United States of America

The United States of America, commonly the US, USA, America, or just The States was a nation-state located in North America on the planet Earth. Its head of state and head of government is an elected President, chosen by general election every four years.

American Revolution and nationhood
Various taxes had been imposed on the colonists (including a number of taxes on paper goods, known collectively as the "Stamp Act"), as it was becoming increasingly difficult for the crown to pay for its military excursions and the defense of the American colonies from native uprisings. The colonists widely resented the taxes as they were denied representation in the British Parliament. A famous protest against the tax on tea was orchestrated at Boston, known as the "Boston Tea Party," in which the the Doctor claimed to have participated. (DW: The Unquiet Dead)

In 1775, the American Revolutionary War against colonial rule by Britain began. The Rani was present at some point during this conflict, and extracted brain chemicals from soldiers, using the violence to conceal her presence. (DW: The Mark of the Rani)

American Civil War
The American Civil War was a conflict between the Confederate States of America (comprising most of the states of the Southeastern United States) and the United States of America (the states that remained loyal to the Federal government in Washington). Soldiers from this conflict were kidnapped by the War Lords for use in their war games. (DW: The War Games)

While testing a temporal communicator, Nyssa would accidentally end up in the Civil War during a battle at Rhodes.

A black Confederate soldier named Floyd was one of several people throughout history who'd been hearing the voices of Daleks all his life, as part of their plan to make humanity more susceptible to Dalek ideals and enslave them. He assisted in thwarting this plan. (BFA: Renaissance of the Daleks)

Peri Brown and Erimem would end up separated from the Doctor after landing in the Civil War, and witnessed its brutality first-hand. (TN: Blood and Hope)

Settling the West
The latter half of the 19th century, particularly the years following the Civil War, saw rapid colonization and development of the western half of the United States. Violence became a way of life in many settlements where often a lone marshall was hired to keep law and order. The Doctor and his companions once found themselves engaged in a particularly infamous and bloody incident known as the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (DW: The Gunfighters).

1930s

 * In 1930, the tenth Doctor and Martha Jones went to New York City where they found the Cult of Skaro. Many New York citizens were killed by the Cult after it tried to make them into a new form of Dalek. (DW: Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks)
 * In 1938, the Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard countered an invasion of New York by the Reggins during Orson Welles' broadcast of The War of the Worlds. (BFA: Invaders from Mars)

1940s

 * In 1947 a space ship crash landed at Roswell, New Mexico. (DW: Dreamland)

1950s

 * In 1958 The Doctor met Cassie Rice and Jimmy Stalkingwolf. They were arrested and taken to Area 51 to have there minds wiped. There they discovered the truth about the Roswell crash and Area 51. (DW: Dreamland)
 * In 1959, the Americans sent their first satellite up into Earth orbit. Unknown to the public, it actually ended up in Wales. (DW: Delta and the Bannermen)

1960s

 * On November 22 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly murdered President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas.


 * See Kennedy assassination.


 * The first acknowledged American Moon landing happened in July 1969. (DW: Blink, MA: Who Killed Kennedy)

1990s
The tenth Doctor alleged that by 1994, the US military would admit that Area 51 existed. (DW: Dreamland)

Between 30th December 1999 and just after midnight on 1st January 2000, the Doctor was in San Francisco, Calif. where he prevented The Master from causing havoc with time and space on New Year's Eve. During this time, the Doctor underwent regeneration into his eighth incarnation. (DW: Doctor Who TV movie)

2000s
Around 2008, "Harold Saxon" announced first contact with the Toclafane, who he described as a friendly form of alien life. The United States sent President Winters to come to the Valiant and take charge, whereupon the Toclafane killed him. (DW: The Sound of Drums)


 * Even though the The Year That Never Was later "un-happened", Winters' death remained unchanged because it happened before the paradox machine was activated.

On November the 4th, 2008, Barack Obama was elected. (DW: The End of Time)

In 2009 Daleks under the control of Davros attacked New York. They destroyed the UNIT base there and killed most of the staff, including General Sanchez and Suzanne, although Martha Jones escaped thanks to Project Indigo. These Daleks were destroyed after the destruction of the Crucible. (DW: The Stolen Earth / Journey's End)

22nd century and Fall
Circa 2037 the Wars of Independence happened which broke the United States up, and destroyed the city of Phoenix turning it into the Phoenix Sandbowl. (EDA: Alien Bodies, NA: Christmas on a Rational Planet)


 * By implication, a Tesla bomb destroyed the city.

