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 Upon [[Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart]]'s arrival in his reality in 1959, the two were introduced. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Schizoid Earth (novel)|The Schizoid Earth]]'') Gordon took the boy under his wing, indoctrinating him into the RSF, drugging him heavily, and manipulating him into "the perfect fascist soldier". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ashes of the Inferno (short story)|Ashes of the Inferno]]'')
-By the end of the [[1960s]], Gordon's hunger for power had placed him in office as Leader of the British Republic, after killing the incumbent Leader. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'', ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'')
+By the end of the [[1960s]], Gordon's hunger for power had placed him in office as President of the British Republic, after "arranging" the death of the incumbent Leader. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'', ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'')
-It is heavily implied that the Leader before Gordon was the Doctor, through hints about his very long life and his "current" life being very different to previous lives. It suggests that it was posters of the previous Leader ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'') that were seen by the Doctor, when visiting the Inferno Earth, ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') and recognising him as one of the faces he was offered at his trial, prompting him to realise that the dictator was none other than [[The Leader|an alternative third self of his]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'') It was not unheard of, it is worth noting, for Time Lords to regenerate, or consider regenerating, into forms identical to preexisting individuals. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'')
+In once source, it is heavily implied that the Leader before Gordon was the counterpart of the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'') It was suggested that it were posters of the previous Leader ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'') that were seen by the Doctor, when visiting the Inferno Earth, ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') and recognising him as one of the faces he was offered at his trial, prompting him to realise that the dictator was none other than [[The Leader|an alternative third self of his]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'') Indeed, while another account implied that the Leader may have been a [[human]] tyrant, some seemingly propaganda-based rumours stated that he was something much more, having once possessed a "miraculous procedure" to extend his life that had since been taken away from him. The Leader also stated in his old age that his "hearts" were not what they once were, though whether this was a slip-up due to his frailty remained uncertain. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'')
-Gordon died in the volcanic catastrophe that struck Great Britain in the aftermath of I-Day. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'')
+Gordon died in the volcanic catastrophe that struck Great Britain in the aftermath of [[Inferno project|I-Day]]. He was succeeded as acting President by [[Marianne Kyle]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'')
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