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'''Tottenham Court Road''' was the [[London]] street at whose [[McDonald's]] [[Ace]] worked as a waitress for a while. ([[PROSE]]: | '''Tottenham Court Road''' was the [[London]] street at whose [[McDonald's]] [[Ace]] worked as a waitress for a while. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Illegal Alien (novel)}}, {{cs|Head Games (novel)}}) It consisted mostly of electronic shops. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (novelisation)}}) The version that [[Sam Jones]] knew had places like a [[Burger King]] and a [[Virgin Megastore]], so the place felt alien to her when he arrived there in [[1963]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Taint (novel)}}) [[Mel Tyrone]] was almost always in that Burger King, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The King of Terror (novel)}}) while Ace browsed the Virgin Megastore during much of her free time. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Illegal Alien (novel)}}) In the time period Ace was used to, and indeed many time periods, the road was constantly busy, with really heavy [[road traffic|traffic]] at almost all times. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head Games (novel)}}) | ||
Likewise, when [[Fitz Kreiner]] went to a London in [[2001|his relative future]], he was baffled by the electronic devices and [[television]]s displayed in shop windows on Tottenham Court Road. ([[PROSE]]: | Likewise, when [[Fitz Kreiner]] went to a London in [[2001|his relative future]], he was baffled by the electronic devices and [[television]]s displayed in shop windows on Tottenham Court Road. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Escape Velocity (novel)}}) | ||
It was the location of the [[Warren Street tube station]], ([[PROSE]]: | It was the location of the [[Warren Street tube station]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Indestructible Man (novel)}}) as well as the self-titled [[Tottenham Court Road tube station|Tottenham Court Road station]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Web of Fear (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Heart of TARDIS (novel)}}, {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}}, {{cs|Dead Romance (novel)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Doctor and the Nurse (comic story)}}) The road also housed a [[police station]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Endgame (novel)}}) | ||
[[Hanway Street]] joined Tottenham and [[Oxford Street]], ([[PROSE]]: | [[Hanway Street]] joined Tottenham and [[Oxford Street]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}, {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}}) although the connection between the two streets was later blocked by [[1985]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)}}) Tottenham was near [[Charing Cross Road]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Hollow Men (novel)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The street was the home of a little [[tea]] shop where [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] first met. ([[PROSE]]: | The street was the home of a little [[tea]] shop where [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] first met. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Byzantium! (novel)}}) | ||
[[Polly Wright]] traversed Tottenham Court Road during her commute to the [[Post Office Tower]] in [[1966]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | [[Polly Wright]] traversed Tottenham Court Road during her commute to the [[Post Office Tower]] in [[1966]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Sleeper Agents (audio story)}}) | ||
In [[1968]], [[Professor]] [[George Litefoot]] worked at a [[bookshop]] on the road. ([[AUDIO]]: | In [[1968]], [[Professor]] [[George Litefoot]] worked at a [[bookshop]] on the road. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Age of Revolution (audio story)}}) | ||
[[Jordan Proctor]] once worked at a building site on Tottenham Court Road. ([[AUDIO]]: | [[Jordan Proctor]] once worked at a building site on Tottenham Court Road. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Hysteria (audio story)}}) | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Harry Sullivan]] suggested the street to [[Chris Grant]] as a good place from which to steal projection [[television]]s and [[plasma]] screens. ([[PROSE]]: | [[Harry Sullivan]] suggested the street to [[Chris Grant]] as a good place from which to steal projection [[television]]s and [[plasma]] screens. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennium Shock (novel)}}) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
