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|name = Space Oddity
|image= DW2012 Space Oddity.jpg
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|series = [[Doctor Who (2012)|''Doctor Who'' (2012)]]
|series = [[Doctor Who (2012)|''Doctor Who'' (2012)]]
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
|companions =  
|companions =  
|enemy =  
|enemy = [[Vashta Nerada]]
|year =  
|setting = Above Earth, [[1965]]
|writer = [[Joshua Hale Fialkov]]
|writer = Joshua Hale Fialkov
|editor = [[Denton J. Tipton]]
|editor = [[Denton J. Tipton]]
|artist = [[Andres Ponce]]<br>[[Horacio Domingues]]<br>[[Rubén González]]
|artist = [[Andres Ponce]]<br />[[Horacio Domingues]]<br />[[Rubén González]]
|colourist = [[Adrian Salmon]]
|colourist = [[Adrian Salmon]]
|letterer = [[Shawn Lee]]
|letterer = [[Shawn Lee]]
|publication = [[Doctor Who (2012)|''Doctor Who'' (2012)]] #3 - 4
|publication = [[DW12 7]] - [[DW12 8|8]]
|release date = [[March]] [[2013]] - [[April]] [[2013]]
|release date = 27 March - 17 April 2013
|publisher = [[IDW Publishing]]
|publisher = IDW Publishing
|format = {{w|American comic book}} 2 issues
|format = [[American comic book]] 2 issues
|prev = The Eye of Ashaya (comic story)
|prev = The Eye of Ashaya (comic story)
|next = }}
|next = Sky Jacks (comic story)
 
}}{{you may|Space Oddity|n1 = the song of the same name}}
'''''Space Oddity''''' was a two-issue comic story from the [[Doctor Who (2012)|''Doctor Who'' (2012)]] range.
'''''Space Oddity''''' was a two-issue comic story from the [[Doctor Who (2012)|''Doctor Who'' (2012)]] range.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
When a cosmonaut attempts the first space walk in 1965, the rest of his crew watches in horror as he’s swallowed whole by shadow. Only the Doctor can save the spacecraft and the historically important mission.
When a cosmonaut attempts the first space walk in 1965, the rest of his crew watches in horror as he's swallowed whole by shadow. Only the Doctor can save the spacecraft and the historically important mission.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Alexey Leonov]]
* [[Dmitri Selonovitch]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor guesses that [[the TARDIS]]'s [[atmosphere]] has a range of 30 [[metre]]s.
* The [[taiga]] is a boreal forest in the [[arctic]], the largest terrestrial biome.
* The TARDIS generates a simply [[energy bridge]] enabling the Doctor and Alexey to "walk" in space.
* Upon returning to Earth, Alexey threatens the Russian government into installing an internal full-array lighting system in all [[space suit]]s.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* The title is a reference to [[Space Oddity|the song of the same name]] written by [[David Bowie]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* The Doctor previously walked through space from his TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'')
* The Doctor comments about Russians changing history. They previously covered up a failed launch of [[Sputnik]] after the satellite was hijacked by {{Frontier}} on [[1 May]] [[1957]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'')
* The Doctor encounters the [[Vashta Nerada]] again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Night of the Vashta Nerada]]'', ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]''; [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]'')
* The Doctor invokes [[Convention 15 of the Shadow Proclamation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')


== Cover gallery ==
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Latest revision as of 20:38, 23 March 2024

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You may be looking for the song of the same name.

Space Oddity was a two-issue comic story from the Doctor Who (2012) range.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

When a cosmonaut attempts the first space walk in 1965, the rest of his crew watches in horror as he's swallowed whole by shadow. Only the Doctor can save the spacecraft and the historically important mission.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor guesses that the TARDIS's atmosphere has a range of 30 metres.
  • The taiga is a boreal forest in the arctic, the largest terrestrial biome.
  • The TARDIS generates a simply energy bridge enabling the Doctor and Alexey to "walk" in space.
  • Upon returning to Earth, Alexey threatens the Russian government into installing an internal full-array lighting system in all space suits.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]