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In an [[alternate timeline]], the [[Dalek]]s created a puppet government on [[Earth]], run by the [[Controller (Day of the Daleks)|Controller]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'')
In an [[alternate timeline]], the [[Dalek]]s created a puppet government on [[Earth]], run by the [[Controller (Day of the Daleks)|Controller]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
The depiction of the puppet government shown in ''Day of the Daleks ''is heavily inspired by the "French State" (colloquially known as "Vichy France" or the "[[Vichy government]]"), the [[Nazi]] collaborationist regime that nominally governed [[France]] during [[World War II]].{{Fact}}


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[[Category:Governments]]

Revision as of 23:44, 25 July 2019

A puppet government was a government that exercised little or no real authority, with the real power being held by others.

Japan established the puppet government of Manchukuo, ruled by the ousted Chinese Emperor Pu Yi, after invading the north-eastern Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. (PROSE: The Shadow of Weng-Chiang)

The Nimons had a puppet government on Skonnos. (TV: The Horns of Nimon)

In an alternate timeline, the Daleks created a puppet government on Earth, run by the Controller. (TV: Day of the Daleks)