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{{Infobox Astronomical Object
{{Infobox Location
|name = Mettula Orionis
|image      =Mettula Orionsis.jpg
|image =
|aka         =  
|aka =  
|type       = [[Star system]]
|type = either [[star system]] or [[constellation]]
|location   = Outside [[Mutter's Spiral]]
|location = Outside [[Mutter's Spiral]]
|natives     = [[Trakenite]]s
|natives = [[Trakenite]]s (of Traken)
|first      = The Keeper of Traken (TV story)
|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' (minor)
|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Primeval (audio story)|Primeval]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)|The Astronomer's Apprentice]]''}}
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}}'''Mettula Orionsis''' was a [[star system]] that contained the [[planet]] [[Traken]], the [[capitol]] of the [[Traken Union]]. At least three [[planet]]s were seen to make up the system (one being Traken). ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'') [[Nyssa]] once described Mettula Orionsis as a [[constellation]] rather than a "star system". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'')
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'''Mettula Orionis''' was a star system that contained the [[planet]] [[Traken]], the capitol of the [[Traken Union]]. It is possible that either Metulla Orionsis was one of the systems of the Union or if it was the entire Union. At least three planets were seen to make up the system (one being Traken), though it is possible the other two were Traken's moons. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'') Nyssa once described Mettula Orionis as a [[constellation]] rather than a "[[star system]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]])


In [[1981]], a temporary wave of [[entropy]] swept across part of the universe, destroying Metulla Orionsis in the process. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
In [[1981]], a temporary wave of [[entropy]] swept across part of the universe, destroying Mettula Orionsis in the process. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')


Contemplating the [[Butterfly Effect]], [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] thought of how a [[butterfly]] flapping its wings in Mettula Orionis could have great great concequences elsewhere. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit]]'')
Mettula Orionsis was visible in the night sky of [[Surobos]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Shipwreck! (comic story)|Shipwreck!]]'')


[[Category:Solar systems]]
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] said that the [[Ood]] could check the weather in the Mettula Orionsis system from their upgraded communicators. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[An Ood Thing to Say (comic story)|An Ood Thing to Say]]'')
[[Category:Traken]]
 
The [[Eighth Doctor]] recalled a saying in the [[Time Lord Academy|Academy]] about how the beat of a [[butterfly]]'s [[wing]]s in Mettula Orionsis caused a [[time storm]] in the [[Mutter's Spiral]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
This location was misspelled "Mettula Orionis" in the novel ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'', "Metulla Orionis" in the novel ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'' and "Metulla Orionsis" in ''[[An Ood Thing to Say (comic story)|An Ood Thing to Say]]''.
 
[[Category:Star systems]]
[[Category:Traken Union]]
[[Category:Constellations]]
[[Category:Constellations]]
[[Category:Locations visited by the Second Doctor]]
[[Category:Locations visited by the Fourth Doctor]]
[[Category:Locations visited by the Fifth Doctor]]

Latest revision as of 02:44, 21 April 2024

Mettula Orionsis was a star system that contained the planet Traken, the capitol of the Traken Union. At least three planets were seen to make up the system (one being Traken). (TV: The Keeper of Traken) Nyssa once described Mettula Orionsis as a constellation rather than a "star system". (PROSE: Divided Loyalties)

In 1981, a temporary wave of entropy swept across part of the universe, destroying Mettula Orionsis in the process. (TV: Logopolis)

Mettula Orionsis was visible in the night sky of Surobos. (COMIC: Shipwreck!)

The Eleventh Doctor said that the Ood could check the weather in the Mettula Orionsis system from their upgraded communicators. (COMIC: An Ood Thing to Say)

The Eighth Doctor recalled a saying in the Academy about how the beat of a butterfly's wings in Mettula Orionsis caused a time storm in the Mutter's Spiral. (AUDIO: Storm Warning)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This location was misspelled "Mettula Orionis" in the novel Divided Loyalties, "Metulla Orionis" in the novel The Quantum Archangel and "Metulla Orionsis" in An Ood Thing to Say.