Pharos Institute: Difference between revisions

|appearances = [[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]''<br />[[SJA]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown]]''<br />[[SJA]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap]]''<br />[[SJA]]: ''[[Sky]]''

In the [[1980s]], the [[Pharos Project]], was a space programme designed to communicate with extraterrestrial civilisations. It is not known whether that organisation was or is related to the Pharos Institute. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')

[[Sarah Jane Smith]] broke into the Institute and stole the prototype for [[Mr Smith]] to examine. Korst and two other Slitheen, working in collusion with Mr Smith, took [[Luke Smith]] hostage and wired him into the stolen headset. The resultant telekinetic power was to be drained and sold off piece by piece but Mr. Smith used it to nearly bring [[The Moon]] crashing into the [[Earth]]. The disaster was finally averted by a reformed Mr Smith, whom Sarah Jane had reprogrammed with a computer virus. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'')

Another ongoing project of the Institute was the research of space debris. Samples were probed for any signs of extraterrestrial life. They found some clues in Martian meteor fragments and in [[2008]] had the [[Weserbergland Meteorite]] on loan for research. This allowed the entity known as the [[Pied Piper]] to terrorise [[Ealing]]. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'')

One of the scientists working at the Institute was [[Celeste Rivers|Professor Rivers]]. The Institute was also assisted in its research by [[Nathan Goss]], an arrogant boy genius who was in fact [[Korst Gogg Thek Lutiven-Day Slitheen]] of the family [[Slitheen]] in disguise. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'')

The Institute also made inquiries into the alleged hauntings of [[Ashen Hill Manor]]. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap]]'')

They were plagued by the [[British government]] during the [[The 456]] crisis. ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'')

Some time after the investigation at Ashen Hill Manor, a member of the Slitheen family stole a [[matter compressor]] from the Institute. He and his comrade planned to use the device to crush Earth's carbon crust into a gigantic diamond. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Gift (TV story)|The Gift]]'')

* [[Celeste Rivers]] ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'', ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'', ''[[The Eternity Trap]]'')

* [[Toby Silverman]] ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap]]'')

* [[Nathan Goss]] ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'') (deceased)

* [[MITRE headset]]s ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'')

* [[Pied Piper|Jeggorbax asteroid]] ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'')

* Paranormal energy readers ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap]]'')

* Portable computer systems ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap]]'')

* Portable CCTV cameras ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap]]'')

* [[Matter compressor]] ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Gift (TV story)|The Gift]]'')