Wild West
The Wild West, (PROSE: A History of Humankind) also called the American West (PROSE: The Universal Databank [+]Loading...["The Universal Databank (reference book)"]) or Old West, (COMIC: The Greatest Gamble [+]Loading...{"page":"39","1":"The Greatest Gamble (comic story)"}) of North America was very different to how it was depicted in films and other fiction of the 21st century. Life in the frontier towns sprung up as European settlers spread across North America, and life for them was not as violent as was often portrayed. Each town had a sheriff to keep the peace and enforce the law. A similar role was that of the US Marshals, who were appointed at government level by the US Marshals Service. (PROSE: A History of Humankind)
Travelling the Mississippi in the Old West took a long time, so people romanced, fished, talked and gambled. (COMIC: The Greatest Gamble [+]Loading...{"page":"39","1":"The Greatest Gamble (comic story)"})
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Eleventh Doctor visited the Wild West (PROSE: A History of Humankind) with Amy Pond and Rory Williams when they travelled to Mercy, Nevada in 1870. (TV: A Town Called Mercy)
In the 1880s, the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones visited Redwater in the American West. (PROSE: Peacemaker)
The First Doctor visited the Wild West with Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet, landing in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881. The Doctor noted that Dodo was quick to adhere to Wild West clichés. (TV: The Gunfighters)
Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]
At one point during the Old West, professional gambler Gaylord Lefevre was travelling in a steamboat along the Mississippi before he was lured to the Celestial Toymaker's Toyroom. (COMIC: The Greatest Gamble [+]Loading...["The Greatest Gamble (comic story)"])
