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'''Boars''' were a species of omnivorous [[mammal]]s. They were the ancestors of domesticated [[pig]]s. The word 'boar' usually, but not invariably, referred to the male of the species.
A '''wild boar''' was, according to [[Fitz Kreiner]], a kind of [[pig]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]] described the [[English]] variety as "often jeopardised", suggesting that the English wild boar had been near [[extinction]] on several occasions.


Boars had become [[extinct]] in [[England]], but were later reintroduced in [[1987]]. This occurred during a massive storm in [[Kent]], when a farm that raised boars was damaged and the boars were allowed to escape. Some of these boars came to [[the Doctor]]'s [[Smithwood Manor|house]]. They evolved into the [[Boar (Mad Dogs and Englishmen)|intelligent Boar race]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'')
However, the Doctor told [[Anji Kapoor]] that he was responsible for reintroducing the wild boar to England in about the year [[1987]]. He claimed that it happened because of an incident with a farmer who worked the land next to his house in [[Kent]]. During unexpectedly rough weather, a tree broke open the cage holding the farmer's continental boars. They crossed into the Doctor's land. He then taught them to talk, and they presumably continued to breed as undomesticated boars.  


Boars were often caught for food on [[Earth]]. Indeed, when she first met the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Peri]], [[Erimem]] invited them to sample some freshly-caught roast boar. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion]]'')
[[Brewster (Mad Dogs and Englishmen)|Brewster]], a talking boar from centuries later, overheard this story and considered it to be heresy. Like many of his generation, Brewster held that the re-population of the English boar in the [[1980s]] was the result of [[god|divine]] intervention, not mortal meddling. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'')
 
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Boar

A wild boar was, according to Fitz Kreiner, a kind of pig. The Eighth Doctor described the English variety as "often jeopardised", suggesting that the English wild boar had been near extinction on several occasions.

However, the Doctor told Anji Kapoor that he was responsible for reintroducing the wild boar to England in about the year 1987. He claimed that it happened because of an incident with a farmer who worked the land next to his house in Kent. During unexpectedly rough weather, a tree broke open the cage holding the farmer's continental boars. They crossed into the Doctor's land. He then taught them to talk, and they presumably continued to breed as undomesticated boars.

Brewster, a talking boar from centuries later, overheard this story and considered it to be heresy. Like many of his generation, Brewster held that the re-population of the English boar in the 1980s was the result of divine intervention, not mortal meddling. (PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)