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|name = Horsehead Nebula
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|type       = [[Nebula]]
|type = [[Nebula]]
|location   = [[Orion]]
|location = [[Mutter's Spiral]]
|first cs    = The Sensorites (TV story)
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|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monsters from Earth (short story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Byzantium! (novel)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Ood (TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}|[[GAME]]: {{cs|The Mazes of Time (video game)}}|[[COMIC]]: {{cs|Time of the Ood (comic story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|A Christmas Carol (TV story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Honeymoon Horrors (short story)}}|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Sphere of Influence (audio story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bloodletters (novel)}}}}
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|natives     = [[Sensorite]]s, [[Zilgan]]s, the [[Nurazh]], the [[Ood]]
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The '''Horsehead Nebula''' was a [[nebula]] located within the [[galaxy]] of [[Mutter's Spiral]]. It was located in the constellation of [[Orion]] about 1500 light years away from [[Earth]].
The '''Horsehead Nebula''' was a globular cluster of [[star]]s. It was located in the constellation of [[Orion]] and was visible from [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Byzantium! (novel)}})


== Locations ==
== Locations ==
The planet [[Dramos (planet)|Dramos]] was located in the Horsehead Nebula. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'')  
The planet [[Dramos (asteroid)|Dramos]] was located in the Horsehead Nebula, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Mary-Sue Extrusion (novel)}})  


The [[Ood Sphere]] and the [[Sense Sphere]] were also located here. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'', [[DWAN]]: ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007]]''{{Facts}})
[[Sector 242.16]], which included the planetary system of the [[Ood Sphere]] and the [[Sense Sphere]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)}}) was part of the Horsehead Nebula. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Ood (TV story)}})
 
[[Sardicktown]], on the [[planet]] [[Ember (planet)|Ember]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Top of the Tree (audio story)}}) was also located in the Horsehead Nebula. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Honeymoon Horrors (short story)}})


== History ==
== History ==
During the [[Millennium War]], the [[Mad Mind of Bophemeral]] attempted to create a [[wormhole]] in the Horsehead Nebula which would have killed quintillions had his plan not been stopped by the [[Osiran]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'')
When the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Cindy Wu]] found themselves on [[Gallifrey]] in the [[Dark Times]], the Horsehead Nebula was visible in the sky. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Old Girl (comic story)}})


The [[Uvodni]] and the [[Malakh]] fought the [[Ghost Wars]] against each other within the nebula. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak]]'')
During the [[Millennium War]], the [[Mad Mind of Bophemeral]] attempted to create a [[wormhole]] in the Horsehead Nebula which would have killed quintillions had his plan not been stopped by the [[Osiran]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}})


In [[2006]], a [[plasma storm]] was occurring in the Horsehead Nebula. The [[Ninth Doctor]] planned to ride it with the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] and invited [[Rose Tyler]] to come along. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three]]'')
The constantly-rewritten [[Ghost Wars]] opposed the [[Malakh Imperium]], a vampiric empire, to "basically everyone else in and around the Horsehead Nebula". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bloodletters (novel)}}) [[Sarah Jane Smith]] recognised the [[Uvodni-Malakh War|war]] fought between the [[Uvodni]] and the [[Malakh Empire]] as part of "the Ghost Wars of the Horsehead Nebula". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)}})


The [[Tenth Doctor]] took [[Grayla]] to either the Horsehead Nebula or the [[Crab Nebula]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Whispering Gallery (comic story)|The Whispering Gallery]]'')
In [[2006]], a [[plasma storm]] was occurring in the Horsehead Nebula. The [[Ninth Doctor]] planned to ride it with [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and invited [[Rose Tyler]] to come along. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}})


In the [[1890s]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] told [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]] that he had an appointment in the Horsehead Nebula in the [[29th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Hourglass Killers (audio story)|The Hourglass Killers]]'')
The Tenth Doctor took [[Grayla]] to either the Horsehead Nebula or the [[Crab Nebula]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Whispering Gallery (comic story)}})


According to the [[Third Doctor]], the [[Nurazh]] came from the Horsehead Nebula. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Touch of the Nurazh]]'')
In the [[1890s]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] told [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]] that he had an appointment in the Horsehead Nebula in the [[29th century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Hourglass Killers (audio story)}})


