For the final time in the classic era of the programme, a story opened with an individual episode title, rather than an overall story title and episode number. The Gunfighters got underway today in 1966 with The O.K. Corral.
In 2005 we had the beginning of a two part story which had reverted to the old Gunfighters set-up of individual episode titles. In this case it was Steven Moffat's first contribution to the series - The Empty Child. This introduced the recurring / spin-off character of Captain Jack.
Another two part story started in 2011 with The Rebel Flesh.
A couple of birthdays of note today. The first is Trevor Cooper, who turns 69. He is one of those actors who have appeared in both incarnations of the show - as Takis in Revelation of the Daleks, and as Friar Tuck in Robot of Sherwood. He is also a frequent Big Finish performer.
Series 1 of The Sarah Jane Adventures regular Juliet Cowan is 48 today. She played Maria Jackson's mother Chrissie. Cowan left after Series 2's opening story, The Last Sontaran, as Maria actress Yasmin Paige had decided to concentrate on her studies.
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