Doctor Who is one of many classic television series decimated by the junkings at the BBC during the Sixties and Seventies. In 1977, the BBC Film Library appointed Sue Malden as its first Archive Selector. Upon reviewing the library’s holdings, Sue and her team discovered that just 47 of the 253 black-and-white episodes of Doctor Who produced during the 1960s had been retained. Season three was almost completely missing, with only The Ark episode 3 and The Gunfighters episode 4 held on 16mm film - just two episodes out of forty-five! But what could be done?
Investigative work carried out by an enthusiastic fan called Ian Levine revealed that BBC Enterprises – the commercial division of the BBC who sold programmes to foreign TV stations – also held a significant number of Doctor Who episodes, including complete editions of The Ark and The Gunfighters. By the end of 1978, Sue Malden had the film cans transferred to the Film Library for permanent storage. Further episodes from season three were recovered during the next decade, including all four instalments of The War Machines, increasing the total number of episodes in existence to fifteen. Still not great, but far better than two...
In late 1992, the three complete stories from season three were selected for repeat transmission by satellite channel UK Gold. Love it or hate it, Doctor Who fans were delighted to see The Gunfighters on their televisions for the first time since 1966.
The story first aired episode by episode on consecutive weekday afternoons from Thursday 31st December 1992 to Tuesday 5th January 1993, following early editions of the Australian soap Neighbours:
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters (episodic)
UK Gold
Thursday 31st December 1992 to Tuesday 5th January 1993
5.30pm-6.00pm
As UK Gold was a commercial station, advert breaks were placed mid-way through each episode. The final shot of episode 4 (the appearance of a savage on the TARDIS scanner) and its caption ‘Next Episode: Dr Who and the Savages’ were cut from UK Gold’s copy, and the original closing credits replaced by computer-generated captions. Presumably these amendments were made by BBC Enterprises, as the subsequent story The Savages is missing from the archives and therefore unavailable for purchase. The next available story, The War Machines, was trailed at the end of the final episode, 'The O.K. Corral'.
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters (omnibus)
UK Gold
Sunday 10th January 1993
9.00-11.00am
On the morning of Sunday 10th January 1993, UK Gold gave The Gunfighters a second outing, sandwiched between an episode of Rentaghost and a movie version of The Man From Uncle.
As it was an omnibus edition, the opening credits and captions for episodes 2-4 were removed, along with closing captions and credits for episodes 1-3. Once again, advert breaks were placed mid-way through each episode.
In the junction between Rentaghost and Doctor Who, UK Gold trailed the trio of movies for Sunday, namely the aforementioned The Man From Uncle movie, Clarence The Cross Eyed Lion and Educating Rita.
Many thanks go to our old friend Mike in Huddersfield, and new contributor Ben - be sure to check out his brilliant YouTube and Dailymotion channels for plenty more vintage continuity. For the whole of November, WhoGold will be returning to its weekly format for a comprehensive look back at UK Gold’s Doctor Who @ 40 weekend! So, see you back here on Sunday 6th November 2011...
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An Unearthly Child
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You Could've Lent Her Hers!
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You Can't Rewrite History!
Carry On Don't Lose Your Sash
Kitchen Sink Drama
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Daleks Invasion Earth 2164AD
Web Planet & Space Museum
Never Mind The Moroks...
Sheer Poetry, Dear Boy!
A Space Helmet For A Cow?
A Funny Thing Happened...
... To The Security Kitchen!
Please Shoot The Pianist!
Kroton Soup
You Can't Kill Me, I'm A Genius!
Unhand Me, Madam!
Back To Black (And White)
Space Control to Recovery 7
It's My Moral Duty...
Ambassadors & Inferno
The One With The Eyepatch
Terror of the Autons
Pity, She's Quite A Dolly
Some Kind of Galactic Yo-Yo
Colony In Space
Alistair Fergus: Chatty Man
Another Five Rounds Rapid
A Bad Case Of Reginald Styles
Aggedor-dor-dor
Die, Overlord, Die!
The One With Ingrid Pitt's Tits
A Longshanked Rascal...
Kklak! Kklaak! Kklaaak!
Operation Golden Age
Root 1 Dalek 0
Aggedor-dor-dor (Again)
Down To Earth
From Genesis To Revelation
Vengeful Cybermen...
Mummies And Morestrans
From Kraals to Karn
Harrison & Heironymous
The Seeds of Doom
Spawn Of The Evil One
Oscar Gold
Pluto's No Place For A...
Easy Like Sunday Morning
The Quest Is The Quest!
Sholakh! To Meeeeeeeeee!!!
Trivia, Mr Fibuli, Trivia!
