Don't Shoot, I'm the Doctor! (unproduced TV story)

✅ Don’t Shoot, I’m the Doctor was an unproduced episode of the proposed rebooted Doctor Who rebooted television series from Amblin Entertainment, ultimately abandoned in favour of the 1996 telefilm. It was to be a "more historically accurate" version of TV: The Gunfighters. It was reportedly the only one to undergo significant development. The feud between the Earps and the Clantons was intended to contrast the state of Gallifrey after the rise to power of the Doctor's half-brother, the Master. Leekley hoped the movies Silverado and Back To The Future Part III would serve as the episode's visual inspirations.

Plot
The Doctor arrives in the Wild West whilst searching for a cure to his toothache. There he meets Doc Holliday and his wife Kate. Holiday is abusive physically towards Kate. The Doctor and Kate begin to fall for each other, and Kate implores the Doctor to intervene in a growing feud which pits Holliday and the Earp brothers against the Clanton gang. The Doctor is mistaken for Holiday on night and attacked by Ike Clanton. In the chaos, Ike later escapes as the Clanton gang come to town, and the Doctor decides to get involved to prevent Holliday from killing Clanton when an innocent prisoner is shot dead. Holliday attacks the Doctor in a rage. In the chaos of the brawl, Holliday is knocked unconscious and the Doctor’s bad tooth is knocked out. The Doctor then escapes in the TARDIS.

Story notes

 * Leekley had the most interest in this story since he was a fan of the Wild West
 * Leekley incorporated a subplot about Lester Moore, who was the owner of the most famous epitaph in the Boothill Graveyard at Tombstone. The story would have "revealed" this to have been in fact conceived by the Doctor himself
 * Leekley hoped the Western setting would appeal to American Market, being one of the few "big pieces" of American history.