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The '''United States of America''', commonly the '''US''', '''USA''', '''America''', or just '''the States''', was a [[nation]] located in [[North America]] on the [[planet]] [[Earth]]. Its head of state and head of government was an elected [[President of the United States|president]], chosen by general election every four years. | The '''United States of America''', commonly the '''US''', '''USA''', '''America''', or just '''the States''', was a [[nation]] located in [[North America]] on the [[planet]] [[Earth]]. Its head of state and head of government was an elected [[President of the United States|president]], chosen by general election every four years. | ||
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=== Early history === | === Early history === | ||
Prior to [[Great Britain|British]] settlement, the United States was primarily inhabited by [[Native American]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Peacemaker (novel)}}) | Prior to [[Great Britain|British]] settlement, the United States was primarily inhabited by [[Native American]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Peacemaker (novel)}}) | ||
In the [[1620]]s, [[Dutch]] [[colonist]]s established the [[town]] of [[New York City|New Amsterdam]], which became a [[city]] in [[1653]]. [[1664|Eleven years later]], New Amsterdam was [[Capture of New Amsterdam|attacked and taken]] by the [[English]], who renamed it New York. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}) | |||
The [[North Carolina colony]] was established by [[1711]], when [[Thomas Cary]] served as [[deputy governor]]. When [[Edward Hyde (governor)|Edward Hyde]] was appointed to take his place, Cary refused to give up his position, leading to [[Cary's rebellion]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Hidden Human History (comic story)}}) | The [[North Carolina colony]] was established by [[1711]], when [[Thomas Cary]] served as [[deputy governor]]. When [[Edward Hyde (governor)|Edward Hyde]] was appointed to take his place, Cary refused to give up his position, leading to [[Cary's rebellion]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Hidden Human History (comic story)}}) | ||
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The [[Ninth Doctor]] claimed to have participated in the [[Boston Tea Party]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unquiet Dead (TV story)}}) | The [[Ninth Doctor]] claimed to have participated in the [[Boston Tea Party]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unquiet Dead (TV story)}}) | ||
As the [[Tenth Doctor]] summarised to [[Martha Jones]], [[Britain]] had a [[Thirteen Colonies|collection of separate colonies]] in the [[Americas]] which were [[United Colonies|united]] in [[1775]], when the [[American War of Independence]] against colonial rule by Britain began. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Many Hands (novel)}}) {{O'Mara|c}} was present at some point during this conflict, and extracted brain chemicals from soldiers, using the violence to conceal her presence. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mark of the Rani (TV story)}}) | |||
The American founding fathers included, among others, [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[John Adams]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Founding Fathers (audio story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}}) | The American founding fathers included, among others, [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[John Adams]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Founding Fathers (audio story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}}) | ||
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==== Settling the West ==== | ==== Settling the West ==== | ||
The [[First Doctor]] and his companions once found themselves engaged in a particularly infamous and bloody incident known as the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Gunfighters (TV story)}}) The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] landed in Redwater sometime in the 1880s and faced down the [[Clade]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Peacemaker (novel)}}) | The [[First Doctor]] and his companions once found themselves engaged in a particularly infamous and bloody incident known as the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Gunfighters (TV story)}}) The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] landed in Redwater sometime in the 1880s and faced down the [[Clade]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Peacemaker (novel)}}) | ||
==== Late 19th century ==== | |||
In [[1886]], the USA received the [[Statue of Liberty]] as a [[donation]] from the [[people]] of [[France]]; the [[statue]] was placed on [[Liberty Island]] to [[greet]] [[traveller]]s entering [[New York State]] by [[New York Harbor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}) | |||
=== 20th century === | === 20th century === | ||
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==== 1950s ==== | ==== 1950s ==== | ||
In [[1952]], the iconic [[television]] series ''[[This Is Your Life]]'' started in America. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}}) | |||
[[Racial segregation]] continued to be rampant in many states in the [[1950s]]. [[Emmett Till]] was killed in [[Mississippi]] while on vacation from the north after a "couple words to a white [[woman]]." ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rosa (TV story)}}) | [[Racial segregation]] continued to be rampant in many states in the [[1950s]]. [[Emmett Till]] was killed in [[Mississippi]] while on vacation from the north after a "couple words to a white [[woman]]." ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rosa (TV story)}}) | ||
