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{{Infobox | |image = Blue Moon (short story).jpg | ||
|doctor = Tenth Doctor | |||
|setting = [[Kennedy Space Center]] and [[the Moon]], [[1969]] | |||
doctor= | |enemy = [[Spencer (Blue Moon)|Spencer]] and [[Milledge]] | ||
|writer = Oli Smith | |||
|publication = [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]] | |||
|release date = July 2009 | |||
publication=[[ | |format = Online short story | ||
|series = ''Doctor Who'' web short stories | |||
next story | |prev = The Lonely Computer (short story) | ||
|next = The Advent of Fear (short story) | |||
'''Blue Moon''' by [[Oli Smith]] is a four-part short story (a | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''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'' | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* | * [[Tenth Doctor]] | ||
* [[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]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* 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 == | ||
'' | * 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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[[fr:Blue Moon]] | [[fr:Blue Moon]] | ||
[[Category:Web-based Doctor Who short stories]] | |||
[[Category:Tenth Doctor short stories]] | [[Category:Tenth Doctor short stories]] | ||
[[Category: | [[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]] | |||