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{{title|''Byzantium'' (ship)}}
{{retitle|''Byzantium'' (spacecraft)}}
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{{Infobox Object
|image = [[Image:Byz.png|250px]]
|name = ''Byzantium''
|object name = ''Byzantium
|image = Byz.png
|type = [[Starship]]
|type = [[Starship]]
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]''/''[[Flesh and Stone]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'' (cameo)
|first mention = Silence in the Library (TV story)
|mentions = <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Cold Blood]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens]]''</li></ul>
|first = The Time of Angels (TV story)
}}
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]''}}
The '''''Byzantium''''' was a category four, Galaxy Class, [[Star Liner]].
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The '''''Byzantium''''' was a category four [[Galaxy class]] [[Starliner]].


==History==
== History ==
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[River Song]] and [[Amy Pond]] witnessed the ''Byzantium'' crash during the [[51st century]]. It carried a [[Weeping Angel]] and when the ship crashed, the Angel was let loose ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]''). It transpired that the Angel had sabotaged the ship and forced it to crash, so its starving brethren on [[Alfava Metraxis]] could feed off the ship's energy: once crashed, the ship began to emit radiation from its drives, harmful to humans and a source of food for the Weeping Angels. However it was later revealed that on its secondary flight deck it had a crack in the universe; the real motive for the Angels to crash the ship on Alfava Metraxis.
=== Crash of the Byzantium ===
The [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[River Song]] and [[Amy Pond]] witnessed the ''Byzantium'' crash on [[Alfava Metraxis]] during the [[51st century]]. It carried a [[Angel Bob|Weeping Angel]] and when the ship crashed, the Angel was let loose. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'') It transpired that the Angel had sabotaged the ship and forced it to crash, so its starving brethren on the planet could feed off the ship's energy. Once crashed, the ship began to emit [[radiation]] from its drives, harmful to humans but a source of food for the [[Weeping Angel]]s.


The ''Byzantium'' was able to travel for 10 years before the need for planetfall, partially due to it having an enormous forest within itself, with [[Treeborg|modified trees]] to convert starlight into oxygen for the crew to breathe. ([[DW]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'')
The ''Byzantium'' could travel for ten years between planetfalls, partially due to it having an enormous forest within itself, with [[Treeborg|modified trees]] to convert starlight into oxygen for the crew to breathe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'')


When [[River Song]] met the [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation of the Doctor]] just before her death, she mentioned the crash of the ''Byzantium''. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'')
After the ''Byzantium'' crashed, its [[Home Box|home box]] eventually ended up in the [[Delirium Archive]] in the [[171st century]], where the Doctor and Amy found it and used the information contained on to pilot the TARDIS to it, catching River as she escaped through an airlock into space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'')
 
While encountering a [[Time Field|Crack]] in the tunnels near the [[Silurian city]], the Doctor remembered the one he encountered aboard the ''Byzantium''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'')
 
While at [[Stonehenge]], Amy recalled [[River Song]] telling the Doctor after the crash of the ''Byzantium'' that she would see them again when the [[Pandorica]] opens. However, this River was earlier in her timeline and while River acknowledged she would do so, she hadn't yet. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
 
As the Doctor's time stream unravelled, as a result of the creation of the [[Big Bang Two]], he briefly revisited the ''Byzantium''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
 
=== Legacy ===
River mentioned to [[Amy Pond]] that she just returned from the ''Byzantium'' when telling her that the Doctor didn't really die and that she was married to him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'')
 
When River met the [[Tenth Doctor]] in [[the Library]] in the [[51st century]] shortly before her death, she mentioned the crash of the ''Byzantium'' from [[River Song's diary|her diary]], saying it was in his "early days" as it clearly wasn't "ringing any bells" . ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'')
 
When reading River's diary, [[Flemming (The Husbands of River Song)|Flemming]] commented that the "crash of the ''Byzantium''" was turned into a movie and was amused that River was there. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'')


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Latest revision as of 11:03, 29 August 2024

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The Byzantium was a category four Galaxy class Starliner.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crash of the Byzantium[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eleventh Doctor, River Song and Amy Pond witnessed the Byzantium crash on Alfava Metraxis during the 51st century. It carried a Weeping Angel and when the ship crashed, the Angel was let loose. (TV: The Time of Angels) It transpired that the Angel had sabotaged the ship and forced it to crash, so its starving brethren on the planet could feed off the ship's energy. Once crashed, the ship began to emit radiation from its drives, harmful to humans but a source of food for the Weeping Angels.

The Byzantium could travel for ten years between planetfalls, partially due to it having an enormous forest within itself, with modified trees to convert starlight into oxygen for the crew to breathe. (TV: Flesh and Stone)

After the Byzantium crashed, its home box eventually ended up in the Delirium Archive in the 171st century, where the Doctor and Amy found it and used the information contained on to pilot the TARDIS to it, catching River as she escaped through an airlock into space. (TV: The Time of Angels)

While encountering a Crack in the tunnels near the Silurian city, the Doctor remembered the one he encountered aboard the Byzantium. (TV: Cold Blood)

While at Stonehenge, Amy recalled River Song telling the Doctor after the crash of the Byzantium that she would see them again when the Pandorica opens. However, this River was earlier in her timeline and while River acknowledged she would do so, she hadn't yet. (TV: The Pandorica Opens)

As the Doctor's time stream unravelled, as a result of the creation of the Big Bang Two, he briefly revisited the Byzantium. (TV: The Big Bang)

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

River mentioned to Amy Pond that she just returned from the Byzantium when telling her that the Doctor didn't really die and that she was married to him. (TV: The Wedding of River Song)

When River met the Tenth Doctor in the Library in the 51st century shortly before her death, she mentioned the crash of the Byzantium from her diary, saying it was in his "early days" as it clearly wasn't "ringing any bells" . (TV: Silence in the Library)

When reading River's diary, Flemming commented that the "crash of the Byzantium" was turned into a movie and was amused that River was there. (TV: The Husbands of River Song)

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