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|image = Crystal Palace The Crystal Throne.jpg | |image = Crystal Palace The Crystal Throne.jpg | ||
|type = [[Glass]] [[ | |type = [[Glass]] [[building]] | ||
|location = {{il|[[Hyde Park]]|[[Sydenham]]}} | |location = {{il|[[Hyde Park]]|[[Sydenham]]}} | ||
|first mention = Time-Flight (TV story) | |first mention = Time-Flight (TV story) | ||
|first = Other Lives (audio story) | |first = Other Lives (audio story) | ||
|appearances = {{il|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crystal Palace (comic story)|The Crystal Palace]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)|The Eagle of the Reich]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Hypothetical Gentleman (comic story)|Hypothetical Gentleman]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Devil in the Smoke (novel)|Devil in the Smoke]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crystal Throne (comic story)|The Crystal Throne]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Spoonful of Mayhem (audio story)|A Spoonful of Mayhem]]''}} | |appearances = {{il|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crystal Palace (comic story)|The Crystal Palace]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)|The Eagle of the Reich]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Hypothetical Gentleman (comic story)|Hypothetical Gentleman]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Devil in the Smoke (novel)|Devil in the Smoke]]''|[[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 a [[glass]] building in [[London]] from its construction in [[1851]] to its destruction in a fire in [[1936]]. | The '''Crystal Palace''' was a [[glass]] building in [[London]] from its construction in [[1851]] to its destruction in a fire in [[1936]]. | ||
== Structure == | |||
The Palace was constructed almost entirely out of [[iron]] and [[glass]], like a huge [[greenhouse]]. [[Charley Pollard]] was astonished by its shear size when she encountered the original model in [[Hyde Park]], also referring to it as a "magnificent erection". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'') She had earlier told [[C'rizz]] how that it was not an actual palace, but merely referred to as such due to its beauty. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'') | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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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]]'') | ||
[[Category:London buildings]] | [[Category:London buildings]] | ||
[[Category:Buildings from the real world]] | [[Category:Buildings from the real world]] | ||