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In [[1969]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] described [[Washington, D.C.]] as "the most powerful city in the most powerful country on [[Earth]]." At that time, a [[River Song|little girl]] phoned President [[Richard Nixon]], told him about a spaceman that was coming to eat her, and warned him about [[the Silence|monsters]] in the [[White House|oval office]]. President Nixon recruited [[Canton Everett Delaware III]] to find out who the child was, and he was assisted by the Doctor, [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams]], and [[River Song]]. During these events, the Silence were defeated by the Doctor through the use of their own post hypnotic suggestion. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}}/{{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}}) | In [[1969]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] described [[Washington, D.C.]] as "the most powerful city in the most powerful country on [[Earth]]." At that time, a [[River Song|little girl]] phoned President [[Richard Nixon]], told him about a spaceman that was coming to eat her, and warned him about [[the Silence|monsters]] in the [[White House|oval office]]. President Nixon recruited [[Canton Everett Delaware III]] to find out who the child was, and he was assisted by the Doctor, [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams]], and [[River Song]]. During these events, the Silence were defeated by the Doctor through the use of their own post hypnotic suggestion. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}}/{{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}}) | ||
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During the [[Cold War]] in the late [[20th century]], America was counted as one of the [[superpower]]s alongside [[Russia]] and [[China]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot (TV story)}}) A "[[quarrel]]" between the three powers concerning a [[sphere of influence]] flared up in the [[Near East]], becoming known as the [[Near East Crisis]], which threatened to bring about [[World War III]] before being settled by a [[World Peace Conference]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Daleks (TV story)}}) At one point, to avoid warfare, all three superpowers gave their [[destructor code]]s to [[Great Britain]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot (TV story)}}) | |||
=== 1970s === | |||
In [[1970]], [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|Melody Pond]] ended up in [[New York City]], dying from a disease, and on the run from the Silence since her escape from them in [[Florida]]. She regenerated to cure herself and continue living, scaring away a [[Tramp (Day of the Moon)|homeless man]] that had been concerned about her health. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}}) This new incarnation of Melody ended up a toddler. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}}) | In [[1970]], [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|Melody Pond]] ended up in [[New York City]], dying from a disease, and on the run from the Silence since her escape from them in [[Florida]]. She regenerated to cure herself and continue living, scaring away a [[Tramp (Day of the Moon)|homeless man]] that had been concerned about her health. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}}) This new incarnation of Melody ended up a toddler. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}}) | ||
==== 1990s ==== | ==== 1990s ==== | ||
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In [[2006]], following the [[London UFO crash]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}, {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}, etc.) [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] stated on [[Who is Doctor Who?|his website]] that [[Henry Van Statten]] was a US [[dotcom]] giant. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) | In [[2006]], following the [[London UFO crash]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}, {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}, etc.) [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] stated on [[Who is Doctor Who?|his website]] that [[Henry Van Statten]] was a US [[dotcom]] giant. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) | ||
There was a [[Budweiser trademark dispute|legal battle]] between the Americans and the [[Czech Republic]] over who [[brewing|brewed]] [[Budweiser]] [[beer]] first. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Slow Decay (novel)}}) | |||
By [[2007]], [[H.C. Clements]] had an office in the USA. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}) | By [[2007]], [[H.C. Clements]] had an office in the USA. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}) | ||
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American DJs were well liked by the [[DJ (Revelation of the Daleks)|DJ]] of [[Tranquil Repose]], who based his style of presentation on them. [[Peri Brown]] thought of "Tranquil Repose" as the sort of name for a place in America; the [[Sixth Doctor]] agreed but thought America did not have a monopoly on bad taste. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | American DJs were well liked by the [[DJ (Revelation of the Daleks)|DJ]] of [[Tranquil Repose]], who based his style of presentation on them. [[Peri Brown]] thought of "Tranquil Repose" as the sort of name for a place in America; the [[Sixth Doctor]] agreed but thought America did not have a monopoly on bad taste. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Firearm|Guns]] were readily available in the US. The [[Sixth Doctor]] joked that Americans gave away guns with [[breakfast]] [[cereal]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Shield of the Jötunn (audio story)}}) | [[Firearm|Guns]] were readily available in the US. The [[Sixth Doctor]] joked that Americans gave away guns with [[breakfast]] [[cereal]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Shield of the Jötunn (audio story)}}) Having entered the [[Oval Office]] in [[1969]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] asked [[Richard Nixon]]'s men if they thought they could shoot him, to which [[River Song]] interjected "They're Americans!" ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}}) | ||
During the [[3W Institute Affair]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] told [[Kate Stewart]] that they would not want "Americans bobbing around the place" as they would "only start [[praying]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death in Heaven (TV story)}}) | |||
=== Languages === | === Languages === | ||
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== Largest cities == | == Largest cities == | ||
