A view of Tom Quad in Christ Church, showing the pond (Mercury) and the gateway under Tom Tower. Great Tom is a gigantic bell, weighing more than ten tons, which tolls 101 times at five past nine every night, traditionally to summon the scholars of Christ Church back to the college.

Note the absence of the statue from the podium: it had been removed by riotous undergraduates.

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