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A large portrait of Lenin was present in the [[Soviet Embassy, Prague|Soviet Embassy]] in [[Prague]] in [[1989]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Broken Man (comic story)}}) | A large portrait of Lenin was present in the [[Soviet Embassy, Prague|Soviet Embassy]] in [[Prague]] in [[1989]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Broken Man (comic story)}}) | ||
[[Murgat]]'s [[Thalek (Brotherhood of the Daleks)|Brotherhood Daleks]] | [[Murgat]]'s [[Thalek (Brotherhood of the Daleks)|Brotherhood Daleks]] had the star of [[Lenin]] on their [[Casing|casings]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Brotherhood of the Daleks (audio story)}}) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Latest revision as of 15:58, 7 June 2024
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a central figure in communism.
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Eighth Doctor claimed to have played him at tiddlywinks whilst sharing an overnight train journey from Switzerland to Petrograd. (AUDIO: Storm Warning [+]Loading...["Storm Warning (audio story)"])
Rose Tyler surmised from a group of Russians in London in 1924 that they wanted to "kick out Lenin and co. and reclaim their lost lands". (PROSE: The Clockwise Man [+]Loading...["The Clockwise Man (novel)"])
While the Fifth Doctor said Lenin was a disagreeable man with terrible breath, (AUDIO: Singularity [+]Loading...["Singularity (audio story)"]) the Eighth Doctor considered him to have a "remarkable mind". Lenin wore mauve pyjamas, in contrast to the saying "redder than Lenin's pyjamas". (AUDIO: Storm Warning [+]Loading...["Storm Warning (audio story)"]) He was an avid cricket follower during his fourteen year exile in London, spending much of his summer days at Lord's. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune [+]Loading...["The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)"])
Lenin died when Charley Pollard was twelve years old (PROSE: Once Upon a Time... [+]Loading...["Once Upon a Time... (short story)"]) in 1924. (AUDIO: Neverland [+]Loading...["Neverland (audio story)"])
Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]
Following his death, Lenin's remains were interred in a tomb near the Kremlin in Moscow. (PROSE: Endgame [+]Loading...["Endgame (novel)"])
During the Spanish Civil War, a barracks was named after him in support of the communist cause. (PROSE: History 101 [+]Loading...["History 101 (novel)"])
Several Soviet propaganda posters in the mock Soviet town Краснодар featured Vladimir Lenin. (TV: Before the Flood [+]Loading...["Before the Flood (TV story)"])
A large portrait of Lenin was present in the Soviet Embassy in Prague in 1989. (COMIC: The Broken Man [+]Loading...["The Broken Man (comic story)"])
Murgat's Brotherhood Daleks had the star of Lenin on their casings. (AUDIO: Brotherhood of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Brotherhood of the Daleks (audio story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Lenin was played by Kenneth Cranham in the BBC miniseries Reilly: Ace of Spies.
