Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. In 1941, Winston Churchill asked for a message to be sent to Attlee to arrange a War Cabinet meeting to discuss the Dalek threat. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)

Attlee went on to defeat Churchill in the 1945 general election which followed the Second World War, becoming Prime Minister. (AUDIO: Living History, Churchill Victorious) The public voted in favour of Attlee after Churchill compared his opponent to the Nazi Gestapo in a speech shortly before the election. Although The Monk attempted to change the results of the election under the alias "Simon Saunders" and acting as advisor to Churchill. "Saunders" talked Churchill out of the Gestapo comparison, however the Seventh Doctor stressed that Attlee's victory was a fixed point in time and acted to prevent the changes. (AUDIO: Subterfuge)

Behind the scenes
Attlee was played by Patrick Troughton in Edward & Mrs. Simpson, Bill Paterson in Into the Storm and Simon Chandler in The Crown.