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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
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Subject: Re: Why didn't people like "Gunfighters"?
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Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 07:42:11 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 07:42:11 1986
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>Peter Haining, in "Celebration," describes "The Gunfighters" as
>"bad and ugly."  I must object to this; it seems that Haining has
>missed the fact that much of the satire was meant to be distasteful.
>
>"The Gunfighters" now ranks as one of my favorite Hartnell stories
>(which, I have to admit, is not very hard), and I can not
>accept the reaction to the story by the British public (which
>shared Haining's view, for the most part).

Saturday night was the meeting of the Jersey Jagaroth, during which we
watched "The Gunfighters".  Not one person in the room liked the
episode.  A comment was made that "V" would have been better to watch.

Complaints:  The repeated chorus in the background got to be rather
grating after about 1 minute.

There was a dearth of acting.

The director obviously had no idea how to direct.

Historical accuracy was not observed.

Western pioneers most likely did not use British expressions, nor did
they sport accents which would not be out of place in Sydney, Australia.

The story was not intended to be a satire.

Without a doubt, "The Gunfighters" is the worst Doctor Who story I
have ever seen.  It makes "Power of Kroll" look good.
-- 
James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	{ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa

"It's a sort of mini-clone!"  Who said them, what story?