Guy Fawkes

Guido Fawkes, also known as Guy Fawkes was an outlaw who attempted to bomb Parlement.

One account suggests that following the collapse of the plot, Robert Catesby and Sir Thomas Percy fled to Holbech House in Staffordshire, where they were shot and killed by the Sheriff of Worcester's men. Also killed was the genuine Guy Fawkes. The time travellers' presence had slightly altered history so that Fawkes died a year early. Sir Robert Cecil, King James' chief minister, immediately seized upon the political opportunity inherent in a dead Fawkes, however. He labelled his political rival, Robert Hay, as Fawkes, which then allowed for Hay's execution under the name "Fawkes" the next year. History thus healed itself. (MA: The Plotters)

Another account suggests that the Rutans planned to take in the plot to blow up Parliament with Guy Fawkes to free their ship. At the same time, a platoon of Sontarans arrived to retrieve the Rutans' doomsday weapon which could wipe out either species. The two sides proceeded to battle in the Houses of Parliament for the weapon while the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory attempted to stop them both. The Doctor, having discovered a second Rutan doomsday weapon, gave one to both sides, creating a stalemate. The Rutans and the Sontarans both gave up and left Earth. When learning that he'd failed, and that the King was still alive, the Doctor reassured him that he still had a place in history, "...They will light bonfires in your name. For centuries to come people will know this night as Guy Fawkes's Night." When Guy asked if he really thought so, The Doctor replied "You have a part to play in history, play it well, Guido." As he left, a voice screamed throughout the house "Open up for the name of King James!" (VG: The Gunpowder Plot)

His failure was celebrated yearly on Bonfire Night, where effigies of him were commonly burned. During one of these celebrations, an alien animated the dummies to attack the crowd. Following the death of the alien, they returned to normal. (WC: The Night After Hallowe'en)

Clyde Langer objected to letting Sky, who could manipulate electronic devices, enter a power station, comparing it to a "Houses of Parliament tour with Guy Fawkes". (SJA: Sky)

When the TARDIS was attacked (with explosives) by the Chumbleys, the First Doctor stated "I guess Guy Fawkes must have been resurrected, hmm..." (DW: Galaxy 4)