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[[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWho recap index]]\\
'''Eleventh Doctor Era'''\\
'''Series 7:''' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks 1]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E2DinosaursOnASpaceship 2]] | '''3''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E4ThePowerOfThree 4]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan 5]] | [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen CS]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E6TheBellsOfSaintJohn 6]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E7TheRingsOfAkhaten 7]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E8ColdWar 8]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E9Hide 9]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E10JourneyToTheCentreOfTheTARDIS 10]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror 11]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver 12]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor 13]]\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E1TheImpossibleAstronaut <<< Series 6]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor 2013 Specials >>>]]''']]-]]]
!A Town Called Mercy




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->Written by Toby Whithouse\\
Directed by Saul Metzstein\\
'''Air date:''' 15 September 2012




Written by Toby Whithouse.
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In the end, the Doctor stages a distraction and allows Jex to escape into the desert. Jex knows that the Gunslinger will follow him no matter where he goes, and since he doesn't want the lives of more innocent townspeople on ''any'' planet on his conscience, he commits HeroicSuicide. The Gunslinger, realising that he's still an immortal monster and that he can never go back home to his normal life again, heads off to do much the same. However, the Doctor convinces him to stay in the desert as the town's marshal and protector.

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In the end, the Doctor stages a distraction and allows Jex to escape into the desert. Jex knows that the Gunslinger will follow him no matter where he goes, and since he doesn't want the lives of more innocent townspeople on ''any'' planet on his conscience, he commits dies in a HeroicSuicide. The Gunslinger, realising that he's still an immortal monster and that he can never go back home to his normal life again, heads off to do much the same. However, the Doctor convinces him to stay in the desert as the town's marshal and protector.

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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: At the time the story is set, the UK didn't have its strict gun laws, so yelling at the non-Americans to drop their guns wouldn't make much sense. In fact, the US south had stricter weapon laws (part of the black codes).

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the time the story is set, the UK didn't have its strict gun laws, so yelling at the non-Americans to drop their guns wouldn't make much sense. In fact, the US south had stricter weapon laws (part of the black codes).codes).
**Per AnachronismStew, the American flag seen in this episode is incorrect for this historical period.
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** Out-of-universe, the American flag displayed in one shot has 50 stars. Per the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Acts#Flag_Act_of_1818 Flag Act of 1818]] the flag would only have 15 stars, an obviously different design.
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[[RunningGag It's 1870]], [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} and the town of Mercy is an okay place to live]].

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[[RunningGag It's 1870]], [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} [[Franchise/{{Fallout}} and the town of Mercy is an okay place to live]].

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* BlackVikings: Set just after the American Civil War, the local preacher being black is possible, but unlikely. Though it may be explained by Isaac's "This town was named Mercy for a reason" line.

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* BlackVikings: Set just after the American Civil War, the local preacher being black is possible, but unlikely. Though it It may be explained by Isaac's "This town was named Mercy for a reason" line.



* {{Cyborg}}: The Gunslinger looks half-man and half-machine, with an ArmCannon and a robotic EyepatchOfPower balanced out by a more human hand and eye.



* HollywoodCyborg: The Gunslinger looks half-man and half-machine, with an ArmCannon and a robotic EyepatchOfPower balanced out by a more human hand and eye.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of westerns themselves. The local townsfolk are perfectly normal people instead of Western stereotypes. The barmaid isn't glamorous or raunchy, she's just a woman. The local minister isn't a Bible-thumper, just a sweet man. The marshal wants to help his friends, the town's young hotshot just wants to protect the town's kids. Even the angry mob turns out to be a group of frightened people who are willing to listen to reason.

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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of westerns Westerns themselves. The local townsfolk are perfectly normal people instead of Western stereotypes. The barmaid isn't glamorous or raunchy, she's just a woman. The local minister isn't a Bible-thumper, just a sweet man. The marshal wants to help his friends, the town's young hotshot just wants to protect the town's kids. Even the angry mob turns out to be a group of frightened people who are willing to listen to reason.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Isaac, the town's sheriff, makes sure that the town of Mercy lives up to its name. He prevents the townspeople from sacrificing the Doctor because he knows that he's not the right doctor, and he won't give up Jex because he's a good man who helps the town.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Isaac, the town's sheriff, makes sure that the town of Mercy lives up to its name. He prevents the townspeople from sacrificing the Doctor because he knows that he's not the right doctor, and he won't give up Jex because he's he thinks of him as a good man who helps the town.
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* SenselessSacrifice: Isaac sacrifices himself to save Jex... who commits suicide the next day. All it achieves is letting Jex go on his own terms. The Doctor points this out and isn't happy about it.

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* SenselessSacrifice: Isaac sacrifices himself to save Jex... who commits suicide the next day. All it achieves is letting Jex go out on his own terms. The Doctor points this out and isn't happy about it.
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** This is the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E2DinosaursOnASpaceship second episode in series 7]] where it looks like the villain has been looking for the Doctor, only for it to turn out that they don't know him at all.

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** This is the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E2DinosaursOnASpaceship second episode in series 7]] where it looks like the villain has been looking for the Doctor, only for it to turn out that they don't know him at all. The "alien doctor" that Tek is seeking is someone else entirely.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Cue the SpaghettiWestern music!]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Cue the SpaghettiWestern music!]]
EnnioMorriconePastiche!]]
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: At the time the story is set, the UK didn't have its strict gun laws, so yelling at the non-Americans to drop their guns wouldn't make much sense. In fact, the US south had stricter weapon laws (part of the black codes).
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[[RunningGag It's 1870,]] [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} and the town of Mercy is an okay place to live.]]

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[[RunningGag It's 1870,]] 1870]], [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} and the town of Mercy is an okay place to live.]]
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The one with a transgender horse.

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The one with JustForFun/TheOneWith a transgender horse.
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* BigBad: The Gunslinger, who endangers everyone in the town in order to get his revenge on Kahler-Jex.
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* OutcastRefuge: Set just after the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, as the sheriff, Isaac, explains, the eponymous town is a place for anyone to seek refuge, regardless of race, creed, past misdeeds, or even planet of origin.

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