The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] discovered [[Mr Jones (The Mazes of Time)|Mr Jones]] SOS around the horsehead nebula. The Jones family was attacked by a [[Scientist Dalek|Dalek scientist]]. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Mazes of Time (video game)|The Mazes of Time]]'')
According to the [[Third Doctor]], the [[Nurazh]] came from the Horsehead Nebula. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Touch of the Nurazh (short story)}})
 
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] discovered [[Mr Jones (The Mazes of Time)|Mr Jones]]' SOS around the Horsehead Nebula. The Jones family was attacked by a [[Scientist Dalek|Dalek scientist]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Mazes of Time (video game)}})


== Other references ==
== Other references ==
[[Ian Chesterton]] showed it to [[Vicki Pallister]] in the Earth sky. He described it as globular cluster of stars resembling "a [[Boy Scout|boy scout]]'s badge". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'')
[[Ian Chesterton]] showed the Horsehead Nebula to [[Vicki Pallister]] in the Earth sky. He described it as a globular cluster of stars resembling "a [[Boy Scout|boy scout]]'s badge". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Byzantium! (novel)}})
 
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Latest revision as of 15:43, 4 July 2024

Horsehead Nebula

The Horsehead Nebula was a globular cluster of stars. It was located in the constellation of Orion and was visible from Earth. (PROSE: Byzantium! [+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"])

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

The planet Dramos was located in the Horsehead Nebula, (PROSE: The Mary-Sue Extrusion [+]Loading...["The Mary-Sue Extrusion (novel)"])

Sector 242.16, which included the planetary system of the Ood Sphere and the Sense Sphere, (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...["The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)"]) was part of the Horsehead Nebula. (TV: Planet of the Ood [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ood (TV story)"])

Sardicktown, on the planet Ember, (AUDIO: The Top of the Tree [+]Loading...["The Top of the Tree (audio story)"]) was also located in the Horsehead Nebula. (PROSE: Honeymoon Horrors [+]Loading...["Honeymoon Horrors (short story)"])

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

When the Tenth Doctor and Cindy Wu found themselves on Gallifrey in the Dark Times, the Horsehead Nebula was visible in the sky. (COMIC: Old Girl [+]Loading...["Old Girl (comic story)"])

During the Millennium War, the Mad Mind of Bophemeral attempted to create a wormhole in the Horsehead Nebula which would have killed quintillions had his plan not been stopped by the Osirans. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel [+]Loading...["The Quantum Archangel (novel)"])

The constantly-rewritten Ghost Wars opposed the Malakh Imperium, a vampiric empire, to "basically everyone else in and around the Horsehead Nebula". (PROSE: The Bloodletters [+]Loading...["The Bloodletters (novel)"]) Sarah Jane Smith recognised the war fought between the Uvodni and the Malakh Empire as part of "the Ghost Wars of the Horsehead Nebula". (TV: Warriors of Kudlak [+]Loading...["Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)"])

In 2006, a plasma storm was occurring in the Horsehead Nebula. The Ninth Doctor planned to ride it with the TARDIS and invited Rose Tyler to come along. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"])

The Tenth Doctor took Grayla to either the Horsehead Nebula or the Crab Nebula. (COMIC: The Whispering Gallery [+]Loading...["The Whispering Gallery (comic story)"])

In the 1890s, the Sixth Doctor told Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot that he had an appointment in the Horsehead Nebula in the 29th century. (AUDIO: The Hourglass Killers [+]Loading...["The Hourglass Killers (audio story)"])

According to the Third Doctor, the Nurazh came from the Horsehead Nebula. (PROSE: The Touch of the Nurazh [+]Loading...["The Touch of the Nurazh (short story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond discovered Mr Jones' SOS around the Horsehead Nebula. The Jones family was attacked by a Dalek scientist. (GAME: The Mazes of Time [+]Loading...["The Mazes of Time (video game)"])

Other references[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ian Chesterton showed the Horsehead Nebula to Vicki Pallister in the Earth sky. He described it as a globular cluster of stars resembling "a boy scout's badge". (PROSE: Byzantium! [+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"])