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In the video game ''[[Happy Deathday]]'', '''The Queen Victoria''' was a pub from which [[intoxication|intoxicated]] [[Ogron]]s and [[Sontaran]]s were barred. In-game, as played by [[Izzy Sinclair]], they then picked a fight with the [[Third Doctor|Third]] and [[Fifth Doctor]]s outside the pub. The Third Doctor engaged with his [[Venusian aikido]] while the Fifth watched on passively. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Happy Deathday (comic story)|Happy Deathday]]'')
 
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'''The Queen Victoria''', ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dimensions in Time (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Happy Deathday (comic story)}}) or '''The Queen Vic''', was either a fictional [[pub]] on the [[television]] series ''[[EastEnders]]'', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monsters Inside (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}) or an actual pub in [[London]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dimensions in Time (TV story)}}, etc.)
 
== History ==
=== As a fictional location ===
It was located at 46 Albert Square, according to the television series. [[Rose Tyler]] recalled this while attempting to remember the address of the Fowlers residence in [[Albert Square]] as part of a test set by [[Lazlee Flowers]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monsters Inside (novel)}})
 
In a [[2007]] episode of the series, broadcast during the "[[ghost]]" craze, [[Peggy Mitchell]] was seen inside the pub turning away the alleged ghost of [[Den Watts]], telling him to "get out of [her] pub!" ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}})
 
In the video game ''[[Happy Deathday]]'', The Queen Victoria was a pub from which [[intoxication|intoxicated]] [[Ogron]]s and [[Sontaran]]s were barred. In-game, as played by [[Izzy Sinclair]], they then picked a fight with the [[Third Doctor|Third]] and [[Fifth Doctor]]s outside the pub. The Third Doctor engaged with his [[Venusian aikido]] while the Fifth watched on passively. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Happy Deathday (comic story)}})
 
=== As a real location ===
[[Image:Queen Vic Starship UK.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] outside the [[Starship UK]] incarnation of the Vic. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}})]]
The Queen Vic was located on [[Albert Square]] and was in business from as early as [[1973]]. [[The Doctor]], in various [[incarnation]]s, and several [[companion]]s walked past the pub multiple times while they were trapped in a [[time loop]] on the Square by the [[First Rani]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dimensions in Time (TV story)}})
 
A version of the Vic was also in operation in the version of London aboard the [[Starship UK]] in the [[3290s]]. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] briefly sat outside it soon after they arrived on the ship. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}})
 
The Queen Victoria was present in [[Wonder Central]] when a [[visitor (Wonder Chase)|visitor]] arrived. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Wonder Chase (video game)}})


[[File:Den Watts.jpg|thumb|The "[[Cyberman (Pete's World)|ghost]]" of [[Den Watts]] in The Vic, in ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''.]]
== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
The Queen Victoria originates in ''[[EastEnders]]''. In that series, [[Peggy Mitchell]] is the owner of The Queen Vic. Both are seen on [[television]] as the [[Tenth Doctor]] flicks through stations in [[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''. In the fictional storyline featured, [[Den Watts]], now played by a [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cyberman]] [[ghost]], came back from the dead, and Peggy shouts at him to "get out of my pub!"
[[Image:Queen Vic Confidential.jpg|thumb|The Queen Vic on the set of {{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}}. ([[Doctor Who Confidential|CON]]: ''[[All About the Girl (CON episode)|All About the Girl]]'')]]
The set for the London street aboard the [[Starship UK]] in {{cs|The Beast Below (TV story)}} did, in fact, contain a partial recreation of the Queen Vic's exterior, although very little of it ended up appearing on screen. As depicted in the above screenshot, the pub's hanging sign is barely visible behind the Doctor on the monitor screen being observed by [[Hawthorne (The Beast Below)|Hawthorne]]. In a few of the shots that followed, parts of the Vic could also be seen behind the Doctor and Amy as they sat.
 
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Latest revision as of 01:02, 22 October 2024

The Queen Victoria

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The Queen Victoria, (TV: Dimensions in Time [+]Loading...["Dimensions in Time (TV story)"], COMIC: Happy Deathday [+]Loading...["Happy Deathday (comic story)"]) or The Queen Vic, was either a fictional pub on the television series EastEnders, (PROSE: The Monsters Inside [+]Loading...["The Monsters Inside (novel)"], TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"]) or an actual pub in London. (TV: Dimensions in Time [+]Loading...["Dimensions in Time (TV story)"], etc.)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

As a fictional location[[edit] | [edit source]]

It was located at 46 Albert Square, according to the television series. Rose Tyler recalled this while attempting to remember the address of the Fowlers residence in Albert Square as part of a test set by Lazlee Flowers. (PROSE: The Monsters Inside [+]Loading...["The Monsters Inside (novel)"])

In a 2007 episode of the series, broadcast during the "ghost" craze, Peggy Mitchell was seen inside the pub turning away the alleged ghost of Den Watts, telling him to "get out of [her] pub!" (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"])

In the video game Happy Deathday, The Queen Victoria was a pub from which intoxicated Ogrons and Sontarans were barred. In-game, as played by Izzy Sinclair, they then picked a fight with the Third and Fifth Doctors outside the pub. The Third Doctor engaged with his Venusian aikido while the Fifth watched on passively. (COMIC: Happy Deathday [+]Loading...["Happy Deathday (comic story)"])

As a real location[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eleventh Doctor outside the Starship UK incarnation of the Vic. (TV: The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"])

The Queen Vic was located on Albert Square and was in business from as early as 1973. The Doctor, in various incarnations, and several companions walked past the pub multiple times while they were trapped in a time loop on the Square by the First Rani. (TV: Dimensions in Time [+]Loading...["Dimensions in Time (TV story)"])

A version of the Vic was also in operation in the version of London aboard the Starship UK in the 3290s. The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond briefly sat outside it soon after they arrived on the ship. (TV: The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"])

The Queen Victoria was present in Wonder Central when a visitor arrived. (GAME: Wonder Chase [+]Loading...["Wonder Chase (video game)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Queen Vic on the set of The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"]. (CON: All About the Girl)

The set for the London street aboard the Starship UK in The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"] did, in fact, contain a partial recreation of the Queen Vic's exterior, although very little of it ended up appearing on screen. As depicted in the above screenshot, the pub's hanging sign is barely visible behind the Doctor on the monitor screen being observed by Hawthorne. In a few of the shots that followed, parts of the Vic could also be seen behind the Doctor and Amy as they sat.

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