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| individual name = President of Earth
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|job        = President of Earth
| species=[[Human]]
|species     = Human
| home planet    = [[Earth]]
|affiliation = People's Party
| home era        = [[2540]]
|origin      = [[Earth]]
| appearances    = [[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]
|only        = Frontier in Space (TV story)
| actor           = [[Vera Fusek (Actress)|Vera Fusek]]
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'''Dora''' was the [[President of Earth]] in [[2540]]. She led the [[People's Party]].


The '''President of Earth''' in [[2540]] was a woman. She was closely advised by Earth's primary military officer, [[Williams (Frontier in Space)|General Williams]].
== Biography ==
Dora ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Transcendence of Ephros (audio story)|The Transcendence of Ephros]]'') led the [[People's Party]]. As [[President of Earth]], she was closely advised by [[Earth]]'s primary military officer, [[John Williams|General John Williams]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Space War]]'') with whom she had once been friends. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')


After a series of raids of Earth cargo ships, believed to be the work of [[Draconia]], the president personally met with the [[Draconian Prince|Draconian Emperor's son]] in order to negotiate an end to hostilities. She came under pressure from both her military advisors and the [[Brook|political opposition]] to take military action against Draconia. Eventually, perhaps because of the threat of a military coup, she agreed to break off diplomatic relations. However, she refused to fire the first shot in a war.
In [[2520]], Dora served as a [[senator]]'s aide on a peace initiative that ended in Williams inadvertently beginning the [[Human-Draconian War]] in what he believed to be an act of self-defence. Years later, after her successful campaign for [[President of Earth]], she appointed Williams to be her military advisor. She wore a [[silver]] locket with a picture of twenty-year-old Williams. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Space War]]'')


Thanks to the [[Third Doctor]], it was revealed that the raids were the actions of [[Ogron]] mercenaries and war was averted. ([[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'')
After a series of raids against [[Earth]] [[cargo ship]]s, believed to be the work of [[Draconia]], President Dora personally met with the [[Draconian prince|Draconian Emperor's son]] in order to negotiate an end to hostilities. She came under pressure from both her [[military advisor]]s and the [[Brook (Frontier in Space)|political opposition]] to take military action against Draconia. Eventually, President Dora agreed to break off [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] relations. However, she refused to fire the first shot in a war.


:''According to [[Doctor Who and the Space War|the novelisation]], she was not the first female to hold [[President of Earth|the office]]. The adaptation also sheds greater light onto her uneasy relationship with [[Williams (Frontier in Space)|Williams]]. In it, readers discover that Williams had actively campaigned against her for an "aggressive inter-stellar policy". When she won, she appointed Williams as her military aide "to heal political wounds". The novel also gives rise to the notion that the two were former lovers, something the episode offers only vaguely through body language. Adapter [[Malcolm Hulke]] tells readers that the president had a silver locket around her neck and within that was a picture of a 20-year-old ''Lieutenant'' Williams.''
Thanks to the [[Third Doctor]], it was revealed that the raids were the actions of [[Ogron]] mercenaries hired by {{Delgado}}, and war was averted. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')
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== Behind the scenes ==
* Dora's name in mentioned only in the audio story ''[[The Transcendence of Ephros (audio story)|The Transcendence of Ephros]]''; it is never used in the TV story ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'', or in [[Malcolm Hulke]]'s novelisation ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Space War]]''.
 
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Latest revision as of 02:08, 2 November 2023

Dora was the President of Earth in 2540. She led the People's Party.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dora (AUDIO: The Transcendence of Ephros) led the People's Party. As President of Earth, she was closely advised by Earth's primary military officer, General John Williams, (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Space War) with whom she had once been friends. (TV: Frontier in Space)

In 2520, Dora served as a senator's aide on a peace initiative that ended in Williams inadvertently beginning the Human-Draconian War in what he believed to be an act of self-defence. Years later, after her successful campaign for President of Earth, she appointed Williams to be her military advisor. She wore a silver locket with a picture of twenty-year-old Williams. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Space War)

After a series of raids against Earth cargo ships, believed to be the work of Draconia, President Dora personally met with the Draconian Emperor's son in order to negotiate an end to hostilities. She came under pressure from both her military advisors and the political opposition to take military action against Draconia. Eventually, President Dora agreed to break off diplomatic relations. However, she refused to fire the first shot in a war.

Thanks to the Third Doctor, it was revealed that the raids were the actions of Ogron mercenaries hired by the Master, and war was averted. (TV: Frontier in Space)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]