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Situated in [[Muswell Hill]], North [[London]], '''Alexandra Palace''' served as [[headquarters]] for [[BBC|BBC Television]] in the [[1950s]]. In [[1953]], [[the Wire]] planned to turn Alexandra Palace's [[antenna tower]] from a transmitter to a receiver, to steal the [[electromagnetic energy]] of viewers watching the coronation of Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and use it to reconstitute a physical body for itself. | Situated in [[Muswell Hill]], North [[London]], '''Alexandra Palace''' served as [[headquarters]] for [[BBC|BBC Television]] in the [[1950s]]. | ||
[[Hour]]s of [[television]] [[broadcast]] in the [[United Kingdom]] were strictly limited by the [[British government]], and each [[evening]]'s broadcasts from Alexandra Palace ended between 10.30 and 11[[pm]] with the [[National Anthem]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'') | |||
In [[1953]], [[the Wire]] planned to turn Alexandra Palace's [[antenna tower]] from a transmitter to a receiver, to steal the [[electromagnetic energy]] of viewers watching the coronation of Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and use it to reconstitute a physical body for itself. | |||
Gaining admittance through his [[psychic paper]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] struggled on the Tower with [[Magpie (The Idiot's Lantern)|Mr Magpie]], the Wire's agent, while his friend [[Tommy Connolly]] maintained the Doctor's machine for channelling the Wire back through into a form of recordable media. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | Gaining admittance through his [[psychic paper]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] struggled on the Tower with [[Magpie (The Idiot's Lantern)|Mr Magpie]], the Wire's agent, while his friend [[Tommy Connolly]] maintained the Doctor's machine for channelling the Wire back through into a form of recordable media. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | ||
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Situated in Muswell Hill, North London, Alexandra Palace served as headquarters for BBC Television in the 1950s.
Hours of television broadcast in the United Kingdom were strictly limited by the British government, and each evening's broadcasts from Alexandra Palace ended between 10.30 and 11pm with the National Anthem. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac)
In 1953, the Wire planned to turn Alexandra Palace's antenna tower from a transmitter to a receiver, to steal the electromagnetic energy of viewers watching the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and use it to reconstitute a physical body for itself.
Gaining admittance through his psychic paper, the Tenth Doctor struggled on the Tower with Mr Magpie, the Wire's agent, while his friend Tommy Connolly maintained the Doctor's machine for channelling the Wire back through into a form of recordable media. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern)
The TV series Nightshade was recorded in Alexandra Palace. (PROSE: Prelude Nightshade)
