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|image        = Blue Moon (short story).jpg
|name= Blue Moon
|doctor       = Tenth Doctor
|series=[[Doctor Who]] - Online short fiction
|setting      = [[Kennedy Space Center]] and [[the Moon]], [[1969]]
|doctor=Tenth Doctor
|enemy        = [[Spencer (Blue Moon)|Spencer]] and [[Milledge]]
|companions=
|writer      = Oli Smith
|year=[[16 July|16]] to [[20 July]] [[1969]]
|publication = [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]]
|writer=[[Oli Smith]]
|release date = July 2009
|publication=[[BBC.co.uk]]
|format      = Online short story
|prev=
|series      = ''Doctor Who'' web short stories
|next=
|prev         = The Lonely Computer (short story)
|}}
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'''Blue Moon''' by [[Oli Smith]] is a four-part short story (a Prologue and three chapters) that was published exclusively on the BBC.co.uk website in July 2009 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ''Apollo'' moon landings.
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'''''Blue Moon''''' by [[Oli Smith]] is a four-part short story (a prologue and three chapters) that was published exclusively on the [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]] in [[July (releases)|July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ''[[Apollo 11]]'' [[moon]] landings.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
'' To be added''
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* The [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Unnamed alien (Blue Moon)|Unnamed alien]]
* [[Old woman (Blue Moon)|Old woman]]
* [[Justin (Blue Moon)|Justin]]
* [[Cliff Boxworth]]
* [[Spencer (Blue Moon)|Spencer]]
* [[Milledge]]
* [[Sean (Blue Moon)|Sean]]
* [[David (Blue Moon)|David]]
* [[Dan (Blue Moon)|Dan]]
* [[Colin (Blue Moon)|Colin]]
* [[Jake (Blue Moon)|Jake]]
* [[Trevor (Blue Moon)|Trevor]]
* [[Barney (Blue Moon)|Barney]]
* [[Neil Armstrong]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[Torchwood Institute]] is referenced.
* Two heavily-censored transcripts of the ''Apollo'' mission on 16 July, transferred to the [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] archives appear in part one.
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] calls the ''[[Apollo 11]]'' mission "[p]acking three men into a tin can filled with a skyscraper's worth of fuel, hurling them out of the [[atmosphere]] into the harshest conditions imaginable, with nothing more powerful than a [[pocket calculator]] to guide them. For what? Just because you can."
* The Doctor says "it's [[Neil Armstrong|Neil]] and [[Buzz Aldrin|Buzz]] that land on the Moon and plant the [[flag]] and play [[golf]], but without all these wonderful people down here...", gesturing to [[Mission Control]], "Without these unsung heroes [...] none of it will happen."


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Tenth Doctor and [[Martha Jones]] previously witnessed the Moon landing on four occasions. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/stories/fiction_blue_moon_01 Blue Moon - Full Story]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/stories/fiction_blue_moon_01 Blue Moon - Full Story]
 
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[[Category:Web-based Doctor Who short stories]]
[[Category:Tenth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:Tenth Doctor short stories]]
[[Category:WEB short stories]]
[[Category:2009 short stories]]
[[Category:2009 short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1969]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1969]]
[[Category:Stories set in the United States]]
[[Category:Short stories set on the Moon]]

Latest revision as of 23:44, 13 November 2024

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Blue Moon by Oli Smith is a four-part short story (a prologue and three chapters) that was published exclusively on the Doctor Who website in July 2009 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings.

Plot[[edit]]

to be added

Characters[[edit]]

Worldbuilding[[edit]]

  • Two heavily-censored transcripts of the Apollo mission on 16 July, transferred to the Torchwood archives appear in part one.
  • The Tenth Doctor calls the Apollo 11 mission "[p]acking three men into a tin can filled with a skyscraper's worth of fuel, hurling them out of the atmosphere into the harshest conditions imaginable, with nothing more powerful than a pocket calculator to guide them. For what? Just because you can."
  • The Doctor says "it's Neil and Buzz that land on the Moon and plant the flag and play golf, but without all these wonderful people down here...", gesturing to Mission Control, "Without these unsung heroes [...] none of it will happen."

Notes[[edit]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit]]

  • The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones previously witnessed the Moon landing on four occasions. (TV: Blink)

External links[[edit]]

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