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It was set up by the Sultan of [[Tashwari]] to remove the planet Dellah from the theatre of a war which threatened that sector of the galaxy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | It was set up by the Sultan of [[Tashwari]] to remove the planet Dellah from the theatre of a war which threatened that sector of the galaxy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ||
It had a campus with nine | It had a [[campus]] with nine [[college]]s. It was built on a chain of hilly islands in Dellah's northern hemisphere. Travel between islands was provided by undersea tunnels. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') St Oscar's University had its own (in fact Dellah's first and only) [[spaceport]], on the northernmost island. The spaceport disrupted [[weather]] patterns on Dellah, dramatically increasing precipitation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'', ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'') It also had a sea port on the southernmost island, where it kept a dedicated ship, the ''Lady of Lorelei''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') | ||
== Colleges == | == Colleges == | ||
* Garland College | * [[Garland College]] | ||
** The Garland College Hall of Residence was a large, barrel-shaped, brick building - traditional Dellahan residence architecture. It was nicknamed, inevitably, "the Barrel". The Rector's Rooms were located here; [[Bernice Summerfield]], who held the [[Edward Watkinson]] chair of Archaeology, was also Rector of Garland College. | ** The Garland College Hall of Residence was a large, barrel-shaped, brick building - traditional Dellahan residence architecture. It was nicknamed, inevitably, "the Barrel". The Rector's Rooms were located here; [[Bernice Summerfield]], who held the [[Edward Watkinson]] chair of Archaeology, was also Rector of Garland College. | ||
** The Garland College pub, much beloved by Benny, was called the [[Witch and Whirlwind]]. | ** The Garland College pub, much beloved by Benny, was called the [[Witch and Whirlwind]]. | ||
** Departments | ** Departments | ||
*** Archaeology | *** [[Archaeology]] | ||
*** Theatrology | *** [[Theatrology]] | ||
* | * [[Goodyear College]] | ||
* [[Practan College]] | |||
* Practan College | |||
** Departments | ** Departments | ||
*** [[Advanced Research Department|Advanced Research]] | *** [[Advanced Research Department|Advanced Research]] | ||
* Pierce College | * [[Pierce College]] | ||
** Pierce College was located on the smallest island, and tended to house more mature students. | ** Pierce College was located on the smallest island, and tended to house more mature students. | ||
** Departments | ** Departments | ||
*** Literature of the Milky Way | *** [[Literature of the Milky Way]] | ||
*** Psychology | *** [[Psychology]] | ||
* Rigg College | * [[Rigg College]] | ||
* Collins College | * [[Collins College]] | ||
** Collins College also had a college pub | ** Collins College also had a college pub, which Bernice sometimes frequented. | ||
== Departments == | == Departments == | ||
=== Department of Advanced Research === | === Department of Advanced Research === | ||
* Built as an extension of the Practan College, this department was involved in several secretive manipulations. | * Built as an extension of the [[Practan College]], this department was involved in several secretive manipulations. | ||
* Faculty | * Faculty | ||
** Head of Department: Professor [[Santos Silvera]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mean Streets]]'', ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'') | ** Head of Department: Professor [[Santos Silvera]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mean Streets]]'', ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'') | ||
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=== Department of Literature of the Milky Way === | === Department of Literature of the Milky Way === | ||
* Located in Pierce College | * Located in [[Pierce College]] | ||
* Faculty | * Faculty | ||
** Professor [[Ferdinand Archduke]], Earth Literature (specialist in Obscure Theatrical Forms) ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'', ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'') | ** Professor [[Ferdinand Archduke]], [[Earth Literature]] (specialist in [[Obscure Theatrical Forms]]) ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'', ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'') | ||
** Professor [[Epstein]], [[Chelonian]] literature ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ** Professor [[Epstein]], [[Chelonian]] literature ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ||
=== Department of Physics === | === Department of Physics === | ||
* Faculty | * Faculty | ||
** Professor Singh, Theoretical | ** Professor [[Singh]], [[Theoretical physics]] | ||
=== Department of Psi === | === Department of Psi === | ||
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=== Department of Theatrology === | === Department of Theatrology === | ||
* Located in Garland College; its main building was the Shakespeare Building, which Braxiatel himself had sponsored. | * Located in [[Garland College]]; its main building was the [[Shakespeare Building]], which [[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]] himself had sponsored. | ||
* Faculty | * Faculty | ||
** Head of Department: | ** Head of Department: Irving Braxiatel. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'') | ||
=== Department of Zero Inerest Philosophies === | === Department of Zero Inerest Philosophies === | ||
* Faculty | * Faculty | ||
** Head of Department: Professor Otterbland ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ** Head of Department: Professor [[Otterbland]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ||
=== Unknown departments === | === Unknown departments === | ||
* Faculty | * Faculty | ||
** Professors [[Hettie Bonistall]] and [[Lucinda Pargiter]], joint holders of the Chair of Etiquette ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ** Professors [[Hettie Bonistall]] and [[Lucinda Pargiter]], joint holders of the [[Chair of Etiquette]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ||
** Professor [[Arthur Candy]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ** Professor [[Arthur Candy]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ||
** Professor [[Owl (Oh No It Isn't!)|Owl]], cosmology ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ** Professor [[Owl (Oh No It Isn't!)|Owl]], cosmology ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ||
** Professor [[Janes]], space vehicle recognition ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ** Professor [[Janes]], [[space vehicle recognition]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ||
** Professor [[Farouk]], mathematics ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ** Professor [[Farouk]], [[mathematics]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'') | ||
** Professor [[Hugh Southernay]], marine geology ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') | ** Professor [[Hugh Southernay]], [[marine geology]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') | ||
** Professor [[Martine Ingersköjld]], climatology ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') | ** Professor [[Martine Ingersköjld]], [[climatology]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') | ||
** Professor [[Hamilton Smith]], alien-human interaction and integration ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') | ** Professor [[Hamilton Smith]], alien-human interaction and integration ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') | ||
** Professor [[Brion Arvaile]], biogenetics ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') | ** Professor [[Brion Arvaile]], [[biogenetics]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dry Pilgrimage]]'') | ||
== Destruction == | == Destruction == | ||
