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|alias         = David Cameron
|alias         = David Cameron
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|image          = David looks left again.jpg
|species        = Human
|species        = Human
|affiliation    = Rebels of London
|affiliation2  = Reconstruction Government
|job            = Peace Officer
|job2          = liaison
|origin        = [[United Kingdom]]
|spouse        = Susan Foreman
|child          = Alex Campbell
|child          = Alex Campbell
|adopted child  = Ian Campbell
|adopted child  = Ian Campbell
|adopted child2 = Barbara Campbell
|adopted child2 = Barbara Campbell
|adopted child3 = David Campbell Junior
|adopted child3 = David Campbell Junior
|origin        = [[Earth]]
|first          = The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)
|first          = The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)
|appearances    = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]''
|appearances    = {{appears}}
|actor          = Peter Fraser
|actor          = Peter Fraser
|voice actor    = Sean Biggerstaff
|bts            = The Story of Susan Foreman The Women Who Lived Doctor Who
|bts            = The Story of Susan Foreman The Women Who Lived Doctor Who
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|2 = David (Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.)
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'''David Campbell''', also called '''David Cameron''', ([[PROSE]]: [[Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Crusaders]], ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') was a freedom fighter on [[Earth]] during the [[Dalek]]s' [[22nd century]] [[22nd century Dalek invasion|invasion and occupation of Earth]]. He married [[the Doctor]]'s granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] and was eventually killed by {{Delgado}}, who did not realise he had murdered one of the Doctor's in-laws, not having recognized Susan.
'''David Campbell''' (or '''David Cameron''') was a freedom fighter on [[Earth]] during the [[Dalek]]s' [[22nd century]] [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|invasion and occupation of Earth]] and husband of [[Susan Foreman]].


== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
David Campbell, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', etc.) or David Cameron, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Crusaders]]'', ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'', {{cs|Susan's Diary (short story)|page=15}}) was born in [[2144]] or [[2145]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'') He had a [[Scotland|Scottish]] accent. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[After the Daleks (audio story)|After the Daleks]]'')
David came from the countryside, a part of the country that his family had long been associated with and which led to his love for watching things grow. The Campbells lived a long way from [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') David was once a [[Boy Scout]] and, even into adulthood, always maintained a habit of carrying a small electric torch in his back pocket. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'')
=== Dalek occupation ===
Following the [[Dalek]]s' [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|invasion]] in [[2157]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') David joined the [[London]] [[freedom fighter]]s led by [[Dortmun]]. During the ten years of occupation, he witnessed [[Roboman|Robomen]] committing [[suicide]] and often had to evade Daleks. He utilised his skills with technology, later proving himself capable of dismantling [[bomb]]s, and optimistically believed that the occupation would one day end and that humanity would have a fresh start.


== Biography ==
[[File:David holds Susan.jpg|thumb|left|David holds [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')]]
David Campbell was once a [[Boy Scout]], and kept the habit of always carrying a small electric torch in his back pocket ever after. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'')
In [[2167]], David met [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Susan Foreman]], taking a liking to the latter. He partook in the attack at [[Heliport Chelsea]], throwing bombs with Susan and entering the [[Dalek flying saucer|flying saucer]] in search of the [[First Doctor]] and [[Ian Chesterton]], and later destroyed a Dalek firebomb using acid from one of Dortmun's bombs. He headed north with Susan and the Doctor to find other rebels, being joined by [[Carl Tyler]] on the way and suggesting that Susan stay with him after the Daleks' defeat to rebuild the [[Earth]]. In [[Bedfordshire]], he and Susan fractured the outer cable ring, immobilising the Daleks.
 
