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|type = [[City]] | |type = [[City]] | ||
|location = [[England]] | |location = [[England]] | ||
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|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'' | |appearances = {{il|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Wildthyme at Large (audio story)}}|[[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]''|[[GAME]]: {{cs|Legacy (video game)}}|[[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Sherwood Sorceress (home video)}}}} | ||
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'''Nottingham''' was a [[city]] in [[England]]. | '''Nottingham''' was a [[city]] in [[England]], whose territory encompassed the notorious [[Sherwood Forest]]. | ||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
To the south-west of Nottingham was [[Birmingham]]. ([[TV]]: | To the south-west of Nottingham was [[Birmingham]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}) [[Trent Bridge]] was located in Nottingham. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:Weatherman.jpg|thumb|Nottingham's location. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Weatherman.jpg|thumb|Nottingham's location. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}})]]In the [[12th century]], it was led by a Sheriff and it hosted a fair. The Doctor visited Nottingham, where he met the famous [[Robin Hood]] and the evil [[Sheriff of Nottingham]]: according to one account, it was the [[First Doctor]] with [[Susan Foreman]], [[Ian Chesterton]], and [[Barbara Wright]]; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Thief of Sherwood (short story)}}) according to another account, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] with [[Clara Oswald]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot of Sherwood (TV story)}}) [[Iris Wildthyme]] also encountered Robin Hood in Nottingham, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Wildthyme at Large (audio story)}}) and [[P.R.O.B.E.]] fought [[the Sherwood Sorceress]], who was based in a [[stone circle]] within Sherwood Forest and used illusions of Robin Hood to lure her victims, in the [[1990s]] and again in [[2021]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Sherwood Forest webcast)}}) | ||
In the [[12th century]], it was led by a Sheriff and it hosted a fair. The Doctor visited Nottingham, where he met the famous [[Robin Hood]] and the evil [[Sheriff of Nottingham]]: according to one account, it was the [[First Doctor]] with [[Susan Foreman]], [[Ian Chesterton]], and [[Barbara Wright]]; ([[PROSE]]: | |||
[[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]], in [[1913]], claimed to be from Nottingham, unaware that this was part of his fictional biography created for him by the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: | [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]], in [[1913]], claimed to be from Nottingham, unaware that this was part of his fictional biography created for him by the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Human Nature (TV story)}}) | ||
In the [[1960s]], [[Ram Vermas]], his [[Vermas (The Day of the Clown)|wife]] and [[Haresh Chandra]]'s parents moved from [[India]] to [[England]]. They settled in Nottingham. From there their families had spread across the country. ([[PROSE]]: | In the [[1960s]], [[Ram Vermas]], his [[Vermas (The Day of the Clown)|wife]] and [[Haresh Chandra]]'s parents moved from [[India]] to [[England]]. They settled in Nottingham. From there their families had spread across the country. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Day of the Clown (novelisation)}}) | ||
According to the novel ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', Nottingham was the birthplace of its protagonist [[Lemuel Gulliver]]. ([[TV]]: | According to the novel ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', Nottingham was the birthplace of its protagonist [[Lemuel Gulliver]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TV story)}}) | ||
During the [[ghost shift]] craze of [[2007]], [[ghost]]s, actually [[Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World]], were forecast as appearing in Nottingham. ([[TV]]: | During the [[ghost shift]] craze of [[2007]], [[ghost]]s, actually [[Cybusman|Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World]], were forecast as appearing in Nottingham. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}) | ||
=== Undated events === | === Undated events === | ||
Sometime prior to [[March]] [[2005]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] went [[fishing]] near [[Trent Bridge]] in Nottingham. [[Chris Cave]] spotted him and later wrote about it on the conspiracy website [[Doctor Who?]]. ([[PROSE]]: | Sometime prior to [[March]] [[2005]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] went [[fishing]] near [[Trent Bridge]] in Nottingham. [[Chris Cave]] spotted him and later wrote about it on the conspiracy website [[Doctor Who?]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}}) | ||
[[Category:English cities]] | [[Category:English cities]] | ||
