2 0 1 1 ). ▁M off at ▁had ▁been ▁planning ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁five ▁episodes ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁to ▁have ▁" movie ▁marque e " ▁them es . ▁Wh ith ouse ▁noted ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁genre ▁he ▁had ▁not ▁written ▁before , ▁but ▁he ▁" ab sol utely ▁[ lo ved ] ▁it ". ▁The ▁Wild ▁West ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁a ▁setting ▁for ▁a ▁Doctor ▁Who ▁episode ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁third ▁season ▁serial ▁The ▁Gun fig h ters . ▁Wh ith ouse ▁was ▁ad vised ▁not ▁to ▁watch ▁The ▁Gun fig h ters ▁by ▁the ▁other ▁writers , ▁who ▁said ▁it ▁was ▁" not ▁exactly ▁the ▁j ew el ▁in ▁the ▁crown ". ▁Wh ith ouse ▁felt ▁obliged ▁to ▁include ▁common ▁Western ▁trop es , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Doctor ▁r iding ▁a ▁horse ▁and ▁a ▁face - off . ▁He ▁stated ▁the ▁hard est ▁scene ▁to ▁write ▁was ▁where ▁the ▁Doctor ▁is ▁forced ▁to ▁use ▁a ▁gun ; ▁the ▁Doctor ▁is ▁a ▁pac if ist ▁and ▁he ▁would ▁need ▁" the ▁right ▁sort ▁of ▁emot ional ▁journey ". ▁ ▁Wh ith ouse ▁preferred ▁the ▁cy borg ▁villa in ▁to ▁be ▁three - dimensional ▁and ▁sympath etic , ▁which ▁would ▁require ▁it ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁" l iving ▁conscious ness " ▁rather ▁than ▁simply ▁be ▁a ▁" s ou ll ess ▁automat on ". ▁He ▁wanted ▁its ▁look ▁to ▁be ▁rem in is cent ▁of ▁Fran ken stein ' s ▁mon ster , ▁and ▁later ▁called ▁the ▁design