[[New York City]] was destroyed during the [[ | [[New York City]] was destroyed during the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Chase (TV story)}}) while [[Los Angeles]] was still a major global centre in the early years of the [[Earth Empire]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Frontier in Space (TV story)}}) | ||
== US states == | == US states == | ||
{{main|State#United States}} | {{main|State#United States}} | ||
== Alternate timelines == | == Other realities == | ||
=== Alternate timelines === | |||
In an [[alternate timeline]] in which [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] won [[World War II]] as a result of the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] accidentally leaving laser technology in [[Colditz Castle]] in [[October]] [[1944]], the Nazi scientists were able to refine [[uranium]] and create [[nuclear weapon]]s. They subsequently bombed [[New York City]], forcing the surrender of the United States and winning the war for Germany. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Klein's Story (audio story)}}) | In an [[alternate timeline]] in which [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] won [[World War II]] as a result of the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] accidentally leaving laser technology in [[Colditz Castle]] in [[October]] [[1944]], the Nazi scientists were able to refine [[uranium]] and create [[nuclear weapon]]s. They subsequently bombed [[New York City]], forcing the surrender of the United States and winning the war for Germany. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Klein's Story (audio story)}}) | ||
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In an [[Alternate timeline (The Death of Captain Jack)|alternate timeline]] in which [[John Hart]] [[married]] [[Queen]] [[Victoria]] in the late [[19th century]], he manipulated her into using the resources of the [[Torchwood Institute]] to reclaim the United States as part of the [[British Empire]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Death of Captain Jack (audio story)}}) | In an [[Alternate timeline (The Death of Captain Jack)|alternate timeline]] in which [[John Hart]] [[married]] [[Queen]] [[Victoria]] in the late [[19th century]], he manipulated her into using the resources of the [[Torchwood Institute]] to reclaim the United States as part of the [[British Empire]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Death of Captain Jack (audio story)}}) | ||
== | === Parallel universes === | ||
In a [[Parallel universe (The Flood)|parallel universe]] where Earth was affected by rapid [[Global warming|climate change]] caused by an extraterrestrial force, the United States was part of [[the Big Six]], with government officials knowing the truth about global warming. The country was governed by a female [[President (The Flood)|president]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Flood (RTDC audio story)}}) | In a [[Parallel universe (The Flood)|parallel universe]] where Earth was affected by rapid [[Global warming|climate change]] caused by an extraterrestrial force, the United States was part of [[the Big Six]], with government officials knowing the truth about global warming. The country was governed by a female [[President (The Flood)|president]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Flood (RTDC audio story)}}) | ||
In [[ | In the [[Unbound Universe]], [[Unbound Master|the Master]] recalled that the [[Mars Probe 7|Probe 7]] disaster had left "a line of mile wide craters across America". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)}}) | ||
In | === Unclear === | ||
In [[parallel world (Turn Left)|a parallel world]], given [[England (Turn Left)|England]]'s irradiated landscape, the [[March of the Adipose]] took place in America, with sixty million Americans being dissolved into [[fat]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Turn Left (TV story)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
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The United States of America, commonly the US, USA, America, or just the States, was a nation located in North America on the planet Earth. Its head of state and head of government was an elected president, chosen by general election every four years.
There were fifty-one states by 2003, (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell [+]Loading...["Minuet in Hell (audio story)"], Neverland [+]Loading...["Neverland (audio story)"], The Fall of the House of Pollard [+]Loading...["The Fall of the House of Pollard (audio story)"], PROSE: Rise of the Dominator [+]Loading...["Rise of the Dominator (novel)"]) or only fifty, though it was widely believed as a result of the Mandela Effect that there were fifty-two, which Professor Maxwell Grey attributed to time being rewritten. (PROSE: The Mandela Effect, Or Monsters on the Streets of London [+]Loading...["The Mandela Effect, Or Monsters on the Streets of London (short story)"])
Supposed Earthonomics expert Mr Copper mistakenly referred to the nation as "Ham Erica". (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Early history[[edit] | [edit source]]
Prior to British settlement, the United States was primarily inhabited by Native Americans. (PROSE: Peacemaker [+]Loading...["Peacemaker (novel)"])
In the 1620s, Dutch colonists established the town of New Amsterdam, which became a city in 1653. Eleven years later, New Amsterdam was attacked and taken by the English, who renamed it New York. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])
The North Carolina colony was established by 1711, when Thomas Cary served as deputy governor. When Edward Hyde was appointed to take his place, Cary refused to give up his position, leading to Cary's rebellion. (COMIC: Hidden Human History [+]Loading...["Hidden Human History (comic story)"])
The Ninth Doctor claimed to have participated in the Boston Tea Party. (TV: The Unquiet Dead [+]Loading...["The Unquiet Dead (TV story)"])
As the Tenth Doctor summarised to Martha Jones, Britain had a collection of separate colonies in the Americas which were united in 1775, when the American War of Independence against colonial rule by Britain began. (PROSE: The Many Hands [+]Loading...["The Many Hands (novel)"]) The Rani was present at some point during this conflict, and extracted brain chemicals from soldiers, using the violence to conceal her presence. (TV: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (TV story)"])
