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'''Heathrow Airport''' was the busiest airport in [[Great Britain]] | {{wikipediainfo}} | ||
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|image = Heathrow Airport TF.jpg | |||
|aka = London Airport | |||
|type = [[Airport]] | |||
|location = Near [[London]] | |||
|first cs = Time-Flight (TV story) | |||
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Fixing a Hole (short story)}} | |||
}} | |||
'''Heathrow Airport''', also known as '''London Airport''', ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') was located just outside of [[London]] and was the busiest [[airport]] in [[Great Britain]]. [[British Airways]] operated out of Heathrow. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | |||
[[Tegan Jovanka]], companion to the [[Fifth Doctor]], worked at Heathrow during the [[1980s]]. She never made it to her first day of work on [[28 February]] [[1981]], after entering [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and entering a whole new world, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Logopolis (TV story)}}, etc.) while frequently wishing to return home, to Heathrow. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Four to Doomsday (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Visitation (TV story)}}, etc.) After many failed attempts, she did return and get her job back in [[January]] [[1982]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Arc of Infinity (TV story)}}, etc.) until she went on more adventures with the Doctor. After said adventures, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)}}, etc.) she got her job back once again, with her first day back at work being [[23 February]] [[1985]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Fixing a Hole (short story)}}, [[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|A Fix with Sontarans (home video)}}) However, by [[1987]], Tegan was running [[William Jovanka|her father]]'s farm. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat (short story)}}) | |||
[[ | == History == | ||
=== Prehistory === | |||
Circa [[Distant past|140,000,000 BC]], [[British Airways]]' ''[[Concorde]]'' [[Golf Victor Foxtrot]] landed where Heathrow Airport would later be constructed. The aircraft was soon joined by her sister, [[Golf Alpha Charlie]]. GVF was cannibalised to repair GAC which escaped with the two crafts' passengers and crew. GVF was gradually buried under layers of sediment. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | |||
The Doctor | The [[Fifth Doctor]] delivered Tegan to the site of Heathrow Airport, albeit in [[August]] [[1666]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') | ||
{{ | === Active history === | ||
[[Category:London | === 20th century === | ||
A month shy of exactly three centuries later, components for [[WOTAN]]'s [[War Machine]]s were imported to Heathrow by [[British Airways]]' predecessor, [[B.O.A.C.]], in [[July]] [[1966]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'') | |||
Not long after his [[regeneration]], the Fifth Doctor recalled to Tegan that he was last at Heathrow when they were doing "strange things" to [[Terminal 3]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'') | |||
On [[28 February]] [[1981]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] and her aunt [[Vanessa (Logopolis)|Vanessa]] were on their way to Heathrow (and Tegan's new job with [[Air Australia]]) when she first encountered the [[Fourth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | |||
In [[1982]], [[British Airways]]' ''[[Concorde]]'' [[Golf Victor Foxtrot]] flew through a [[time corridor]] en route from [[New York City|New York]] to Heathrow. Meanwhile, the [[Fifth Doctor]] accidentally succeeded in delivering Tegan to Heathrow, while intending to take her and [[Nyssa]] to [[the Great Exhibition]] in London in [[1851]] as "a treat" in the wake of [[Adric]]'s death. The trio boarded GVF's sister, [[Golf Alpha Charlie]], with [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] in the cargo hold. They followed to investigate GVF's disappearance and likewise vanished. GAC returned with some parts cannibalised from GVF. The remains of GVF were located near Heathrow's sewer pipes by that time. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | |||
The [[Sixth Doctor]]'s companion [[Melanie Bush]] was not fond of Heathrow. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spaceport Fear (audio story)|Spaceport Fear]]'') | |||
In [[1994]], [[Thorgarsuunela]] attempted to take a flight from Heathrow to [[Manchester]], although she was informed by Passport Control Attendant [[Philip Jay]] that it would be quicker to catch a [[train]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)|Invasion of the Cat-People]]'') | |||
=== 21st century === | |||
