Nicholas II

Nicholas II was the Tsar of Russia of the Romanov dynasty in 1903. (AUDIO: The Wanderer) He was the last Tsar of Russia, having been killed with his whole family in 1917. (PROSE: The Clockwise Man)

He was a descendant of Tsar Nicholas I. (AUDIO: The Angel of Scutari)

According to one account, he established the institution later known as the KVI after the Tunguska Event in order to combat alien threats. (PROSE: Trace Memory) However, according to another account, it was set up in the late 19th century by his predecessor Alexander. (AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive)

Nicholas and his wife Alexandra were under the influence of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, known as the "Mad Monk". (PROSE: The Wages of Sin)

In 1917, the October Revolution took place in which Nicholas was overthrown. (PROSE: The Wages of Sin) He was executed in the summer of 1918, and his body was disposed of on 17 July. (PROSE: The Death of Empire)

Behind the scenes
He was played by Hugh Burden in Ten Days That Shook the World, Michael Jayston in Nicholas and Alexandra, Ian McKellen in Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny and Ian Beattie in 37 Days.

He succeeded his father, Alexander III.