London



London was the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England.

History
The name London came from the Latin name Londinium, as London was founded by the Romans during their reign over the island. Barbara Wright's casual mention that she was from Londinium during a visit to first century Rome led to her and Ian Chesterton being abducted and sold into slavery, as the recently conquered Britons at that time were not yet Roman citizens ("The Romans").

In 1666, the Great Fire of London swept through and destroyed a large part of the City of London, caused by the destruction of a Terileptil base. (The Visitation).

London was evacuated several times during the late 20th century, most notably during the activities of Operation Golden Age (Invasion of the Dinosaurs); however little lasting damage to the city occured during these evacuations.

By the early 21st century a surprisingly large number of London landmarks had secret bases of either human or alien origin located beneath them. These included the London Eye, which was integral to the plans of the Nestene Consciousness (DW: Rose) the Tower of London, which was a UNIT command centre (DW: The Christmas Invasion). The Torchwood Institute had situated an installation in Canary Wharf and another at the Thames Barrier. Canary Wharf housed Torchwood 1 itself, which the Institute had constructed in order to study a mysterious phenomena (actually an entrance into the Void) five hundred feet above the city (DW: Army of Ghosts/Doomsday). The latter of these was later taken over by the Empress of the Racnoss. (DW: The Runaway Bride)

The city was largely abandoned during the 22nd century Dalek invasion (DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, EDA: Alien Bodies).

By the 28th century, London covered most of southern England. (DW: The Sensorites)

By 4000, it had the new name, Central City. (DW: The Daleks' Master Plan)


 * The name as well as the importance of some of the activities there, implied it had by then become the capitol of Earth and by extension, the Sol system.'

17th century

 * 1666: The Great Fire of London

18th century

 * 1752: The Julian calender is put into effect, removing eleven days from the calender. A version of 1752, frozen in time, will thenceforce be the capitol of the Eleventh-Day Empire.

19th century

 * The Jack the Ripper murders.
 * The Tong of the Black Scorpion and Li H'sen Chang carry out a series of abductions on behest of Magnus Greel. (DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

20th century

 * The Blitz. The Empty Child plague occurs during this time.
 * 1963: The Shoreditch Incident. Imperial and Renegade Dalek factions battle on the streets of Shoreditch. An Imperial shuttlecraft lands on the grounds of Coal Hill School. (DW: Remembrance of the Daleks'')
 * 1966: WOTAN, located at the top of the Post Office Tower, attempts a take-over of Earth with mind control and robot War Machines. (DW: Remembrance of the Daleks)
 * Yeti invasion. The city is evacuated. In the London Underground there are pitched battles between British soldiers and Yeti. (DW: The Web of Fear)
 * London is occupied by Cybermen. (DW: The Invasion) After the defeat of the Cybermen, some Cybermen still survive in the London sewers and carry out occasional cyber-conversions until 1985. (DW: Attack of the Cybermen, Dalek)
 * The Silurian virus spreads throughout the city. (DW: Doctor Who and the Silurians)
 * The city is evacuated (except for looters) as a result of Operation Golden Age. (DW: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)
 * 1976: Big Ben is destroyed by bombing. (NA: No Future)
 * 1984: British troops battle a Dalek in the docklands. (DW: Resurrection of the Daleks)

21st century

 * 2005: The Shop Dummy Massacre. Nestenes activate Autons made to look shop window mannequins, who kill many bystanders before the Autons are de-activated. (DW: Rose, Love & Monsters)
 * 2006: A Slitheen craft side-swipes Big Ben, cutting it in half and then crashlands in the Thames. (DW: Aliens of London, Love & Monsters) The next day, 10 Downing Street is destroyed by a Human guided missile. (DW: World War Three)
 * Christmas, 2006: The Sycorax ship enters London airspace. The sonic boom causes glass to shatter for miles around. The ship leaves, but is destroyed by a Torchwood Institute energy wepaon. That evening, the remains of the ship, in the form of ash, wafts down upon the city like snow. (DW: The Christmas Invasion, School Reunion, Love & Monsters'')
 * 2007: The Battle of Canary Wharf. (DW: Army of Ghosts/Doomsday)

22nd century

 * circa 2157: London is turned into a ghost city during the 22nd century Dalek invasion. (DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, EDA: Alien Bodies)
 * With the Daleks now defeated, the city is re-built and re-populated. (EDA: Legacy of the Daleks)

Television

 * Susan Foreman (attended school in Shoreditch; but was not actually from the city)
 * Barbara Wright
 * Ian Chesterton
 * Dodo Chaplet
 * Ben Jackson
 * Polly
 * Victoria Waterfield
 * Sergeant Benton
 * Liz Shaw
 * Jo Grant
 * Mike Yates
 * Sarah Jane Smith
 * Harry Sullivan
 * Ace (actually not from London, but from its suburb, Perivale)
 * Rose Tyler
 * Mickey Smith

Novels

 * Samantha Jones

Audio adventures

 * Evelyn Smythe