Editing White Rabbit (London)

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|type     = [[Pub]]
|location = [[London]]
|first    = The Harvest (audio story)
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The '''White Rabbit''' was a [[London]] [[public house]] which was located near [[St Gart's Bankside Hospital]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Longest Night]]'', ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'')

== Design and layout ==
In the [[17th century]], a sign hung above the entrance to the tavern depicting a fat [[hare]] and proclaiming its name. The interior was packed full of wooden tables and stools and lit by candles and warmed by a fire in one corner. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Feast (short story)|The Feast]]'')

== History ==
The [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] visited the pub during the reign of [[Oliver Cromwell]] in the [[17th century]]. They arrived during [[Christmas]], but were quickly arrested for mentioning the "[[Paganism|pagan]]" holiday. Later, they were rescued by [[Landlord (The Feast)|the tavern landlord]], who himself was a Christmas-believer. He took the Doctor to the tavern cellar, where he encountered [[Saint Nick (The Feast)|a being]] claiming to be [[Nicholas of Myra|Saint Nick]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Feast (short story)|The Feast]]'')

On [[25 June]] [[1906]], [[Richard (Prologue to The Centenarian)|Richard]] and his [[fiancée]] [[Violet (Prologue to The Centenarian)|Violet]] met at the White Rabbit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prologue (ST short story)|Prologue]]'')

The pub once survived a direct hit from a [[German]] [[bomb]] during [[World War II]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Incongruous Details (short story)|Incongruous Details]]'')

At one point, it was owned by [[Dominique van Gysegham]]'s first husband, who died in [[1977]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]'')

Before his travels in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], [[Hex]] would go to the Rabbit every [[Friday]] with friends. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'') He and his fellow [[nurse]]s would go there on [[Saturday]] nights as well to "blow off some steam". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (short story)|Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast]]'') He visited the place for a final time for his 23rd [[birthday]] on [[12 October]] [[2021]], where he first met [[Ace]] and was nearly killed before finding refuge in [[the TARDIS]] with her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'')

Hex had always planned to return there with [[Mark Mathias]]. However, Mark died before his return to [[London]] in [[August]] [[2025]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'')

[[Emily Chaudhry]] described the pub as "warm and cosy". It was a frequent destination for [[UNIT]] soldiers. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Incongruous Details]]'') Emily, who wished to play with the Rabbit's quiz machine with some [[alcohol]] rather than run around with the [[Sixth Doctor]], was [[godmother]] to the barmaid's son. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Defining Patterns (short story)|Defining Patterns]]'')

[[Linda Grainger]] spent a miserable [[Christmas Eve]] [[1990]] in the White Rabbit after her boyfriend dumped her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[She Won't Be Home (short story)|She Won't Be Home]]'') Immediately before Emily first met an incarnation of [[the Doctor]] in the [[1990s]], she was in the White Rabbit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Incongruous Details (short story)|Incongruous Details]]'') On his first trip in the TARDIS, [[Will Hoffman]] was brought to the White Rabbit in the [[1940s]], and then in the [[1950s]]. Emily thought it no mere coincidence. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Defining Patterns (short story)|Defining Patterns]]'')

The Seventh Doctor used it as a point of reference to prove that he, Ace and Hex had arrived in the correct location. Hex later expressed that he felt "like I've had the night with the lads in the Rabbit" because of [[sedative]]s given to him while recovering in the [[Crichton Building]] from a [[musket]] shot ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'') fired at him by [[Bartholomew Kitchen]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Angel of Scutari (audio story)|The Angel of Scutari]]'') The Seventh Doctor and Hex later visited the pub after defeating [[Nimrod]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'')

The White Rabbit was also where [[Ace]] and soon-to-be-boyfriend, and — some would argue — [[fiancé]], [[Henry Noone]], first met on [[24 June]] [[2027]]. She later returned to use his [[mobile phone]] to contact [[UNIT]] and [[British government|government]] agents for help, and the two thereafter frequently met there. After living together for around a year and finally defeating [[Nobody No-One]] and reviving the [[Seventh Doctor]], Ace left with the Doctor instead of meeting with Henry at the pub as they had planned, after he wiped her [[TG tablet]]'s [[hard drive]] clean. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Death in the Family (audio story)|A Death in the Family]]'')

It was later moved to [[Bedrock 12]] during one of the wars, either the one with the [[Gelati]], [[Dalek]]s or the [[Draconian]]s. [[Bernice Summerfield]] came here to meet [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Final Amendment (audio story)|The Final Amendment]]'')
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