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{{first pic|TimeWake.jpg|Several British Prime Ministers, including [[Winston Churchill]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], and [[Benjamin Disraeli]]; duplicated by an alien force. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Wake (short story)|Time Wake]]'')}}
{{first pic|TimeWake.jpg|Several British Prime Ministers, including [[Winston Churchill]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], and [[Benjamin Disraeli]]; duplicated by an alien force. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Wake (short story)|Time Wake]]'')}}
A '''prime minister''' was a head of government, particularly of states ultimately ruled by a [[king]] or [[queen]]. {{fact}} The title derived {{fact}} from the fact that they were the leading [[minister]] of a larger group of ministers — called, in [[Britain]], at least, a "cabinet". {{fact}}
A '''prime minister''' was a head of government.


As the leader of that group, they had chief fiduciary responsibility to the sovereign, and therefore enjoyed frequent communication with their monarch — as could be seen in the relationship of, say, [[Richelieu]] with [[Louis XIII]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Church and the Crown (audio story)|The Church and the Crown]]'') Additionally, the prime minister held the responsibility of setting the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]]'s agenda and speaking to the public on its behalf. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')
As the leader of that group, they had chief fiduciary responsibility to the sovereign, and therefore enjoyed frequent communication with their monarch — as could be seen in the relationship of, say, [[Richelieu]] with [[Louis XIII]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Church and the Crown (audio story)|The Church and the Crown]]'') Additionally, the prime minister held the responsibility of setting the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]]'s agenda and speaking to the public on its behalf. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')

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Prime minister
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Several British Prime Ministers, including Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, and Benjamin Disraeli; duplicated by an alien force. (PROSE: Time Wake)

A prime minister was a head of government.

As the leader of that group, they had chief fiduciary responsibility to the sovereign, and therefore enjoyed frequent communication with their monarch — as could be seen in the relationship of, say, Richelieu with Louis XIII. (AUDIO: The Church and the Crown) Additionally, the prime minister held the responsibility of setting the Cabinet's agenda and speaking to the public on its behalf. (TV: World War Three, Victory of the Daleks)

Earth

United Kingdom

On Earth, the United Kingdom was headed by a Prime Minister.

The Doctor had numerous encounters with various British Prime Ministers, most notably Winston Churchill, who encountered several of his incarnations, (TV: Victory of the Daleks, AUDIO: The Oncoming Storm, Hounded, The Chartwell Metamorphosis) Harriet Jones, who was deposed by him, (TV: The Christmas Invasion) and Harold Saxon, which was an alias used by the Saxon Master. (TV: The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords)

India

The Indian government was also headed by a Prime Minister. In 1984, the position was held by Indira Gandhi. As she told the Egyptian Pharaoh Erimem, Peri Brown considered her to be an effective female leader in contrast to her British counterpart and contemporary Margaret Thatcher. Given that Erimem was from the 14th century BC, she had unsurprisingly never heard of either Gandhi or Thatcher. (AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion)

In the wake of Miracle Day in 2011, the Prime Minister of India called for peace with Pakistan. (TV: Rendition)

Extraterrestrial occurrences

During the New Dalek Paradigm, the Daleks were led by the Parliament of the Daleks, with the head of Parliament being the Prime Minister of the Daleks. (TV: Asylum of the Daleks)

Delta IV, a planet in the United Federation of Planets, had a government headed by a Prime Minister in 2368. (COMIC: Assimilation²)