Due to the Myloki conflict of 2066-8, by 2096 America was split into the warring North American Legion and Deep Southern States, with the Texas Republic selling weapons to both sides. (PDA: The Indestructible Man)

Up to 2118, America and Europe had been using Africa to grow new foodstuffs for their populations. (NSA: The Art of Destruction)

In 2146 America's economy collapsed causing food riots. (NA: Lucifer Rising)

26th century
Probably well before the mid 26th century, much of what was once the southern United States has sunk under the "Mississippi Sea" probably a much-expanded Caribbean Sea. (BFBS: Home)

People and culture
U.S. popular culture had a significant influence on the rest of the Earth during the 20th and 21st centuries, especially in the Western world. U.S. music was heard all over the world, and included such forms as blues, jazz and rock and roll. As late as the final destruction of Earth during the expansion of its Sun, much of this music was still considered among the greatest ever composed by humanity. (DW: The End of the World)

American DJs were well liked by the DJ of Tranquil Repose, who based his style of presentation on them. Peri Brown thought of "Tranquil Repose" as the sort of name for a place in America; the Doctor agreed but thought America of not having a monopoly on bad taste. (DW: Revelation of the Daleks)

Economy
In the 20th and 21st centuries, the United States had a decimal currency. (DW: An Unearthly Child)

Companions and Time Lords

 * The Doctor has had the company of American companions from time to time, most notably Peri Brown, (DW: Planet of Fire to DW: Mindwarp) and Dr. Grace Holloway. (DW: Doctor Who) He also had two companions from New Mexico, in 1958 Cassie Rice and Jimmy Stalkingwolf (DW: Dreamland)
 * The Master once briefly appropriated the body of an American paramedic. (DW: Doctor Who)
 * Though he was from the Boeshane Peninsula in the 51st century, Captain Jack Harkness had an American accent, as did his father and brother. (TW: Adam)

Largest cities
New York City was destroyed during the 22nd century Dalek invasion (DW: The Chase), while Los Angeles was still a major global centre in the early years of the Earth Empire. (DW: Frontier in Space)

Behind the scenes
Despite the franchise's popularity in the US, since 1963 only a handful of TV episodes have featured scenes set within the US, and to date there have only been five TV stories set in their entirety in that country: The Gunfighters (the only story of the classic 1963-89 series set entirely in the US), the 1996 TV movie, Dalek, the two-parter Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks, and the 2009 animated serial Dreamland.

In the mid-1980s, plans were made to film part of The Two Doctors in the US, possibly in the vicinity of New Orleans. This plan was cancelled and the serial was filmed in Spain, instead. To date no Doctor Who story has undertaken major filming within the United States (the 1996 telefilm, though set in San Francisco, was filmed in Canada); some second-unit filming occurred for Daleks in Manhattan, however, but nothing involving the main cast.

In the first episode of Doctor Who, "An Unearthly Child", the United States is listed with other nations on a blackboard. These other countries included France, Britain, USSR, China, and Australia.

Stories set in the USA and/or the 13 American colonies

 * Alaska
 * BFA: The Land of the Dead
 * Arizona
 * DW: The Gunfighters
 * TVC: U.F.O.
 * California
 * DW: The Daleks' Master Plan ("The Feast of Steven")
 * PDA: Dying in the Sun
 * PDA: The King of Terror
 * DW: Doctor Who (1996)
 * EDA: Vampire Science
 * EDA: Unnatural History
 * TN: Wonderland
 * ST: Face-Painter
 * ST: Goodwill Toward Men
 * ST: A Town Called Eternity
 * EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen
 * IDW: Silver Scream
 * In addition, DW: Delta and the Bannermen begins with the Doctor and Mel winning a trip to Disneyland circa 1959, though they don't ultimately get there.
 * Florida
 * EDA: Father Time
 * Illinois
 * NA: Blood Harvest
 * Louisiana
 * EDA: The City of the Dead
 * Malbolgia
 * BFA: Minuet in Hell
 * Massachusetts
 * PDA: The Witch Hunters
 * Nevada
 * EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen
 * New England
 * NSA: Forever Autumn
 * New Hampshire
 * PDA: Drift
 * New Mexico
 * DW: Dreamland
 * NA: First Frontier
 * PDA: Atom Bomb Blues
 * New York
 * DW: The Chase (scene atop the Empire State Building)
 * PDA: Salvation
 * NA: Cat's Cradle: Warhead
 * NA: Christmas on a Rational Planet
 * BFA: Invaders from Mars
 * DW: Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks
 * DW: The Stolen Earth
 * Texas
 * ST: The Farmer's Story
 * Utah
 * DW: Dalek
 * Washington, D.C.
 * PDA: Blue Box
 * Vague or Unspecified
 * CC: Freakshow (in the desert of the American West)
 * PDA: Heart of TARDIS (A 'Midwestern town')
 * ST: The True and Indisputable Facts in the Matter of the Ram's Skull