West End

The West End of London, also known as just the West End, was a district of London.

Oxford Street was a major thoroughfare in the West End. Traffic was typically heavy. (PROSE: Heart of TARDIS)

The Sixth Doctor said that the members-only restaurant La Bella Donna was the best-kept secret in all of West End London. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel)

Gordy Scraton was a West End gangster in the 1950s. (PROSE: Bad Therapy)

The Eleventh Doctor sent a message to the Eighth Doctor, prompting him and Charlotte Pollard to go to the West End in 1935 to search for an alien. (AUDIO: Enemy Aliens)

The Ninth Doctor thought Nancy's taking care of homeless children in 1940s London was a great idea, but wasn't sure if it was Marxism in action or a West End musical. (TV: The Empty Child)

After incorporating a Weeping Angel into his magic act, Sammy Star went from doing children's parties to having a sell-out West End show. (PROSE: Magic of the Angels)

Abigail Woburn was a music hall singer in Victorian London's West End with whom Henry Gordon Jago fell in love. She was a simulacrum created by Mr Kempston and Mr Hardwick to separate him from his best friend George Litefoot and sidekick Leela. (AUDIO: Jago in Love, The Hourglass Killers)

Behind the scenes

Several actors associated with Doctor Who have performed in musicals and plays in the West End. These include Jacqueline Hill, Bonnie Langford, John Barrowman, Catherine Tate and Adam Garcia.