Last Alteration: Tuesday 13 November 2007
Queen Victoria Street
GPS Coordinates
-00°05'54", 51°30'43"
Google Earth
London A-Z
Page 168, C2
Nicholson
Page 279, H10
Ordnance Survey
Page 251, D5
Streetmap
Queen Victoria Street
London, EC4
Queen Victoria Street is on the north bank of the Thames, running between Blackfriars and Bank.
How to get here:
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Underground (District/Circle)/Rail: Blackfriars - Exit the station and walk along Queen Victoria Street until you reach the College of Arms. +
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Bus: St. Paul's Bus Map - The locations are at stop SG. +
Access: PublicStatus: recognisableCollege of Arms
Photograph taken: 4th March 2006 by Chuck Foster
The Invasion (6)
Filmed: 8 Sep 1969
A cleaner is overcome by the Cybermen control signal as he cleans the
gates of the College.
Access: PublicStatus: alteredManhole, Queen Victoria Street
Photograph taken: 4th March 2006 by Chuck Foster
The Invasion (6)
Filmed: 8 Sep 1969
A Cyberman throws off the cover and climbs out onto the street.
Additional Notes:
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The kerb along this stretch of Queen Victoria Street was extended during the 1990's, so the manhole cover is now on the pavement rather than in the street! (It is also not the cover on screen, which was a lightweight copy).
Where to walk to next?
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St. Peter's Steps (The Invasion). St. Peter's Steps are next to the College Of Arms.
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Cardinal Cap Alley (The Talons of Weng-Chiang). Cross Queen Victoria Street and then across the Thames on the Millennium Bridge; Cardinal Cap alley is just off Bankside on the eastern side of the Bankside Power Station (aka Tate Modern).
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Knightrider Street (The Invasion): 0.04 miles.
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Distaff Lane (The Invasion): 0.06 miles.
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St. Paul's Cathedral (The Web of Fear): 0.12 miles.
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Ludgate Hill (The Invasion): 0.16 miles.
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Shakespeare's Globe (The Shakespeare Code): 0.28 miles.
General Details
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The College of Arms is official repository of the many Coats of Arms of the UK and Commonwealth. The building dates back to the 1670s, when it was built on the site of the original college, Derby Place, which was destroyed during the Great Fire of London in 1666. Originally a complete quadangle, the now front of the building was demolished during the construction of Queen Victoria Street in the 1860s. The gates as featured in The Invasion were erected in 1956.
Further links about the location
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Official College of Arms Website
Related Stories
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The Invasion [8 Sep 1968]: The Invasion has begun!
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All screen captures are the copyright of the BBC and appear here as reference to illustrate the location in comparison with it looked at the time of filming and the present day; no attempt is made to supercede this or any other copyright.