The American founding fathers included, among others, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. (AUDIO: The Founding Fathers [+]Loading...["The Founding Fathers (audio story)"], TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"])
19th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
American Civil War[[edit] | [edit source]]
The American Civil War, which took place during 1862, was a conflict from which soldiers were kidnapped by the War Lords for use in their war games. (TV: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"])
While testing the temporal interocitor, Nyssa accidentally ended up in the Civil War during a battle in Virginia. There, she met a black Confederate soldier named Floyd, one of several people throughout history who'd been hearing the voices of Daleks all his life as part of their plan to make humanity more susceptible to Dalek ideals and enslave them. He assisted in thwarting this plan. (AUDIO: Renaissance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Renaissance of the Daleks (audio story)"])
Peri Brown and Erimem were separated from the Fifth Doctor after materialising in the Civil War. They witnessed its brutality first-hand. (PROSE: Blood and Hope [+]Loading...["Blood and Hope (novel)"])
On 14 April 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theatre in Washington DC. (AUDIO: Assassin in the Limelight [+]Loading...["Assassin in the Limelight (audio story)"])
Settling the West[[edit] | [edit source]]
The First Doctor and his companions once found themselves engaged in a particularly infamous and bloody incident known as the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. (TV: The Gunfighters [+]Loading...["The Gunfighters (TV story)"]) The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones landed in Redwater sometime in the 1880s and faced down the Clades. (PROSE: Peacemaker [+]Loading...["Peacemaker (novel)"])
Late 19th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1886, the USA received the Statue of Liberty as a donation from the people of France; the statue was placed on Liberty Island to greet travellers entering New York State by New York Harbor. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
1910s[[edit] | [edit source]]
America was involved in World War I. Initially, their involvement was limited to volunteers on the Western Front. (AUDIO: The Great War [+]Loading...["The Great War (audio story)"]) However, the sinking of the RMS Lusitania at the hands of the U-20 on 7 May 1915 helped provoke the United States into entering the war two years later. (AUDIO: The Sirens of Time [+]Loading...["The Sirens of Time (audio story)"]) It was in April of 1917 that America joined the fight against Germany, hastening the end of the conflict the following year. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"]) Among the Americans who served were Solomon and Diagoras. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"])
1920s[[edit] | [edit source]]
The 1920s were described by the Tenth Doctor as the Roaring Twenties. As he claimed, New York was a boom town during this time, before Herbert Hoover took office as President of the United States in 1929. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"])
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In 1930, the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones went to New York City where they found the Cult of Skaro. Many New York citizens were killed by the Cult after it tried to make them into a new form of Dalek-human as part of the Final Experiment. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"]/Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"])
In the early 1930s, following the onset of the Great Depression, a recovering inter-war Germany began to feel abused and neglected by the United States. With the coming of Hitler and the Nazis, Jewish scientists Albert Einstein and Fritz Haber fled to the safety of the US. Haber died there in 1934. (AUDIO: The Alchemists [+]Loading...["The Alchemists (audio story)"])
In 1938, the Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard countered an invasion of New York by the Reggins during Orson Welles' broadcast of The War of the Worlds. (AUDIO: Invaders from Mars [+]Loading...["Invaders from Mars (audio story)"])
CIA agent Rex Matheson found a record of 22 pulp fiction authors in the United States who were potentially Victor Podesta following his disappearance in 1938. (TV: The Gathering [+]Loading...["The Gathering (TV story)"])
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In 1940, Winston Churchill pressured the United States to enter World War II to help the UK defeat Nazi Germany. (GAME: Amy's History Hunt [+]Loading...["Amy's History Hunt (video game)"]) However, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was initially committed to maintaining American neutrality. (PROSE: Illegal Alien [+]Loading...["Illegal Alien (novel)"])
On Sunday, 7 December 1941 the United States entered the war after Japan attacked the US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. (PROSE: Only Connect [+]Loading...["Only Connect (short story)"]) The Eighth Doctor explained the attack woke America from "an isolationist slumber", as it continued to play a big role in world politics even after the war. (PROSE: Fear Itself [+]Loading...["Fear Itself (novel)"]) America mobilised her plentiful resources to aid Britain and the Soviet Union, which proved disastrous for Germany. (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])
By at least 1943, a system of racial segregation was in place in several states, particularly Southern states such as Alabama and Mississippi. Black people and Mexicans were usually forced to use separate facilities from the whites, and in Montgomery, black citizens had to enter and sit at the back of the bus. (TV: Rosa [+]Loading...["Rosa (TV story)"])
In 1944, film director Leonard De Sande discovered the Selyoids frozen in ice while filming The Cold Blooded in Alaska. (PROSE: Dying in the Sun [+]Loading...["Dying in the Sun (novel)"])
