Uncle Sam
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Uncle Sam was a figure associated with the United States of America.
In 1958, during the Cold War, Colonel Stark of the US Army observed "the Reds are sitting on a thousand nukes, and everyone of them has Uncle Sam's name on it." (TV: Dreamland)
In 1959, CIA agent Jerome Weismuller claimed that a radio destroyed by Gavrok of the Bannerman was "property of Uncle Sam", to which Gavrok asked where their uncle Sam was as Hawk attempted to correct him. (TV: Delta and the Bannermen)
In 2008, before ordering his death at the hands of the Toclafane, The Master addressed American President Arthur Coleman Winters as "Uncle Sam". (TV: The Sound of Drums)
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#3.7 Cover A by Simon Myers
- Cover A of Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor #3.7 is an homage to J. M. Flagg's 1917 "I Want You" poster of Uncle Sam.
