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A '''radio telescope''' was a device that used [[radio]] waves to observe the heavens. It was far more powerful than an optical telescope. | [[File:Radio_research_station.jpg|thumb|left|150px|The radio telescope as seen in Terror Of The Autons]]A '''radio telescope''' was a device that used [[radio]] waves to observe the heavens. It was far more powerful than an optical telescope. | ||
The radio telescope was officially invented in [[1951]]. However, in [[1911]] Dr. [[Laurence Scarman]] invented a primitive form of this device, which intercepted a signal from [[Mars]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'') | The radio telescope was officially invented in [[1951]]. However, in [[1911]] Dr. [[Laurence Scarman]] invented a primitive form of this device, which intercepted a signal from [[Mars]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'') | ||
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In the [[1970s]], [[the Master]] attempted to use a radio telescope to transport his allies, the [[Nestene]], to [[Earth]] as part of his plan to conquer that planet. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'') | In the [[1970s]], [[the Master]] attempted to use a radio telescope to transport his allies, the [[Nestene]], to [[Earth]] as part of his plan to conquer that planet. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'') | ||
A few years later, Dr. [[Louis French]], a radio telescope director in [[Australia]], developed and tested a radio wave accelerator in the hopes of making instantaneous contact with other planets. Instead, his device disrupted Earth's atmosphere, creating huge storms around the world, and devastated the planet [[Morrax]]. ([[TVC]]: ''[[Is Anyone There?]]'') | A few years later, Dr. [[Louis French]], a radio telescope director in [[Australia]], developed and tested a radio wave accelerator in the hopes of making instantaneous [[File:St--5v35logopolis.jpg|thumb|left|150px|The Pharos Project, as seen in Logopolis]]contact with other planets. Instead, his device disrupted Earth's atmosphere, creating huge storms around the world, and devastated the planet [[Morrax]]. ([[TVC]]: ''[[Is Anyone There?]]'') | ||
In [[1981]], [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[the Master]] worked together to use the [[Pharos Project]] to reopen the [[CVE]]s and save the universe from [[entropy]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | In [[1981]], [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[the Master]] worked together to use the [[Pharos Project]] to reopen the [[CVE]]s and save the universe from [[entropy]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | ||
A former [[Cold War]] listening station in the English village of [[Goblin's Copse]] was repurposed into a radio telescope after the war's end. | A former [[Cold War]] listening station in the English village of [[Goblin's Copse]] was repurposed into a radio telescope after the war's end. In [[2009]], it was used by the [[Tycho Project]] in their search for [[alien]] life, under the direction of Professor [[Nicholas Skinner]]. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Last Sontaran]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 13:21, 17 April 2010
A radio telescope was a device that used radio waves to observe the heavens. It was far more powerful than an optical telescope.
The radio telescope was officially invented in 1951. However, in 1911 Dr. Laurence Scarman invented a primitive form of this device, which intercepted a signal from Mars. (DW: Pyramids of Mars)
In 1968, a radio telescope was built near Crook Marsham on the site where the Sentience was. (NA: Nightshade)
In the 1970s, the Master attempted to use a radio telescope to transport his allies, the Nestene, to Earth as part of his plan to conquer that planet. (DW: Terror of the Autons)
A few years later, Dr. Louis French, a radio telescope director in Australia, developed and tested a radio wave accelerator in the hopes of making instantaneous
contact with other planets. Instead, his device disrupted Earth's atmosphere, creating huge storms around the world, and devastated the planet Morrax. (TVC: Is Anyone There?)
In 1981, the Doctor and the Master worked together to use the Pharos Project to reopen the CVEs and save the universe from entropy. (DW: Logopolis)
A former Cold War listening station in the English village of Goblin's Copse was repurposed into a radio telescope after the war's end. In 2009, it was used by the Tycho Project in their search for alien life, under the direction of Professor Nicholas Skinner. (SJA: The Last Sontaran)