In 1947, a spaceship crash landed at Roswell, New Mexico. (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"], Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"], TV: Prisoner of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)"]) In October of the same year, Leonard De Sande's film Dying in the Sun premiered in Los Angeles as part of the Selyoid invasion which was foiled by the Second Doctor. (PROSE: Dying in the Sun [+]Loading...["Dying in the Sun (novel)"])
1950s[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1952, the iconic television series This Is Your Life started in America. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])
Racial segregation continued to be rampant in many states in the 1950s. Emmett Till was killed in Mississippi while on vacation from the north after a "couple words to a white woman." (TV: Rosa [+]Loading...["Rosa (TV story)"])
On 1 December 1955, while travelling home from work, civil rights activist Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her bus seat when the bus became crowded, leading to her arrest, an event that the Thirteenth Doctor, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan, and Graham O'Brien witnessed. Her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and a further chain of events that would result in the abolition of segregation on Montgomery buses a year later. (TV: Rosa [+]Loading...["Rosa (TV story)"])
In 1958, the Tenth Doctor met Cassie Rice and Jimmy Stalkingwolf. They were arrested and taken to Area 51 to have their minds wiped. There they discovered the truth about the Roswell crash and Area 51. (TV: Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"])
In 1959, the Americans sent their first satellite up into orbit. Unknown to the public, it actually ended up in Wales. (TV: Delta and the Bannermen [+]Loading...["Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)"])
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John F. Kennedy was elected president in 1960, (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"]) the first Catholic to assume the position. He was inaugurated on 20 January 1961. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])
In the early 1960s, the United States confronted the Soviet Union and Cuba in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Fear of nuclear war during the crisis kept Barbara Wright awake at night. (AUDIO: 1963 [+]Loading...["1963 (audio story)"])
On 22 November 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly assassinated President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"]) The Ninth Doctor was present for this event. (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"])
By 1965, the United States was conducting research into psychic powers. (AUDIO: Peshka [+]Loading...["Peshka (audio story)"])
The first acknowledged American Moon landing happened on 20 July 1969. (TV: Blink [+]Loading...["Blink (TV story)"], PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
In 1969, the Eleventh Doctor described Washington, D.C. as "the most powerful city in the most powerful country on Earth." At that time, a little girl phoned President Richard Nixon, told him about a spaceman that was coming to eat her, and warned him about monsters in the oval office. President Nixon recruited Canton Everett Delaware III to find out who the child was, and he was assisted by the Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, and River Song. During these events, the Silence were defeated by the Doctor through the use of their own post hypnotic suggestion. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"]/Day of the Moon [+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"])
UNIT era[[edit] | [edit source]]
During the Cold War in the late 20th century, America was counted as one of the superpowers alongside Russia and China. (TV: Robot [+]Loading...["Robot (TV story)"]) A "quarrel" between the three powers concerning a sphere of influence flared up in the Near East, becoming known as the Near East Crisis, which threatened to bring about World War III before being settled by a World Peace Conference. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)"], TV: Day of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Day of the Daleks (TV story)"]) At one point, to avoid warfare, all three superpowers gave their destructor codes to Great Britain. (TV: Robot [+]Loading...["Robot (TV story)"])
1970s[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1970, Melody Pond ended up in New York City, dying from a disease, and on the run from the Silence since her escape from them in Florida. She regenerated to cure herself and continue living, scaring away a homeless man that had been concerned about her health. (TV: Day of the Moon [+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"]) This new incarnation of Melody ended up a toddler. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"])
1990s[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Tenth Doctor alleged that by 1994, the US military would admit that Area 51 existed, having previously denied it. (TV: Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"])
The US had airbases in the United Kingdom. During the Martian Invasion of 1997, Home Secretary David Staines wondered what the Ice Warriors intended to do with them. Following the invasion, the US was among the powers that made generous reconstruction grants to the UK, although Britain would continue to remember their inaction during the Dying Days for some considerable years. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])
In June 1999, President Clinton gave a Congressional Medal to Rosa Parks, recognising her as a living icon for freedom. (TV: Rosa [+]Loading...["Rosa (TV story)"])
Between 30 December 1999 and just after midnight on 1 January 2000, the Seventh Doctor was in San Francisco, where he regenerated into his eighth incarnation, and subsequently prevented the Bruce Master from causing havoc with time and space on New Year's Eve. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
2000s[[edit] | [edit source]]
By the 21st century, Survivor was being made in America. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...{"writer":"Unknown","1":"Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"})
In 2000, the Eighth Doctor visited Dr. Grace Holloway and took her on a trip in the TARDIS. (COMIC: The Body Politic [+]Loading...["The Body Politic (comic story)"])
