7 Worst Politicians In Doctor Who

The Russell T Davies era of Doctor Who really enjoyed making fun of political figures, something that was made abundantly clear in the Series 1 episode Aliens Of London.

Here, extra-terrestrial criminals the Slitheen disguise themselves as various members of the British government and proceed to murder the Prime Minister, and when one of them is named acting Prime Minister in his place, the aliens effectively gain complete control of the nation. And of course, they don't exactly have pure intentions.

The Slitheen spend most of their time farting about and laughing about this whole situation, with their ultimate goal being to trigger World War Three and destroy the Earth, allowing them to sell off the charred remains of the planet "piece by piece".

En route to enacting this plan, the Slitheen kill General Asquith - a senior military officer - giving them control of the British armed forces. They then electrocute an entire room of scientific experts, and at the very end of the story, their meddling results in 10 Downing Street being completely destroyed by a missile.

Most of the Slitheen die in this explosion, but a survivor goes on to become the mayor of Cardiff later in the series. Disguised as a human called Margaret Blaine, she plays the political game just as nefariously as her entire family did, using her mayorship to try and destroy the Earth - again - by way of a dodgy nuclear power plant. Blaine would be safe though, escaping this destruction on a hi-tech space surfboard. Yes, really.

In short, the Slitheen absolutely sucked at politics, but on the plus side, the Ninth Doctor was able to thwart them at every single turn. Fantastic.