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{{first pic|SaloonMercy.jpg|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] arrives in [[Mercy, Nevada]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'')}} | {{first pic|SaloonMercy.jpg|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] arrives in [[Mercy, Nevada]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'')}} | ||
The '''Wild West''' 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 [[United States Marshal|US Marshal]]s, who were appointed at government level by the [[US Marshals Service]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'') | The '''Wild West''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'') also called the '''Old West''', ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Greatest Gamble (comic story)|page=39}}) 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 [[United States Marshal|US Marshal]]s, who were appointed at government level by the [[US Marshals Service]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'') | ||
Travelling [[Mississippi River|the Mississippi]] in the Old West took a long time, so people [[romance]]d, [[fishing|fished]], [[talking|talked]] and [[gamble]]d. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Greatest Gamble (comic story)|page=39}}) | |||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] visited [[Redwater]] in the American West. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Peacemaker (novel)|Peacemaker]]'') | == History == | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] visited the Wild West ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'') with [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] when they travelled to [[Mercy, Nevada|Mercy]], [[Nevada]] in [[1870]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'') | |||
In the [[1880s]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] visited [[Redwater]] in the American West. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Peacemaker (novel)|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 [[cliché]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'') The [[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]] became the most famous shoot-out in the history of the Wild West.{{fact}} | |||
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At one point during the Old West, professional gambler [[Gaylord Lefevre]] was travelling in [[steamboat (The Greatest Gamble)|a steamboat]] along [[Mississippi River|the Mississippi]] before he was lured to the [[Celestial Toymaker]]'s [[Celestial Toyroom|Toyroom]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Greatest Gamble (comic story)}}) | |||
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[[Category:Human eras]] | [[Category:Human eras]] | ||
[[Category:American history]] | [[Category:American history]] | ||
