A Towering Problem
Today (NOv. 006-2022) I thought about a London building in an early Dr. Who episode.
I commented on this question: https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/70268/prior-to-1963-did-a-british-nobleman-ever-disclaim-or-renounce-his-title-what-w
and I looked at Tony Benn's Wikipedia page, which said he was Postmaster-General when the Post office Tower was built.
So naturally I did some research on the Post Office Tower, also known as the BT Tower and the Telecommunicatins Tower. It is easy to find out how tall it is, but I wondered how wide it is.
Between the 35.1m and 108.2m levels the tower’s exterior is clad with glazed panels, and has an overall diameter of 15.8m. Inside, this portion of the building contains radio, ventilation, refrigeration and power units.
And the revolving section at the top is 19.5 meters in diameter.
http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=46#:~:text=The%20core%20is%2010.7m,ventilation%2C%20refrigeration%20and%20power%20units.
So most of the tower is 51.83 feet in diameter, and even the revolving section is only 63.97 feet in diameter.
And in the serial "The War Machines" 25 June to 16 July, 1966, Profefesor Brett built a super computer WOTAN in the top of the the tower.
I just found online stills showing a curved line of windows behind WOTAN. But what was the layout of the rest of WOTAN's rooom? Did people enter thorugh a doorway in a wall? Was the room totally circular, which might mean people would have to enter through a ladder, stair, or elevator in the center?
I have to wonder whether the sets would actually fit inside the tower, or if the Doctor had previously for some reason shared Tardis technology with Earth architects. share