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The Leader's bodyguards and physicians were aware of his great age and alien biology, but this was generally dismissed as fanaticism by most Party members. He could no longer [[regenerate]], as the Time Lords had taken this ability from him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'') | The Leader's bodyguards and physicians were aware of his great age and alien biology, but this was generally dismissed as fanaticism by most Party members. He could no longer [[regenerate]], as the Time Lords had taken this ability from him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'') | ||
By 1968, the Leader had become irritable and paranoid, sacking members of his Cabinet for perceived slights and failings, demoting Arthur Fless, Director of Information, to a remote colonial posting in West Africa for failing to locate an illegal radio transmitter interrupting [[BBC | By 1968, the Leader had become irritable and paranoid, sacking members of his Cabinet for perceived slights and failings, demoting Arthur Fless, Director of Information, to a remote colonial posting in West Africa for failing to locate an illegal radio transmitter interrupting [[BBC]] broadcasts with anti-Party propaganda in the London area. His health had severely declined and he was visibly elderly as his age caught up with him; he spent two months at his seaside retreat in Bognor Regis to convalesce from a condition afflicting his hearts but suffered a stroke soon after, confining him to a wheelchair. The Cabinet had started jockeying for power on assumption the Leader would not survive much longer, but he still retained his intelligence and cunning. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'') | ||
The Leader was killed in 1968 when [[Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Inferno Earth)|Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] opportunistically used his wheelchair as a battering ram during an alien attack on [[Downing Street]]. After his death, the Leader's popularity with the public remained high and years later portraits and posters of him remained omnipresent to cement the legitimacy of President Lethbridge-Stewart's regime. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'', ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'') | The Leader was killed in 1968 when [[Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Inferno Earth)|Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] opportunistically used his wheelchair as a battering ram during an alien attack on [[Downing Street]]. After his death, the Leader's popularity with the public remained high and years later portraits and posters of him remained omnipresent to cement the legitimacy of President Lethbridge-Stewart's regime. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'', ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'') | ||