by Alec Muffett
…the President (or similar) was required to be hooked up to an electric chair so they would be executed if they lost a confidence vote – possibly any political vote – of all the viewers/voters on the world.
I was just reading this article about Reddit and the SOPA blackout and an Internet Bat-Signal, and for some reason it came to mind…
Sounds more like Blake’s 7 than Dr.Who.
You’re almost certainly thinking of Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (1985) with Martin Jarvis as the Governor, subject to regular votes on pain of Human Cell Disintegration Bombardment.
The closest I can think of with Blake’s 7 is episodes “Shadow” and “Weapon” where they have single-click solutions to “blow up the President’s garden” or kill Commander Servalan respectively.
Seems like a nifty idea, anyway – could look like an unobtrusive EFF blue ribbon that starts flashing like Adam West’s phone when there’s a call.
I believe you are thinking of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vengeance_on_Varos
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