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[[Image:Hooverville.jpg|250px|thumb|Hooverville, in Central Park.]] | [[Image:Hooverville.jpg|250px|thumb|Hooverville, in Central Park.]] | ||
'''Hooverville''' was a shantytown for the homeless refugees of the [[Great Depression]] situated in the middle of [[Central Park]] in [[ | '''Hooverville''' was a shantytown for the homeless refugees of the [[Great Depression]] situated in the middle of [[Central Park]] in [[Manhattan]]. A man known as [[Solomon]] acted as its unofficial leader. | ||
==History== | |||
[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] visited there in [[1930]], and helped investigate where many of its residents were disappearing to whilst working for [[Mr Diagoras]]. They found that many of them had been kidnapped and subjected to genetic experiments by the [[Cult of Skaro]] turning them into beings known as [[pig slave]]s. | [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] visited there in [[1930]], and helped investigate where many of its residents were disappearing to whilst working for [[Mr Diagoras]]. They found that many of them had been kidnapped and subjected to genetic experiments by the [[Cult of Skaro]] turning them into beings known as [[pig slave]]s. | ||
[[Dalek Caan|Daleks Caan]] and [[Dalek Thay|Thay]] attacked Hooverville with a troop of pig slaves. When the attack became evident [[Solomon]] rallied the occupants of Hoovervile into an army (of sorts) to defend the town, but as it became desperate he attempted a negotiation, but was exterminated by [[Dalek Caan]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'', ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'') | |||
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