St Oscar's University was destroyed when/shortly after the [[All-God]]s made their appearance on the planet Dellah. Ruins of the University remained for a time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'') | St Oscar's University was destroyed when/shortly after the [[All-God]]s made their appearance on the planet [[Dellah]]. Ruins of the University remained for a time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'') | ||
[[Category:St Oscar's University]] | [[Category:St Oscar's University]] | ||
[[Category:Buildings visited by the Eighth Doctor]] | [[Category:Buildings visited by the Eighth Doctor]] | ||
[[Category:Buildings visited by Bernice Summerfield]] | [[Category:Buildings visited by Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
Revision as of 01:11, 6 August 2018
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St Oscar's University was located on the planet Dellah. It was one of the most prestigious centres of learning in the Milky Way.
It was set up by the Sultan of Tashwari to remove the planet Dellah from the theatre of a war which threatened that sector of the galaxy. (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
It had a campus with nine colleges. It was built on a chain of hilly islands in Dellah's northern hemisphere. Travel between islands was provided by undersea tunnels. (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage) St Oscar's University had its own (in fact Dellah's first and only) spaceport, on the northernmost island. The spaceport disrupted weather patterns on Dellah, dramatically increasing precipitation. (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!, The Mary-Sue Extrusion) It also had a sea port on the southernmost island, where it kept a dedicated ship, the Lady of Lorelei. (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage)
Colleges
- Garland College
- The Garland College Hall of Residence was a large, barrel-shaped, brick building - traditional Dellahan residence architecture. It was nicknamed, inevitably, "the Barrel". The Rector's Rooms were located here; Bernice Summerfield, who held the Edward Watkinson chair of Archaeology, was also Rector of Garland College.
- The Garland College pub, much beloved by Benny, was called the Witch and Whirlwind.
- Departments
- Goodyear College
- Practan College
- Departments
- Pierce College
- Pierce College was located on the smallest island, and tended to house more mature students.
- Departments
- Rigg College
- Collins College
- Collins College also had a college pub, which Bernice sometimes frequented.
Departments
Department of Advanced Research
- Built as an extension of the Practan College, this department was involved in several secretive manipulations.
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Professor Santos Silvera. (PROSE: Mean Streets, Tears of the Oracle)
Department of Archaeology
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Professor Divson Follett (PROSE: Dragons' Wrath)
- Professor Bernice Summerfield, Edward Watkinson Professor of Archaeology
- Mappin Gilder, facilitator
Department of Applied Art
- Faculty
- Professor Menlove Stokes (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
Department of Art History
- Faculty
- Professor Newark Rappare, artisan-in-residence (PROSE: Dragons' Wrath)
Department of Comparative Religion
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Professor Urquhart (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage)
- Professor Maeve Ruthven (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage)
Department of History
- Possibly located in Garland College, as professors Blandish and Wagstaff coveted Benny's living quarters. (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Professor Emilia Winston (PROSE: Dragons' Wrath)
- Professor Nicholas Clyde (PROSE: Dragons' Wrath)
- Professor A.J. Blandish (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Professor A.J. Wagstaff (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
Department of Literature of the Milky Way
- Located in Pierce College
- Faculty
- Professor Ferdinand Archduke, Earth Literature (specialist in Obscure Theatrical Forms) (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!, Dragons' Wrath)
- Professor Epstein, Chelonian literature (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
Department of Physics
- Faculty
- Professor Singh, Theoretical physics
Department of Psi
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Professor Warrinder (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
Department of Theatrology
- Located in Garland College; its main building was the Shakespeare Building, which Braxiatel himself had sponsored.
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Irving Braxiatel. (PROSE: Dragons' Wrath)
Department of Zero Inerest Philosophies
- Faculty
- Head of Department: Professor Otterbland (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
Unknown departments
- Faculty
- Professors Hettie Bonistall and Lucinda Pargiter, joint holders of the Chair of Etiquette (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Professor Arthur Candy (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Professor Owl, cosmology (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Professor Janes, space vehicle recognition (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Professor Farouk, mathematics (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!)
- Professor Hugh Southernay, marine geology (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage)
- Professor Martine Ingersköjld, climatology (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage)
- Professor Hamilton Smith, alien-human interaction and integration (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage)
- Professor Brion Arvaile, biogenetics (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage)
Destruction
St Oscar's University was destroyed when/shortly after the All-Gods made their appearance on the planet Dellah. Ruins of the University remained for a time. (PROSE: The Mary-Sue Extrusion)
