Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II.

Biography
Churchill met the Doctor and Peri during two periods of his life, first in 1899, when he served as a war correspondent and later in the 1930s. (PDA: Players) The Doctor met with him again in 1944. (PDA: The Shadow in the Glass)

At some unknown stage in his life, Momus abducted Churchill from his own time to Belgium in 800 CE. (WC: The Lonely Computer).

At some point in 1940 or 1941 tow Daleks were presented to him by Edwin Bracewell as a manmade superweapon, which Churchill named 'ironsides'. Unsure what to make of them, he called the Doctor's TARDIS's phone as a Dalek moved towards him. (DW: The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks) By the time of the Doctor's arrival he was sure he could use the 'ironsides' to win the war. The Doctor showed him the true nature of the Daleks and they tried to destroy London, by making it vulnerable to German bombers. The solution to defeating the Daleks lay with Edwin Bracewell, so he helped Amy Pond stop him from committing suicide and help them. In the following discussion, he told Bracewell "it's time to think big", giving him the idea to use modified Spitfires. Following the Daleks' escape, the Doctor removed all Bracewell's alien technology Churchill posessed. While he protested that it and the Doctor would win him the war in a day, the Doctor convinced him that he will come through without it and himself. He hugged the Doctor farewell and finally managed to take the TARDIS key he so desired, before Amy noticed and made him give it back. (DW: Victory of the Daleks)

Sometime after those events, Professor Bracewell found one of the final paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. He showed Churchill the painting and they recognised it as a message for the Doctor. Churchill tried to ring the Doctor to alert him, but was diverted to River Song in the 52nd Century, alerting her of its existence.(DW: The Pandorica Opens)

Other Timelines
In an alternate timeline in which Germany won World War II, Churchill was executed as a war criminal. (NA: Timewyrm: Exodus)

Behind the Scenes

 * Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss decided to portray the Doctor and Churchill as old friends in Victory of the Daleks, rather than attempt to portray their first meeting.
 * Actor Ian McNeice had previously played Churchill in the Royal National Theatre's 2008 production of Never So Good.