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* The Eighth Doctor's first outfit was a costume of the famous lawman and gunfighter [[Wild Bill Hickok]]. This version of his incarnation fulfills the actual role of a lawman and gunfighter, who was also shot to death like Hickok. | * The Eighth Doctor's first outfit was a costume of the famous lawman and gunfighter [[Wild Bill Hickok]]. This version of his incarnation fulfills the actual role of a lawman and gunfighter, who was also shot to death like Hickok. | ||
*The name "Doc Gallifrey" is a reference to John Henry "Doc" Holliday, an American dentist and gambler who participated in the infamous "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" in Tombstone, Arizona. | *The name "Doc Gallifrey" is a reference to John Henry "Doc" Holliday, an American dentist and gambler who participated in the infamous 1881 "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" in Tombstone, Arizona. | ||
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Revision as of 06:40, 30 October 2018
Doc Gallifrey was an alternate dimension version of the Eighth Doctor. He was the gun-toting protector of Vortex City.
After being shot by the man in black in a duel, he bled to death. (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
Other uses of "Doc Gallifrey"
The name Doc Gallifrey was used by the Eleventh Doctor during a Wild West simulation on Multiworld, again impersonating a gunfighter. (COMIC: When Worlds Collide)
Behind the Scenes
- The Eighth Doctor's first outfit was a costume of the famous lawman and gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok. This version of his incarnation fulfills the actual role of a lawman and gunfighter, who was also shot to death like Hickok.
- The name "Doc Gallifrey" is a reference to John Henry "Doc" Holliday, an American dentist and gambler who participated in the infamous 1881 "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" in Tombstone, Arizona.