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|type       = [[Palace]]
|type         = [[Glass]] [[palace]]
|location   = [[Hyde Park]], [[Sydenham]]
|location     = {{il|[[Hyde Park]]|[[Sydenham]]}}
|first       = Time-Flight (TV story)
|first mention = Time-Flight (TV story)
|appearances = {{il|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)|The Eagle of the Reich]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Hypothetical Gentleman (comic story)|Hypothetical Gentleman]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crystal Throne (comic story)|The Crystal Throne]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Spoonful of Mayhem (audio story)|A Spoonful of Mayhem]]''}}
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The '''Crystal Palace''' was the location for the [[The Great Exhibition|Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations]]. It was built in [[Hyde Park]], [[London]] in [[1851]].
The '''Crystal Palace''' was the location for the [[The Great Exhibition|Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations]].  


The [[Fifth Doctor]] wanted to take [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] to there as "a treat" in the wake of [[Adric]]'s death but instead ended up on the tarmac of [[Heathrow Airport]] in [[1982]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'')
== History ==
=== In Hyde Park ===
The palace was designed by [[Joseph Paxton]] to house the [[The Great Exhibition]] and built in [[Hyde Park]], [[London]] in [[1851]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)|The Eagle of the Reich]]'')


The [[Eighth Doctor]] took his companions [[Charlotte Pollard]] and [[C'rizz]] to the Great Exhibition in 1851, shortly after their departure from the [[Divergent Universe]]. While there, Charley met and befriended the elderly [[Arthur Wellesley|Duke of Wellington]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'') Charley had previously visited the Crystal Palace as a child. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'')
The [[Eighth Doctor]] took his companions [[Charlotte Pollard]] and [[C'rizz]] to the Great Exhibition in 1851, shortly after their departure from the [[Divergent Universe]]. While there, Charley met and befriended the elderly [[Arthur Wellesley|Duke of Wellington]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'') Charley had previously visited the Crystal Palace as a child. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'')


The palace was later located in [[Sydenham]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crystal Throne (comic story)|The Crystal Throne]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Spoonful of Mayhem (audio story)|A Spoonful of Mayhem]]'')
=== In Sydenham ===
After the Great Exhibition concluded, the palace was disassembled and reconstructed in [[South London]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)|The Eagle of the Reich]]'') or more specifically [[Sydenham]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crystal Throne (comic story)|The Crystal Throne]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Spoonful of Mayhem (audio story)|A Spoonful of Mayhem]]'')


The [[Tenth Doctor]] tried to take [[Heather McCrimmon]] to the Crystal Palace in [[1854]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crystal Palace (comic story)|The Crystal Palace]]'')
The [[Tenth Doctor]] tried to take [[Heather McCrimmon]] to the Crystal Palace in [[1854]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crystal Palace (comic story)|The Crystal Palace]]'')
The [[Paternoster Gang]] visited the palace in the late [[19th century]], where they confronted [[Cornelia Basildon-Stone]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crystal Throne (comic story)|The Crystal Throne]]'')


On [[30 November]] [[1936]], the Crystal Palace was destroyed in a large [[fire]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)|The Eagle of the Reich]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Tomorrow's Fish and Chips (short story)|Tomorrow's Fish and Chips]]'') By one account, this was done by a hatched [[phoenix (species)|phoenix]]. The [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] came to the Palace at this time, although they had intended to visit it in 1851, and met up with [[Winston Churchill]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)|The Eagle of the Reich]]'') Another account indicated that the fire was started by the Tenth Doctor and Heather McCrimmon in order to defeat [[Victumas]] and the [[Dominion Sisterhood]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crystal Palace (comic story)|The Crystal Palace]]'')
On [[30 November]] [[1936]], the Crystal Palace was destroyed in a large [[fire]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)|The Eagle of the Reich]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Tomorrow's Fish and Chips (short story)|Tomorrow's Fish and Chips]]'') By one account, this was done by a hatched [[phoenix (species)|phoenix]]. The [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] came to the Palace at this time, although they had intended to visit it in 1851, and met up with [[Winston Churchill]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)|The Eagle of the Reich]]'') Another account indicated that the fire was started by the Tenth Doctor and Heather McCrimmon in order to defeat [[Victumas]] and the [[Dominion Sisterhood]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crystal Palace (comic story)|The Crystal Palace]]'')


[[Ibrahim Hadmani]] travelled back in time to witness the destruction of the Crystal Palace. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tomorrow's Fish and Chips (short story)|Tomorrow's Fish and Chips]]'')
[[Ibrahim Hadmani]] travelled back in time to witness the destruction of the Crystal Palace. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tomorrow's Fish and Chips (short story)|Tomorrow's Fish and Chips]]'')
== References ==
The [[Fifth Doctor]] wanted to take [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] to there as "a treat" in the wake of [[Adric]]'s death but instead ended up on the tarmac of [[Heathrow Airport]] in [[1982]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'')


Upon visiting [[Venus]] in the [[far future]], [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]] compared the [[Venusian]] [[shanghorn]] to the [[dinosaur]]s on display in the Crystal Palace. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]]'')
Upon visiting [[Venus]] in the [[far future]], [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]] compared the [[Venusian]] [[shanghorn]] to the [[dinosaur]]s on display in the Crystal Palace. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]]'')
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