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|type = [[Zoo]] | |type = [[Zoo]] | ||
|location = [[Regent's Park]] | |location = [[Regent's Park]] | ||
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|appearances = {{il|[[AUDIO]]: | |appearances = {{il|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)}}, {{cs|Wild Animals (audio story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Evolution Episode (short story)}}}} | ||
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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[zoo]] in [[London]], [[England]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[zoo]] in [[London]], [[England]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eye of the Jungle (audio story)}}) It was located in [[Regent's Park]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Storm Warning (audio story)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] landed in the [[Amazon]]ian [[forest]] in [[1827]]. They met the naturalist [[Edwin Garrett]], who was trying to bring back animals for the opening of the London Zoo the [[1828|following year]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | The [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] landed in the [[Amazon]]ian [[forest]] in [[1827]]. They met the naturalist [[Edwin Garrett]], who was trying to bring back animals for the opening of the London Zoo the [[1828|following year]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eye of the Jungle (audio story)}}) | ||
In [[1893]], [[Bernice Summerfield's Time Ring]] deposited her in the London Zoo. Not knowing anyone in the city at that time, she went to the [[Diogenes Club]], looking for [[Mycroft Holmes]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | In [[1893]], [[Bernice Summerfield's Time Ring]] deposited her in the London Zoo. Not knowing anyone in the city at that time, she went to the [[Diogenes Club]], looking for [[Mycroft Holmes]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)}}) | ||
[[File:The Evolution Episode Vastra ancestor.jpg|thumb|left|[[Vastra]] devolved by temporal radiation at the London Zoo. ([[PROSE]]: | [[File:The Evolution Episode Vastra ancestor.jpg|thumb|left|[[Vastra]] devolved by temporal radiation at the London Zoo. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Evolution Episode (short story)}})]] | ||
In [[1894]], alien [[zoologist]]s visited the zoo and used a [[time scanner]] to study the evolutionary histories of the exhibits. When they tried to leave, the aliens crashed their [[timeship]] in the zoo, releasing a green fog laced with temporal radiation that devolved the zoo's animals. The [[Paternoster Gang]] came to the zoo and returned everything back to normal. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[1894]], alien [[zoologist]]s visited the zoo and used a [[time scanner]] to study the evolutionary histories of the exhibits. When they tried to leave, the aliens crashed their [[timeship]] in the zoo, releasing a green fog laced with temporal radiation that devolved the zoo's animals. The [[Paternoster Gang]] came to the zoo and returned everything back to normal. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Evolution Episode (short story)}}) | ||
One day [[Charlotte Pollard]] was watching the [[dolphin]]s at the zoo. To her it was like she felt them smiling. ([[AUDIO]]: | One day [[Charlotte Pollard]] was watching the [[dolphin]]s at the zoo. To her it was like she felt them smiling. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Storm Warning (audio story)}}) | ||
In the [[20th century]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] went to the London Zoo on the trail of a dying [[Pescaton]]. They noted that even the [[lion]]s were afraid of the [[shark]]-like creature. ([[AUDIO]]: | In the [[20th century]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] went to the London Zoo on the trail of a dying [[Pescaton]]. They noted that even the [[lion]]s were afraid of the [[shark]]-like creature. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Pescatons (audio story)}}) | ||
In [[1984]], the London Zoo owned a female [[Tibetan Yeti]] (''Yeti Traversii'') named Mahamaya. Mahamaya was successfully bred with a male Yeti from [[Peking]], which was considered something of a diplomatic coup. Their offspring was named Margaret for [[Margaret Thatcher]], the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]; however, at a press event to announce the naming, young Margaret bit her namesake. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[1984]], the London Zoo owned a female [[Tibetan Yeti]] (''Yeti Traversii'') named Mahamaya. Mahamaya was successfully bred with a male Yeti from [[Peking]], which was considered something of a diplomatic coup. Their offspring was named Margaret for [[Margaret Thatcher]], the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]; however, at a press event to announce the naming, young Margaret bit her namesake. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Downtime (novelisation)}}) | ||
A [[tiger]] and a pack of [[wolf|wolves]] escaped from London Zoo in the early [[21st century]] after a global forest grew overnight. ([[TV]]: | A [[tiger]] and a pack of [[wolf|wolves]] escaped from London Zoo in the early [[21st century]] after a global forest grew overnight. ([[TV]]: {{cs|In the Forest of the Night (TV story)}}) | ||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] visited the zoo in [[2020]], and lamented over the enforced imprisonment the animals there endured, even if they were treated well. ([[AUDIO]]: | The [[Eighth Doctor]] visited the zoo in [[2020]], and lamented over the enforced imprisonment the animals there endured, even if they were treated well. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Wild Animals (audio story)}}) | ||
[[Sui Sui]] was raised in the London Zoo. ([[PROSE]]: | [[Sui Sui]] was raised in the London Zoo. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|How to Play Four-dimensional Chinese Checkers, and Win (short story)}}) | ||
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[[Susan Foreman|Susan]] once visited the zoo, later being reminded of the stink of the animals when she encountered [[Marton Dhal]]'s army of [[ape-bat]]s. ([[PROSE]]: | [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] once visited the zoo, later being reminded of the stink of the animals when she encountered [[Marton Dhal]]'s army of [[ape-bat]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)}}) | ||
[[Petronella Osgood]] once went on a course at the zoo as a child, where she held a tarantula before throwing it out of a window. She later recounted this incident to [[Shana Siddiqui]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | [[Petronella Osgood]] once went on a course at the zoo as a child, where she held a tarantula before throwing it out of a window. She later recounted this incident to [[Shana Siddiqui]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Hosts of the Wirrn (audio story)}}) | ||
[[Category:London parks]] | [[Category:London parks]] | ||
[[Category:English zoos]] | [[Category:English zoos]] | ||
