Watergate
Watergate was a 1970s scandal involving the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon. (PROSE: Tricky Dicky [+]Loading...["Tricky Dicky (short story)"], TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"])
History
In 1972, five burglars were caught breaking into the Democratic Party headquarters. Their plan was to steal information that would damage the Democrats' chances in that year's presidential election. (PROSE: Tricky Dicky [+]Loading...["Tricky Dicky (short story)"]) The reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein found out about it and published articles about it in The Washington Post. (AUDIO: Judgement Day [+]Loading...["Judgement Day (SJA audio story)"])
Following Nixon's victory in the election, (PROSE: Tricky Dicky [+]Loading...["Tricky Dicky (short story)"]) the US Senate Watergate Committee investigated the reports. (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...["The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)"]) The burglars were found to be linked to Nixon's Committee to Re-elect the President following the investigation. In 1974, Nixon resigned as President, with his Vice President Gerald Ford succeeding him. (PROSE: Tricky Dicky [+]Loading...["Tricky Dicky (short story)"])
Much of Nixon's activities in the White House were tape recorded. (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...["The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)"]) These were known as the Nixon tapes. (COMIC: Air Force Gone [+]Loading...["Air Force Gone (comic story)"]) A phone call between Nixon and Melody Pond (TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"]) was transcribed as part of the investigation into Watergate. A transcription of the Eleventh Doctor arriving in the Oval Office was also made available to the Senate committee, though Nixon refused to identify the Doctor, citing reasons of international security. (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...["The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)"])
Legacy
Marwan Hamwai believed everyone in the Western world had heard of the Watergate scandal. (PROSE: Dancing the Code [+]Loading...["Dancing the Code (novel)"])
River Song noted President Nixon's involvement in Watergate and the Vietnam War before adding that there was "some good stuff too". (TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"])
In 2011, Rani Chandra wrote an essay about the Watergate scandal. (AUDIO: Judgement Day [+]Loading...["Judgement Day (SJA audio story)"])
The classified Nixon tapes were left for future Presidents to know of the Doctor. The President of Earth, Vera Fusek, made the connection between the Doctor and the Nixon tapes when she encountered the Eleventh Doctor herself. (COMIC: Air Force Gone [+]Loading...["Air Force Gone (comic story)"])
