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I have never, in the TV series or the real world heard either the Elizabeth Tower or the bell referred to as "The". Is the "the" from novels or something? Also T:NO RW. The Elizabeth Tower name is almost certainly not mentioned in-universe.
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(I have never, in the TV series or the real world heard either the Elizabeth Tower or the bell referred to as "The". Is the "the" from novels or something? Also T:NO RW. The Elizabeth Tower name is almost certainly not mentioned in-universe.) |
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|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' | |appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clockwise Man (novel)|The Clockwise Man]]'', ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'', ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Hotel Historia (comic story)|Hotel Historia]]''}} | ||
''' | '''Big Ben''' was the name of the [[clock]] bell and, by popular convention, the entire tower on the north end of the [[Houses of Parliament|Palace of Westminster]]. Completed in [[1858]], it was located in the city of [[Westminster]], in central [[London]].{{fact}} | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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In [[1924]], [[Shade Vassily]] planned to use Big Ben to power his ship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clockwise Man]]'') | In [[1924]], [[Shade Vassily]] planned to use Big Ben to power his ship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clockwise Man]]'') | ||
In [[January]] [[1941]], [[Jack Harkness]] tethered his ship to | In [[January]] [[1941]], [[Jack Harkness]] tethered his ship to Big Ben. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'') | ||
In [[1976]], Big Ben's clock face was bombed by [[Black Star]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') | In [[1976]], Big Ben's clock face was bombed by [[Black Star]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') | ||
In [[2006]], | In [[2006]], Big Ben was destroyed by a [[Slitheen]] craft, which sheared it in half. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'') This was seen by [[Elton Pope]] among many witnesses. ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters]]'') Reconstruction proceeded shortly afterwards. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') | ||
[[File:In front of the clock.jpg|left|thumb|[[Rose Tyler]] and [[Jack Harkness]] dance upon a [[Chula Warship]], tethered to Big Ben. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'')]] | [[File:In front of the clock.jpg|left|thumb|[[Rose Tyler]] and [[Jack Harkness]] dance upon a [[Chula Warship]], tethered to Big Ben. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'')]] | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] barely avoided crashing [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] into | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] barely avoided crashing [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] into Big Ben as he attempted to stabilize it following his [[regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'') | ||
In [[2009]], in an [[alternate timeline]] created by [[Sarah Jane]]'s actions in [[1951]] in which the world was destroyed, [[Luke Smith|Luke]], Sarah and [[the Trickster]] stood near the remains of Big Ben. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') | In [[2009]], in an [[alternate timeline]] created by [[Sarah Jane]]'s actions in [[1951]] in which the world was destroyed, [[Luke Smith|Luke]], Sarah and [[the Trickster]] stood near the remains of Big Ben. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') | ||
In [[2167]], the chimes of Big Ben rang for the first time in years to celebrate the end of the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]] after the [[First Doctor]] defeated the [[Dalek]]s. Despite the initial bombardment prior to the invasion, Big Ben was unscathed. It still stood thirty years later. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks]]'') | In [[2167]], the chimes of Big Ben rang for the first time in years to celebrate the end of the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]] after the [[First Doctor]] defeated the [[Dalek]]s. Despite the initial bombardment prior to the invasion, Big Ben was unscathed. It still stood thirty years later. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks]]'') | ||
By the [[28th century]], | By the [[28th century]], Big Ben had been destroyed. ([[TV]]: "[[Strangers in Space]]") | ||
In [[4039]], Big Ben was again destroyed in the [[Graxnix]] invasion of Earth. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hotel Historia (comic story)|Hotel Historia]]'') | In [[4039]], Big Ben was again destroyed in the [[Graxnix]] invasion of Earth. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hotel Historia (comic story)|Hotel Historia]]'') | ||
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== Alternate timelines & universes == | == Alternate timelines & universes == | ||
[[File:Trickster'sEarth.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] and [[Luke Smith]] next to the remains of Big Ben. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')]] | [[File:Trickster'sEarth.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] and [[Luke Smith]] next to the remains of Big Ben. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')]] | ||
In [[the Trickster's World]], [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] and [[Luke Smith]] stood on the rubble of | In [[the Trickster's World]], [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] and [[Luke Smith]] stood on the rubble of Big Ben in the [[21st century]], and the [[Houses of Parliament|Palace of Westminster]], surveying the obliterated remains of [[London]]. Sarah Jane was revolted by what she had unwittingly caused by altering the timeline on [[18 August]] [[1951]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') | ||
In [[Pete's World]], Big Ben had a square face. However in another appearance it was circular. {{Fact}} | In [[Pete's World]], Big Ben had a square face. However in another appearance it was circular. {{Fact}} | ||
