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|image = Time Quake 2.jpg | |image = Time Quake 2.jpg | ||
|alias = Iron Lady | |alias = Margaret Roberts, Maggie, Iron Lady | ||
|species = Human | |species = Human | ||
|job = Politician | |job = Politician | ||
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|spouse = Denis Thatcher | |spouse = Denis Thatcher | ||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
|first | |first cs = Recall UNIT: The Great Tea-Bag Mystery (stage play) | ||
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: | |appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Wake (short story)}}|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Ultimate Adventure (audio story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Assassin's Story (short story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Sound of Drums (TV story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Downtime: Child of the New World (novel)}}}} | ||
|voice actor = Nadine Cox | |voice actor = Nadine Cox | ||
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'''Margaret Thatcher''' (neé '''Roberts''') was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] until at least [[1987]]. | '''Margaret Thatcher''' (neé '''Roberts'''), also known as "'''Maggie'''", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Father Time (novel)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Wrong Doctors (audio story)}}) was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] until at least [[1987]]. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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In [[1975]], she was known as "Thatcher Thatcher the [[milk]] snatcher". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cuckoo-Spit (short story)|Cuckoo-Spit]]'') | In [[1975]], she was known as "Thatcher Thatcher the [[milk]] snatcher". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cuckoo-Spit (short story)|Cuckoo-Spit]]'') | ||
Thatcher became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] in [[1979]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') after leading the [[Conservative Party]] to victory in the general election on [[4 May]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'') succeeding either [[James Callaghan]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)|The Oseidon Adventure]]'') or [[Shirley Williams]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]]'') According to some accounts, she was Britain's first female Prime Minister. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}}) On [[Saturday]] [[27 September]] [[1980]], she visited [[London Zoo]] with the Chinese Ambassador and the British foreign minister. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Downtime: Child of the New World (novel)|Downtime: Child of the New World]]'') After becoming Prime Minister, Thatcher was nicknamed the "Iron Lady". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Assassin's Story (short story)}}) | Thatcher became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] in [[1979]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') after leading the [[Conservative Party]] to victory in the general election on [[4 May]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'') succeeding either [[James Callaghan]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)|The Oseidon Adventure]]'') or [[Shirley Williams]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]]'') According to some accounts, she was Britain's first female Prime Minister. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}}) On [[Saturday]] [[27 September]] [[1980]], she visited [[London Zoo]] with the Chinese Ambassador and the British foreign minister. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Downtime: Child of the New World (novel)|Downtime: Child of the New World]]'') After becoming Prime Minister, Thatcher was nicknamed the "Iron Lady". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Assassin's Story (short story)}}) She was also colloquially nicknamed "Maggie". | ||
Thatcher led the [[Conservative Party]] to victory in the general election on [[9 June]] [[1983]] in a landslide over the [[Labour Party]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Rat Trap (audio story)|Rat Trap]]'') In [[1984]], [[London Zoo]] had a female [[Tibetan Yeti]] named [[Mahamaya]], which was successfully bred with a male from [[Peking]]. Their offspring was named [[Margaret (Downtime)|Margaret]] after Thatcher, whom she bit at a photocall. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Downtime (novelisation)|Downtime]]'') In the same year, the [[Kin (Nothing O'Clock)|Kin]] used Thatcher as a disguise. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nothing O'Clock (short story)|Nothing O'Clock]]'') | Thatcher led the [[Conservative Party]] to victory in the general election on [[9 June]] [[1983]] in a landslide over the [[Labour Party]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Rat Trap (audio story)|Rat Trap]]'') In [[1984]], [[London Zoo]] had a female [[Tibetan Yeti]] named [[Mahamaya]], which was successfully bred with a male from [[Peking]]. Their offspring was named [[Margaret (Downtime)|Margaret]] after Thatcher, whom she bit at a photocall. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Downtime (novelisation)|Downtime]]'') In the same year, the [[Kin (Nothing O'Clock)|Kin]] used Thatcher as a disguise. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nothing O'Clock (short story)|Nothing O'Clock]]'') | ||
