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(Was Area 51 ever established in the story to be near Roswell? In real life, it's also in Nevada.)
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[[File:DrySprings.jpg|thumb|250px|Dry Springs at sunset. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'')]]'''Dry Springs''' was a town in the state of [[Nevada]], located within [[helicopter]] distance of [[New Mexico]]'s [[Area 51]]. [[Cassie Rice]] was a waitress at her mother's diner there, and [[Jimmy Stalkingwolf]] was a ranch hand on local spreads. Shortly after the [[tenth Doctor]]'s arrival in [[1958]], it was attacked by a [[Viperox]] battle drone and representatives of the [[Alliance of Shades]]. Ultimately, the town sustained a major Viperox attack, and was essentially destroyed. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'')
[[File:DrySprings.jpg|thumb|250px|Dry Springs at sunset. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'')]]'''Dry Springs''' was a town in the state of [[Nevada]], located within [[helicopter]] distance of [[Area 51]]. [[Cassie Rice]] was a waitress at her mother's diner there, and [[Jimmy Stalkingwolf]] was a ranch hand on local spreads. Shortly after the [[tenth Doctor]]'s arrival in [[1958]], it was attacked by a [[Viperox]] battle drone and representatives of the [[Alliance of Shades]]. Ultimately, the town sustained a major Viperox attack, and was essentially destroyed. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'')
:''Dry Springs is not a real town in Nevada, according to current [[wikipedia:ZIP code|postal code]] records. Nor is its implied location relative to Area 51 realistic. The editing of ''Dreamland'' seems to imply that Dry Springs is close to Roswell — an easy trip for Cassie and Jimmy to make by truck. But if we accept the real-life position of Roswell, and we assume that Dry Springs is on the easternmost edge of Nevada, the two towns would still be hundreds of miles apart. Roswell is much closer to [[Texas]] than Nevada.''
:''Dry Springs is not a real town in Nevada, according to current [[wikipedia:ZIP code|postal code]] records.''
 
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[[Category:United States towns and cities]]

Revision as of 17:57, 9 January 2012

Dry Springs at sunset. (DW: Dreamland)

Dry Springs was a town in the state of Nevada, located within helicopter distance of Area 51. Cassie Rice was a waitress at her mother's diner there, and Jimmy Stalkingwolf was a ranch hand on local spreads. Shortly after the tenth Doctor's arrival in 1958, it was attacked by a Viperox battle drone and representatives of the Alliance of Shades. Ultimately, the town sustained a major Viperox attack, and was essentially destroyed. (DW: Dreamland)

Dry Springs is not a real town in Nevada, according to current postal code records.