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== History ==
== History ==
Construction work on the tower was completed in [[2004]], including the fitting of over 24000 square metres of glass. It was 40-storeys high and stood at a height of 180 metres. When it was built, it was considered one of the tallest buildings in London, and had a 360-degree view over the city. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=81}})
Construction work on the tower was completed in [[2004]], including the fitting of over 24000 square metres of glass. It was 40-storeys high and stood at a height of 180 metres. When it was built, it was considered one of the tallest buildings in London, and had a 360-degree view over the city. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=81}})
[[UNIT]] concealed something inside the Gherkin during its construction that they wished to conceal from the public. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (novelisation)}})


On [[25 December]] [[2006]], the glass windows of the Gherkin were shattered by a shockwave caused by the [[Sycorax]] [[Sycorax spaceship|ship]] entering the atmosphere. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
On [[25 December]] [[2006]], the glass windows of the Gherkin were shattered by a shockwave caused by the [[Sycorax]] [[Sycorax spaceship|ship]] entering the atmosphere. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')

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The Gherkin

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30 St Mary Axe, often simply referred to as the Gherkin, was a building in London. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"81","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"}) The Gherkin and surrounding buildings were foremost considered to be the City of London. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"71","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"})

History

Construction work on the tower was completed in 2004, including the fitting of over 24000 square metres of glass. It was 40-storeys high and stood at a height of 180 metres. When it was built, it was considered one of the tallest buildings in London, and had a 360-degree view over the city. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"81","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"})

UNIT concealed something inside the Gherkin during its construction that they wished to conceal from the public. (PROSE: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (novelisation)"])

On 25 December 2006, the glass windows of the Gherkin were shattered by a shockwave caused by the Sycorax ship entering the atmosphere. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)

The Tenth Doctor once encountered the Slitheen on top of the Gherkin and lost his sonic screwdriver. (COMIC: Hear No Evil)

When the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald arrived in London during the Hyperion invasion of 2015, the Doctor proved to Clara that they were in her own time by pointing out the Gherkin and the Shard. (COMIC: The Hyperion Empire)

By late 2023, UNIT HQ was located near the Gherkin. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...{"timestamp":"00:49:15","1":"The Star Beast (TV story)"})

Other realities

In an alternate timeline, trains passed through the Gherkin. (TV: The Wedding of River Song)