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|object name = The Pandorica Opens
|object name = The Pandorica Opens
|image      = [[File:The pandorica opens-van gogh.jpg|250px]]
|image      = [[File:The pandorica opens-van gogh.jpg|250px]]
|type        = painting
|type        = Painting
|origin      = [[Vincent van Gogh]]
|origin      = [[Vincent van Gogh]]
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''
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'''The Pandorica Opens''' was one of the final paintings by [[Vincent van Gogh]], painted in [[1890]] and inspired by transmissions he picked up from [[early human history|102 AD]] [[Stonehenge]].
'''The Pandorica Opens''' was one of the final paintings by [[Vincent van Gogh]], painted in [[1890]] and inspired by transmissions he picked up from [[early human history|102 AD]] [[Stonehenge]].
==History==
==History==
Stonehenge concealed [[the Pandorica]], a prison box designed by [[the Alliance]] to contain [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. The stones were secretly transmitters that broadcast a signal everywhere, throughout time saying "the Pandorica is opening". Vincent van Gogh heard the transmissions in his dreams and painted "The Pandorica Opens".


Stonehenge concealed [[The Pandorica]], A prison box designed by [[Pandorica Alliance|The Pandorica Alliance]] to contain [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]]. The Stones were secretly transmitters that broadcast a signal everywhere, throughout time saying "The Pandorica is opening". Vincent Van Gogh heard the transmissions in his dreams and painted "The Pandorica Opens".
The painting remained undiscovered behind a wall in an attic in France until [[1941]], when it came to the attention of [[Edwin Bracewell]]. Bracewell took it to [[Winston Churchill]], and the two recognised it as a message to [[the Doctor]]. Churchill phoned the Doctor to alert him, but was diverted to [[River Song]] in the year [[52nd century|5145]], alerting her of its existence. River escaped from the [[Stormcage Containment Facility]] in which she was being held, and went in search of the painting. She located it in the [[Royal Collection]], where she tried to steal it so that she could deliver it to [[the Doctor]]. She was confronted by [[Liz 10]] but was allowed to leave when she explained the nature of the painting to Liz.
 
River poisoned a blue-skinned alien salesman called [[Dorium]] in order to get hold of a vortex manipulator. She time traveled to [[Planet One]] and wrote "HELLO SWEETIE ΘΣ Φ ΓΥΔϟ", the temporal co-ordinates for Britain, 102 AD. There she gave the Doctor the painting. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
It remained undiscovered behind a wall in an attic in France until [[1941]], when it came to the attention of [[Edwin Bracewell]]. Bracewell took it to [[Winston Churchill]], and the two recognised it as a message to [[the Doctor]]. Churchill phoned the Doctor to alert him, but was diverted to [[River Song]] in the year [[52nd century|5145]], alerting her of its existence. River escaped from the [[Stormcage Containment Facility]] in which she was being held, and went in search of the painting. She located it in the [[Royal Collection]], where she tried to steal it so that she could deliver it to [[the Doctor]]. She was confronted by [[Liz 10]] but was allowed to leave when she explained the nature of the painting to Liz.
River poisoned a blue-skinned alien salesman called [[Dorium]] in order to get hold of a vortex manipulator. She time traveled to [[Planet One]] and wrote "HELLO SWEETIE ΘΣ Φ ΓΥΔϟ" the temporal co-ordinates for Britain, 102 AD. There she gave the Doctor the painting. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
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[[Category:Paintings]]

Revision as of 21:45, 27 July 2010

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The Pandorica Opens was one of the final paintings by Vincent van Gogh, painted in 1890 and inspired by transmissions he picked up from 102 AD Stonehenge.

History

Stonehenge concealed the Pandorica, a prison box designed by the Alliance to contain the Doctor. The stones were secretly transmitters that broadcast a signal everywhere, throughout time saying "the Pandorica is opening". Vincent van Gogh heard the transmissions in his dreams and painted "The Pandorica Opens".

The painting remained undiscovered behind a wall in an attic in France until 1941, when it came to the attention of Edwin Bracewell. Bracewell took it to Winston Churchill, and the two recognised it as a message to the Doctor. Churchill phoned the Doctor to alert him, but was diverted to River Song in the year 5145, alerting her of its existence. River escaped from the Stormcage Containment Facility in which she was being held, and went in search of the painting. She located it in the Royal Collection, where she tried to steal it so that she could deliver it to the Doctor. She was confronted by Liz 10 but was allowed to leave when she explained the nature of the painting to Liz. River poisoned a blue-skinned alien salesman called Dorium in order to get hold of a vortex manipulator. She time traveled to Planet One and wrote "HELLO SWEETIE ΘΣ Φ ΓΥΔϟ", the temporal co-ordinates for Britain, 102 AD. There she gave the Doctor the painting. (DW: The Pandorica Opens)