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* When the [[Slitheen craft]] crashes into Big Ben in ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', the on-screen scenes are flipped, causing the clock face(s) to appear back-to-front in the finished programme. | * When the [[Slitheen craft]] crashes into Big Ben in ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', the on-screen scenes are flipped, causing the clock face(s) to appear back-to-front in the finished programme. | ||
* Big Ben is actually the name of the main bell housed within the Westminster Clock Tower, and not the name of the clock tower itself. | * Big Ben is actually the name of the main bell housed within the Westminster Clock Tower, and not the name of the clock tower itself. | ||
* Big Ben was featured in [[Alister Pearson]]'s cover artwork for the [[BBC Video]] release of ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''. The clock tower had not featured in the original artwork, but was added by Pearson at the request of BBC Video themselves | * Big Ben was featured in [[Alister Pearson]]'s cover artwork for the 1990 [[BBC Video]] release of ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', which was also used on the 1990 edition of [[Terrance Dicks]]'s [[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (novelisation)|novelisation]] of the story. The clock tower had not featured in the original artwork, but was added by Pearson at the request of BBC Video themselves — apparently to aid overseas sales. | ||
* In the ultimately unproduced film ''[[The Dark Dimension (TV story)|The Dark Dimension]]'', the Daleks were to have been among several [[alien]] races which simultaneously invade [[London]], with one particular scene depicting a pair of [[white]]-coloured Daleks with glowing bases swooping past the face of Big Ben with [[gunstick|guns]] blazing. | * In the ultimately unproduced film ''[[The Dark Dimension (TV story)|The Dark Dimension]]'', the Daleks were to have been among several [[alien]] races which simultaneously invade [[London]], with one particular scene depicting a pair of [[white]]-coloured Daleks with glowing bases swooping past the face of Big Ben with [[gunstick|guns]] blazing. | ||
