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[[The Right Honourable]] [[Sir]] '''Charles Grover''' [[Member of Parliament|MP]] was a strongly pro-environmentalist [[politician]], founder of the [[Save Planet Earth]] society and the author of ''[[Last Chance for Man]]''.


|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]''
== Biography ==
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Grover had been a master at a [[grammar school]] before going into politics. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'') He was a junior [[backbencher]] during the [[Cold War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
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Sir '''Charles Grover''' was a strongly pro-environmentalist politician and the author of ''[[Last Chance for Man]]''. He was made the Minister with Special Powers when [[dinosaur]]s appeared in [[London]]. He was secretly the head of [[Operation Golden Age]], and sabotaged the [[Third Doctor]]'s and [[UNIT]]'s efforts to resolve the crisis. When he was exposed, he activated Professor [[Whitaker]]'s time machine, but the machine instead sent Whitaker and him to an unknown moment in the past because the Doctor had reprogrammed the device. ([[DW]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
[[Emily Shaw]] stated that she met Grover at one of her committee meetings, and that he claimed that the [[Silurian plague|Silurian virus]] was a portent of things to come. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Post (audio story)|The Last Post]]'')
 
Grover was made the Minister with Special Powers when [[dinosaur]]s appeared in [[London]], and was secretly the head of [[Operation Golden Age]]. He sabotaged the [[Third Doctor]]'s and [[UNIT]]'s efforts to resolve the crisis.
 
When Grover was exposed, he activated Professor [[Whitaker (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|Whitaker]]'s time machine, but the machine sent Whitaker and him to an unknown point in the past because the Doctor had reprogrammed the device. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')


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Latest revision as of 14:56, 7 September 2024

The Right Honourable Sir Charles Grover MP was a strongly pro-environmentalist politician, founder of the Save Planet Earth society and the author of Last Chance for Man.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Grover had been a master at a grammar school before going into politics. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion) He was a junior backbencher during the Cold War. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)

Emily Shaw stated that she met Grover at one of her committee meetings, and that he claimed that the Silurian virus was a portent of things to come. (AUDIO: The Last Post)

Grover was made the Minister with Special Powers when dinosaurs appeared in London, and was secretly the head of Operation Golden Age. He sabotaged the Third Doctor's and UNIT's efforts to resolve the crisis.

When Grover was exposed, he activated Professor Whitaker's time machine, but the machine sent Whitaker and him to an unknown point in the past because the Doctor had reprogrammed the device. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)