Theory:Timeline - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

This page lists Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom in chronological the order. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories.

Years given for their ministry are the ones confirmed by DWU stories.

Timeline

 * 1626: George Villiers
 * 1720: Robert Walpole
 * 1752: Henry Pelham
 * 1782: Lord North
 * "The North administration had overseen the tea fiasco in Boston; the defeat of the British at the hands of General Washington; the banishment of all Scarlette’s ‘tribe’ from the Americas; and the death of the courtesan-cum-sorceress colloquially known as ‘the Queen of New York State’." (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)


 * 1782: Rockingham
 * "When the still-new Prime Minister Rockingham dropped dead on the first day of July leaving the American peace negotiations at an uncertain point, some immediately assumed that it was part of a ruthless attack on the very foundations of the country..." (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)


 * 1782: Shelburne
 * "At the end of the year, the situations were much the same, with Shelburne’s government looking as unstable as North’s and the world waiting to see whether the King would be able to weather the storm." (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)


 * William Pitt the Younger
 * Arthur Wellesley
 * George Canning
 * 1868: Benjamin Disraeli
 * DISRAELI: He, on the other hand, has made a practical demonstration and a practical offer. so. Who are you, and who is he? (COMIC: The Heralds of Destruction)


 * William Ewart Gladstone
 * 1877: Benjamin Disraeli
 * "The prime minister would not have given me permission to annex otherwise? Even as he said it though, Shepstone knew he was convincing neither his visitors nor himself what Disraeli had given him was carte blanche to go ahead with an act that unequivocally broke the government's promise." (PROSE: White Man's Burden)


 * William Ewart Gladstone
 * Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
 * Arthur Balfour
 * Herbert Asquith
 * David Lloyd George
 * Ramsay MacDonald
 * Stanley Baldwin
 * Neville Chamberlain
 * Winston Churchill
 * Anthony Eden
 * Harold Macmillan
 * Alec Douglas-Home
 * Harold Wilson
 * Edward Heath
 * 1974: Unnamed
 * Unnamed
 * 1970s?: Jeremy Thorpe
 * MINISTER: Wretched fellow needs a swift kick on the backside. Would you care to administer, Jeremy?
 * BRIGADIER: And what's more, sir. What do you say? (pause) Oh. Yes, good afternoon, sir. Duty? Yes, I think I know. Yes, I know that. Is that an order, Prime Minister? I see. (TV: The Green Death)


 * 1970s? Shirley Williams
 * BENTON: UNIT Headquarters. Who? Oh, yes, he's here. Just a moment, please. It's for you, sir. The Prime Minister.
 * BRIGADIER: Lethbridge Stewart speaking. Oh, absolutely understood, madam. No public announcement. Yes, madam. Discreet action. Discreet but resolute. (TV: Terror of the Zygons)


 * 1976-1979: James Callaghan
 * AUDIO: The Oseidon Adventure


 * 1979-1987: Margaret Thatcher
 * DOCTOR: 1979. Hell of a year. China invades Vietnam. The Muppet Movie. Love that film. Margaret Thatcher. Urgh. Skylab falls to Earth, with a little help from me. Nearly took off my thumb. (TV: Tooth and Claw)
 * POSTERS: No Third Term For Thatcher (TV: Father's Day)


 * 1992: Margery Phipps
 * 1996: John Major
 * ‘What’s the year? 1996. Starting from the 1970s, how does it go? ... Heath, Thorpe, Williams, Thatcher, Major, Blair, Clarke. . . Major. Yes. Major.’ (PROSE: Interference - Book One)


 * 1997: Unnamed
 * 1997: Edward Greyhaven
 * 1999-2000: Terry Brooks
 * Tony Blair
 * Kenneth Clarke
 * 2005: Unnamed
 * 2006: Unnamed
 * 2006: "Joseph Green"
 * 2006-c. 2008: Harriet Jones
 * 2008: "Harold Saxon"
 * 2008-2009: Aubrey Fairchild
 * 2009: Brian Green
 * 2010s: Unnamed
 * 2014: Unnamed
 * 2015: Daniel Claremont
 * 2017: Felicity
 * 2018: Fiona
 * 2018: Theresa May
 * 2020s: Unnamed
 * c. 2050s Mariah Learman