Telescope



Telescopes were devices for looking at things from a distance. "Spyglass" was a name sometimes applied to handheld telescopes. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass)

The Doctor's TARDIS had a telescope observatory. (TV: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS)

On Dulkis, the Second Doctor was about to view some ruins with his folding telescope when Jamie McCrimmon took it from him. He then returned it after using it to examine the ruins. (TV: The Dominators)

On another planet, the Second Doctor used his folding telescope to observe a train pull into a station. (COMIC: The Exterminator) On Solos, the Third Doctor used his folding telescope to survey a Solonian village. (TV: The Mutants)

The Sixth Doctor used a fixed telescope aboard Voyager's "Death-ship" to follow Astrolabus's escape. (COMIC: Voyager)

The people of Sarn used telescopes. Peri Brown made use of a fixed telescope in order to search for the Fifth Doctor. (TV: Planet of Fire)

Early astronomers used telescopes to observe the stars and planets. In Alexandria a group of astronomers saw skyships. (COMIC: Voyager)

In the late 15th century, Giuliano developed a primitive telescope, which the Fourth Doctor deemed merely adequate. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora)

In the early 17th century, Galileo Galilei invented the telescope. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass)

Richard Dunbar told the Fourth Doctor that if he had seen anything like the Krynoid pod before, he must have a very powerful telescope. (TV: The Seeds of Doom)

On Pluto, the Fourth Doctor used a folding telescope to admire Megropolis One and noted it to be "an engineering achievement". (TV: The Sun Makers)

The Fourth Doctor and Romana I used a folding telescope to observe Zanak's control centre, the Bridge. The telescope was later confiscated from Romana by a guard, who described it as "a forbidden object". (TV: The Pirate Planet)

Jerome Weismuller used a folding telescope to watch for a satellite. (TV: Delta and the Bannermen)

Wilfred Mott had a telescope, which he frequently used. (TV: Partners in Crime) In an alternate timeline, he offered to sell it for extra money, but Donna Noble was firmly against it. (TV: Turn Left)

On Shontaa, the Fourth Doctor used his telescope to observe the duel between the Zygons Anktra and Kestral. (COMIC: Rest and Re-Creation)

The Fourth Doctor used a telescope to locate the Jagaroth ship in Earth's primordial past. (TV: City of Death)

The Fourth Doctor later used the same telescope to observe the spaceship Hydrax from afar. (TV: State of Decay) Eugene Jones used a telescope to watch for aliens. (TV: Random Shoes)

On Kirith, the Seventh Doctor used a telescope to survey Kirith town and its environs. He then gave the telescope to Miríl. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse)

The Fourth Doctor gave Leela a telescope in Australia. (PROSE: The Bushranger's Story)