Southwark Cathedral was a cathedral in Southwark, London. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment)
It was one of the oldest churches in London. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment) A place of Christian worship had been established at this location on the south side of the River Thames by 1086, making it one of the oldest churches in London, although it did not become a cathedral until the early 20th century. (PROSE: The Time Travellers' Almanac)
The building itself was constructed between 1220 and 1420, and survived everything from the Great Fire of London to World War II. (PROSE: The Time Travellers' Almanac) It was present in Southwark in 1599. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)
During the London Blitz in the early 1940s, Southwark Cathedral became a place of refuge from the nightly bombing raids, with locals regularly sheltering there. (PROSE: The Time Travellers' Almanac) Richard Lazarus hid in the crypts. He again hid there in the 2000s.[nb 1] Martha Jones and the Tenth Doctor found him and he chased Martha up the bell tower. The Doctor used the cathedral's organ to distract him and he fell to his death. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment)
By 2013, the Shard had been built nearby, dwarfing the cathedral in comparison. It could be seen by the Eleventh Doctor as he travelled to the Shard to rescue Clara Oswald. (TV: The Bells of Saint John)
References[]
Penny Chapman likened the bigger-on-the-inside quality of the TARDIS to keeping Southwark Cathedral in a cupboard. The Eighth Doctor told her it was the best analogy he'd heard in years. (COMIC: The Curious Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack)
Behind the scenes[]
- Though exterior shots of Southwark Cathedral were used and the location identified by name in The Lazarus Experiment, the interior scenes were actually filmed at Wells Cathedral.
Footnotes[]
- ↑ According to the episode The Sound of Drums, Martha Jones' present day during series 3 of Doctor Who takes place over a six-day period, with the Saxon Master being elected three days after Smith and Jones, and the Toclafane invading Earth five days after Smith and Jones. However, sources differ on which dates these stories are set. According to PROSE: The Paradox Moon, the Toclafane invasion happens on 23 June 2007, placing the events of Smith and Jones on 18 June. According to AUDIO: Hysteria, Smith and Jones takes place in 2008, with a UNIT mission log in AUDIO: Recruits referring to the recovery of moon rocks from Royal Hope Hospital in March 2008. A newspaper clipping in PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters places Smith and Jones on a Sunday 4 June, thus placing the Toclafane invasion on Friday 9 June. In the real world, these dates do not fall on a Sunday and Friday in either 2007 or 2008.
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