Tony Blair

In March 2006, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom went missing. Following the London UFO crash, the Opposition criticised the Prime Minister for his "lack of leadership". Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen, disguised as Margaret Blaine, informed Indra Ganesh that she had escorted him from the Cabinet to his car, which "Oliver Charles", himself also a Slitheen, said had vanished. He had actually been killed by the Slitheen family and was left in a cupboard inside the Cabinet Room, which was later discovered by Rose Tyler and Harriet Jones. (TV: Aliens of London)

Behind the scenes

 * On DVD commentary, producer Phil Collinson said that Aliens of London had intended to show a Blair look-a-like as the Prime Minister's corpse. When the resemblance proved disappointing, they decided to avoid showing the body clearly. Other hints and jabs at Blair remain, but the show avoids saying outright that he's the Prime Minister: the 2005 general election had not occurred during filming, and Rose and the Doctor are unaware who won so the show can avoid being in error.