Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II.
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[1] 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.[2]
- Actor Ian McNeice had previously played Churchill in the Royal National Theatre's 2008 production of Never So Good.
Footnotes
- ↑ Victory of the Daleks is set in 1941, with Churchill's phone call said to have been "a month ago." Though it doesn't seem like January, we don't know for certain.
- ↑ Doctor Who Confidential - "The War Games"
