Margaret Thatcher: Difference between revisions

The reference to a female prime minister in ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'' was an ad-lib by [[Nicholas Courtney]], according to the DVD commentary for ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|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]]. A section on "Party Politics" in [[REF]]: ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'' (later reprinted on the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/partypolitics.shtml 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. In real life, Thatcher resigned as prime minister in [[1990]], but this has yet to be confirmed in ''Doctor Who'' universe continuity.