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Charing Cross Road was a road in London. It was in Westminster, located near the intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue and Earlham Street. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)
History[]
19th century[]
It was newly built in 1887 when Sherlock Holmes and John Watson passed along it on their way to Baker Street. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)
20th century[]
The Eighth Doctor mentioned that his companion Charlotte Pollard had helped him find a first edition of Oliver Twist in Charing Cross Road. (AUDIO: The Chimes of Midnight)
Mr Syme owned a bookshop on Charing Cross Road in 1949. (PROSE: The Winning Side)
Barbara Wright bought second-hand history books from Charing Cross Road in the 1960s. (PROSE: Byzantium!)
In 1968, the Master claimed to own a bookshop of his own on Charing Cross Road. (PROSE: The Nameless City)
The TARDIS was drawn to Charing Cross Road by the presence of the Shadeys. (COMIC: A Groatsworth of Wit)
The Fourth Doctor and Liz Shaw walked along Charing Cross Road after being thrown out of a restaurant. (PROSE: Down to Earth)
On 6 July 1994, a tennis player named Martina was killed when the Euterpian Atimkos influenced her into walking out onto Charing Cross Road moments before bus number 64 went past. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)
In the late 1990s, Raoul's partner bought a mixed salad from a Greek deli on Charing Cross Road. He ate it while at the studio in an Industrial estate in Mile End. (PROSE: Hospitality)
Behind the scenes[]
Location information
Though it's possible that a real world location doesn't exist in the same geographic space in the Doctor Who universe, such cases are few and far between. Thus, the map at right is probably a good indicator of the DWU location of Charing Cross Road.