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By the end of the [[1960s]], Gordon's hunger for power had placed him in office as Leader of the British Republic, after killing the incumbent Leader. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'', ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'') | By the end of the [[1960s]], Gordon's hunger for power had placed him in office as Leader of the British Republic, after killing the incumbent Leader. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]'', ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'') | ||
This all stood in contrast to an account where the Doctor, when visiting the Inferno Earth, ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') recognised the face of the Leader as one of the faces he was offered at his trial, prompting him to realise that the dictator was none other than [[Third Doctor (Inferno Earth)|an alternative third self of his]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'') It was not unheard of, it is worth noting, for Time Lords to regenerate, or consider regenerating, into forms identical to preexisting individuals. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'') It is heavily implied that the Leader before Gordon was the Doctor, through hints about his very long life and his | This all stood in contrast to an account where the Doctor, when visiting the Inferno Earth, ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') recognised the face of the Leader as one of the faces he was offered at his trial, prompting him to realise that the dictator was none other than [[Third Doctor (Inferno Earth)|an alternative third self of his]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'') It was not unheard of, it is worth noting, for Time Lords to regenerate, or consider regenerating, into forms identical to preexisting individuals. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'') It is heavily implied that the Leader before Gordon was the Doctor, through hints about his very long life and his "current" life being very different to previous lives. Perhaps suggesting the pictures seen in Inferno were of the previous Leader. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I, Alastair (novel)|I, Alastair]]''] | ||
He died in the volcanic catastrophe that struck Great Britain in the aftermath of I-Day. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'') | He died in the volcanic catastrophe that struck Great Britain in the aftermath of I-Day. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'') | ||
