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'''Dora''' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Transcendence of Ephros (audio story)|The Transcendence of Ephros]]'') was the [[President of Earth]] in [[2540]]. She was closely advised by [[Earth]]'s primary military officer, [[John Williams|General Williams]].
'''Dora''' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Transcendence of Ephros (audio story)|The Transcendence of Ephros]]'') was the [[President of Earth]] in [[2540]]. She was closely advised by [[Earth]]'s primary military officer, General [[John Williams]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Space War]]'')
 
She and Williams had once been friends. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') In [[2520]] she served as a [[senator]]'s aide on a peace initiative that ended in Williams inadvertently beginning the [[Human-Draconian War]] in what he believed to be an act of self-defense. Years later, after her successful campaign for [[President of Earth]], she appointed Williams to be her military advisor. She wore a [[silver]] locket with a picture of twenty-year-old Williams. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Space War]]'')


After a series of raids against [[Earth]] [[cargo ship]]s, believed to be the work of [[Draconia]], the president personally met with the [[Draconian prince|Draconian Emperor's son]] in order to negotiate an end to hostilities. She came under pressure from both her [[military advisor]]s and the [[Brook (Frontier in Space)|political opposition]] to take military action against Draconia. Eventually, she agreed to break off [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] relations. However, she refused to fire the first shot in a war.
After a series of raids against [[Earth]] [[cargo ship]]s, believed to be the work of [[Draconia]], the president personally met with the [[Draconian prince|Draconian Emperor's son]] in order to negotiate an end to hostilities. She came under pressure from both her [[military advisor]]s and the [[Brook (Frontier in Space)|political opposition]] to take military action against Draconia. Eventually, she agreed to break off [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] relations. However, she refused to fire the first shot in a war.


Thanks to the [[Third Doctor]], it was revealed that the raids were the actions of [[Ogron]] mercenaries, and war was averted. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')
Thanks to the [[Third Doctor]], it was revealed that the raids were the actions of [[Ogron]] mercenaries, and war was averted. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
* According to [[Doctor Who and the Space War|the novelisation]], she was not the first woman to hold [[President of Earth|the office]]. The adaptation also sheds greater light onto her uneasy relationship with [[John Williams]]. In it, readers discover that Williams had actively campaigned against her for an "aggressive inter-stellar policy". When she won, she appointed Williams as her [[military advisor|military]] aide "to heal political wounds". The novel also gives rise to the notion that the two were former lovers, something the episode offers only vaguely through body language. Adapter [[Malcolm Hulke]] tells readers that the president had a silver [[locket]] around her neck and within that was a picture of a 20-year-old Lieutenant Williams.
* The President remained unnamed both in the television story and the novelisation. The audio story ''[[The Transcendence of Ephros (audio story)|The Transcendence of Ephros]]'' finally gives her the first name Dora.
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Revision as of 14:49, 7 March 2019

Dora (AUDIO: The Transcendence of Ephros) was the President of Earth in 2540. She was closely advised by Earth's primary military officer, General John Williams. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Space War)

She and Williams had once been friends. (TV: Frontier in Space) In 2520 she served as a senator's aide on a peace initiative that ended in Williams inadvertently beginning the Human-Draconian War in what he believed to be an act of self-defense. Years later, after her successful campaign for President of Earth, she appointed Williams to be her military advisor. She wore a silver locket with a picture of twenty-year-old Williams. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Space War)

After a series of raids against Earth cargo ships, believed to be the work of Draconia, the president personally met with the Draconian Emperor's son in order to negotiate an end to hostilities. She came under pressure from both her military advisors and the political opposition to take military action against Draconia. Eventually, she agreed to break off diplomatic relations. However, she refused to fire the first shot in a war.

Thanks to the Third Doctor, it was revealed that the raids were the actions of Ogron mercenaries, and war was averted. (TV: Frontier in Space)

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