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== History == | == History == | ||
=== Early history === | |||
[[File:Weatherman.jpg|thumb|Nottingham's location. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}})]] | [[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 Sorceress (home video)}}) | 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 Sorceress (home video)}}) | ||
=== 20th century === | |||
[[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)}}) | [[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)}}) | ||
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According to the novel ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', Nottingham was the birthplace of its protagonist [[Lemuel Gulliver]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TV story)}}) | According to the novel ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', Nottingham was the birthplace of its protagonist [[Lemuel Gulliver]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TV story)}}) | ||
=== 21st century === | |||
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)}}) | 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)}}) | ||
