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Telescopes were devices for looking at things from a distance. "spyglass"' was a name sometimes applied to handheld telescopes. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass [+]Loading...["The Empire of Glass (novel)"])
The Doctor's telescope
On Dulkis, the Second Doctor was about to view some ruins with a folding telescope when Jamie McCrimmon took it from him. He then returned it after using it to examine the ruins. (TV: The Dominators [+]Loading...["The Dominators (TV story)"])
On another planet, the Second Doctor used a folding telescope to observe a train pull into a station. (COMIC: The Exterminator [+]Loading...["The Exterminator (comic story)"])
On Solos, the Third Doctor used a folding telescope to survey a Solonian village. (TV: The Mutants [+]Loading...["The Mutants (TV story)"])
The Fourth Doctor gave Leela a telescope in Australia. (PROSE: The Bushranger's Story [+]Loading...["The Bushranger's Story (short story)"])
On Shontaa, the Fourth Doctor used a telescope to observe the duel between the Zygons Anktra and Kestral. (COMIC: Rest and Re-Creation [+]Loading...["Rest and Re-Creation (comic story)"])
On Pluto, the Fourth Doctor used a folding telescope to admire Megropolis One and noted it to be "an engineering achievement". (TV: The Sun Makers [+]Loading...["The Sun Makers (TV story)"])
The Fourth Doctor and Romana I used a folding telescope to observe Zanak's control centre, the Bridge. The telescope was later confiscated from Romana by a guard, who described it as "a forbidden object". (TV: The Pirate Planet [+]Loading...["The Pirate Planet (TV story)"])
The Fourth Doctor used a telescope to locate the Jagaroth ship in Earth's primordial past. (TV: City of Death [+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"])
The Fourth Doctor used a telescope to observe the spaceship Hydrax from afar. (TV: State of Decay [+]Loading...["State of Decay (TV story)"])
The newly-regenerated Seventh Doctor found a telescope in his former incarnation's coat pockets. (PROSE: The Useful Pile [+]Loading...["The Useful Pile (short story)"])
On Kirith, the Seventh Doctor used a telescope to survey Kirith town and its environs. He then gave the telescope to Miríl. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)"]) 20th July 1969 tenth doctor has telescope to see apollo 11 on the moon (PROSE: Blue Moon [+])
The Doctor's TARDIS had a telescope observatory. (TV: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)"])
Other telescopes
Early astronomers used telescopes to observe the stars and planets. In Alexandria a group of astronomers saw skyships. (COMIC: Voyager [+]Loading...["Voyager (comic story)"])
In the late 15th century, Giuliano developed a primitive telescope, which the Fourth Doctor deemed merely adequate. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora [+]Loading...["The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)"])
In the early 17th century, Galileo Galilei invented the telescope. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass [+]Loading...["The Empire of Glass (novel)"])
In the mid-1950s, the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones visited the Griffith Observatory. The Doctor charged up the observatory's telescope to show Martha the last residual image of Gallifrey from before the Last Great Time War. (COMIC: Quiet on the Set [+]Loading...["Quiet on the Set (comic story)"])
In 1959, Jerome Weismuller used a folding telescope to watch for a satellite. (TV: Delta and the Bannermen [+]Loading...["Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)"])
There was a telescope located in the dome area of Moonbase Laika, the Second Doctor and Jack Hobson both used it to observe the Cybermen's approaches to the Moonbase in 2070. (TV: The Moonbase [+]Loading...["The Moonbase (TV story)"])
The people of Sarn used telescopes. Peri Brown made use of a fixed telescope in order to search for the Fifth Doctor. (TV: Planet of Fire [+]Loading...["Planet of Fire (TV story)"])
The Sixth Doctor used a fixed telescope aboard Voyager's "Death-ship" to follow Astrolabus's escape. (COMIC: Voyager [+]Loading...["Voyager (comic story)"])
Rezaul Kapoor owned a telescope which he and his sister Anji once used to observe Mars. (PROSE: Fear Itself [+]Loading...["Fear Itself (novel)"])
Eugene Jones owned a telescope, which he used to watch for aliens. (TV: Random Shoes [+]Loading...["Random Shoes (TV story)"])
Wilfred Mott owned a telescope, which he frequently used. (TV: Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"]) In a parallel world, he offered to sell it for extra money, but Donna Noble was firmly against it. (TV: Turn Left [+]Loading...["Turn Left (TV story)"])
On Braktalis, Demimon witnessed the arrival of Skrant's ship while observing the stars through his telescope. (COMIC: The Outsider [+]Loading...["The Outsider (comic story)"])
On his seventh birthday, Henry van Statten was gifted a telescope by Otto von Donitz. Not approving of such a gift, Edward Van Statten ordered his son to destroy the telescope. Six weeks later, two of Edward's strongmen destroyed the telescope. (PROSE: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (novelisation)"])
References to telescopes
Richard Dunbar told the Fourth Doctor that if he had seen anything like the Krynoid pod before, he must have a very powerful telescope. (TV: The Seeds of Doom [+]Loading...["The Seeds of Doom (TV story)"])