26 October

On 26 October, 1881, the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral occurred in Tombstone, Arizona Territory in the USA. The fight, which posed the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday against a group of outlaws, became one of the most iconic events in the history of the Wild West. The First Doctor, Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet arrived in Tombstone in the hours before the fight as the Doctor required treatment for his toothache. Holliday did the dentistry. The Doctor, Steven and Dodo subsequently witnessed the gunfight. (TV: The Gunfighters)

Behind the scenes

 * 1961 - Actress Sakuntala Ramanee was born.
 * 1963 - Writer Keith Topping was born.
 * 1987 - Part four of Paradise Towers was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1988 - Part four of Remembrance of the Daleks was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 2008 - Actress Stacey Tendeter died.
 * 2010 - Part two of Death of the Doctor was first broadcast on CBBC.