Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II.

	Earth
	PDA: Players PDA: The Shadow in the Glass WC: The Lonely Computer DW: The Beast Below (cameo) DW: Victory of the Daleks
	[[actor::Ian McNeice|Ian McNeice]]

Profile

Biography

Churchill met the Doctor and Peri during two periods of his life, first in 1899, when he served as a war correspondent and later in the 1930s. (PDA: Players) The Doctor met with him again in 1944. (PDA: The Shadow in the Glass)

At some unknown stage in his life, Momus abducted Churchill from his own time to Belgium in 800 CE. (WC: The Lonely Computer).

At some point in 1940 or 1941 he called the Doctor's TARDIS as a Dalek moved towards him. (DW: The Beast Below) When the Doctor got there a month later, in 1941, it was revealed that the Daleks had somehow managed to convince Churchill that they were a manmade superweapon (which Churchill named 'ironsides') which he could use to win the war (DW: Victory of the Daleks).

Other Timelines

In an alternate timeline in which Germany won World War II, Churchill was executed as a war criminal. (NA: Timewyrm: Exodus)

References

• The Doctor claimed to have thought up the "blood, sweat and tears" speech for him. (SP: Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure, BFA: Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure)
• In 2009, then-current Prime Minister Brian Green had a small caricature figure of Churchill in his office. (TW: Children of Earth)
• Harold Saxon was described as "a modern Churchill" by Vivien Rook (DW: The Sound of Drums).

Behind the Scenes

• Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss decided to portray the Doctor and Churchill as old friends in Victory of the Daleks, rather than attempt to portray their first meeting.
• Actor Ian McNeice had previously played Churchill in the Royal National Theatre's 2008 production of Never So Good.

Footnotes