Forum:US President in ''Death Comes to Time''

Was the US President played by Jon Culshaw in Death Comes to Time ever explicitly identified as George W. Bush, or was the character an in-all-but-name impression of Bush? &mdash; Rob T Firefly - &#916;&#8711; - 15:18, October 10, 2011 (UTC)


 * Not sure what you mean by "explicit". The credits say "the president".  The dialogue never uses the word "Bush".  But Culshaw is explicitly portraying Bush.  If it's not Bush, the dialogue doesn't make sense.  You don't need a lower third announcement of "George W. Bush, President of the United States" to positively assert that it is Bush.  It's a bit like in The Kingmaker.  Culshaw shows up as the Fourth Doctor.  But I'm pretty sure dialogue never establishes him as the Fourth.  You just know because your ears identify the voice.  When the impression is that dead on, and when the illustrations clearly are a reasonable likeness of  George W. Bush, you've got enough for a positive ID.


 * Not that it particularly matters, except for the writing of the article, Death Comes to Time. It's very hard to see any of that mess as canonical.  02:21: Sun 30 Oct 2011


 * Thanks, that's what I figured. I just couldn't remember if they'd given him some other name in the story, and I really didn't want to have to listen to the thing again just to keep President of the United States accurate. &mdash; Rob T Firefly - &#916;&#8711; - 06:59, October 31, 2011 (UTC)