St Paul's Cathedral
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St Paul's Cathedral was a Church of England cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London. It was known for its large size and distinctive dome.
Encounters at the Cathedral
- During a visit to London in February 1814 with the First Doctor, Vicki Pallister noticed the dome of St Paul's Cathedral and mentioned that the cathedral still stood in the 25th century, having survived World War I, World War II, World War III, World War IV and the 22nd century Dalek invasion. (AUDIO: Frostfire)
- With only St Paul's dome rising above the smoke from raging fires ignited by German bombs, Rory Williams' Auton incarnation, "The Lone Centurion", dragged the Pandorica and Amy Pond to safety. (TV: The Big Bang)
- Cybermen marched down Ludgate Hill from the cathedral in 1969. (TV: The Invasion)
- In a futuristic version of London in an alternate timeline, Liz Shaw was interrogated by nuns in what used to be St Paul's Cathedral. (PROSE: The Eye of the Giant)
- In an alternate timeline in which the Church of the Glorious Dead conquered all of Earth over its history, Sato Katsura allowed the ruined St Paul's Cathedral to remain as a warning to humanity against defying the Church's beliefs. Sato and Kroton briefly fought in and on the steps outside of the Cathedral during their battle. (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
- In an alternate 2006, St Paul's Cathedral was destroyed by South African terrorists. (PROSE: The Time Travellers)
- During a tour of London, the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams visited St Paul's Cathedral, where they got thrown out of the Whispering Gallery for shouting. (PROSE: Magic of the Angels)
- In an alternate 2586, Emily Blandish and Honoré Lechasseur's investigation of a mysterious murder led them to St Paul's Cathedral, which was deserted and rumoured to be haunted. The Cathedral was destroyed in an explosion caused by the death of the Daemon Mastho. (PROSE: Child of Time)
- In 3550 a malevolent sentient computer called Mar-Kom, which had been installed in St Paul's Cathedral, ruled New Britain until it was defeated by the Third Doctor. (COMIC: The Eternal Present)
As basis of comparison
- In an alternative reality in which Adric survived his crash-landing and death on prehistoric Earth, he used Block Transfer Computation to build himself a city, the entrance to which Beatrice Mapp compared in size to St Paul's Cathedral. (AUDIO: The Boy That Time Forgot)
- In the 1980s, the Fourth Doctor estimated that the Krynoid enveloping Chase Mansion would soon grow to the size of St Paul's Cathedral, and after that eventually grow to envelop the entire Earth. (TV: The Seeds of Doom)
- During a visit to the Library on Kar-Charrat, the Seventh Doctor noted that the Library's lobby alone was larger than St Paul's Cathedral. (AUDIO: The Genocide Machine)