All The Rage In New Jersey!
From Tara to Tarantulas
The Shadow Is Dying For It
Weakling Scum!
Shaaaaaaaaaaadaaaaaaa!
Tachyon Recreation Generator
The Last Zolfa-Thuran
Towards The Embarkation!
Quite Topping!
Earthshock, Time-Flight
Speedbird Concorde 192
OMG! It's Omega!
Killing In The Name
Man Overboard!
The Dance Goes On
Small Time Villainy
The Toast of Little Hodcombe
Save Your Breath For Timelash
Unlimited Rice Pudding
Happiness Will Prevail
Greatest Show In The Galaxy
... No End To You Weirdos?
Burning Down The House
Two Docs, Fenric & Survival
Dr Who Weekend: Saturday
Dr Who Weekend: Sunday
Dr Who @ 40 Wknd - Part 1
Dr Who @ 40 Wknd - Part 2
Dr Who @ 40 Wknd - Part 3
Dr Who @ 40 Wknd - Part 4
More Than 30 Years...
The Vortex Promo
My First Tape
Elisabeth Sladen Tribute
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Be sure to check out Glen Allen's CLASSIC GOLD website looking back at his four years working for the channel.
Introduction
Can You Help?
Interview with Glen Allen
Air Dates (1992-2007)
Index of Clips
Clips
An Unearthly Child
Very Early Days
Beyond The... Whatever
You Could've Lent Her Hers!
Marinus, Aztecs & Sensorites
You Can't Rewrite History!
Carry On Don't Lose Your Sash
Kitchen Sink Drama
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Daleks Invasion Earth 2164AD
Web Planet & Space Museum
Never Mind The Moroks...
Sheer Poetry, Dear Boy!
A Space Helmet For A Cow?
A Funny Thing Happened...
... To The Security Kitchen!
Please Shoot The Pianist!
Kroton Soup
You Can't Kill Me, I'm A Genius!
Unhand Me, Madam!
Back To Black (And White)
Space Control to Recovery 7
It's My Moral Duty...
Ambassadors & Inferno
The One With The Eyepatch
Terror of the Autons
Pity, She's Quite A Dolly
Some Kind of Galactic Yo-Yo
Colony In Space
Alistair Fergus: Chatty Man
Another Five Rounds Rapid
A Bad Case Of Reginald Styles
Aggedor-dor-dor
Die, Overlord, Die!
The One With Ingrid Pitt's Tits
A Longshanked Rascal...
Kklak! Kklaak! Kklaaak!
Operation Golden Age
Root 1 Dalek 0
Aggedor-dor-dor (Again)
Down To Earth
From Genesis To Revelation
Vengeful Cybermen...
Mummies And Morestrans
From Kraals to Karn
Harrison & Heironymous
The Seeds of Doom
Spawn Of The Evil One
Oscar Gold
Pluto's No Place For A...
Easy Like Sunday Morning
The Quest Is The Quest!
Sholakh! To Meeeeeeeeee!!!
Trivia, Mr Fibuli, Trivia!
All The Rage In New Jersey!
From Tara to Tarantulas
The Shadow Is Dying For It
Weakling Scum!
Shaaaaaaaaaaadaaaaaaa!
Tachyon Recreation Generator
The Last Zolfa-Thuran
Towards The Embarkation!
Quite Topping!
Earthshock, Time-Flight
Speedbird Concorde 192
OMG! It's Omega!
Killing In The Name
Man Overboard!
The Dance Goes On
Small Time Villainy
The Toast of Little Hodcombe
Save Your Breath For Timelash
Unlimited Rice Pudding
Happiness Will Prevail
Greatest Show In The Galaxy
... No End To You Weirdos?
Burning Down The House
Two Docs, Fenric & Survival
Dr Who Weekend: Saturday
Dr Who Weekend: Sunday
Dr Who @ 40 Wknd - Part 1
Dr Who @ 40 Wknd - Part 2
Dr Who @ 40 Wknd - Part 3
Dr Who @ 40 Wknd - Part 4
More Than 30 Years...
The Vortex Promo
My First Tape
Elisabeth Sladen Tribute
No copyright infringement is intended. We fully acknowledge all clips are copyright of their original broadcasters, and are presented strictly for educational/entertainment purposes only. No financial profit whatsoever has been made from the creation of this blog. Materials are sourced from off-air VHS recordings, unless stated otherwise, with credits provided. We believe this blog conforms with Sections 29.1 and 30.1 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (United Kingdom) and the defined concept of "fair use" therein.
Be sure to check out Glen Allen's CLASSIC GOLD website looking back at his four years working for the channel.
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