Telos
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Telos is an icy, subterranean planet in the Doctor Who universe best known as a major stronghold and tomb world of the Cybermen.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Telos canonical | 7 |
| planet Telos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T619877 — 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: Telos Context triple: [Cybermen, homeworld, Telos]
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A.
Mondas
Mondas is the fictional twin planet of Earth in the Doctor Who universe, known as the original home of the Cybermen.
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B.
Canazei
Canazei is a mountain village and ski resort in the Dolomites of northern Italy, known for winter sports and alpine tourism.
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C.
Valee
Valee is an American rapper known for his laid-back flow, minimalist beats, and work with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label.
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D.
Hespere
Hespere is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology who tended the blissful garden in the far west that contained the golden apples.
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E.
Telluraves
Telluraves is a major clade of mostly land-dwelling birds that includes groups such as raptors, woodpeckers, parrots, and songbirds.
- 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: Telos Target entity description: Telos is an icy, subterranean planet in the Doctor Who universe best known as a major stronghold and tomb world of the Cybermen.
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A.
Mondas
Mondas is the fictional twin planet of Earth in the Doctor Who universe, known as the original home of the Cybermen.
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B.
Canazei
Canazei is a mountain village and ski resort in the Dolomites of northern Italy, known for winter sports and alpine tourism.
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C.
Valee
Valee is an American rapper known for his laid-back flow, minimalist beats, and work with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label.
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D.
Hespere
Hespere is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology who tended the blissful garden in the far west that contained the golden apples.
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E.
Telluraves
Telluraves is a major clade of mostly land-dwelling birds that includes groups such as raptors, woodpeckers, parrots, and songbirds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional planet
ⓘ
location in Doctor Who ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| appearsInAudio |
"Return to Telos"
ⓘ
Big Finish Productions audios featuring the Cybermen ⓘ |
| appearsInSerial |
"Attack of the Cybermen"
ⓘ
The Tomb of the Cybermen ⓘ
surface form:
"The Tomb of the Cybermen"
|
| associatedSpecies | Cybermen ⓘ |
| category |
Cybermen locations
ⓘ
Planets in Doctor Who ⓘ |
| climate | frozen ⓘ |
| conflictInvolvement | battleground between the Doctor and the Cybermen ⓘ |
| environment | subterranean ⓘ |
| fandomWikiPage | https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Telos ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Tomb of the Cybermen
ⓘ
surface form:
"The Tomb of the Cybermen"
|
| firstAppearanceDoctor |
Patrick Troughton
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Doctor
|
| firstAppearanceMedium | television serial ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Cybermen control ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
burial site for Cybermen
ⓘ
military stronghold of the Cybermen ⓘ storage site for dormant Cybermen ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
audio drama
ⓘ
prose fiction ⓘ television ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
The Tomb of the Cybermen
ⓘ
surface form:
Cybermen city
The Tomb of the Cybermen ⓘ
surface form:
tombs of the Cybermen
underground complex ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | outer regions of the Doctor Who universe (unspecified space sector) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a major stronghold of the Cybermen
ⓘ
being a tomb world of the Cybermen ⓘ |
| primaryInhabitants | Cybermen ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
sealed tomb chambers
ⓘ
traps guarding Cybermen tombs ⓘ |
| statusInCanon | primary continuity (TV) location ⓘ |
| surfaceType | icy ⓘ |
| technologyPresent |
Cybermen
ⓘ
surface form:
Cybermen conversion technology
Cybermen cryogenic tombs ⓘ |
| terrainFeature |
glaciers
ⓘ
ice fields ⓘ |
| universe |
Doctor Who expanded universe
ⓘ
surface form:
Doctor Who universe
|
| visitedBy |
Patrick Troughton
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Doctor
Sixth Doctor ⓘ companions of the Second Doctor ⓘ companions of the Sixth Doctor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Telos Description of subject: Telos is an icy, subterranean planet in the Doctor Who universe best known as a major stronghold and tomb world of the Cybermen.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Return to Telos
subject surface form:
Return to Telos
this entity surface form:
planet Telos
subject surface form:
Attack of the Cybermen
subject surface form:
Attack of the Cybermen