In 2003, part of the southern United States formed a 51st state, Malebolgia. Brigham Elisha Dashwood III, with the aid of the Psionovore Marchosias, planned to run for Governor of the new state, but was defeated by the Eighth Doctor, Charley Pollard and the Brigadier. (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell [+]Loading...["Minuet in Hell (audio story)"])
In 2006, following the London UFO crash, (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"], World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"], etc.) Mickey stated on his website that Henry Van Statten was a US dotcom giant. (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]Loading...["Henry Van Statten (short story)"])
There was a legal battle between the Americans and the Czech Republic over who brewed Budweiser beer first. (PROSE: Slow Decay [+]Loading...["Slow Decay (novel)"])
By 2007, H.C. Clements had an office in the USA. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"])
In the 2000s,[nb 1] the Saxon Master, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced first contact with the Toclafane, who he described as a friendly form of alien life. The United States sent President Arthur Winters to come to the Valiant and take charge, whereupon the Toclafane killed him. (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"])
On Christmas Day in the 2000s,[nb 2] supposed Earthonomics expert Mr Copper was under the impression that "Ham Erica" was at war with the nations of Europey. The Tenth Doctor corrected him with "not yet", but admitted that he could "argue that one". (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"])
In the 2000s,[nb 3] the New Dalek Empire attacked New York. The Daleks destroyed the UNIT New York Headquarters and killed most of the staff, including General Sanchez and Suzanne, although Martha Jones escaped thanks to Project Indigo. (TV: The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"])
In 2009, Colonel Augustus Oduya noted, among other places across Earth, America to have witnessed every human child being compelled to suddenly stop and proclaim their message: "we are coming" at 8:40AM GMT on a Wednesday in September, despite most of the population being asleep at that time. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)"]) Angered that the British government had conducted secret negotiations with an alien race known as the 456, the President sent General Austin Pierce to London to convey his utmost fury at the matter. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"]) Austin, seeing the British government as responsible for the problem, took over the operation of handing over 10% of the world's children to the 456. British Prime Minister Brian Green later considered this "lucky": they could blame America. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Five [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)"])
2010s[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 2011, Carter sent letters written by the Eleventh Doctor to River Song, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, Canton Everett Delaware III, and the Doctor's younger self, asking them (bar the Doctor himself) to meet the Doctor in Lake Silencio in Utah. When they arrived the Doctor told Amy, River and Rory that they would have to go to "space, 1969." After Canton arrived, the Doctor, actually a Teselecta decoy, was shot by a younger version of River. Canton informed the others that the Doctor was really dead, and they cremated his supposed body. After Amy, Rory, and River found the Doctor's younger self, they travelled back in time to 8 April 1969. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"], The Wedding of River Song [+]Loading...["The Wedding of River Song (TV story)"])
During the 2010s invasion of Earth by parallel universe Cybermen, America was among the places where they landed. (AUDIO: Master of Worlds [+]Loading...["Master of Worlds (audio story)"])
In 2015, relations between the United States and Cuba remained tense. (AUDIO: The Eight Truths [+]Loading...["The Eight Truths (audio story)"])
Also in 2015, the USA-Mexican border was among the places where newly-hatched Zygons were settled across the world as part of Operation Double, resulting in a minority of Zygons residing in New Mexico under the pretence of being British migrants. (TV: The Zygon Invasion [+]Loading...["The Zygon Invasion (TV story)"])
The World Zone Authority was headquartered in the old United Nations building in New York. (TV: The Enemy of the World [+]Loading...["The Enemy of the World (TV story)"])
Mid 21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the 2030s, the United States was a rival of the Eurozone. During the Felix Mather presidency, both blocs sent peacekeeping forces to North Africa. (PROSE: Trading Futures [+]Loading...["Trading Futures (novel)"])
Circa 2037 the Wars of Independence broke up the United States. Terrorists destroyed the city of Phoenix, Arizona using a Tesla bomb. It was turned into a massive crater which came to be known as the "Phoenix Sandbowl". (PROSE: Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"])
The 2040s saw destructive super-storms sweep America as a result of climate change. Andy Stone's farming commune in Iowa pioneered ways of growing crops in the new conditions and these went global in 2045. (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"])
America had a female president in 2049. While NASA still existed, it had been so long since they had gone beyond Earth's orbit that they had to refit an old 20th century shuttle to reach the moon. (TV: Kill the Moon [+]Loading...["Kill the Moon (TV story)"])
In 2054, the Montana Republican Militia bought thermosystron bombs from the Selachians and tried to invade Canada. (PROSE: Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"])
America was part of the multinational Bowie Base One mission on Mars in 2058-2059. Andy Stone, Mia Bennett, and Roman Groom were part of the American team. (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"])
Late 21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
Due to the Myloki conflict of 2066-8 (in which New York City was destroyed by dirty bombs), by 2096 America was split into the warring North American Legion and Deep Southern States, with the Texas Republic selling weapons to both sides. Seattle was one of several independent city-states operating a slave-based economy. A large number of Americans served in SILOET.
