Battle for Britain (Private Eye) Whowen", a reference to BBC sci-fi hero Doctor Who. Battle for Britain (Private Eye) Battle for Britain was a comic strip cartoon published in the fortnightly satirical magazine "Private Eye" in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. It depicted Margaret Thatcher's second term of office as Prime Minister, but with the politicians shown as British soldiers or Nazi officials, as in a comic of the Second World War. The strip was attributed to Monty Stubble, which was a "nom de plume" of editor Ian Hislop, and to his artistic collaborator Nick Newman. The name "Monty Stubble" is a play on
The Eye of the World the Dragon Reborn, but her opinion and all other details of the final battle are kept from all the male members of the group except Lan. Robert Jordan has stated that he consciously intended the early chapters of "The Eye of the World" to evoke the Shire of Middle-Earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". Despite their similarities, these two works also differ in themes. For instance, both Jordan and Tolkien created narratives that explored power. However, the Eye of the World discussed how it can be deployed whereas The Lord of the Rings was more