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'''Jeremy Thorpe''' was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], serving after [[Edward Heath]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'') He was leader of the [[Liberal Party]], which came to power as part of a broad coalition on a platform of social reform, the abolition of the [[death penalty]], and a strong interstellar defence programme. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'') | '''Jeremy Thorpe''' was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], serving after [[Edward Heath]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'') He was leader of the [[Liberal Party]], which came to power as part of a broad coalition on a platform of social reform, the abolition of the [[death penalty]], and a strong interstellar defence programme. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'') | ||
Despite the [[Third Doctor]]’s objections, Jeremy kept the Damascus project running. On one occasion when the Doctor and UNIT seemed reluctant to take action against an alien spaceship sighted near East Anglia, Jeremy went to [[UNIT HQ]] to persuade the Doctor personally. The Doctor initially rebuffed him, explaining that the aliens were the Milieu which were usually peaceful merchants, but changed his mind when a listlessness field began affecting the country. Jeremy rang his usual numbers for a crisis, but only received a response from the Damascus project where a woman told him this should teach him about taking things that weren’t his. He accompanied the Doctor to East Anglia in [[Bessie]] and they confronted the Milieu, who took them aboard their ship and revealed they were not behind the field but had been pursuing | Despite the [[Third Doctor]]’s objections, Jeremy kept the [[Damascus project]] running. On one occasion when the Doctor and [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] seemed reluctant to take action against an alien spaceship sighted near East Anglia, Jeremy went to [[UNIT HQ]] to persuade the Doctor personally. The Doctor initially rebuffed him, explaining that the aliens were the Milieu which were usually peaceful merchants, but changed his mind when a listlessness field began affecting the country. Jeremy rang his usual numbers for a crisis, but only received a response from the Damascus project where a woman, [[Lila]], told him this should teach him about taking things that weren’t his. He accompanied the Doctor to East Anglia in [[Bessie]] and they confronted the Milieu, who took them aboard their ship and revealed they were not behind the field but had been pursuing Lila, who had made one. The Doctor convinced them to leave by threatening to strengthen the field to affect them, with Jeremy horrified by his manner. Returned to Earth, Jeremy confessed to the Doctor that he had spoken to the woman who was behind the field and that the Damascus project was still operating. The Doctor was furious and abandoned him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Damascus (audio story)|Damascus]]'') That evening Jeremy made a broadcast from Norwich to reassure the nation. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The World Beyond the Trees (audio story)|The World Beyond The Trees]]'') After the incident, Jeremy decided that the Doctor's morality was dangerous and recounted his experience into a tape recorder, ending the recording by saying that the Doctor must be stopped. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Damascus (audio story)|Damascus]]'') | ||
Jeremy was close to [[Global Chemicals]] and personally forbade [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] from investigating the company. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') | |||
Thorpe was replaced as Prime Minister by [[Shirley Williams]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'') | Thorpe was replaced as Prime Minister by [[Shirley Williams]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'') | ||
