Fidel Castro was a human politician in Cuba.
Biography
In October 1962, Fidel Castro was in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis. (COMIC: The Piggybackers [+]Scott Gray, DWM Comics (Panini Comics, 2020).)
In 1967, there were posters of Castro and Che Guevara in the café The Revolution in Piccadilly Circus. (PROSE: Revolution Man [+]Paul Leonard, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1999).)
Legacy
During or prior to his eighth incarnation, the Doctor attended Castro's funeral in Havana, Cuba. The Eighth Doctor claimed that "they all loved him again by then". (PROSE: Revolution Man [+]Paul Leonard, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1999).)
Behind the scenes
- In the real world, Fidel Castro died on 25 November 2016 in Havana. His state funeral was held on 4 December in Santiago de Cuba.