Eye of Orion The Eye of Orion was known to be one of the most tranquil places in the universe . Tegan Jovanka likened it to " Earth after a thunderstorm . " According to the Fifth Doctor , it achieved its calming effects from the " high bombardment of positive ions . " ( TV : " The Five Doctors " ) It may have been an entire planet — based largely on the Sixth Doctor ' s insistence that its beautiful moonset was the " ideal tonic for the weary time traveller " — but was at least a specific spot on a planet . ( AUDIO : " Arrangements for War " ) The Eye was originally a thriving holiday resort . ( PROSE : " Martha Jones ' MySpace blog " ) The Fourth Doctor once considered taking Leela to the Eye of Orion but quickly dismissed the idea , claiming that it was not in season . ( AUDIO : " Last of the Colophon " ) The Fifth Doctor deliberately took Tegan and Turlough to the Eye immediately after their encounter with and Kamelion in March 1215 . Turlough had been there before on his own . ( TV : " The King ' s Demons " ) While there , the Doctor updated the look of the TARDIS console . Soon after stepping out of the newly - refurbished TARDIS , the Doctor experienced " cosmic angst " , before discovering that his past selves were being separated from him . ( TV : " The Five Doctors " ) The trio returned to the Eye and were about to play cricket when a Raston Warrior Robot , delivered by Ryoth ' s use of a Time Scoop , attacked them . They hid behind rubble until they were joined by the Eighth Doctor . Using the principle of Buridan ' s ass , they approached the robot with an equal distance between them and the robot . Confused as to whom to target and their similarity , the robot deactivated . Ryoth later sent a a squad of Sontaran s to try and stop the Eighth Doctor from continuing on his travels along his timeline . ( PROSE : " The Eight Doctors " ) The Sixth Doctor delighted in bombarding his companions with tales of the Eye , but had difficulty actually going there . It would have been the first destination to which the post - regenerative Sixth Doctor would have taken Peri Brown , but he had trouble remembering the co - ordinates . ( TV : " The Twin Dilemma " ) Later in their travels , Peri was so tired of his hype she preemptively blocked the suggestion of the Eye as a suitable holiday spot : " I ' ve heard all about that elusive place once too often . " She suggested that the Eye had no native life - forms and that even tourist s were scarce . When the Doctor described Andromeda — by which he might have meant either the constellation or the galaxy — as having " some of the most magical sights in the entire universe : astral starbursts creating a myriad celestial bodies against a timeless royal blue backdrop " , Peri said he always described the Eye of Orion in precisely the same way . ( TV : " Timelash " ) Likewise the Sixth Doctor made several promises to take Evelyn Smythe to the Eye , but never managed to do so . In one of the two accounts of Melanie Bush meeting Evelyn , the then - former companion Evelyn specifically asked that he take her home by way of the Eye . Mel , for her part , was the only companion of the Doctor ever described as having actually visited the Eye . ( PROSE : " Instruments of Darkness " ) The Seventh Doctor and Ace sat and meditated on the Eye of Orion during their search for the Timewyrm . ( PROSE : " " ) The Eighth Doctor once suggested taking Charley Pollard to the Eye of Orion . ( AUDIO : " The Man Who Wasn ' t There " ) The Dalek Time Controller told Liv Chenka and Molly O ' Sullivan that there was a Dalek facility at the Eye of Orion . It posed as a retreat from wars . The facility took in refugees of war , the Daleks using them for experimentation . Markus Schriver had a lab in the facility where he created the Eminence . ( AUDIO : " Eye of Darkness " ) After the Last Great Time War , the Eye of Orion was converted into a shrine of the war , with only a small memorial , nameless due to the many who died in the war . At this point , the only other structures were scattered ruins . ( PROSE : " Martha Jones ' Myspace blog " ) When the Ninth Doctor was showing the Eye of Orion to Rose Tyler and Jack Harkness , they found the planet geohacked by Taggani . Although the Doctor called in the Shadow Proclamation to clear up the mess , the face of Jack Harkness remained on the side of a moon of the Eye of Orion for some time . ( COMIC : " Hacked " ) The Tenth Doctor visited the shrine for the Last Great Time War on the Eye with Martha Jones and imparted details about the War to Martha whilst there . ( PROSE : " Martha Jones ' Myspace blog " ) The Tenth Doctor intended to take Gabby to the Eye , but went to Wupatki instead . ( COMIC : " The Singer Not the Song " ) After defeating House , the Eleventh Doctor suggested to Rory that they go to " somewhere restful " like the Eye of Orion , but admitted that he wasn ' t terribly " good at restful " . He left it up to the TARDIS to choose whether the Eye was where he needed to go . The TARDIS set a course and dematerialised , but it was unclear whether they made it to the Eye on this occasion . ( TV : " The Doctor ' s Wife " ) While trying to plan a family holiday , the Eleventh Doctor suggested the Eye of Orion as it was " coming into season . " ( COMIC : " Summer Wholiday " )