Gallows

Gallows were a device used in executions by hanging.

Giuseppe di Cattivo locked his painting The Abomination in a vault made of wood from a hangman's gallows, with a Mystery Chinese Puzzle acting as the lock. (TV: Mona Lisa's Revenge)

The gallows in Compton, England were last used during the Civil War. (AUDIO: The Fog)

There were also gallows in St. Giles' Circus in old London, a location which had previously been used as a carnival venue. The shared legacy of merrymaking and death was what attracted House Paradox to the location, with them using it as the venue for the signing of the Gregorian Compact which brought the Eleven-Day Empire into existence. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

On 16 April 1746, a sergeant took the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Ben Jackson to the gallows to be hanged, but was stopped by Solicitor Grey. (TV: The Highlanders)

The Toymaker played a deadly game of Hangman with the Eighth Doctor in which a part of a gallows materialised around Izzy Sinclair with every wrong answer. (COMIC: Endgame)

The Doctor had acquired a huge gallows with a noose from a classified ad. He never found a good use for it, although it did prop close his boot cupboard very well. (PROSE: Business Unusual)