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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
She was played by [[Maureen Lipman]] in {{wi|About Face (TV series)|About Face}}, [[Sylvia Syms]] in {{wi|Thatcher: The Final Days}}, [[Anna Massey]] in {{wi|Pinochet in Suburbia}} and [[Lindsay Duncan]] in {{wi|Margaret (2009 film)|Margaret}}. | She was played by [[Maureen Lipman]] in {{wi|About Face (TV series)|About Face}}, [[Sylvia Syms]] in {{wi|Thatcher: The Final Days}}, [[Anna Massey]] in {{wi|Pinochet in Suburbia}} and [[Lindsay Duncan]] in {{wi|Margaret (2009 film)|Margaret}}. | ||
=== Continuity === | === Continuity === | ||
The reference to a female prime minister in ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'' was an ad-lib by [[Nicholas Courtney]], according to the DVD commentary for ''[[Frontier in Space]]''. It could suggest that in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] either Thatcher was elected PM earlier than in real life or that, as intended by the production team, [[UNIT dating controversy|the UNIT stories took place in the near future]]. The BBC's Doctor Who Classic Series website, however, claims that the Prime minister was | The reference to a female prime minister in ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'' was an ad-lib by [[Nicholas Courtney]], according to the DVD commentary for ''[[Frontier in Space]]''. It could suggest that in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] either Thatcher was elected PM earlier than in real life or that, as intended by the production team, [[UNIT dating controversy|the UNIT stories took place in the near future]]. The BBC's Doctor Who Classic Series website, however, claims that the Prime minister was [[Shirley Williams]], with Labour taking over from a collapsing [[Jeremy Thorpe]] government. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/partypolitics.shtml] In real life, Thatcher resigned as prime minister in [[1990]], but this has yet to be confirmed in ''Doctor Who'' universe continuity. | ||
=== Satirical portrayals === | === Satirical portrayals === | ||
