Doc hammers a horseshoe working as a blacksmith in the Old West.
The livery stable, which was Doc's home and workplace in Hill Valley of 1885.
- "Doc had set up his shop in the old, dilapidated stable that Marty had passed when he first came into town. It was typical that Doc hadn't thought to put a sign outside to advertise his services. Still, Marty guessed, in a western town as small as Hill Valley, word of a new blacksmith probably got around pretty fast."
- —From Back to the Future Part III by Craig Shaw Gardner (quote, page 82)
A blacksmith was a person skilled in the forging of metal.
History
When Dr. Emmett Brown arrived in Hill Valley on January 1, 1885, the town was in need of a blacksmith as the previous tradesman, although competent, had a liking for gambling and, having incurred debts he couldn't pay, disappeared before Christmas 1884 and left his entire operation behind. On February 25, Doc purchased the workshop and equipment from the old blacksmith's creditors at a discount.
Marshal James Strickland was pleased to see the new blacksmith wasn't a deadbeat. Doc assured the Marshal that he was "a proponent of law and order" (his words), and his services to Marshal Strickland and his deputies would be rendered free of charge.[1]
In 1885, Doc applied his mechanical and scientific skills to performing the work of a blacksmith, living at and working from a livery stable in Hill Valley, though it was also a front to conceal his hiding and attempted repairs of the DeLorean time machine.
Doc became quite adept at shoeing horses and fixing wagons, and gradually came to accept his new life in the Old West — as he would mention in his letter sent via several generations of Western Union to Marty McFly in 1955.
Appearances
- Paradox script
- Back to the Future Part III
- Back to the Future Part III novelization
- Back to the Future: The Card Game (Mentioned only)
- Back to the Future: The Game
- Episode 5: "OUTATIME" (Marty, upon finding a blacksmith sign in 1931B mentions Doc's blacksmith shop.)
- Back to the Future (IDW Publishing)
- DeLorean Time Machine: Doc Brown's Owner's Workshop Manual
See also
- ↑ DeLorean Time Machine: Doc Brown's Owner's Workshop Manual; "Doc Brown's Journals: 1885", February 25, 1885, pages 110 and 111.