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Byzantium was, according to [[Benny]], the oldest name of Istanbul. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'') | Byzantium was, according to [[Benny]], the oldest name of Istanbul. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'') | ||
Byzantium remained the name of the city around the time of [[Jesus Christ]]. The [[First Doctor]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] and [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] visited the city in [[64]] [[AD]], and found it to be a city struggling with three groups vying for power: the [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[Pharisee]]s, the [[Roman Empire]] and the adherents of the fledgling [[Christianity|Christian]] religion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium]]'') | |||
Byzantium begat [[New Byzantium]]. The [[Seventh Doctor]] once told [[Ace]] that he thought [[New Byzantium]] stole the name because the two cities had a similar geography, both cities being set "on an [[isthmus]] of land, cut through by a [[strait]] linking two [[sea]]s". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'') | Byzantium begat [[New Byzantium]]. The [[Seventh Doctor]] once told [[Ace]] that he thought [[New Byzantium]] stole the name because the two cities had a similar geography, both cities being set "on an [[isthmus]] of land, cut through by a [[strait]] linking two [[sea]]s". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'') | ||
== Constantinople == | == Constantinople == | ||
The name switched to Constantinople in the early part of the first millennium. [[Benny]] once told [[Ace]] that the name switch was in honour of [[Emperor]] [[Constantine (Emperor)|Constantine]]. She went on to say that Constantinople was "the capital of the [[Eastern Roman Empire]] until the [[15th century]], when it was captured by the [[Turk]]s". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'') | |||
The name switched to | |||
In the [[3rd century]], [[the Doctor]] encountered [[Fenric]] in Constantinople, where he defeated him at [[chess]] and trapped him in a flask. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'') | In the [[3rd century]], [[the Doctor]] encountered [[Fenric]] in Constantinople, where he defeated him at [[chess]] and trapped him in a flask. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'') | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Narratives in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] have not, as of | Narratives in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] have not, as of 2011, particularly defined when the city's name changed. | ||
According to the pseudo-narrative [[Torchwood website|''Torchwood'' website]], [[BC#4th century B.C.|4th century BC]] Istanbul had [[sewer]]s full of [[Weevil]]s. | |||
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[[Category:Middle Eastern cities]] | [[Category:Middle Eastern cities]] | ||
[[Category:Cities visited by the First Doctor]] | [[Category:Cities visited by the First Doctor]] | ||
