Which Merchant will end up getting the best goods through and make the largest profits in the market stalls? The Sheriff’s shrewd, but not above taking a bribe to look the other way. He’s tasked the Sheriff to inspect Merchant’s wares, looking for any illicit goods. Most of it is entirely legal, however, Prince John is looking to make sure no contraband gets sold. The Sheriff of Nottingham was an English noble and enemy to the outlaw Robin Hood.The bustling market in Nottingham is filled with goods from all over the kingdom. He captured Maid Marian and imprisoned her in his dungeon. In one account he thought he had captured Robin trying to rescue Marian, but it was actually Ian Chesterton, who looked just like Robin. He arranged to have Ian executed, but the First Doctor offered to show him the secrets of alchemy in exchange for Ian's release. Nottingham later arranged for Susan to be executed, but fled in fear when Robin Hood's men, along with the villagers, attacked. However a second account states that the Sheriff was later made into a cyborg, after an altercation with extraterrestrial robots. He led a plot to take control of the English throne and take Clara Oswald as his consort, but was defeated by Robin Hood, who, during a sword fight, pushed him into a vat of molten gold. A scene in Robot of Sherwood in which the Sheriff of Nottingham was beheaded by Robin Hood, revealing him to be a cyborg, was edited out of the episode's broadcast as it was deemed inappropriate in light of recent events in the news - namely, the beheading of two American journalists by terrorist group Islamic State.However, the fact that he was a cyborg could still be seen when his hands were shown coming out of the vat of melted gold. The cut can clearly be seen in the finished episode when the tapestry behind Clara and the Doctor vanishes before Robin cuts the rope and rises to the wooden beams. The fact that the Sheriff is a cyborg is also hinted at with the line 'I'm too much for you outlaw! The first of a new breed! Half-man, half engine!'. This line is said by the Sheriff just before he also cuts a rope and rises to the beams. The Sheriff was played by Alan Wheatley in the ITV series The Adventures of Robin Hood (in which John Arnatt played the Deputy Sheriff), Valentine Dyall in a Goon Show sketch, Paul Darrow in the miniseries The Legend of Robin Hood and Nickolas Grace in Robin of Sherwood.The town of Nottingham didn't have a sheriff until the 1400s. His correct title would have been the Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The sheriff seeks to rule Derby, but historically he already had jurisdiction there.In contrast to Prince John, who is the mastermind behind the many plans to stop Robin Hood, the Sheriff is a more active antagonist, constantly fighting and attempting to capture Robin Hood. He is completely unsympathetic to the poverty of the town's people, using immoral ways to collect taxes such as forcing out the coins Otto had hidden in his leg cast, regardless of the pain the blacksmith would endure from his broken leg in the process, taking the one farthing Skippy had been given for his birthday and insincerely wishing him a happy birthday, taking money from a blind beggar (who was actually Robin Hood in disguise), or even taking the single farthing that was in the church's poor box and laughing as he did it. He excuses his corruption and cruelty by hypocritically claiming he's only doing his duty. Because of this, he is hated by the people of Nottingham, who often derisively refer to him as "Bushel-britches," referring to the Sheriff's rather obese physique.ĭespite his constant attempts to capture Robin Hood, the Sheriff always fails.
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