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|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' | |first = The Romans (TV story) | ||
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[State of Change (novel)|State of Change]]''|[[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stone Rose (novel)|The Stone Rose]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[In-Fez-Station (comic story)|In-Fez-Station]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Colossus of the Colosseum (comic story)|Colossus of the Colosseum]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]''}} | |||
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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 == | == History == | ||
A [[World War I]] soldier from [[1916]] was sent back in time by a [[Weeping Angel]] and appeared in the Colosseum in [[97]]. He found himself in the middle of a battle between two | In the year [[64]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Delos]] were made into [[gladiator]]s and forced to fight for [[Caesar]] [[Nero]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'') at the Colosseum. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger (novel)|The Eleventh Tiger]]'') | ||
A [[World War I]] soldier from [[1916]] was sent back in time by a [[Weeping Angel]] and appeared in the Colosseum in [[97]]. He found himself in the middle of a battle between two gladiators. ([[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 (novel)|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 (novel)|The Stone Rose]]'') | ||
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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 (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') | 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 (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
The location of the fight between Ian and Delos as shown in ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'' is not identified in the story itself, however, in the novel ''[[The Eleventh Tiger (novel)]], [[Barbara Wright]] recalls having watched the fight occur in the Colosseum. | |||
[[Category:Earth theatres and cinemas]] | [[Category:Earth theatres and cinemas]] | ||
[[Category:Theatres and cinemas from the real world]] | [[Category:Theatres and cinemas from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Roman buildings]] | [[Category:Roman buildings]] | ||
