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| | In [[2017]], a '''president''' had recently been elected. [[Bill Potts]] said she would have never have voted for him as he was "[[Orange (colour)|orange]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)|The Pyramid at the End of the World]]'') |
| '''Donald Trump''' was an [[American]] politician. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What She Does Next Will Astound You (novel)|What She Does Next Will Astound You]]'')
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| [[Dara Morgan]], a millionaire businessman from [[Derry]], frequently wined and dined with "the Trumps, [[Bill Gates|Gateses]], de Rothschilds, Gettys and half a dozen more movers and shakers". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'')
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| In [[August]] [[2016]], [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]] condemned Donald Trump as an unsuitable candidate for president. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Buccaneer (novel)|Buccaneer]]'') In 2016, the British youth considered him to be unstoppable. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What She Does Next Will Astound You (novel)|What She Does Next Will Astound You]]'')
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| In [[December]] 2016, after discovering that the [[Jezrafeq]] were [[Mind control|controlling the minds]] of most of [[human]]ity, [[Andy Hansen]] jokingly asked [[Erimem]], "You don't think this could explain [[Brexit]] and Donald Trump, do you?". Later, while tracing the source of the mind control signal, Andy suggested that the signal may have been coming from [[Trump Tower]] "because [Donald Trump] and [[Nigel Farage]] want[ed] to piss [Andy] off even more before the year end[ed]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cliff Richard Saves the World (short story)|Cliff Richard Saves the World]]'')
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| The [[Twelfth Doctor]] mentioned Donald Trump as something that was inevitable wherever there are people, along with sewage, [[smart phone]]s, and the [[Genesis of the Cybermen|creation]] of the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | |
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| == Behind the scenes == | | == Behind the scenes == |
| [[File:DonaldTrump.JPG|thumb|Donald Trump appears in ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]''. ]] | | This president's real world counterpart is [[Donald Trump]], although the connection has never been made in-universe. |
| In [[DWM 503]], [[Steven Moffat]] answered the question, "What does the Doctor make of Donald Trump's decision to run for [[President of the United States]]?" Moffat replied that "although the Doctor normally takes no part in politics, he is disgusted and turbulent with rage" and went on to say that the Doctor has seen a [[parallel universe]] in which Trump won the election and the world was plunged into "certain doom".
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| In the real world, Trump did in fact win the election. However, in the [[Shadow World]] [[2017]], made by [[the Monks]] to resemble the real world almost perfectly, an [[President (Shadow World)|unnamed president]] was a dark haired individual who did not have much physical resemblance to Trump. According to Moffat, [[Extremis (TV story)|this episode]] was written before but [[2016 (production)|filmed]] [[2017 (production)|after]] the 2016 election.<ref>http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-05-20/doctor-who-exclusive-steven-moffat-reveals-the-secrets-of-extremis</ref>
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| However, Trump is implied — though not explicitly stated in dialogue — to be the current sitting US President in the following episode, ''[[The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)|The Pyramid at the End of the World]]''. Bill notes that the recently elected [[President (The Pyramid at the End of the World)|President]] is "[[orange (colour)|orange]]", and says that she wouldn't have voted for him. The final episode of the trilogy, ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'', features an image of Trump clearly visible on one of the screens inside the room that houses their propaganda machine along with several other prominent contemporary and historical figures.
| | In [[Extremis (TV story)|the previous episode]], set in a reality created by [[the Monks]] to resemble the real world almost perfectly, an [[President (Shadow World)|unnamed president]] was a dark haired individual who did not have much physical resemblance to Trump. |
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| == Footnotes ==
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| [[Category:21st century individuals]] | | [[Category:21st century individuals]] |
| [[Category:Human businesspersons]] | | [[Category:Presidents]] |
| [[Category:US presidents from the real world]] | | [[Category:Humans with unknown names]] |
