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|image = Colosseum.jpg | |||
|location = [[Rome]] | |||
|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stone Rose (novel)|The Stone Rose]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Colossus of the Colosseum (comic story)|Colossus of the Colosseum]]'', ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'' | |||
|first = State of Change (novel) | |||
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The '''Colosseum''' was a massive theatre located in [[Rome]], originally built by the [[Roman Empire]]. Its construction began in [[70]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[State of Change (novel)|State of Change]]'') | The '''Colosseum''' was a massive theatre located in [[Rome]], originally built by the [[Roman Empire]]. Its construction began in [[70]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[State of Change (novel)|State of Change]]'') | ||
== History == | |||
In [[97]], a soldier from [[1916]] appeared in the Colosseum and found himself in a battle between two [[gladiator]]s. He had been sent back in time by a [[Weeping Angel]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'') | |||
In [[120]], the Colosseum was known as the Flavian Amphitheatre. That year, the [[Tenth Doctor]] faced a [[lion]], a [[tiger]] and a [[bear]] in the amphitheatre. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stone Rose]]'') | In [[120]], the Colosseum was known as the Flavian Amphitheatre. That year, the [[Tenth Doctor]] faced a [[lion]], a [[tiger]] and a [[bear]] in the amphitheatre. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stone Rose]]'') | ||
It remained long after the fall of the Empire, though by the [[21st century]] it was partially ruined. In [[2006]], when the [[Sycorax]] used their [[blood control]] technique on [[Earth]], people with A-positive blood stood on top of the Colosseum, ready to jump to their deaths. This plot was stopped by the newly-[[regeneration|regenerated]] Tenth Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') | It remained long after the fall of the Empire, though by the [[21st century]] it was partially ruined. In [[2006]], when the [[Sycorax]] used their [[blood control]] technique on [[Earth]], people with A-positive blood stood on top of the Colosseum, ready to jump to their deaths. This plot was stopped by the newly-[[regeneration|regenerated]] Tenth Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') | ||
[[Monty Punnions]] stole the Colosseum and made a replica of it on [[Phwillite]], where [[Professor]] [[Rulas]] used the landmark as a giant arena where his super computer the [[Colossus]] selected players in an effort to find the strongest and bravest fighters in existence. Those selected were placed in the arena, the last man down being named champion of the [[universe]]. The Colosseum was abandoned when Rulas was tricked into becoming a competitor and shut down the Colossus in order to survive. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Colossus of the Colosseum (comic story)|Colossus of the Colosseum]]'') | [[Monty Punnions]] stole the Colosseum and made a replica of it on [[Phwillite]], where [[Professor]] [[Rulas]] used the landmark as a giant arena where his super computer the [[Colossus]] selected players in an effort to find the strongest and bravest fighters in existence. Those selected were placed in the arena, the last man down being named champion of the [[universe]]. The Colosseum was abandoned when Rulas was tricked into becoming a competitor and shut down the Colossus in order to survive. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Colossus of the Colosseum (comic story)|Colossus of the Colosseum]]'') | ||
== References == | |||
On [[Rhoos]], [[Fo]] sometimes made his [[Kaark]] prisoners fight [[animal]]s for his entertainment, which, as [[Hill (The Devil-Birds of Corbo)|Hill]] noted, was "just like the martyrs in the Colosseum". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Playthings of Fo]]'') | On [[Rhoos]], [[Fo]] sometimes made his [[Kaark]] prisoners fight [[animal]]s for his entertainment, which, as [[Hill (The Devil-Birds of Corbo)|Hill]] noted, was "just like the martyrs in the Colosseum". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Playthings of Fo]]'') | ||
The [[Sixth Doctor]] compared the [[Celestial Toymaker]]'s games to the games played in the Colosseum, stating that he didn't like either version. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|The Nightmare Fair]]''/[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)|The Nightmare Fair]]'') | The [[Sixth Doctor]] compared the [[Celestial Toymaker]]'s games to the games played in the Colosseum, stating that he didn't like either version. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|The Nightmare Fair]]''/[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)|The Nightmare Fair]]'') | ||
On the Tenth Doctor's first trip through time with [[Donna Noble]], he believed he had landed in [[Rome]], but the absence the Colosseum, along with other famous landmarks from Rome, suggested to him that he had not. In fact, he had arrived in [[Pompeii]] on [[23 August]] [[79]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'') | |||
[[Category:Earth theatres and movie theatres]] | [[Category:Earth theatres and movie theatres]] | ||
[[Category:Italian buildings]] | [[Category:Italian buildings]] | ||
