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'''Boars''' were a type of omnivorous [[mammal]]s that were the ancestors of domesticated [[pig]]s. The word 'boar' usually, but not invariably referred to the male of the species.
The '''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.  
Boars had gone 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 house of [[the Doctor]], and eventually evolved into the [[Boar (race)|intelligent Boar race]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'')
 
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[[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 divine intervention, not mortal meddling. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'')
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Revision as of 12:36, 3 November 2011

Boars were a type of omnivorous mammals that were the ancestors of domesticated pigs. The word 'boar' usually, but not invariably referred to the male of the species.

Boars had gone 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 house of the Doctor, and eventually evolved into the intelligent Boar race. (EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)

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