'Doctor Who tried to exterminate Thatcher'

Former Doctor Who star Sylvester McCoy has claimed that the staff on the show used the programme to stir up opposition to Margaret Thatcher during the 1980s. The actor, who played the Doctor from 1987 to 1989, said the show's script editor, Andrew Cartmel, put together a team of "angry young writers" to create dissent through its plot. McCoy added: "We were young, politically motivated and it seemed the right thing to do. Our feeling was that Margaret Thatcher was far more terrifying than any monster the Doctor had had encountered." The BBC said it was baffled by the claims, adding: "This is the first we've heard of this and given that 20 years have passed, we find this strange." But is this why the show was exterminated in 1990? Or was it something to do with McCoy's dodgy jumpers?