Byzantium starship
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The Byzantium starship is a crashed spacecraft in the Doctor Who universe, best known as the setting of the Eleventh Doctor’s encounter with the Weeping Angels and River Song in "The Time of Angels."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Byzantium starship canonical | 1 |
| crashed starship Byzantium | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3830010 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Byzantium starship Context triple: [The Time of Angels, featuresSetting, Byzantium starship]
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A.
Axiom (spaceship)
Axiom is the massive, luxurious starliner spaceship in the animated film "WALL-E," where humanity lives in a state of comfortable, technology-dependent exile from Earth.
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B.
Heart of Gold (spaceship)
The Heart of Gold is the revolutionary starship from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," famed for its Infinite Improbability Drive and absurd, reality-warping adventures.
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C.
The Centaurus
The Centaurus is a prominent mixed-use complex in Islamabad, Pakistan, featuring high-rise towers that house a shopping mall, residential apartments, offices, and a hotel.
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D.
Orbis
Orbis is Yale University Library’s online catalog system that provides access to its extensive collections of books, media, and other resources.
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E.
Starships
"Starships" is a 2012 dance-pop and EDM-influenced party anthem by Nicki Minaj that became one of her most commercially successful and recognizable songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Byzantium starship Target entity description: The Byzantium starship is a crashed spacecraft in the Doctor Who universe, best known as the setting of the Eleventh Doctor’s encounter with the Weeping Angels and River Song in "The Time of Angels."
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A.
Axiom (spaceship)
Axiom is the massive, luxurious starliner spaceship in the animated film "WALL-E," where humanity lives in a state of comfortable, technology-dependent exile from Earth.
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B.
Heart of Gold (spaceship)
The Heart of Gold is the revolutionary starship from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," famed for its Infinite Improbability Drive and absurd, reality-warping adventures.
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C.
The Centaurus
The Centaurus is a prominent mixed-use complex in Islamabad, Pakistan, featuring high-rise towers that house a shopping mall, residential apartments, offices, and a hotel.
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D.
Orbis
Orbis is Yale University Library’s online catalog system that provides access to its extensive collections of books, media, and other resources.
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E.
Starships
"Starships" is a 2012 dance-pop and EDM-influenced party anthem by Nicki Minaj that became one of her most commercially successful and recognizable songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Doctor Who entity
ⓘ
fictional starship ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| appearsInEpisode |
Flesh and Stone
ⓘ
The Time of Angels ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
River Song
ⓘ
the Eleventh Doctor ⓘ
linked to:
Eleventh Doctor
|
| associatedWithSpecies | Weeping Angels ⓘ |
| crashesOn | Alfava Metraxis ⓘ |
| crashType | starship crash ⓘ |
| encounteredBy |
Amy Pond
ⓘ
Father Octavian ⓘ River Song ⓘ the Eleventh Doctor ⓘ
linked to:
Eleventh Doctor
|
| firstAiredIn | The Time of Angels ⓘ |
| firstAiredYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCargo |
Weeping Angel
ⓘ
linked to:
Weeping Angels
|
| hasEvent |
Eleventh Doctor rescue mission
ⓘ
River Song prison transport mission ⓘ Weeping Angels containment breach ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
flight deck
ⓘ
gravity globe ⓘ oxygen garden ⓘ secondary flight deck ⓘ ship corridors ⓘ |
| hasHullProperty | cannot be destroyed by conventional weapons ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | indestructible hull ⓘ |
| hasOwner |
the Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
|
| hasPassenger |
Amy Pond
ⓘ
River Song ⓘ Weeping Angels ⓘ the Eleventh Doctor ⓘ
linked to:
Eleventh Doctor
|
| hasStatus |
crashed
ⓘ
derelict ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
primary setting of Flesh and Stone
ⓘ
primary setting of The Time of Angels ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Church of the Papal Mainframe
ⓘ
the Church ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
|
| threatContained |
Weeping Angel
ⓘ
linked to:
Weeping Angels
multiple Weeping Angels ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 51st century ⓘ |
| universe |
Doctor Who universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor Who expanded universe
|
| usedFor |
clerical missions
ⓘ
military operations ⓘ prisoner transport ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Byzantium starship Description of subject: The Byzantium starship is a crashed spacecraft in the Doctor Who universe, best known as the setting of the Eleventh Doctor’s encounter with the Weeping Angels and River Song in "The Time of Angels."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Doctor Who episode "The Time of Angels"
subject linked to:
Doctor Who episode "Flesh and Stone"
linked to: Byzantium starship