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{{wikipediainfo}} | {{First pic|Six About to Hang.jpg|The [[Sixth Doctor]] about to be hanged on [[Varos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'')}}{{wikipediainfo}} | ||
'''Hanging''' was an [[execution]] method in which a person's [[neck]] would be broken by a [[noose]] tied to [[gallows]]. An individual employed to hang [[criminal]]s was known as a [[hangman]]. | '''Hanging''' was an [[execution]] method in which a person's [[neck]] would be broken by a [[noose]] tied to [[gallows]]. An individual employed to hang [[criminal]]s was known as a [[hangman]]. | ||
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In the [[1880s]], the [[Fifth Doctor]] was hanged by a mob under {{Ainley}}'s control. He survived thanks to his [[respiratory bypass system]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Town Called Eternity]]'') | In the [[1880s]], the [[Fifth Doctor]] was hanged by a mob under {{Ainley}}'s control. He survived thanks to his [[respiratory bypass system]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Town Called Eternity]]'') | ||
In [[October]] [[1881]], [[Phineas Clanton]] and his brothers [[Ike Clanton|Ike]] and [[Billy Clanton|Billy]] threatened to hang [[Steven Taylor]] if [[Wyatt Earp]] did not release the [[First Doctor]], whom they believed to be [[Doc Holliday]], from [[prison]]. They got so far as to put a noose around his neck before Steven was freed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'') | In [[October]] [[1881]], [[Phineas Clanton]] and his brothers [[Ike Clanton|Ike]] and [[Billy Clanton|Billy]] threatened to hang [[Steven Taylor]] if [[Wyatt Earp]] did not release the [[First Doctor]], whom they believed to be [[Doc Holliday]], from [[prison]]. They got so far as to put a noose around his neck before Steven was freed by [[Wyatt Earp]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'') | ||
In [[1893]], [[Clarence DeMarco]] was sentenced to be hanged for murder. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor]]'') | In [[1893]], [[Clarence DeMarco]] was sentenced to be hanged for murder. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor]]'') | ||
Revision as of 21:09, 11 July 2016
Hanging was an execution method in which a person's neck would be broken by a noose tied to gallows. An individual employed to hang criminals was known as a hangman.
In 1651, Sam Swift was meant to be hanged at Tyburn. (TV: The Woman Who Lived)
In 1692, several people in Salem Village were sentenced to be hanged for witchcraft, including John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse. (PROSE: The Witch Hunters)
On 16 April 1746, in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden, British Army officers hanged captured Jacobites. (TV: The Highlanders)
In the 1860s, Jeremiah Castle was hanged. (AUDIO: Jago & Litefoot & Patsy)
In the 1880s, the Fifth Doctor was hanged by a mob under the Tremas Master's control. He survived thanks to his respiratory bypass system. (PROSE: A Town Called Eternity)
In October 1881, Phineas Clanton and his brothers Ike and Billy threatened to hang Steven Taylor if Wyatt Earp did not release the First Doctor, whom they believed to be Doc Holliday, from prison. They got so far as to put a noose around his neck before Steven was freed by Wyatt Earp. (TV: The Gunfighters)
In 1893, Clarence DeMarco was sentenced to be hanged for murder. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
On Varos in the late 23rd century, the Governor regularly used the threat of hanging to elicit last-minute confessions from his subjects. (TV: Vengeance on Varos)
