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|type = [[Glass]] [[building]] | |type = [[Glass]] [[building]] | ||
|location = {{il|[[Hyde Park]]|[[Sydenham]]}} | |location = {{il|[[Hyde Park]]|[[Sydenham]]}} | ||
|first mention = Time-Flight (TV story) | |first mention cs= Time-Flight (TV story) | ||
|first | |first cs = Other Lives (audio story) | ||
|appearances = | |appearances = {{appears}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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 == | == Structure == | ||
The Palace was constructed almost entirely out of [[iron]] and [[glass]], like a huge [[greenhouse]]. [[Charley Pollard]] was astonished by its sheer size when she visited the original model in [[Hyde Park]], also referring to it as a "magnificent erection". ([[AUDIO]]: | The Palace was constructed almost entirely out of [[iron]] and [[glass]], like a huge [[greenhouse]]. [[Charley Pollard]] was astonished by its sheer size when she visited the original model in [[Hyde Park]], also referring to it as a "magnificent erection". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Other Lives (audio story)}}) She had earlier told [[C'rizz]] that it was not an actual palace, but merely referred to as such due to its beauty. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Next Life (audio story)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== In Hyde Park === | === In Hyde Park === | ||
The palace was designed by [[Joseph Paxton]] to house [[The Great Exhibition]] and built in [[Hyde Park]], [[London]] in [[1851]]. ([[COMIC]]: | The palace was designed by [[Joseph Paxton]] to house [[The Great Exhibition]] and built in [[Hyde Park]], [[London]] in [[1851]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)}}) The [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond|Amy]], and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] visited the Palace and Exhibition on the day before its opening. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Hypothetical Gentleman (comic story)}}) | ||
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]]: | 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]]: {{cs|Other Lives (audio story)}}) | ||
=== In Sydenham === | === In Sydenham === | ||
After the Great Exhibition concluded, the palace was disassembled and reconstructed in [[South London]], ([[COMIC]]: | After the Great Exhibition concluded, the palace was disassembled and reconstructed in [[South London]], ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)}}) or more specifically [[Sydenham]], ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Crystal Throne (comic story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|A Spoonful of Mayhem (audio story)}}) on [[10 June]] [[1854]]. The [[Tenth Doctor]] tried to take [[Heather McCrimmon]] to the reopening of the Crystal Palace that year, instead arriving in the [[1930s]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Crystal Palace (comic story)}}) | ||
The [[Paternoster Gang]] visited the palace in the late [[19th century]], where they confronted [[Cornelia Basildon-Stone]]. ([[COMIC]]: | The [[Paternoster Gang]] visited the palace in the late [[19th century]], where they confronted [[Cornelia Basildon-Stone]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Crystal Throne (comic story)}}) | ||
[[Charlotte Pollard]] visited the Crystal Palace as a child. [[Richard Pollard|Her father]] had driven them there, stopping in [[Kingston, London|Kingston]] on the way. ([[AUDIO]]: | [[Charlotte Pollard]] visited the Crystal Palace as a child. [[Richard Pollard|Her father]] had driven them there, stopping in [[Kingston, London|Kingston]] on the way. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Next Life (audio story)}}) | ||
On [[30 November]] [[1936]], the Crystal Palace was destroyed in a large [[fire]]. ([[COMIC]]: | On [[30 November]] [[1936]], the Crystal Palace was destroyed in a large [[fire]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tomorrow's Fish and Chips (short story)}}) 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]]: {{cs|The Eagle of the Reich (comic story)}}) Another account indicated that the fire was started by the Tenth Doctor and Heather McCrimmon in order to defeat [[Victumas]] of the [[Dominion Sisterhood]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Crystal Palace (comic story)}}) | ||
[[Ibrahim Hadmani]] travelled back in time to witness the destruction of the Crystal Palace. ([[PROSE]]: | [[Ibrahim Hadmani]] travelled back in time to witness the destruction of the Crystal Palace. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tomorrow's Fish and Chips (short story)}}) | ||
== References == | == 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]]: | 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]]: {{cs|Time-Flight (TV story)}}) | ||
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]]: | 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]]: {{cs|Voyage to Venus (audio story)}}) | ||
[[Category:London buildings]] | [[Category:London buildings]] | ||