In the early [[21st century]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] took a flight from [[Turkey (country)|Turkey]] to Heathrow. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'') | |||
In [[2009]], [[Maria Jackson|Maria]] and [[Alan Jackson]] flew from Heathrow Airport to [[United States of America|America]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Sontaran (novelisation)|The Last Sontaran]]'') | |||
[[Clyde Langer]] theorised that the planes that were "always circling about" from Heathrow Airport would be falling from the sky due to the disappearance of their pilots. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Planet (TV story)|The Empty Planet]]'') | |||
In [[2011]], [[Rex Matheson]] flew to Heathrow Airport whilst investigating the [[Torchwood Institute]]. Having been refused permission to carry one on the [[Aeroplane|plane]], he was provided with a [[firearm|sidearm]] at Heathrow by the [[police]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') He departed the United Kingdom from Heathrow, with [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Gwen Cooper]] as prisoners. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]'') | |||
[[BBC News]] reported that planes at Heathrow had been brought to a standstill after [[Missy]] used a global [[time stop]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'') | |||
=== Legacy === | |||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] noted the Fifth Doctor "spent a hell of a long time" trying to get [[Tegan]] here. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crimson Horror (TV story)|The Crimson Horror]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
* ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'' featured stock footage of B.O.A.C.'s operations at Heathrow, along with that of [[Battersea Power Station]] and Covent Garden Market. | |||
* ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'' was the first television production allowed to film at Heathrow Airport. | |||
* Between [[16 July (releases)|16 July]] and [[1 September (releases)|1 September]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]], Heathrow Airport featured a few things to commemorate ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s fiftieth anniversary. A [[Cyberman]] stomped around the terminal on select dates, and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] photobooths and props and memorabilia from the show featured around the airport. The opening of the summer event was marked by a performance by the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] and a book signing of [[Jenny Colgan]]'s ''[[Dark Horizons (novel)|Dark Horizons]]''.<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url=http://www.heathrowairport.com/shop,-eat,-relax-and-enjoy/special-events/doctor-who | |||
|title=Doctor Who: until 1 September | |||
|author=Unknown | |||
|website name=Heathrow Airport | |||
|date of source=2013 | |||
|accessdate=31 July 2024 | |||
}}{{dead link|yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | |||
|url=http://www.digitalspy.ca/odd/s7/doctor-who/news/a498557/doctor-who-to-take-over-heathrow-airport-for-50th-anniversary.html | |||
|title='Doctor Who' to take over Heathrow Airport for 50th anniversary | |||
|author=Sam Rigby | |||
|website name=Digital Spy | |||
|date of source=15 July 2013 | |||
|accessdate=31 July 2024 | |||
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719204507/http://www.digitalspy.ca/odd/s7/doctor-who/news/a498557/doctor-who-to-take-over-heathrow-airport-for-50th-anniversary.html | |||
|archivedate=19 July 2013 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
[[Category:London infrastructure]] | |||
[[Category:Airports from the real world]] | |||
[[Category:Buildings visited by the Fifth Doctor]] | |||
[[Category:Buildings visited by the Seventh Doctor]] | |||
[[Category:English airports]] | |||
[[Category:Buildings visited by the Master (Terror of the Autons)]] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:59, 1 September 2024
Heathrow Airport, also known as London Airport, (TV: Logopolis) was located just outside of London and was the busiest airport in Great Britain. British Airways operated out of Heathrow. (TV: Time-Flight)
Tegan Jovanka, companion to the Fifth Doctor, worked at Heathrow during the 1980s. She never made it to her first day of work on 28 February 1981, after entering the TARDIS and entering a whole new world, (TV: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"], etc.) while frequently wishing to return home, to Heathrow. (TV: Four to Doomsday [+]Loading...["Four to Doomsday (TV story)"], The Visitation [+]Loading...["The Visitation (TV story)"], etc.) After many failed attempts, she did return and get her job back in January 1982, (TV: Arc of Infinity [+]Loading...["Arc of Infinity (TV story)"], etc.) until she went on more adventures with the Doctor. After said adventures, (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)"], etc.) she got her job back once again, with her first day back at work being 23 February 1985. (PROSE: Fixing a Hole [+]Loading...["Fixing a Hole (short story)"], HOMEVID: A Fix with Sontarans [+]Loading...["A Fix with Sontarans (home video)"]) However, by 1987, Tegan was running her father's farm. (PROSE: Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat [+]Loading...["Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat (short story)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Prehistory[[edit] | [edit source]]
