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Eiffel Tower

Eifel Tower; 2000.jpg

Location:

First mentioned in:

Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks[+]Loading...["Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)"]

First appearance:

The Assassination Threat[+]Loading...["The Assassination Threat (comic story)"]

Appearances:

TV:City of Death[+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"]
TV:Doctor Who[+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"]
TV:The Christmas Invasion[+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"]
TV:Army of Ghosts[+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"]
COMIC:Missy Loves Ghostie[+]Loading...["Missy Loves Ghostie (comic story)"]
TV:Spyfall[+]Loading...["Spyfall (TV story)"]

TheEiffel Tower was a structure located inParis whichthe Doctor saw on several occasions.

History[[edit] |[edit source]]

According to theNinth Doctor, it was built byaliens as aspaceship, but he stopped it from taking off. (PROSE:Rose[+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])

20th century[[edit] |[edit source]]

TheEighth Doctor tookAnji andFitz to see the Eiffel Tower in the summer of1937. Close to the Tower, the Doctor told Fitz and Anji thatAdolf Hitler had wanted to have his photograph taken atop the Tower to prove that he had conquered Paris.

However, the Tower's keepers had made the lifts and stairways impassible to preventGerman entry, so he had to have a press conference in the shadow of the monument, instead. (PROSE:History 101[+]Loading...["History 101 (novel)"])

In1943, theThirteenth Doctor confrontedthe Spy Master atop the Eiffel Tower. (TV:Spyfall[+]Loading...["Spyfall (TV story)"])

TheTwelfth Doctor andClara, while visiting Paris following its liberation in1944, thwarted a plan by theDarapok Empire to brainwashhumanity into destroying itself by destroying their transmitter on the Eiffel Tower, and then frightening them off. (COMIC:Trust[+]Loading...["Trust (comic story)"])

TheFourth Doctor andRomana II visited the Eiffel Tower in1979, whileDuggan bought apostcard of theMona Lisa from a gift shop there. (TV:City of Death[+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"])

21st century[[edit] |[edit source]]

After a wave ofShakri cubes arrived onEarth, hundreds of them could be seen in Paris by the Eiffel Tower. (TV:The Power of Three[+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"])

Around the2010s, a globalforest grew overnight to protect the Earth from asolar flare. The forest encompassed the area around the Eiffel Tower. (TV:In the Forest of the Night[+]Loading...["In the Forest of the Night (TV story)"])

Under the influence of theAmulet of Xanadu's power,The Ghost moved the tower from Paris toNew York. (COMIC:Missy Loves Ghostie[+]Loading...["Missy Loves Ghostie (comic story)"])

Later history[[edit] |[edit source]]

The replica on Cobaltikar 45. (COMIC:Tower of Power[+]Loading...["Tower of Power (comic story)"])

According to the Ninth Doctor, it would eventually take off as he had only left it "on idle". (PROSE:Rose[+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])

In2323, when theFourteenth Doctor interfered with theDalek Dome's1966 Dalek invasion of Earthexhibit, he caused the false Daleks to destroy the Earth, observing the remains of the Eiffel Tower drifting in the wreckage before he learnt that it was all a simulation. (COMIC:Liberation of the Daleks[+]Loading...["Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)"])

In2254, the Eiffel Tower survived aDalek invasion of Earth which saw Paris liberated bythe Doctor. (GAME:Dalek Attack[+]Loading...["Dalek Attack (video game)"])

Like other famous cultural items such as theStatue of Liberty, the Tower was stolen by theThreshold and taken to the town ofWormwood onthe Moon. (COMIC:Wormwood[+]Loading...["Wormwood (comic story)"])

There was a replica of the Eiffel Tower onCobaltikar 45. (COMIC:Tower of Power[+]Loading...["Tower of Power (comic story)"])

Other realities[[edit] |[edit source]]

The Eiffel Tower also existed in theParis of aparallel universe (GAME:Airships[+]Loading...["Airships (video game)"]) known as "Pete's World". (TV:Doomsday[+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"])

References[[edit] |[edit source]]

Apainting of the Eiffel Tower. (GAME:Dalek Attack[+]Loading...["Dalek Attack (video game)"])

After reaching the highest point of theDalek City,Ian Chesterton thought they must have been as high up as the top of the Eiffel Tower. (PROSE:Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks[+]Loading...["Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)"])

Paintings of the Eiffel Tower were placed aroundbuildings in Paris as late as2254. (GAME:Dalek Attack[+]Loading...["Dalek Attack (video game)"])