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 - Sakuntala Ramanee (Shreela Govindia in TV: Survival) was born.
 * 1963 - Keith Topping, the author of several Doctor Who novels, was born.
 * 1987 - Part 4 of TV: Paradise Towers was first broadcast.
 * 1988 - Part 4 of TV: Remembrance of the Daleks was first broadcast.
 * 2008 - Stacey Tendeter (Naia in TV: Underworld) died.
 * 2010 - Part 2 of TV: Death of the Doctor was first broadcast.