I just finished watching a William Hartnell serial, which I've seen very few of (Unearthly Child and maybe one or two others) called 'The Gunfighters'. It's mentioned on the DVD extras, that this got some of the lowest Audience Appreciation Scores in the history of the program. It isn't that bad but it's not great either.

The main problem is that it's just feels like a typical dated Cowboy TV show with The Doctor and Co playing little or no part in the preceedings beyond the most superficial level. I think you could almost edit the Doctor out of the whole thing and still have the story intact.

The wild-west accents range from passable to just plain terrible (Let's just do Cockney with "I reckon" at the end of every sentence LOL). Ironicly Peter Purves' accent which is supposed to be bad, is actually better than most of the rest of the cast can do. But the worst thing is the constant use of this annoying vocal narration song every 30 seconds.

On the plus side, William Hartnell as a Cowboy, dressed nearly all in black with the hat, gunbelt and sheriff's badge looked badass. The direction is pretty good with all the classic Western camera angles being deployed. The set and costumes are really excellent and I did enjoy Anthony Jacobs' turn as the duplicitous Doc Holliday.

Next Hatnell adventure on my itinerary... 'The Keys of Marinus' (I hope it's better).