Robert Clive
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Robert Clive was also known as Clive of India. In a story related by the First Doctor, he attempted to commit suicide as a young man by putting a pistol to his head, with the gun failing to explode despite Clive having pulled the trigger three times. However, whenever he turned it away, the pistol fired perfectly. Eventually, Clive did take his own life in 1774. The Doctor claimed that Clive was saved by "that great regulator", Time, which refused to let the man die "before things were done that had to be done". (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Crusaders [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)"])
