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[[File:Cabinet room.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Prime Minister [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|Harold Saxon]] (standing) in the cabinet room at [[10 Downing Street]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')]] | [[File:Cabinet room.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Prime Minister [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|Harold Saxon]] (standing) in the cabinet room at [[10 Downing Street]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')]] | ||
The '''Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]]''' was the political head of the UK | The '''Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]]''' was the political head of the UK. | ||
[[ | The role is appointed by the [[British monarchy|monarch]], based on which political party wins a [[Democracy|democratic]] vote. In extreme situations where this isn't an option, the monarch can 'invite' a political leader to form a government; this happened following the [[Slitheen]]'s decimation of the government. ([[WEB]]: [[UNIT website]]) As the UK lacks fixed terms and has come under repeated assault and scandal from alien lifeforms, the 60s-70s and early 21st century saw multiple Prime Ministers caused by rapid changeovers of government. | ||
[[10 Downing Street]] is the seat of the Prime Minister's power ([[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'') but after Downing Street was bombed, the Prime Minister worked out of a temporary office in Westminster between 2006 and 2008. ([[WEB]]: [[UNIT website]]) | |||
[[ | [[The Doctor]] had numerous encounters with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ([[DW]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'', et al.) Using the [[Aliases of the Master|alias]] Harold Saxon, [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|the Master]] once became the Prime Minister. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]''/''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'') | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
