Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a central figure in communism.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth Doctor claimed to have played him at tiddlywinks whilst sharing an overnight train journey from Switzerland to Petrograd. (AUDIO: Storm Warning ^[+]Loading...["Storm Warning (audio story)"])

Rose Tyler surmised from a group of Russians in London in 1924 that they wanted to "kick out Lenin and co. and reclaim their lost lands". (PROSE: The Clockwise Man ^[+]Loading...["The Clockwise Man (novel)"])

While the Fifth Doctor said Lenin was a disagreeable man with terrible breath, (AUDIO: Singularity ^[+]Loading...["Singularity (audio story)"]) the Eighth Doctor considered him to have a "remarkable mind". Lenin wore mauve pyjamas, in contrast to the saying "redder than Lenin's pyjamas". (AUDIO: Storm Warning ^[+]Loading...["Storm Warning (audio story)"]) He was an avid cricket follower during his fourteen year exile in London, spending much of his summer days at Lord's. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune ^[+]Loading...["The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)"])

Lenin died when Charley Pollard was twelve years old (PROSE: Once Upon a Time... ^[+]Loading...["Once Upon a Time... (short story)"]) in 1924. (AUDIO: Neverland ^[+]Loading...["Neverland (audio story)"])

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

A Soviet propaganda poster in the Scottish town of Краснодар, used for Cold War training. (TV: Before the Flood ^[+]Loading...["Before the Flood (TV story)"])

Following his death, Lenin's remains were interred in a tomb near the Kremlin in Moscow. (PROSE: Endgame ^[+]Loading...["Endgame (novel)"])

During the Spanish Civil War, a barracks was named after him in support of the communist cause. (PROSE: History 101 ^[+]Loading...["History 101 (novel)"])

Several Soviet propaganda posters in the mock Soviet town Краснодар featured Vladimir Lenin. (TV: Before the Flood ^[+]Loading...["Before the Flood (TV story)"])

A large portrait of Lenin was present in the Soviet Embassy in Prague in 1989. (COMIC: The Broken Man ^[+]Loading...["The Broken Man (comic story)"])

Murgat's Brotherhood Daleks had the star of Lenin on their casings. (AUDIO: Brotherhood of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Brotherhood of the Daleks (audio story)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Lenin was played by Kenneth Cranham in the BBC miniseries Reilly: Ace of Spies.