London Eye

The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, (PROSE: ) was a giant Ferris wheel and a well-known part of London's skyline. (PROSE: )
== Location ==
The London Eye stood on the South Bank of the River Thames, within easy reach of London's West End via Westminster Bridge. (PROSE: )
== History ==
=== Construction and early life ===
Constructed to mark the end of the second millennium, the London Eye was a huge Ferris wheel — at the time, the largest in the world. Construction work was completed by the end of 1999, although the wheel itself was not ready for public use until some months later. (PROSE: ) It was first opened in the year 2000. (PROSE: , )
The London Eye quickly became a familiar and immediately recognisable part of the London skyline, alongside St Paul's Cathedral, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, its night-time illuminations ensuring it was always visible. (PROSE: )
In the early morning of 1 January 2005, the newly regenerated Eleventh Doctor flew west over the Thames, past the Eye, whilst clinging by his fingers from his TARDIS' doorway, before climbing back aboard and being thrown nearly nine years back in time. (TV: )
In early 2005, A. Fergus was doing a report on the fifth birthday of the London Eye for 60 Seconds on BBC3, when the Ninth Doctor, with blood on his face, told Fergus and his crew to run, and despite them being hardened professionals, they ran like children, not stopping to ask questions. Fergus later wrote about his encounter on Doctor Who?. (PROSE: )
=== During the Auton invasion ===
Two months later, in March, the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler discovered that the Nestene Consciousness, who had set up its base underneath, used the landmark as a transmitter to activate its Autons as it was circular and that was what was needed to send the activation signal (TV: , PROSE: ) and the cross-frequency jamming wave (PROSE: ) and the pair shut down the Autons' operation. (TV: Rose) At least one person found themselves unable to see due to the brightness and unable to talk because of the noise. The appearance of the Eye, also hyperbolically referred to as a wheel of fire, was comparable to that of fireworks and St. Elmo's fire. (PROSE: )
According to one account, after the death of the Nestene Consciousness due to it being infected with Anti-plastic, the explosion caused the Eye to collapse and fall into the Thames, (PROSE: Rose) however, other accounts that showed the immediate clean-up of "Operation Mannequin" by UNIT indicated no damage to the London Eye. (PROSE: , )
=== After the invasion ===
In 2016, the London Eye was wrecked by the rampaging robot K2. (COMIC: )
When the end of the world came due to Sol slowly imploding, Lucy Wilson and Hobo Kostinen, making their way through an abandoned, derelict London, observed the London Eye once more tipping into the river. (PROSE: )
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