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| ], seen from the River Thames, with a view of the water gate called "Traitors' Gate"]] | |||
| ]'s novel '']'' was particularly influential in shaping the public's view of the Tower of London.]] | |||
| The ] has been represented in popular culture in many ways. As a result of 16th and 19th century writers, the Tower has a reputation as a grim fortress, a place of torture and execution.<ref>{{harvnb|Impey|Parnell|2000|p=91}}</ref> | |||
| One of the earliest traditions associated with the Tower was that it was built by ]; the story was a popular amongst writers and antiquaries. The earliest recorded attribution of the Tower to the Roman ruler dates to the mid-14th century in a poem by ].<ref>{{harvnb|Nearing|1948|p=229}}</ref> The origin of the myth is uncertain, although it may be related to the fact that the Tower was built in the corner of London's Roman walls. Another possibility is that someone misread a passage from ] in which he says Caesar built a tower at Odnea in France. Gervase wrote Odnea as Dodres, which is close to the French for London, Londres.<ref>{{harvnb|Nearing|1948|pp=231–232}}</ref> Today, the story survives in ]'s '']'' and '']'',<ref>{{harvnb|Nearing|1948|p=228}}</ref> and as late as the 18th century some still regarded the Tower as built by Caesar.<ref>{{harvnb|Nearing|1948|p=233}}</ref> | |||
| * '']'' (1840) by ] though written in fictional form, contrives to give a detailed account of the history and architecture of the Tower. He however included extensive underground passages and dungeons which did not actually exist. | |||
| * The Tower of London, as a place of death, treachery and sorrow, is most famously evoked in ] play '']'', where it forms the backdrop of Richard's seizure of the throne and the scene of the notorious murder of the ], and other victims (see above). A classic film version of this is '']'' (1955) with ] in the title role. This story is also reprised in the historical horror film '']'' (1939) and its ]. | |||
| * ]'s 1888 comic opera '']'', set at the Tower,<ref>{{harvnb|Fischler|1996|p=203}}</ref> has familiarised people throughout the English-speaking world with the Tower for over a century. This is the only Gilbert and Sullivan opera involving an actual historical person, ], Lieutenant of the Tower.<ref>{{harvnb|Bradley|1996|p=772}}</ref> | |||
| * Apparitions of Anne Boleyn at the Tower are the theme of the song "]". | |||
| * '']'', a detective novel by ], where the Tower serves as scene of a murder (Harper & Row Inc., New York, 1933, 1961). | |||
| * '']'', the twenty-sixth book in the '']'' series by ] (Scholastic, January 1995). Also adapted into a two-part episode, an audiobook, and a board game. | |||
| * There was an adventure computer game called Traitors Gate released by Swedish ] in 1999. In the game, the player is an American agent who must secretly steal the crown jewels in 12 hours. The game took place in a CGI recreation of the whole Tower area. | |||
| * The Tower of London features frequently, and is described in exhaustive detail, in ]'s ], especially ], in which the tower is the setting for one of the series' grandest set pieces. | |||
| * The Tower of London has featured multiple times in the long-running ] television ] series '']'': | |||
| ** in the 1964 ] serial "]", the Doctor claims to have been sent to the Tower of London by ] after an argument ended with the king throwing a lump of chicken at him. | |||
| ** in the 1971 ] serial "]", the Doctor mentions having previously met ] in the Tower of London after the latter had gotten in trouble with ]. | |||
| ** in the 2005 Christmas special "]", it was the secret headquarters of the fictional military organization ]. The UNIT base also reappeared in the 2012 episode ]. | |||
| ** in the 2010 episode "]" it was shown to be present on "Starship UK", a massive spaceship containing the population of Britain in the 29th century. | |||
| ** the Tower plays a key role in the show's 50th anniversary special, ]: | |||
| *** in 1562, the ], ] and ] are imprisoned in the Tower by ] while she is impersonating the commander of a group of shape-shifting alien invaders called ]s. | |||
| *** by 2013, the Tower houses UNIT's Black Archives, a storehouse of dangerous extraterrestrial or time displaced technology, where the Doctors and UNIT personnel confront the Zygons and conclude a treaty. | |||