When the Myloki returned, Atlanta was one of the areas hit with their blight. (PROSE: The Indestructible Man [+]Loading...["The Indestructible Man (novel)"])
Fall[[edit] | [edit source]]
By 2118, America and Europe had been using Africa to grow new foodstuffs for their populations. (PROSE: The Art of Destruction [+]Loading...["The Art of Destruction (novel)"])
In 2146 America's economy collapsed, causing food riots. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising [+]Loading...["Lucifer Rising (novel)"]) This, or perhaps a later economic meltdown, was abated by the Conglomerate. (AUDIO: The Sands of Life [+]Loading...["The Sands of Life (audio story)"])
When the Daleks invaded Earth in 2157, New York City was destroyed. (TV: The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"]) It would not be fully repaired for decades. (PROSE: Salvation [+]Loading...["Salvation (novel)"]; AUDIO: Return of the Rocket Men [+]Loading...["Return of the Rocket Men (audio story)"])
26th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
Probably well before the mid 26th century, much of what was once the southern United States had sunk under the "Mississippi Sea". (PROSE: Home [+]Loading...["Home (BFBS short story)"])
Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the 26th century the White House, which had been the residence for the president of the United States, had become the residence for the President of Earth. (AUDIO: Scorpius [+]Loading...["Scorpius (audio story)"])
At one point, America was home to one of the five ioniser bases keeping back the glaciers of the second Ice Age. (TV: The Ice Warriors [+]Loading...["The Ice Warriors (TV story)"])
By the 51st century, America seemed to be unheard of by some humans. When River Song escaped from the Stormcage Containment Facility, she announced she was heading to America, which a prison guard mistook as a planet. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"])
- The date of River's escape was unknown in The Impossible Astronaut, but as the date of her escape in The Pandorica Opens was 5145, it seems likely her second escape was also in the 52nd century.
By 200100, the USA was part of the New American Alliance. When the Daleks attacked, most of the population was killed and the terrain was drastically altered. (TV: The Parting of the Ways [+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"])
The American city of New York became one of the most important cities in human history. Versions of New York city continued to exist for billions of years. (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"])
People and culture[[edit] | [edit source]]
U.S. popular culture had a significant influence on the rest of the Earth during the 20th and 21st centuries, especially in the Western world. U.S. music was heard all over the world, and included such forms as blues, jazz and rock and roll. As late as the final destruction of Earth during the expansion of its Sun, much of this music was still considered among the greatest ever composed by humanity. (TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"])
The Master cited Uncle Sam and grits as American things. (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"])
American DJs were well liked by the DJ of Tranquil Repose, who based his style of presentation on them. Peri Brown thought of "Tranquil Repose" as the sort of name for a place in America; the Sixth Doctor agreed but thought America did not have a monopoly on bad taste. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Guns were readily available in the US. The Sixth Doctor joked that Americans gave away guns with breakfast cereal. (AUDIO: Shield of the Jötunn [+]Loading...["Shield of the Jötunn (audio story)"]) Having entered the Oval Office in 1969, the Eleventh Doctor asked Richard Nixon's men if they thought they could shoot him, to which River Song interjected "They're Americans!" (TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"])
During the 3W Institute Affair, the Twelfth Doctor told Kate Stewart that they would not want "Americans bobbing around the place" as they would "only start praying". (TV: Death in Heaven [+]Loading...["Death in Heaven (TV story)"])
Languages[[edit] | [edit source]]
The United States was home to a variety of languages, including English (TV: The Gunfighters [+]Loading...["The Gunfighters (TV story)"], Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"], The New World [+]Loading...["The New World (TV story)"], et al.) and Spanish. (AUDIO: The Dollhouse [+]Loading...["The Dollhouse (audio story)"])
Economy[[edit] | [edit source]]
By the 20th century, the United States had a decimal currency. (TV: "An Unearthly Child" [+]Part of An Unearthly Child, Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"})
Companions and Time Lords[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor had the company of American companions from time to time, most notably Peri Brown (TV: Planet of Fire [+]Loading...["Planet of Fire (TV story)"] to TV: Mindwarp [+]Loading...["Mindwarp (TV story)"]) and Dr. Grace Holloway. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"]) He also had two companions from New Mexico in 1958, Cassie Rice and Jimmy Stalkingwolf, (TV: Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"]) and two from New York City, Gabby Gonzalez and Cindy Wu. (COMIC: Revolutions of Terror [+]Loading...["Revolutions of Terror (comic story)"])
