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'''Big Ben''' was the name by which the clock tower on one end of the [[Houses of Parliament]] was most commonly known | '''Big Ben''' was the name by which the clock tower on one end of the [[Houses of Parliament]] was most commonly known. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
In [[1892]], [[Clara Oswald]], while serving as a governess under the alias Miss Montegue, claimed to her young charges that | In [[1892]], [[Clara Oswald]], while serving as a governess under the alias Miss Montegue, claimed to her young charges that she was born behind Big Ben's face. She explained that it accounted for her acute sense of [[time]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') | ||
Later during the [[1890s]], a [[Tyrannosaurus rex]], having been accidentally sent to the [[Thames]] after swallowing [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], advanced on Big Ben before being encircled by the efforts of [[Scotland Yard]] using a series of [[sonic lantern]]s provided by [[Vastra|Madame Vastra]]. The [[Half-Face Man]], who had later [[Spontaneous human combustion|murdered]] the [[dinosaur]], met his end impaled on the spire of Big Ben after falling from his hot-air [[balloon]] in a confrontation with the [[Twelfth Doctor]], with his top [[hat]] falling down the tower. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath]]'') | Later during the [[1890s]], a [[Tyrannosaurus rex]], having been accidentally sent to the [[Thames]] after swallowing [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], advanced on Big Ben before being encircled by the efforts of [[Scotland Yard]] using a series of [[sonic lantern]]s provided by [[Vastra|Madame Vastra]]. The [[Half-Face Man]], who had later [[Spontaneous human combustion|murdered]] the [[dinosaur]], met his end impaled on the spire of Big Ben after falling from his hot-air [[balloon]] in a confrontation with the [[Twelfth Doctor]], with his top [[hat]] falling down the tower. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath]]'') | ||
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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]]'') | ||
== Alternate timelines | == Alternate timelines and 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 Big Ben in the [[21st century]], and the [[Houses of Parliament]], 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 [[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]], 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]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