Outside [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], David told Ian that he wanted to help produce food for the survivors of the occupation and asked Susan to [[marriage|marry]] him. Susan confessed her love but was torn between him and the Doctor, the choice to stay being forced on her when the Doctor double-locked the doors, telling her that her future was with David, and dematerialised without her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
 
=== Aftermath ===
David helped in the restoration of the planet, initially by planting crops to feed the survivors. Along with [[Jenny Chaplin]], he went searching for [[Roboman|Robomen]] to find a way of recovering them. He was tasked with hunting strange creatures that were found underground which were neither [[Slyther]]s nor [[Varga plant]]s. He encouraged Susan to run for leader of the [[United Kingdom]] to help rebuild it. [[Marcus Bray]] wanted his capture as part of his plans against Susan. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[After the Daleks (audio story)|After the Daleks]]'')
 
[[File:Susan and David.jpg|thumb|right|David and Susan after the occupation. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[After the Daleks (audio story)|After the Daleks]]'')]]
David planned to join a group that worked the land, wanting to be a part of making things grow and to provide for the newly-liberated world. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
 
David and Susan married, with Susan taking his surname. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'', etc.) Whilst one account claimed that Susan never told David that she was a [[Time Lord]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Here There Be Monsters (audio story)|Here There Be Monsters]]'') other accounts agreed that she did. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'')
 
=== Differing fates ===
==== Dying young ====
According to one account, David and Susan had one biological child, [[Alex Campbell]], who was born ten years after they met. They agreed not to tell Alex of his mother's extra-terrestrial origins, believing that it would make his life more difficult. David died several years after Alex's birth, before the Doctor, now in his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], returned to meet Susan and Alex. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'')
 
One account attributed David's early death to a strain of a [[virus]] for which Susan held the Daleks responsible. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fellow Traveller (short story)|Fellow Traveller]]'')
 
==== A long life ====
According to other accounts, David became a prominent figure in the [[Reconstruction Government]], meaning that he saw very little of his wife for a few years, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]'') as well as a [[liaison]] to [[Lord London]]. He and Susan spent at least thirty years together and tried to have biological children without success, instead adopting three orphans whom they named [[Ian Campbell|Ian]], [[Barbara Campbell|Barbara]] and [[David Campbell Junior|David Junior]].
 
At the age of fifty-four, David worried about how his ageing hurt Susan and considered [[divorce|divorcing]] her for her own sake, although he was not sure that he could ever do such a thing. All three of their children had moved out as soon as they could for similar reasons, their mother looking younger than all of them. The couple argued about the impact of Susan's agelessness on their lives, often causing David to leave and eat and drink too much before returning home and returning home to Susan playing up to one of his [[sex]]ual fantasies.


David Campbell met Susan when she and the [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] landed in a ruined [[London]]. By then, he had become a freedom fighter against the [[Dalek]]s.
Eventually, the Doctor, now in [[Eighth Doctor|his eighth body]], returned and was reunited with both David and Susan. Soon afterwards, {{Delgado}} attempted to shoot the Doctor with a [[pistol]] and David threw himself into the line of fire, taking four bullets to the chest and sacrificing his life. The Master did not realise that he had murdered one of the Doctor's in-laws, not having recognised Susan. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'')


They helped him stop the total destruction of the city and helped destroy the Dalek forces. David and Susan quickly fell in love with each other. She stayed with him to help restore the Earth. Shortly after Susan's departure from [[the TARDIS]], they were married. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
=== Legacy ===
In response to the rise of anti-[[alien]] [[xenophobia]] on Earth in the [[2180s]], Susan declared that David would have been shocked and the Daleks would be laughing. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'')


David and Susan spent at least thirty years together. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'') Although according to one account, David did father a child of Susan, [[Alex Campbell|Alex]], who died shortly after his birth, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'') another account stated that despite trying their best, they were unable to conceive children due to the hazardous nature of cross-species reproduction. Still wishing to raise a family, in part due to the social stigma of a childless couple in the heavily depopulated post-Dalek world, they adopted three orphaned children, whom they named [[David Campbell Junior]], [[Ian Campbell]] and [[Barbara Campbell]], after Susan's husband and former teachers. David was heralded as a great hero for his efforts during the invasion.
After the [[First Doctor]] discovered that [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] had been [[Susan's diary|writing]] in a [[500 Year Diary]] after she left to live with David, he struggled to recall if his surname was "Cameron" or "Campbell". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Susan's Diary (short story)|page=15}})