Circa 140,000,000 BC, British Airways' Concorde Golf Victor Foxtrot landed where Heathrow Airport would later be constructed. The aircraft was soon joined by her sister, Golf Alpha Charlie. GVF was cannibalised to repair GAC which escaped with the two crafts' passengers and crew. GVF was gradually buried under layers of sediment. (TV: Time-Flight)
The Fifth Doctor delivered Tegan to the site of Heathrow Airport, albeit in August 1666. (TV: The Visitation)
Active history[[edit] | [edit source]]
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
A month shy of exactly three centuries later, components for WOTAN's War Machines were imported to Heathrow by British Airways' predecessor, B.O.A.C., in July 1966. (TV: The War Machines)
Not long after his regeneration, the Fifth Doctor recalled to Tegan that he was last at Heathrow when they were doing "strange things" to Terminal 3. (TV: Four to Doomsday)
On 28 February 1981, Tegan Jovanka and her aunt Vanessa were on their way to Heathrow (and Tegan's new job with Air Australia) when she first encountered the Fourth Doctor. (TV: Logopolis)
In 1982, British Airways' Concorde Golf Victor Foxtrot flew through a time corridor en route from New York to Heathrow. Meanwhile, the Fifth Doctor accidentally succeeded in delivering Tegan to Heathrow, while intending to take her and Nyssa to the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 as "a treat" in the wake of Adric's death. The trio boarded GVF's sister, Golf Alpha Charlie, with the TARDIS in the cargo hold. They followed to investigate GVF's disappearance and likewise vanished. GAC returned with some parts cannibalised from GVF. The remains of GVF were located near Heathrow's sewer pipes by that time. (TV: Time-Flight)
The Sixth Doctor's companion Melanie Bush was not fond of Heathrow. (AUDIO: Spaceport Fear)
In 1994, Thorgarsuunela attempted to take a flight from Heathrow to Manchester, although she was informed by Passport Control Attendant Philip Jay that it would be quicker to catch a train. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the early 21st century, the Seventh Doctor and Ace took a flight from Turkey to Heathrow. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead)
In 2009, Maria and Alan Jackson flew from Heathrow Airport to America. (PROSE: The Last Sontaran)
Clyde Langer theorised that the planes that were "always circling about" from Heathrow Airport would be falling from the sky due to the disappearance of their pilots. (TV: The Empty Planet)
In 2011, Rex Matheson flew to Heathrow Airport whilst investigating the Torchwood Institute. Having been refused permission to carry one on the plane, he was provided with a sidearm at Heathrow by the police. (TV: The New World) He departed the United Kingdom from Heathrow, with Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper as prisoners. (TV: Rendition)
BBC News reported that planes at Heathrow had been brought to a standstill after Missy used a global time stop. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice)
Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Eleventh Doctor noted the Fifth Doctor "spent a hell of a long time" trying to get Tegan here. (TV: The Crimson Horror)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The War Machines featured stock footage of B.O.A.C.'s operations at Heathrow, along with that of Battersea Power Station and Covent Garden Market.
- Time-Flight was the first television production allowed to film at Heathrow Airport.
- Between 16 July and 1 September 2013, Heathrow Airport featured a few things to commemorate Doctor Who's fiftieth anniversary. A Cyberman stomped around the terminal on select dates, and TARDIS photobooths and props and memorabilia from the show featured around the airport. The opening of the summer event was marked by a performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and a book signing of Jenny Colgan's Dark Horizons.[1][2]
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Unknown (2013). Doctor Who: until 1 September. Heathrow Airport. Retrieved on 31 July 2024.[permanently dead link]
- ↑ Sam Rigby (15 July 2013). 'Doctor Who' to take over Heathrow Airport for 50th anniversary. Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved on 31 July 2024.
