Today we’re looking at another classic phone box that appears in ‘The War Machines’ – this time on location and thus a real in-use phone box.
This box appears later on in the serial, in episode four, once the titular War Machines are out on the rampage around London.
As usual, I used Doctor Who Locations to identify the filming location, which was in Charlotte Place, London.
Here’s the most up-to-date Street View image: 51°51’87.4″N, 0°13’58.4″W. The phone box is sadly long gone, but the Duke of York pub is still thriving (or was in 2019 at any rate).
The restaurant across the street is now the Rathbone Hotel, but the building next to the railings remains fairly unchanged. I love seeing how streets change over time! I just wish that all the classic phone boxes weren’t disappearing in the process…
One last phone box from ‘The War Machines’ next week.