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'''Constantinople''' was a city located on [[Earth]], in [[Turkey]].
:''This article handles the city. For the spaceship, see [[Byzantium (ship)]].''
'''Byzantium''' was an early [[Earth]] city that later came to be known as [[Constantinople]] and Istanbul. It became part of the [[Roman Empire]].


In the [[Early human history#3rd century A.D.|3rd century]], [[the Doctor]] encountered [[Fenric]] in Constantinople, where he defeated him at [[chess]] and trapped him in a flask. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'')
The [[Torchwood Institute]] believed that the [[sewer]]s of [[Early human history#4th century B.C.|fourth century]] Byzantium had a [[Weevil]] population. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'')


During another visit (or possibly the same one), the Doctor bought a hookah, which he would later used as part of a ruse to evade the [[Chancellery Guard]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')
The Doctor visited the city in his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] in [[64]] AD.{{fact}}
 
==Other uses of the name==
By the [[27th century]] a city of [[New Byzantium]] existed on the human colony world of [[Tairngire]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'')
 
At some point in the future, probably the [[61st century]], a [[New Byzantine Calendar]] was in use. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'')
 
The ''[[Byzantium (ship)|Byzantium]]'' was a spacecraft in the [[51st century]] that was transporting a [[Weeping Angel]]; it crashed on [[Alfava Metraxis]] when its [[warp engine]]s suffered a phase shift. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]'')


In [[1914]], [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Ace]] visited Constantinople to locate and dispose of a malfunctioning [[Krivani]] interstellar drive. ([[ST]]: ''[[Ante Bellum]]'')


Constantinople was later renamed '''Istanbul'''. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'')


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Revision as of 07:40, 24 May 2010

This article handles the city. For the spaceship, see Byzantium (ship).

Byzantium was an early Earth city that later came to be known as Constantinople and Istanbul. It became part of the Roman Empire.

The Torchwood Institute believed that the sewers of fourth century Byzantium had a Weevil population. (WEB: torchwood.org.uk)

The Doctor visited the city in his first incarnation in 64 AD.[source needed]

Other uses of the name

By the 27th century a city of New Byzantium existed on the human colony world of Tairngire. (NA: Shadowmind)

At some point in the future, probably the 61st century, a New Byzantine Calendar was in use. (DW: The Doctor's Daughter)

The Byzantium was a spacecraft in the 51st century that was transporting a Weeping Angel; it crashed on Alfava Metraxis when its warp engines suffered a phase shift. (DW: The Time of Angels)


Istanbul