Landmarking the Hidden Base: Difference between revisions

== ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ==

* The Torchwood Institute has had bases:

** Under the Thames Barrier in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/2006 CS the Runaway Bride|The Runaway Bride]]", where it's [[Lampshaded]]:

{{quote|'''Donna:''' What, there's like a secret base hidden under a major London landmark?

'''The Doctor:''' I know, unheard of... }}

* UNIT had one: Under the Tower of London in "The Christmas Invasion". It beat their early place that had a conspicuous "Keep Out" sign.

* Various bad guys have based themselves in/under:

** Gatwick Airport (The Chameleons in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S4/E08 The Faceless Ones|The Faceless Ones]]")

** The Post Office Tower (WOTAN in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S3/E10 The War Machines|The War Machines]]")

* They make an attempt to [[Justified Trope|justify]] many of these, explaining there is something important about the location or nature of the structure that they need. For example, the Torchwood Tower (Canary Wharf) exists because there was a rift high in the air, so they had to build a giant tower to reach it, The Hub's location was chosen due to its proximity with yet another rift and the Nestene Consciousness was using the London Eye as a giant transmitter to broadcast the signal controlling the Autons. In "Daleks in Manhattan", the Daleks attached Dalekanium strips to the top of the Empire State Building (which at the time was the tallest building on Earth) to kick-start a new race of hybrids with a solar flare.

* Canary Wharf is also the headquarters of the British time travelling military in an [[Alternate Universe|alternate 2006]] visited by the First Doctor in the [[Past Doctor Adventures]] novel ''The Time Travellers''. ''And'' the villain of the Sixth Doctor [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]] novel ''Millennial Rites'' (for reasons broadly similar to the ''Tomorrow People'' villain).