In Popular Culture
The tower featured in the 1973 film, The Vault of Horror, in which several characters are trapped in a lift in the building. It was also used for the location filming of the Doctor Who serial The Invasion to represent the London offices of International Electromatics.
On 28th November, 2011, Canadian DJ and dance music producer Deadmau5 performed in a sound and light show at the tower for the launch of Nokia's new Lumia 800 smartphone. Each of the tower's 800 windows were covered with vinyl, while 16 powerful projectors on the other side of the river beamed images onto it.
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