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{{First pic|Globe Theatre from street (TSC).jpg|The [[Globe Theatre]] in Southwark. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')}}
{{First pic|Globe Theatre from street (TSC).jpg|The [[Globe Theatre]] in Southwark. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')}}
'''Southwark''' was a borough in [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') It was also the name of a district in the borough of the same name. (''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'') It was located on the south bank of the [[River Thames]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'', ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'')
'''Southwark''' was a district in the [[London]] [[London Borough of Southwark|borough of the same name]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'', ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'') It was located on the bank of the [[River Thames]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'')
 
== Geography ==
[[File:London_Map_RotS.jpg|thumb|The location of the borough of Southwark on [[Mr Smith]]'s map. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'')]]
Southwark shared its northern border with the [[River Thames]], across which were both the [[City of London]] - to the west - and [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|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 (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'')
 
The northern part of Southwark was the location of several London landmarks including the [[Globe Theatre]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'') [[the Shard]], [[HMS Belfast]] and the southernmost landfall of [[Tower Bridge]].<ref>By combining the London street map seen in ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'', and the various birds-eye view shots of the same area shown throughout the episode, with the map of London boroughs seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'', these locations are definitively shown to be located in Southwark.</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
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[[Richard Lazarus]] was from Southwark. During the [[London Blitz]], he hid in the crypts of the [[Southwark Cathedral]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'')
[[Richard Lazarus]] was from Southwark. During the [[London Blitz]], he hid in the crypts of the [[Southwark Cathedral]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'')
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 (TV story)|Father's Day]]'')


In [[2008]], Richard Lazarus presented his rejuvenation device in Southwark. It mutated him into a monster which killed several people. he again hid in the cathedral's crypts as he had done during the Blitz. [[Martha Jones]] and the [[Tenth Doctor]] found him and he chased Martha up the bell tower. The Doctor used the cathedral's [[Organ (music)|organ]] to distract him and he fell to his death. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'')
In [[2008]], Richard Lazarus presented his rejuvenation device in Southwark. It mutated him into a monster which killed several people. he again hid in the cathedral's crypts as he had done during the Blitz. [[Martha Jones]] and the [[Tenth Doctor]] found him and he chased Martha up the bell tower. The Doctor used the cathedral's [[Organ (music)|organ]] to distract him and he fell to his death. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'')
In [[2008]] [[Coldfire Construction]] put up a new technology block in one of the schools in Southwark. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
According to [[Tardis:Valid sources|non-narrative]] information in the ''[[DWBIT Daleks vs Cybermen Special]]'', in [[2007]], Southwark was at the forefront in the brief [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] between the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] and [[Dalek]]s. Many casualties and much damage occurred across the streets of Southwark. V. J. Ellison commented on the battle at a later date.
== Footnotes ==
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Revision as of 17:45, 25 May 2020

Southwark
You may be looking for the London Borough of Southwark.
The Globe Theatre in Southwark. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)

Southwark was a district in the London borough of the same name. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen, The Lie of the Land) It was located on the bank of the River Thames. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)

History

The Doctor had once gone carousing with Geoffrey Chaucer in the Tabard in 14th century Southwark over mugs of ale. (PROSE: Synthespians™)

The Globe Theatre was built in Southwark. In 1599, the only performance of Love's Labour's Won temporarily brought the Carrionites to Earth with the power of words, but William Shakespeare, aided by the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones, devised his own words to send them back. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)

Richard Lazarus was from Southwark. During the London Blitz, he hid in the crypts of the Southwark Cathedral. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment)

In 2008, Richard Lazarus presented his rejuvenation device in Southwark. It mutated him into a monster which killed several people. he again hid in the cathedral's crypts as he had done during the Blitz. Martha Jones and the Tenth Doctor found him and he chased Martha up the bell tower. The Doctor used the cathedral's organ to distract him and he fell to his death. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment)

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