Oldest town in Britain with the River Avon acting as a transit route. Evidence of frogs' legs being eaten as well as 31,000 flints and animal bones have also been found. Colchester claims to be Britain's oldest "recorded" town. Its claim is based on a reference by Pliny the Elder, the Roman writer, in his "Natural History" ("Historia Naturalis") in 77 AD. He described Anglesey as "about from Camulodunum, a town in Britain", where Camulodunum was the Roman name for Colchester. It is claimed that this is the first known reference to any named settlement in Britain, although coins minted by Tasciovanus mention the
A Town Called Mercy been-there, done that." Patrick Mulkern of "Radio Times" was more critical, writing that he did not "believe" or "feel" it. He felt that Westerns and "Doctor Who" were two things that "never quite gelled" and also criticised the "languorous pace" the fact that Rory had little to do. However, he did praise the "gorgeous" set and the "cleverly constructed a morality play". A Town Called Mercy "A Town Called Mercy" is the third episode of the seventh series of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", transmitted on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2012. It