By the time that David was fifty-four, he had grown visibly older (and portlier), while Susan still looked eighteen due to her [[Time Lord]] physiology. She managed to make herself look older to keep up appearances before their human friends, David and Susan both being rather in view in the elite that arose out of the freedom fighters. However, the discrepancy in their lifespans still put a strain on David and Susan's relationship; although they both still loved each other, Susan found it almost too much to bear to see her beloved decaying before her eyes, and David, for his part, was heartbroken that his being a human put his wife through such hardships. Shortly before his untimely death, David was giving thought to divorcing her for her own good, even if he didn't think he could bring himself to do such a thing.
== Personality ==
[[File:David and Susan kiss.jpg|thumb|left|David and Susan kiss. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')]]
David loved watching things grow and was excited to return to the countryside to do so following the [[Dalek]]'s defeat. He felt a strong loyalty to [[Earth|his planet]], refusing [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]'s offer of joining her in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] as he knew that running away would not solve anything. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') He later wondered if he had indeed made the right choice. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[After the Daleks (audio story)|After the Daleks]]'') Although Susan held David's opinion concerning the situation on Earth higher than [[First Doctor|her grandfather]]'s, David deferred to him as the senior member of the party. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')


Shortly after the Doctor (now in his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth body]]) was reunited with them both, David was killed by {{Delgado}}, throwing himself in front of the Doctor to save his grandfather-in-law when an irate Master attempted to shoot his old archenemy. The Master then took Susan as a hostage and absconded with her to the planet [[Tersurus]], where she managed to severely wound the Renegade and escape. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'')
[[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] thought that David was "a nice chap" and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] suspected that, knowing David and his fondness for the country, he would have Susan [[milk]]ing [[cow]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'')


== Appearance ==
== Appearance ==
The Dalek occupation made David a grim-looking young man. However, he had a friendly and infectious smile that completely transformed his face. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
The Dalek occupation made David a grim-looking young man. However, he had a friendly and infectious smile that completely transformed his face. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') According to one account, he lived to the age of fifty-four, by which point his hair was thinning and grey and he was visibly stouter. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* David was originally to be called David Sondheim before being changed to David Archer and, finally, David Campbell.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/k.html Shannon Sullivan - The Dalek Invasion of Earth]</ref>
* David was referred to in ''[[Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Crusaders]]'' as David Cameron, making him a coincidental namesake of {{w|David Cameron}}, a real-world British politician who later became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. The real-world David Cameron was born eight months after ''Doctor Who and the Crusaders'' was published.
* As related in ''[[The Doctor Who Role Playing Game]]: [[The Master (reference book)|The Master]]'', it was in [[2185]] [[AD]] (72,893 [[TL]]) that {{Ainley}} kidnapped [[freedom fighter]] [[David Campbell]] and substituted a "[[Kamelion]]-type [[Kamelion (species)|robot]]" in his place in an attempt to warp the [[history]] of [[Earth]]. In response, the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] arranged to have [[Multi-Doctor event|two]] [[incarnation]]s of [[the Doctor]] drawn out of the [[time stream]] to meet the threat. The two Doctors were able to combine their mental force to overcome the Master's psionic control of the robot, after which the Master escaped into Earth's [[20th century]].
* In ''[[Fellow Traveller (short story)|Fellow Traveller]]'', David is said to have died young due to a [[virus]]. It is uncertain whether or not this account, which does not mention [[Alex Campbell|Alex]], is intended as an explanation for his death as mentioned in ''[[An Earthly Child (audio story)|An Earthly Child]]'' or as a third account of his fate.


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