Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a central figure in communism.
Biography[]
The Eighth Doctor claimed to have played him at tiddlywinks whilst sharing an overnight train journey from Switzerland to Petrograd. (AUDIO: Storm Warning)
Rose Tyler surmised from a group of Russians in London in 1924 that they wanted to "kick out Lenin and co. and reclaim their lost lands". (PROSE: The Clockwise Man)
While the Fifth Doctor said Lenin was a disagreeable man with terrible breath, (AUDIO: Singularity) the Eighth Doctor considered him to have a "remarkable mind". Lenin wore mauve pyjamas, in contrast to the saying "redder than Lenin's pyjamas". (AUDIO: Storm Warning) He was an avid cricket follower during his fourteen year exile in London, spending much of his summer days at Lord's. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune)
Lenin died when Charley Pollard was twelve years old (PROSE: Once Upon a Time...) in 1924. (AUDIO: Neverland)
Legacy[]
A Soviet propaganda poster in the Scottish town of Краснодар, used for Cold War training. (TV: Before the Flood)
Following his death, Lenin's remains were interred in a tomb near the Kremlin in Moscow. (PROSE: Endgame)
During the Spanish Civil War, a barracks was named after him in support of the communist cause. (PROSE: History 101)
Several Soviet propaganda posters in the mock Soviet town Краснодар featured Vladimir Lenin. (TV: Before the Flood)
Murgat's Brotherhood Daleks have the star of Lenin on their casings. (AUDIO: Brotherhood of the Daleks)
Behind the scenes[]
- Lenin was played by Kenneth Cranham in the BBC miniseries Reilly: Ace of Spies.
