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|image          = [[Image:Margaret_Blaine.jpg|250px]]
|name         = Margaret Blaine
|individual name = Margaret Blaine
|job          = MI5{{!}}MI5 agent
|race            = [[Human]]
|job2          = Lord Mayor of Cardiff{{!}}Mayor of Cardiff
|home planet    = [[Earth]]
|origin       = [[Wales]]
|home era       = [[2000s]]
|species      = Human
|appearances  = [[DW]]: [[Aliens of London]]
|first mention = Aliens of London (TV story)
[[DW]]: [[World War Three]]
[[DW]]: [[Boom Town]]
|actor  =  [[Annette Badland]]
}}
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'''Margaret Blaine''' was a senior member of [[MI5]] in the early [[21st century]]. Some time before [[March]] [[2006]], Margaret was [[murder]]ed by [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]], who used her [[skin]] to [[skin suit|impersonate]] her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') According to Blon, Blaine "died screaming." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sync (audio story)|Sync]]'')


'''Margaret Blaine''' was a senior member of [[MI5]] in the early 21st century, at some point prior to April 2006; Blaine was murdered by a member of the Slitheen family and her skin was used to impersonate her. Blaine was present in Downing Street with her fellow Slitheen, [[Joseph Green]] and [[Oliver Charles]]; Green had taken over the government as Acting Prime Minister giving the Slitheen more power in Britain. Blaine was present when the Slitheen murdered [[Asquith|General Asquith]], and remained with Green for the rest of the crisis; taking the skins of fellow Slitheen members who had been summoned to Downing Street; and Blaine also hunted [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Harriet Jones]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]''/''[[World War Three]]'')  
When [[Cathy Salt]] asked "Margaret" if there was a "[[Blaine (Boom Town)|Mr. Blaine]]", she replied "not any more". ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')


When a missile struck Number 10 Downing Street; Blaine was the only Slitheen who managed to survive; Blaine ended up in Cardiff where she got herself elected Cardiff Mayor and advocated a plan for a nuclear power plant in Cardiff; and killed anyone who questioned her plans such as Mr [[Cleaver]]. However, the intervention of the [[Ninth Doctor]] and his companions stopped Blaine's plans and when she tried to seize control of the Tardis by holding Rose hostage, the Doctor had her look into the Eye of the Tardis, making Blaine revert to an egg; allowing her to start life again. The skin of Margaret Blaine was presumably abandoned at this time. ([[DW]]: [[Boom Town]])
[[File:Skinsuit.jpg|thumb|Blon places Margaret Blaine's skin on a coat hanger. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')]]
Still posing as Blaine, by [[September]] 2006, Blon ran for [[mayor]] of [[Cardiff]]. Shortly after, the skin suit made from the [[deceased]] Blaine was left vacant in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] when Blon was regressed to her pre-hatched state after looking into the [[Heart of the TARDIS]], with the [[egg]] being recovered by the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')  


:''For details on the Slitheen impersonating her, see [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]].''
Margaret Blaine was reported among the missing in a [[press briefing]] issued by [[UNIT]] in the aftermath of the [[Cardiff Earthquake]], on [[8 October]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cardiff Earthquake (short story)|Cardiff Earthquake]]'') [[Idris Hopper]], who was the mayor's [[secretary]], heard that the "official answer" was that she had been killed in the earthquake. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets (novel)|The Twilight Streets]]'')
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Later in her second life, Blon was inexplicably in possession of Margaret's skin suit when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] encountered her. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Confusion of Angels (comic story)|A Confusion of Angels]]'')
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== Behind the scenes ==
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* Technically, Margaret Blaine never appeared in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', only [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] masquerading as her. However, the credits for ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'' and ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'' credit the character by her alias of Margaret Blaine.
* There is some disagreement about the age of Margaret Blaine at the time of her death. While unreadable in the episode itself, the copy of the [[Western Mail]] featured in ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'' gives Margaret's age as [[45 (number)|45]] as of [[September]] [[2006]]. The reference book ''[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times]]'', which contains in-universe, narrative material whilst also having a large focus on out-of-universe material, includes a further Western Mail article which states that Blaine is [[56 (number)|56]].
 
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Latest revision as of 14:29, 26 August 2023

Margaret Blaine was a senior member of MI5 in the early 21st century. Some time before March 2006, Margaret was murdered by Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen, who used her skin to impersonate her. (TV: Aliens of London) According to Blon, Blaine "died screaming." (AUDIO: Sync)

When Cathy Salt asked "Margaret" if there was a "Mr. Blaine", she replied "not any more". (TV: Boom Town)

Blon places Margaret Blaine's skin on a coat hanger. (TV: Boom Town)

Still posing as Blaine, by September 2006, Blon ran for mayor of Cardiff. Shortly after, the skin suit made from the deceased Blaine was left vacant in the Doctor's TARDIS when Blon was regressed to her pre-hatched state after looking into the Heart of the TARDIS, with the egg being recovered by the Ninth Doctor. (TV: Boom Town)

Margaret Blaine was reported among the missing in a press briefing issued by UNIT in the aftermath of the Cardiff Earthquake, on 8 October. (PROSE: Cardiff Earthquake) Idris Hopper, who was the mayor's secretary, heard that the "official answer" was that she had been killed in the earthquake. (PROSE: The Twilight Streets)

Later in her second life, Blon was inexplicably in possession of Margaret's skin suit when the Twelfth Doctor encountered her. (COMIC: A Confusion of Angels)

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