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At the Majestic Theater in Midtown [[Manhattan]] in the early [[1930s]], showgirl [[Tallulah]] is speaking to her boyfriend, [[Laszlo]], one of the theatre's stagehands, before her nightly performance. She promises to come and see Laszlo's mother soon, and in turn, he gives her a [[rose]]bud for good luck. Later during the show, Laszlo is doing work when something runs past the door, oinking. Laszlo follows the sound into a storage room. Suddenly, a [[pig slave]] leaps out of the shadows and runs up to him. | At the Majestic Theater in Midtown [[Manhattan]] in the early [[1930s]], showgirl [[Tallulah]] is speaking to her boyfriend, [[Laszlo]], one of the theatre's stagehands, before her nightly performance. She promises to come and see Laszlo's mother soon, and in turn, he gives her a [[rose]]bud for good luck. Later during the show, Laszlo is doing work when something runs past the door, oinking. Laszlo follows the sound into a storage room. Suddenly, a [[pig slave]] leaps out of the shadows and runs up to him. | ||
A few days later, the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones|Martha]] materialise | A few days later, the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones|Martha]] materialise [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] at the base of the [[Statue of Liberty]]'s pedestal, the Doctor having decided to take Martha on a quick detour before taking her home. Seeing the uncompleted [[Empire State Building]], the Doctor estimates the date, while Martha finds a [[newspaper]] dated [[1 November|November 1st]], [[1930]]. The Doctor looks at the newspaper and realises that their small detour is going to be much longer: the headline on the front page is an article about a rash of people vanishing like flies from the [[Hooverville]] community in [[Central Park]]. | ||
The Doctor and Martha travel to Hooverville to question the residents who live there about the incidents. As they enter, the Doctor explains to Martha the etymology behind the Hoovervilles, named for [[President of America|President]] [[Herbert Hoover]]: when the market crashed on Black Tuesday a year ago, the whole [[United States of America|U.S.]] economy was wiped out overnight. Ordinary stockbrokers and businesspeople lost their jobs, their houses, and everything they possessed, and with nowhere else to go, ended up in shantytowns, like the Hooverville they are in. | The Doctor and Martha travel to Hooverville to question the residents who live there about the incidents. As they enter, the Doctor explains to Martha the etymology behind the Hoovervilles, named for [[President of America|President]] [[Herbert Hoover]]: when the market crashed on Black Tuesday a year ago, the whole [[United States of America|U.S.]] economy was wiped out overnight. Ordinary stockbrokers and businesspeople lost their jobs, their houses, and everything they possessed, and with nowhere else to go, ended up in shantytowns, like the Hooverville they are in. | ||