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|type          = [[Hospital]]
|type          = [[Hospital]], [[UNIT Mortuary]]
|location      = [[London]]
|location      = [[London]]
|first         = The Longest Night (audio story)
|first cs      = The Longest Night (audio story)
|appearances    = [[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]''
|appearances    = {{Il|[[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien landing confirmed (short story)|Alien landing confirmed]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]''|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}}}
}}'''Albion Hospital''' was located near the [[Limehouse Green station]] in [[London]] during the [[20th century|20th]] and [[21st century|21st centuries]].
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'''Albion Hospital''' was a hospital in [[London]].
 
In the [[21st century]], it was, according to [[BBC News 24]]'s [[Tom Hitchinson]], a "[[UNIT Mortuary]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}})
 
== Geography ==
The location of the hospital was contentious.
 
In the [[1940s]], the hospital was located on a hill close to [[Limehouse Green station]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor Dances (TV story)}}) in the [[Limehouse]] area of [[East London]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=2|chaptname=Brave New World|page=49}}) However, by the [[2000s]], it was located on the [[Thames Embankment]] in [[Central London]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=73}}) or in the [[City of London]], in the bordering the [[East End]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)|ed=2011 reprint|page=7}})


== History ==
== History ==
=== 20th century ===
=== 20th century ===
In [[1941]], during the time that Dr [[Constantine (The Empty Child)|Constantine]] worked there, the [[hospital]] was where [[Empty Child|the Child]]'s plague started, a disease that turned its victims into gas-masked zombies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')
In [[1941]], during the time that Dr [[Constantine (The Empty Child)|Constantine]] worked there, the [[hospital]] was where [[Empty Child|the Child]]'s plague started, a disease that turned its victims into gas-masked zombies. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Empty Child (TV story)}}/{{cs|The Doctor Dances (TV story)}})


=== 21st century ===
=== 21st century ===
In [[2005]], Albion Hospital was also the site in which many victims of the wave of bombings which struck London around this same time were treated. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Longest Night]]'')
In [[2005]], Albion Hospital was also the site in which many victims of the wave of bombings which struck London around this same time were treated. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Longest Night (audio story)}})


In [[2006]], the military evacuated its patients and used the hospital to house and examine an apparent [[alien]] corpse retrieved from a spaceship that had crashed in the [[River Thames]]. The hospital appeared to have been selected because it was near the river itself. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'')
After the [[London UFO crash]] on [[6 March]] [[2006]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) or [[28 June]] 2006 ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Operation London (short story)}}) the [[British Army|army]] utilised the Albion Hospital to contain the [[corpse]] of the [[Alien (Aliens of London)|alien pilot]]; ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) it was studied by [[xenobiologist]]s ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Operation London (short story)}}) and the hospital appeared to have been chosen due to its close proximity to the [[River Thames]], the site of the crashed [[Slitheen craft (Aliens of London)|Slitheen craft]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) The examination of the pig slave was mentioned by [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] [[Corporal]] [[J Frinkstein]] on a secure [[operations board]] on the [[UNIT website]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Operation London (short story)}}) [[squidbaby23]] was seemingly able to take a [[photograph|picture]] of the alien pig ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Alien landing confirmed (short story)}}) before it was killed by a soldier. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}})
 
== Parallel universes ==
In the [[Rogue planet's universe]], [[Jackie Prentice (Rogue planet's universe)|Jackie Prentice]], [[Giovanni Bianco|John White]] and [[Clive Finch (Rogue planet's universe)|Clive Finch]] were taken to Albion Hospital following the three [[comet]]s hitting [[London]]. They were subsequently evacuated by [[Rose Tyler]] to an underground [[bunker]] when the [[rogue planet]] made its approach to Earth. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Rogue Planet (audio story)}})


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Latest revision as of 03:53, 22 October 2024

Albion Hospital was a hospital in London.

In the 21st century, it was, according to BBC News 24's Tom Hitchinson, a "UNIT Mortuary". (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"])

Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]

The location of the hospital was contentious.

In the 1940s, the hospital was located on a hill close to Limehouse Green station, (TV: The Doctor Dances [+]Loading...["The Doctor Dances (TV story)"]) in the Limehouse area of East London. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Brave New World","page":"49","chaptnum":"2","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"}) However, by the 2000s, it was located on the Thames Embankment in Central London (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"73","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"}) or in the City of London, in the bordering the East End. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"page":"7","ed":"2011 reprint","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"})

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1941, during the time that Dr Constantine worked there, the hospital was where the Child's plague started, a disease that turned its victims into gas-masked zombies. (TV: The Empty Child [+]Loading...["The Empty Child (TV story)"]/The Doctor Dances [+]Loading...["The Doctor Dances (TV story)"])

21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 2005, Albion Hospital was also the site in which many victims of the wave of bombings which struck London around this same time were treated. (AUDIO: The Longest Night [+]Loading...["The Longest Night (audio story)"])

After the London UFO crash on 6 March 2006 (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"]) or 28 June 2006 (PROSE: Operation London [+]Loading...["Operation London (short story)"]) the army utilised the Albion Hospital to contain the corpse of the alien pilot; (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"]) it was studied by xenobiologists (PROSE: Operation London [+]Loading...["Operation London (short story)"]) and the hospital appeared to have been chosen due to its close proximity to the River Thames, the site of the crashed Slitheen craft. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"]) The examination of the pig slave was mentioned by UNIT Corporal J Frinkstein on a secure operations board on the UNIT website. (PROSE: Operation London [+]Loading...["Operation London (short story)"]) squidbaby23 was seemingly able to take a picture of the alien pig (PROSE: Alien landing confirmed [+]Loading...["Alien landing confirmed (short story)"]) before it was killed by a soldier. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"])

Parallel universes[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the Rogue planet's universe, Jackie Prentice, John White and Clive Finch were taken to Albion Hospital following the three comets hitting London. They were subsequently evacuated by Rose Tyler to an underground bunker when the rogue planet made its approach to Earth. (AUDIO: The Rogue Planet [+]Loading...["The Rogue Planet (audio story)"])