| *** in an early scene, the head of UNIT remarks that the ] are "looking a little sluggish" and "need new batteries." | |||
| *The Tower of London is seen many times in the Roland Emmerich's 2011 movie '']''. | |||
| * The Tower is the setting for the final battle in the anime version of ], where Alucard faces against Incognito. | |||
| * The Tower is the setting for ] when the crown jewels are stolen by Pascal Sauvage. | |||
| * In the novel ], by ], Jonah and Katherine try to save their friends Chip and Alex from the Tower of London. | |||
| * The Tower of London is often portrayed in the ], by ], as a prison. | |||
| * In the novel ''Stars and Stripes Triumphant'', the Tower of London is partially destroyed by invading American ironclads. | |||
| * In the novel '']'' by ], the character Sean O'Lochlainn is imprisoned in the Tower of London. | |||
| * In the game ], one of the prison-like buildings, dungeon, looks-like the Tower of London. | |||
| * The Tower of London was featured on ]. | |||
| * In episode 20 of the anime series '']'', Ciel's butler is tortured in the tower. The princes Edward V and Richard who were held prisoners in the tower also make an appearance as ghosts in episode 16. | |||
| * In ], ] is shown as resident in and holding court in the tower. John's presence in The Tower is established through the use of photographs of the structure. | |||
| * "Towers of London" is a song by the British rock band ] from their 1980 album ]. The song was written by ]. | |||
| * The novel "Balthazar Jones and the Tower of London Zoo" by ] is almost entirely set inside the Tower of London. | |||
| *In ]'s ] young adult ] novel ] (2009), Small Sam escapes being kidnapped, twice, each by cannibalistic adults, and ultimately joins up with a group that takes refuge in the ]. | |||
| *] - Royal favour with Queen Elizabeth had been restored by this time, but his good fortune did not last. The Queen died in 1603, and Raleigh was arrested at Exeter Inn, Ashburton, Devon, and imprisoned in the Tower of London on 19 July 1603. On 17 November, Raleigh was tried in the converted Great Hall of Winchester Castle for treason, due to his involvement in the Main Plot against King James. | |||
| *The Tower appears in '']'', where ] disguises himself as a police officer while trying to steal the crown jewels but falls to his death at the hands of ]. | |||
| *The Tower also appears in '']'', where Brian and Paula visit it whilst seeing the crown jewels. | |||
| *Mr. Toad is briefly imprisoned there in '']'', after he is accused of stealing a motor car which leads to him finding the real culprit and having his name cleared. | |||
| *In the upcoming video game '']'' set in a dystopian London, the Tower appears as the headquarters of Albion PMC. | |||
| *The Tower is also featured in the 2015 animated comedy film '']'', when the guards are interrupted by Stuart with a Minionese-language version of the song ] from the 1968 musical of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0XrO4YJyeI|title=Minions (4/10) Movie CLIP - Breaking into the Castle (2015) HD|website=]}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| *{{citation |last=Bradley |first=Ian |authorlink=Ian Bradley |year=1996 |title=The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan |location=Oxford, England |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-816503-X |url=https://archive.org/details/completeannotate00sull }} | |||
| *{{citation |last=Fischler |first=Alan |title=From Weydon-Priors to Tower Green: The Sources of the Yeomen of the Guard |journal=] |volume=63 |issue=1 |year=1996 |pages=203–225 |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |jstor=30030279 |doi=10.1353/elh.1996.0003|s2cid=159834831 }} {{subscription required}} | |||
| *{{citation |last1=Impey |first1=Edward |last2=Parnell |first2=Geoffrey |title=The Tower of London: The Official Illustrated History |publisher=Merrell Publishers in association with ] |year=2000 |isbn=1-85894-106-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/toweroflondon00edwa }} | |||
| *{{citation |last=Nearing |first=Homer Jr. |title=Julius Caesar and the Tower of London |date=April 1948 |journal=Modern Language Notes |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |pages=228–233 |volume=63 |issue=4 |doi=10.2307/2908562 |jstor=2908562}} | |||
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