Set in the 1860s, Whiplash is a western set in the outback of Australia, and stars Peter Graves iMission Impossible/i as Christopher Cobb. The series is loosely based on the life of Freeman Cobb, who was the genuine founder of Australia's first stagecoach line iCobb and Co./i Cobb used a bullwhip instead of a pistol to settle disputes, however, he did carry a rifle and had to use it on more than one life or death occasion. Keen observers will notice that the team that Cobb drives is led by 5 horses, not the Western American stage's traditional four, six, or even twelve horses. The landscape is pure Western Australia, as rugged and beautiful as its American counterpart, and the series is in crisp black and white.