Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge
Type:	Bridge
Location:	London
First appearance:	Resurrection of the Daleks
Appearances:	see list

Tower Bridge was a London bridge, over which people could cross the River Thames. The road which crossed the bridge was called Tower Bridge Road. While its northern landfall was located just beyond the eastern wall of the Tower of London, (TV: The Lie of the Land) its southern landfall was located in the London Borough of Southwark.

A map showing the location of Tower Bridge. (TV: The Lie of the Land)

History

The Fifth Doctor's TARDIS materialised near the bridge in 1984. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)

The Slitheen craft narrowly missed hitting Tower Bridge on 6 March 2006. (TV: Aliens of London) A picture of it passing the bridge was posted on Who is Doctor Who? later that day. (PROSE: Alien landing confirmed)

In the 21st century, the Shard was located nearby. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three)

In 2014, Jack Odwards was swallowed by a Gomagog wormhole underneath Tower Bridge, while swimming the River Thames for charity. (AUDIO: Kronos Vad's History of Earth (Vol. 36,379))

Tower Bridge was seen on a map of London used during the Monk invasion of the late 2010s. (TV: The Lie of the Land)

In the 2020s, the TARDIS appeared near Tower Bridge on the bank of the River Thames in a pink paintjob. (GRAPHIC: Come on TARDIS, let's go party)

In 2023, on a Tuesday, a rift appeared on Tower Bridge. It allowed through an orb of crackling energy which turned out to contain a time-shifted H. P. Lovecraft. Before it revealed its passenger, however, the orb damaged the concrete and several nearby cars, causing multiple casualties. As a result, police and MI5 forces closed the Bridge to the public and called in P.R.O.B.E. to resolve the situation. After P.R.O.B.E. helped send Lovecraft safely back through the rift even though he'd lost the protection of the orb, the portal collapsed in on itself. (AUDIO: Guardian At The Gate)

Other realities

Pete's World

A building which resembled Tower Bridge from the Doctor's universe existed (TV: Rise of the Cybermen) in Pete's World. (TV: Doomsday) It was in a similar location to its N-Space counterpart. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen)

The Trickster's World

In this reality, while the rest of London had become a blasted wasteland, Tower Bridge appeared to still be standing. (TV: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith)

Behind the scenes

VFX shots of the CyberKing in London, in 2008's The Next Doctor, had to be fixed by The Mill after producer Susie Liggat noticed that 1851 London contained the Tower Bridge, which wouldn't be built for another four or so decades.