Americas
The Americas, also known as America, (AUDIO: The Land of the Dead [+]Loading...["The Land of the Dead (audio story)"]) was a term referring to the Earth continents North and South America, (TV: Lost Library of Ukko) with Central America between them. (TV: "The Sea of Death") The Fifth Doctor identified America and Asia as two of Earth's largest continents. (AUDIO: The Land of the Dead)
The Americas were inhabited by the Native Americans. (TV: The Day of the Clown) The Mayans hailed from the Americas. (TV: Four to Doomsday)
Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Americas were located within the Western Hemisphere, to the west of the prime meridian and to the east of the International Date Line. (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"]) The Americas were separated from Europe and Africa to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. (TV: War of the Sontarans)
The Bering Strait ran between East Russia and Alaska, (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia) the latter of which was called the "stepping stone between America and Asia" by the Fifth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Land of the Dead)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Prehistory[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the Cretaceous, the northern continent of Laurasia, which itself was once part of Pangaea along with Gondwana, began to split into what would become North America and Asia, whilst Gondwana split into South America, Antarctica, Australia and India. (PROSE: Prehistory Repeating Itself [+]Loading...["Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)"])
The joining of South and North America caused a competition for prey which resulted in the extinction of the Phorusrhacos in 20 million BC. (PROSE: The Last Dodo [+]Loading...["The Last Dodo (novel)"]) According to one account, North and South America joined for the first time during the Pliocene. (PROSE: Prehistory Repeating Itself [+]Loading...["Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)"])
Early history[[edit] | [edit source]]
By 1587, Francis Drake was known to Philip II of Spain as "Elizabeth's ruffian pirate", having harried and pillaged Spanish ships bringing back treasures from the Americas. (AUDIO: The Flames of Cadiz [+]Loading...["The Flames of Cadiz (audio 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)"])
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
Central America was among the places on Earth which received deliveries of Bubble Shock! from the Bubble Shock! factory in London. (TV: Invasion of the Bane)
The British government led by Lomax ruled over the Americas, as well as the United Kingdom, the Pacific Union and countries the Department considered "lesser". Government organisations such as the Department operated in the Americas. (TV: Lost Library of Ukko)
Later history[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the early 27th century, the President of the Americas was one of the five co-existing Presidents of Earth. (COMIC: Masters of the World)
Mondasian Americas[[edit] | [edit source]]
As with the rest of Earth's continents, the Americas were mirrored on its twin planet Mondas, and upside down. (TV: The Tenth Planet)
