Popular music in 'Doctor Who' #3
Episode: 'The Gunfighters' (1966)
Artist: Lynda Baron
Title: 'The Ballad Of The Last Chance Saloon'
Notes:
* The ballad was an original song specially composed for the 1966 serial, The Gunfighters
* The song provides 'Greek chorus'-like narration for the story
* It has about twenty verses, although some were reprises in varying tempos and orchestrations
* There would not be another original song commissioned for Doctor Who until 1988's Remembrance of the Daleks.
* Lynda Baron, who sang the song during the story, would later appear in front of the camera as Cap'n Wrack in 'Enlightenment' (1983) and Val in 'Closing Time' (2011)
The performance as featured on 'Doctor Who'
The full song