Trusted
49,498
edits
More actions
no edit summary
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
{{Infobox Object | {{Infobox Object | ||
|image = | |image = | ||
|aka = {{il|Clock Tower|St Stephen's Tower}} | |aka = {{il|Clock Tower|St Stephen's Tower|Elizabeth Tower}} | ||
|type = [[Clock]] tower/bell | |type = [[Clock]] tower/bell | ||
|origin = [[London]] | |origin = [[London]] | ||
|made by = | |made by = | ||
|first = The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story) | |first = The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story) | ||
|appearances = | |appearances = {{appears}} | ||
|clip = Spaceship Crashes into Big Ben! (HD) Aliens of London Doctor Who | |clip = Spaceship Crashes into Big Ben! (HD) Aliens of London Doctor Who | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Big Ben''' was the popular name by which the [[clock tower]] at the [[north]]-[[east]]ern end of the [[Palace of Westminster]] was most commonly known. ([[PROSE]]: | '''Big Ben''' was the popular name by which the [[clock tower]] at the [[north]]-[[east]]ern end of the [[Palace of Westminster]] was most commonly known. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}) It was also known simply as the '''Clock Tower''', ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Aquarius Condition (comic story)}}) '''St Stephen's Tower''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Alien landing confirmed (short story)}}, {{cs|Lucy Wilson (short story)}}) and '''Elizabeth Tower'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Twenty-First-Century London (feature)|page=28}}) "Big Ben" was in actuality the [[nickname]] of the tower's [[Great Bell]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}, {{cs|Twenty-First-Century London (feature)|page=28}}) | ||
The tower housed five bells, the largest of which was the Great Bell. The clock tower was [[96.3 (number)|96.3]] [[metre]]s [[Height|tall]]. ([[PROSE]]: | The tower housed five bells, the largest of which was the Great Bell. The clock tower was [[96.3 (number)|96.3]] [[metre]]s [[Height|tall]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||