New York City (1966)

Vicki gazes at New York City's skyline from the Empire State Building observation deck and names it 'Ancient New York' from her history books. Daleks later destroy this thriving 20th-century metropolis in their invasion, turning its towers and streets to rubble. The reference evokes a lost era of human bustle and ambition, heightening the stakes as characters confront the shadow of future conquest amid oblivious 1960s tourists below.