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The '''Panopticon''' was the main room of the [[Capitol]] on [[Gallifrey]]. It served as the [[Time Lord]]s' parliament and seat of State. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') The [[Eye of Harmony]] was secretly kept under the Panopticon. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')
The '''Panopticon''' was the main room of the [[Capitol]] on [[Gallifrey]]. It served as the [[Time Lord]]s' parliament and seat of State. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') The [[Eye of Harmony]] was secretly kept under the Panopticon. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')


The Panopticon had six sides. That number was revered on Gallifrey because it was the number of founders of [[Time Lord]] society. At every corner of the Panopticon, there were six black statues of the six founders of Time Lord society ([[Rassilon]], [[Omega]], [[Pandak]], [[the Other]], [[Apeiron]] and one other, possibly [[Eutenoyar]]). Every [[Chapter|college]] ([[Prydonian Chapter]], [[Arcalian Chapter]], [[Patrex Chapter]], [[Dromeian Chapter]], [[Cerulean Chapter]] and the [[Scendeles Chapter]]) was involved in a competition to build a bigger statue of their founder than the other Chapterhouses, which resulted in the Scendeles Chapter being bankrupted. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'') When Gallifrey's suns shone on the Panopticon, the interior glowed turquoise. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'') The Panopticon's ceiling was so high that clouds formed near it, and sometimes it rained. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'', ''[[Warmonger]]'')
The Panopticon had six sides. That number was revered on Gallifrey because it was the number of founders of [[Time Lord]] society. At every corner of the Panopticon, there were six black statues of the six founders of Time Lord society ([[Rassilon]], [[Omega]], [[Pandak]], [[the Other]], [[Apeiron]] and one other, possibly [[Eutenoyar]]). Every [[Chapter|college]] ([[Prydonian Chapter]], [[Arcalian Chapter]], [[Patrex Chapter]], [[Dromeian Chapter]], [[Cerulean Chapter]] and the [[Scendeles Chapter]]) was involved in a competition to build a bigger statue of their founder than the other Chapterhouses, which resulted in the Scendeles Chapter being bankrupted. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'') When Gallifrey's suns shone on the Panopticon, the interior glowed turquoise. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'') The Panopticon's ceiling was so high that [[cloud]]s formed near it, and sometimes it [[rain]]ed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'', ''[[Warmonger]]'')


Also in ancient times, the [[Pythia]] used ''panoptics'' placed throughout the city to watch
In ancient times, the [[Pythia]] used ''panoptics'' placed throughout the city to watch
over it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
over it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')



Revision as of 02:04, 13 November 2018

The Panopticon was the main room of the Capitol on Gallifrey. It served as the Time Lords' parliament and seat of State. (PROSE: Engines of War) The Eye of Harmony was secretly kept under the Panopticon. (TV: The Deadly Assassin)

The Panopticon had six sides. That number was revered on Gallifrey because it was the number of founders of Time Lord society. At every corner of the Panopticon, there were six black statues of the six founders of Time Lord society (Rassilon, Omega, Pandak, the Other, Apeiron and one other, possibly Eutenoyar). Every college (Prydonian Chapter, Arcalian Chapter, Patrex Chapter, Dromeian Chapter, Cerulean Chapter and the Scendeles Chapter) was involved in a competition to build a bigger statue of their founder than the other Chapterhouses, which resulted in the Scendeles Chapter being bankrupted. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell) When Gallifrey's suns shone on the Panopticon, the interior glowed turquoise. (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows) The Panopticon's ceiling was so high that clouds formed near it, and sometimes it rained. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors, Warmonger)

In ancient times, the Pythia used panoptics placed throughout the city to watch over it. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)

As a child, the Doctor played in the tunnels under the Panopticon. (AUDIO: Order of the Daleks)

The Twelfth Doctor and Rassilon on the Panopticon. (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen)

When Rassilon allied himself with the Cybermen, he redecorated the Panopticon. He took the Twelfth Doctor and the General there. (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen)

Behind the scenes

The name Panopticon (derived from Greek: "pan" meaning "all" and "Opticon" meaning "view") was coined by Jeremy Bentham for a revolutionary approach to the way prisons should be designed.