Lampposts, also called lamp posts, (PROSE: Knock! Knock! Who's There? [+]Loading...["Knock! Knock! Who's There? (novel)"]) were silver, metal poles with fluorescent lights placed under a curve at the top, and were used to illuminate streets. They were an updated version of the gas lanterns (AUDIO: The Lichyrwick Abomination [+]Loading...["The Lichyrwick Abomination (audio story)"]) used in the 19th century. (COMIC: The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack [+]Loading...["The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack (comic story)"])
The Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon once visited a moon base, which Jamie thought was "incredible", as he could jump "higher than a lamp post!". The Doctor remarked that he should think so, as lamp posts couldn't jump. (PROSE: Knock! Knock! Who's There? [+]Loading...["Knock! Knock! Who's There? (novel)"])
In the Daft Dimension, one of the clues that the Doctor missed that Sutekh had possessed the TARDIS was a continued habit of the ship landing next to lamp posts. (COMIC: The Daft Dimension 606 [+]Loading...["The Daft Dimension (DWM 606 comic story)","''The Daft Dimension'' 606"])