- The Master once briefly appropriated the body of an American paramedic (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"]) and later became Barack Obama, American president (along with every other person on earth). (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])
- Though he was from the Boeshane Peninsula in the 51st century, Captain Jack Harkness had an American accent, as did his father and brother. (TV: Adam [+]Loading...["Adam (TV story)"])
Largest cities[[edit] | [edit source]]
New York City was destroyed during the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth, (TV: The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"]) while Los Angeles was still a major global centre in the early years of the Earth Empire. (TV: Frontier in Space [+]Loading...["Frontier in Space (TV story)"])
US states[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: State#United States
Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]
Alternate timelines[[edit] | [edit source]]
In an alternate timeline in which Nazi Germany won World War II as a result of the Seventh Doctor and Ace accidentally leaving laser technology in Colditz Castle in October 1944, the Nazi scientists were able to refine uranium and create nuclear weapons. They subsequently bombed New York City, forcing the surrender of the United States and winning the war for Germany. (AUDIO: Klein's Story [+]Loading...["Klein's Story (audio story)"])
In an alternative timeline created by the Elder Gods in the hope of destroying Earth, World War III broke out on 9 November 1989 between the United States and its allies, and the Soviet Union. Given that nuclear weapons were used by both sides, hundreds of millions of people were killed in the conflict. This timeline was ultimately negated by the Seventh Doctor. (AUDIO: Protect and Survive [+]Loading...["Protect and Survive (audio story)"])
In an alternate timeline in which John Hart married Queen Victoria in the late 19th century, he manipulated her into using the resources of the Torchwood Institute to reclaim the United States as part of the British Empire. (AUDIO: The Death of Captain Jack [+]Loading...["The Death of Captain Jack (audio story)"])
Parallel universes[[edit] | [edit source]]
In a parallel universe where Earth was affected by rapid climate change caused by an extraterrestrial force, the United States was part of the Big Six, with government officials knowing the truth about global warming. The country was governed by a female president. (AUDIO: The Flood [+]Loading...["The Flood (RTDC audio story)"])
In the Unbound Universe, the Master recalled that the Probe 7 disaster had left "a line of mile wide craters across America". (AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil [+]Loading...["Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)"])
Unclear[[edit] | [edit source]]
In a parallel world, given England's irradiated landscape, the March of the Adipose took place in America, with sixty million Americans being dissolved into fat. (TV: Turn Left [+]Loading...["Turn Left (TV story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Despite the franchise's popularity in the US, since 1963 only a handful of TV episodes have featured scenes set within the US, and to date there have only been nine TV stories set in their entirety in that country:
- The Gunfighters, set in Arizona (the only story of the classic 1963-89 series set entirely in the US)
- The 1996 TV movie, set in California
- Dalek, set in Utah
- Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks, set in New York
- Dreamland, set in Nevada
- The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon, set in Utah, Washington DC, Florida, New York, and Nevada
- A Town Called Mercy, set in Nevada
- The Angels Take Manhattan, set in New York
- Rosa, set in Alabama
- A map of the United States is shown in the episode Dalek, set in the then future year of 2012. However, it contains some notable errors:
- Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island are shown as one state.
- New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland are also shown as one state.
- The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is completely missing.
- In the mid-1980s, plans were made to film part of The Two Doctors in the US, possibly in the vicinity of New Orleans. This plan was cancelled and the serial was filmed in Spain, instead. For most of Doctor Who's history, no story had undertaken major filming within the United States (the 1996 telefilm, though set in San Francisco, was filmed in Vancouver, Canada); some second-unit filming occurred for Daleks in Manhattan, but nothing involving the main cast. No major filming in America occurred until autumn 2010, when key scenes for The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon, and The Wedding of River Song were filmed in Utah.
- Dapol, which produced a range of toys based on the classic series of Doctor Who, released an original Dalek variant (W008-USA) exclusive to the American market, coloured in red, white and blue to match the American flag.
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