George III

George III was the King of the United Kingdom from 1760 to 1820.

In 1774, George received the last mammoth in Europe as a gift from Catherine II of Russia. In December of that year it was to have been part of the Royal hunt. After the Second War in Heaven this mammoth was vital to the last surviving members of Faction Paradox and other interested parties. It was thought a relic which would act as a focal point around which history could be shaped. The ritual of the hunt itself was to determine who would control the future. The focus of the hunt, however shifted to the last of the Mayakai. (COMIC: Political Animals)

Most people in later times regarded the story of the king receiving a mammoth as just part of a larger tradition of strange rumours that circulated about high society, particularly the more dubious members of the aristocracy. In 1782, during a night of drinking with the Eighth Doctor, Scarlette claimed that she had once ridden George III's mammoth. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)

The Doctor met George III prior to 1814. (AUDIO: Washington Burns)

His Chancellor of the Exchequer was Sir Francis Dashwood. (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell)

Behind the scenes

• He was played by Gertan Klauber in Blackadder the Third, David Warner in The American Revolution and Nicholas Rowe in Longitude.