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|image= DW2012 Space Oddity.jpg
|image= DW2012 Space Oddity.jpg
|series = [[Doctor Who (2012)|''Doctor Who'' (2012)]]
|series = [[Doctor Who (2012)|''Doctor Who'' (2012)]]
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|enemy = [[Vashta Nerada]]
|enemy = [[Vashta Nerada]]
|setting = Above Earth, [[1965]]
|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)]] #7 - 8
|publication = [[DW12 7]] - [[DW12 8|8]]
|release date = [[March (releases)|March]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] - [[April (releases)|April]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|release date = 27 March - 17 April 2013
|publisher = IDW Publishing
|publisher = IDW Publishing
|format = [[American comic book]] 2 issues
|format = [[American comic book]] 2 issues
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* [[Dmitri Selonovitch]]
* [[Dmitri Selonovitch]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor guesses that the TARDIS's atmosphere has a range of 30 metres.
* 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 [[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.
* The TARDIS generates a simply [[energy bridge]] enabling the Doctor and Alexey to "walk" in space.
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor previously walked through space from his TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'')
* 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]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'')
* 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. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead]]'', [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]'')
* 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]]'')
* The Doctor invokes [[Convention 15 of the Shadow Proclamation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
== Cover gallery ==
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DW2012 7a.jpg|Issue 7 (Cover A)
DW2012 8a.jpg|Issue 8 (Cover A)
DW2012 8b.jpg|Issue 8 (Cover RI)
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Latest revision as of 20:38, 23 March 2024

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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]]

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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]]