The Founding Fathers (audio story)

The TARDIS lands in Leicester Square in the summer of 1762. When the Doctor, Steven and Vicki find themselves locked out of the TARDIS, only one man can possibly help them. But the American, Benjamin Franklin, has problems of his own...

Plot

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Benjamin Franklin speaks of a proposal of his that has been rejected, suggesting the American colonies should unite together as one country governed by a president. The Doctor says he would be instrumental later on in forming the country.

This is the second part in the Steven trilogy written by Simon Guerrier that began with The War to End All Wars and concluded with The Locked Room.

The TARDIS materialises in Leicester Square. It would later do so again in 1966. (TV: The War Machines)
Steven previously visited London in 1912. (AUDIO: The Suffering) He would visit the city again in 1966 (AUDIO: The Perpetual Bond) and March 1965 (TV: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve).
The duplicate of the Doctor's mind is running in the election at the demand of the people. (AUDIO: The War to End All Wars)
The copy of the Doctor's mind says that, "A man is the sum of his memories." (TV: The Five Doctors)
The Doctor made the console live resulting in an electric shock delivered to Benjamin Franklin as soon as he touched the controls. Previously, the Doctor used the same trick to prevent Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright from leaving the TARDIS. (TV: An Unearthly Child)