Charing Cross Road

Charing Cross Road was a road in London. It was in Westminster, located near the intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue and Earlham Street. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People ^[+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"])

	Street
	Westminster, London
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History

19th century

It was newly built in 1887 when Sherlock Holmes and John Watson passed along it on their way to Baker Street. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire ^[+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"])

20th century

The Eighth Doctor mentioned that his companion Charlotte Pollard had helped him find a first edition of Oliver Twist in Charing Cross Road. (AUDIO: The Chimes of Midnight ^[+]Loading...["The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)"])

Mr Syme owned a bookshop on Charing Cross Road in 1949. (PROSE: The Cabinet of Light ^[+]Loading...["The Cabinet of Light (novel)"], The Winning Side ^[+]Loading...["The Winning Side (novel)"])

Barbara Wright bought second-hand history books from Charing Cross Road in the 1960s. (PROSE: Byzantium! ^[+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"])

In 1968, the Master claimed to own a bookshop of his own on Charing Cross Road. (PROSE: The Nameless City ^[+]Loading...["The Nameless City (short story)"])

The TARDIS was drawn to Charing Cross Road by the presence of the Shadeys. (COMIC: A Groatsworth of Wit ^[+]Loading...["A Groatsworth of Wit (comic story)"])

The Fourth Doctor and Liz Shaw walked along Charing Cross Road after being thrown out of a restaurant. (PROSE: Down to Earth ^[+]Loading...["Down to Earth (short story)"])

On 6 July 1994, a tennis player named Martina was killed when the Euterpian Atimkos influenced her into walking out onto Charing Cross Road moments before bus number 64 went past. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People ^[+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"])

In the late 1990s, Raoul's partner bought a mixed salad from a Greek deli on Charing Cross Road. He ate it while at the studio in an Industrial estate in Mile End. (PROSE: Hospitality ^[+]Loading...["Hospitality (short story)"])

Behind the scenes

Location information

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Though it's possible that a real world location doesn't exist in the same geographic space in the Doctor Who universe, such cases are few and far between. Thus, the map to the right is probably a good indicator of the DWU location of Charing Cross Road.