London Borough of Southwark

London Borough of Southwark
Type:	Borough
Location:	Greater London
First appearance:	Project: Twilight
Appearances:	see list

You may be looking for the district of Southwark for which the borough is named.

The London Borough of Southwark was a South London borough. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"], TV: Father's Day) It contained the districts of Southwark, Bermondsey, (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen, The Lie of the Land) Rotherhithe, (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen, The Bounty Hunter) Kennington, (PROSE: Rose Tyler) and Peckham. (COMIC: Silver Scream, PROSE: Downtime: Child of the New World, Dalek) Accounts disputed as to whether the Powell Estate was located in Kennington or Peckham. (PROSE: Rose Tyler, Downtime: Child of the New World, Dalek, COMIC: Silver Scream)

Geography

The location of the borough of Southwark on Mr Smith's map. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen)

The London Borough of Southwark shared its northern border with the River Thames, across which were both the City of London - to the west - and Tower Hamlets to the east. The borough shared its eastern border with Lewisham, a short length of its southern border with Bromley and its western border with Lambeth. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen)

The northern part of the borough was the location of several London landmarks including the Globe Theatre, (TV: The Shakespeare Code) the Shard, HMS Belfast and the southernmost landfall of Tower Bridge.

History

On 7 November 1987, Peter Tyler died in a car accident outside St Christopher's Parish Church on the day of the wedding of Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark; (TV: Father's Day) this was known to UNIT as a Temporal Event, and they had a brief file, 1987/11-Be3a, on it. (PROSE: Rose Tyler)

The Slitheen craft flew over the London Borough of Southwark on 6 March 2006. It passed over the Powell Estate and narrowly missed Tower Bridge before heading towards the City of London. (TV: Aliens of London)

Southwark was at the forefront in the brief Battle of Canary Wharf between the Cybus Cybermen and the Daleks. Many casualties and much damage occurred across the streets of Southwark. V. J. Ellison commented on the battle at a later date. (PROSE: Terror in the Streets)

In the 2000s, Coldfire Construction put up a new technology block in one of the schools in Southwark. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen)

Other realities

Pete's World

The London Borough of Southwark also existed in London of Pete's World. Mickey Smith visited his alternate grandmother, Rita-Anne Smith, at 1 Waterton Street in the borough in 2007. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)

Behind the scenes

The short story Rose Tyler places the Powell Estate in Kennington, however this was later contradicted by the comic Silver Scream places the estate in Peckham. In the real world, Kennington and Peckham are both parts of the London Borough of Southwark. Similarly, street signs in Father's Day and Rise of the Cybermen display "London Borough of Southwark", providing evidence that locations in the vicinity of the Powell Estate, such as St Christopher's Parish Church and 1 Waterton Street, are located in the borough. Further evidence that the Powell Estate is located in the borough comes from Aliens of London, where the Slitheen craft is shown to fly over Southwark landmarks including London City Hall and HMS Belfast just after having flown over the Powell Estate.