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== In the DWU == | == In the DWU == | ||
Television Centre was bombed | Television Centre was bombed — knocking the BBC off the air — during the [[Internal Counter-Intelligence Service]]'s attempted coup in ''[[The Longest Night]]''. | ||
[[File:TVActionComic.jpg|thumb|[[Beep]] the [[Meep]]'s ship punctures the side of Television Centre]] | [[File:TVActionComic.jpg|thumb|[[Beep]] the [[Meep]]'s ship punctures the side of Television Centre]] | ||
Television Centre is the location of an Eighth Doctor comic, ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]'', in which the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]] chase [[Beep]] the [[Meep]] into an [[Meta-fiction universe|alternate universe]]. There, they land on [[12 October]] [[1979]] just outside what is presumably the "real" Television Centre. A mad chase through various studios ensues, but Beep has mistaken [[Tom Baker]] for the real [[Fourth Doctor]]. Beep wishes to extract revenge against Baker for the events of the [[Fourth Doctor comic stories|Fourth Doctor strip]], ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]'', but in the end, the actor's tendency to ramble subdues the alien long enough to allow Izzy to overload Beep's [[Black Star drive]], ending the adventure. Much of Television Centre is reasonably accurately portrayed, with the main entrance, central fountain, ''[[Blue Peter]]'' garden, and circular studio space being recognisably captured by artist [[Roger Langridge]]. | Television Centre is the location of an Eighth Doctor comic, ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]'', in which the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]] chase [[Beep]] the [[Meep]] into an [[Meta-fiction universe|alternate universe]]. There, they land on [[12 October]] [[1979]] just outside what is presumably the "real" Television Centre. A mad chase through various studios ensues, but Beep has mistaken [[Tom Baker]] for the real [[Fourth Doctor]]. Beep wishes to extract revenge against Baker for the events of the [[Fourth Doctor comic stories|Fourth Doctor strip]], ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]'', but in the end, the actor's tendency to ramble subdues the alien long enough to allow Izzy to overload Beep's [[Black Star drive]], ending the adventure. Much of Television Centre is reasonably accurately portrayed, with the main entrance, central fountain, ''[[Blue Peter]]'' garden, and circular studio space being recognisably captured by artist [[Roger Langridge]]. | ||
''[[The Eight Truths (audio story)|The Eight Truths]]'', set in [[2015]] but released in 2009, establishes that the BBC sold the BBC Television Centre, to the [[Centre of Balance]], "three years ago", around [[2012]]. The former Television Centre now serves as their headquarters. | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
