Telescope

Telescopes were devices for looking at things from a distance. "spyglass"' was a name sometimes applied to handheld telescopes. (PROSE: )
== The Doctor's telescope ==
On Dulkis, the Second Doctor was about to view some ruins with a folding telescope when Jamie McCrimmon took it from him. He then returned it after using it to examine the ruins. (TV: )
On another planet, the Second Doctor used a folding telescope to observe a train pull into a station. (COMIC: )
On Solos, the Third Doctor used a folding telescope to survey a Solonian village. (TV: )
The Fourth Doctor gave Leela a telescope in Australia. (PROSE: )
On Shontaa, the Fourth Doctor used a telescope to observe the duel between the Zygons Anktra and Kestral. (COMIC: )
On Pluto, the Fourth Doctor used a folding telescope to admire Megropolis One and noted it to be "an engineering achievement". (TV: )
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 Fourth Doctor used a telescope to locate the Jagaroth ship in Earth's primordial past. (TV: )
The Fourth Doctor used a telescope to observe the spaceship Hydrax from afar. (TV: )
The newly-regenerated Seventh Doctor found a telescope in his former incarnation's coat pockets. (PROSE: )
On Kirith, the Seventh Doctor used a telescope to survey Kirith town and its environs. He then gave the telescope to Miríl. (PROSE: )
The Doctor's TARDIS had a telescope observatory. (TV: )
== Other telescopes ==
Early astronomers used telescopes to observe the stars and planets. In Alexandria a group of astronomers saw skyships. (COMIC: )
In the late 15th century, Giuliano developed a primitive telescope, which the Fourth Doctor deemed merely adequate. (TV: )
In the early 17th century, Galileo Galilei invented the telescope. (PROSE: )
In the mid-1950s, the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones visited the Griffith Observatory. The Doctor charged up the observatory's telescope to show Martha the last residual image of Gallifrey from before the Last Great Time War. (COMIC: )
In 1959, Jerome Weismuller used a folding telescope to watch for a satellite. (TV: )
There was a telescope located in the dome area of Moonbase Laika, the Second Doctor and Jack Hobson both used it to observe the Cybermen's approaches to the Moonbase in 2070. (TV: )
The people of Sarn used telescopes. Peri Brown made use of a fixed telescope in order to search for the Fifth Doctor. (TV: )
The Sixth Doctor used a fixed telescope aboard Voyager's "Death-ship" to follow Astrolabus's escape. (COMIC: )
Rezaul Kapoor owned a telescope which he and his sister Anji once used to observe Mars. (PROSE: )
Eugene Jones owned a telescope, which he used to watch for aliens. (TV: )
Wilfred Mott owned a telescope, which he frequently used. (TV: ) In a parallel world, he offered to sell it for extra money, but Donna Noble was firmly against it. (TV: )
On Braktalis, Demimon witnessed the arrival of Skrant's ship while observing the stars through his telescope. (COMIC: )
On his seventh birthday, Henry van Statten was gifted a telescope by Otto von Donitz. Not approving of such a gift, Edward Van Statten ordered his son to destroy the telescope. Six weeks later, two of Edward's strongmen destroyed the telescope. (PROSE: ) 
== References to telescopes ==
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: )
Category:Human technology
Category:Optical magnification