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'''Jeremy''' was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. He was close to [[Global Chemicals]]. He personally forbade [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] to investigate the company. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'') | '''Jeremy Thorpe''' was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. He was close to [[Global Chemicals]]. He personally forbade [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] to investigate the company. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'') According to the [[Eighth Doctor]], Thorpe served between [[Edward Heath|Heath]] and [[Shirley Williams|Williams]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The Prime Minister was called "Jeremy" by the Brigadier, referencing Liberal Party leader {{w|Jeremy Thorpe}}. During production, there was a close-call general election; the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' production team, operating on the assumption that [[UNIT dating controversy|the UNIT stories took place in the near future]], were joking that Thorpe would be appointed Prime Minister. This did not happen in reality, though in real life he did suffer severe scandals. | * The Prime Minister was called "Jeremy" by the Brigadier, referencing Liberal Party leader {{w|Jeremy Thorpe}}. During production, there was a close-call general election; the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' production team, operating on the assumption that [[UNIT dating controversy|the UNIT stories took place in the near future]], were joking that Thorpe would be appointed Prime Minister. This did not happen in reality, though in real life he did suffer severe scandals. | ||
* Thorpe's forename wasn't given in ''Interference'', but the common-sense interpretation of the passage is that the author was referencing Jeremy Thorpe. | |||
* An article on the BBC Classic Doctor Who website, "Party Politics", makes the claim that Jeremy ''is'' Jeremy Thorpe and he led a coalition government following a {{w|hung parliament}} at the 1970 election. However, after the events involving Global Chemicals, the government's involvement in the "[[Axonite]] scandal" and the "[[Operation Golden Age]] fiasco", this government collapsed in 1973, and was succeeded by the Labour government under Shirley Williams. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/partypolitics.shtml |title=Party politics |date of source= |website name=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide |accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref> No narrative information beyond ''The Green Death''{{'}}s use of "Jeremy" and the prime minister in ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'' (airdate 1975) now being called a "madam" by [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] appears to back up the establishment or collapse of these governments. | * An article on the BBC Classic Doctor Who website, "Party Politics", makes the claim that Jeremy ''is'' Jeremy Thorpe and he led a coalition government following a {{w|hung parliament}} at the 1970 election. However, after the events involving Global Chemicals, the government's involvement in the "[[Axonite]] scandal" and the "[[Operation Golden Age]] fiasco", this government collapsed in 1973, and was succeeded by the Labour government under Shirley Williams. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/partypolitics.shtml |title=Party politics |date of source= |website name=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide |accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref> No narrative information beyond ''The Green Death''{{'}}s use of "Jeremy" and the prime minister in ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'' (airdate 1975) now being called a "madam" by [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] appears to back up the establishment or collapse of these governments. | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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Jeremy Thorpe was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was close to Global Chemicals. He personally forbade Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart to investigate the company. (TV: The Green Death) According to the Eighth Doctor, Thorpe served between Heath and [[Shirley Williams|Williams]. (PROSE: Interference - Book One)
Behind the scenes
- The Prime Minister was called "Jeremy" by the Brigadier, referencing Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe. During production, there was a close-call general election; the Doctor Who production team, operating on the assumption that the UNIT stories took place in the near future, were joking that Thorpe would be appointed Prime Minister. This did not happen in reality, though in real life he did suffer severe scandals.
- Thorpe's forename wasn't given in Interference, but the common-sense interpretation of the passage is that the author was referencing Jeremy Thorpe.
- An article on the BBC Classic Doctor Who website, "Party Politics", makes the claim that Jeremy is Jeremy Thorpe and he led a coalition government following a hung parliament at the 1970 election. However, after the events involving Global Chemicals, the government's involvement in the "Axonite scandal" and the "Operation Golden Age fiasco", this government collapsed in 1973, and was succeeded by the Labour government under Shirley Williams. [1] No narrative information beyond The Green Death's use of "Jeremy" and the prime minister in Terror of the Zygons (airdate 1975) now being called a "madam" by the Brigadier appears to back up the establishment or collapse of these governments.
Footnotes
- ↑ Party politics. BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide. Retrieved on 23 July 2013.
