Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States.

Biography
In 1863, the Third Doctor gave to President Lincoln a sketched map he had made of the Confederate lines at Gettysburg. Lincoln gave the map to General Grant, thus helping the Union Army to win the Battle of Gettysburg. (TVA: Backtime) In reality, Grant was actually in the west, running the Union forces at the Battle of Vicksburg at the same time that Gettysburg was being fought.

On 19th November of that year, Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address. The First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki watched the speech on the Time-Space Visualiser. (DW: The Chase)

On 5th April 1865, the Fifth Doctor saved Lincoln from an assassination attempt in Richmond, Virginia. (TN: Blood and Hope)

The Doctor warned Lincoln not to go to the theatre. (BFA: Minuet in Hell)

Behind the scenes

 * Abraham Lincoln is one of only three real-world US Presidents to be portrayed on-screen in televised Doctor Who. The others are Barack Obama, who appeared in The End of Time, and Richard Nixon, who appeared in The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon.