change over the course of the four episodes but at least the quality has gone up instead of down but its not difficult to go up when our at the bottom. The ending of the episode was quite good as the rabble are about to hang the Doctor and Doc Holiday is trying to get out of town with Dodo. It's quite a dramatic ending though its ruined by the singing but I think that at least we get a funny look of Willam Hartnell due see us out of the episode.