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[[Image:_Moon.jpg|thumb|178px|earth's moon]]''This article is about moons in general. For [[Earth]]'s moon, see [[the Moon]].''
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A '''moon''' (also known as a '''natural satellite''') was an astronomical object found in orbit around a [[planet]].


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Some moons, like [[Voga]], were [[planetoid]]s brought into orbit around a planet by the planet's gravity, while others were the result of a collision between objects during the formation of a solar system. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)}})
A '''moon''' , '''natural satellite''' or ''' luna''' is an astronomical object that is found in orbit around a [[planet]]. Some moons, like [[Voga]], are [[planetoid]]s brought into orbit around a planet by the planet's gravity, while others, like [[the Moon]], are of uncertain origin ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'').
 
==Mutter's Spiral==
===Sol===
By the [[year]] [[200,000]], [[Earth]] was [[orbit]]ed by five moons. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Long Game (TV story)}}) Earth's first [[The Moon|Moon]] was in fact an alien egg and hatched in [[2049]], being replaced immediately by another egg the [[Creature (Kill the Moon)|hatchling]] laid. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Kill the Moon (TV story)}}) By the time of the [[Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire]], the Earth had four additional moons. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Long Game (TV story)}}, {{cs|Bad Wolf (TV story)}})
 
The [[Third Doctor]] sang of [[Martian moons]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Inferno (TV story)}}) of which there were two: [[Deimos]] and [[Phobos]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Deimos (audio story)}}, {{cs|Phobos (audio story)}})
 
On [[7 January]] [[1610]], [[Galileo Galilei]] wrote in a [[letter]] that he had spotted [[3 (number)|three]] of [[Jupiter]]'s moons. A few [[month]]s later, he discovered a [[4 (number)|fourth]]. The final moon, the [[gold]]en planet of [[Voga]], would not be discovered by [[human]]s until the [[29th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
 
===Kasterborous===
Across its history, [[Gallifrey]] had at least three moons. An unnamed satellite, the heavily industrialised [[Pazithi Gallifreya]] ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Agent Provocateur (comic story)}}) and the lost moon, [[Botoya]]. Built into the latter was a device that could rewrite history on a grand scale, which was why [[the Doctor]] suspected the ancients of Gallifrey had hidden the moon. Botoya subsequently became a legend in [[Gallifreyan]] culture, one not widely believed in. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The End of the Beginning (audio story)}})
 
By some accounts of [[the Doctor and Susan's escape from Gallifrey]], the [[First Doctor]] had stolen [[Gallifrey's moon|one of Gallifrey's moons]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)}}) though the [[Twelfth Doctor]] defended to [[Clara Oswald]] that he'd only lost the moon. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}})
 
==Other moons==
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] once offered to take [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] to [[Honey Moon|a moon that was actually made of honey]] for their [[honeymoon]]. He later corrected himself, saying it wasn't made of actual [[honey]], and it wasn't actually a moon. It was in fact technically alive "and a bit carnivorous, but there are some lovely views." ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Christmas Carol (TV story)}})
 
The [[Shadow Proclamation]] tended to the matter of "[[suicide moon]]s". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}})
 
[[Kepzyr]], a moon of [[Zorbos]], was well populated with [[tree]]s before it was heavily [[Deforestation|deforested]] in the [[39th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Frank Reade, Jr.'s Electric Time Canoe (short story)}})
 
[[Poosh]] was either a famously lost moon or a planet that had famously lost one of its moons. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Midnight (TV story)}}) Part of the [[New Dalek Empire]]'s [[stolen planets]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)}}) the celestial body was returned to its rightful place in the cosmos by [[Donna Noble]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Journey's End (TV story)}})
 
[[Skaro]] had at least three moons [[Omega Mysterium]], [[Flidor]] and [[Falkus]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Davros (audio story)}}, {{cs|Innocence (audio story)}}, {{cs|Purity (audio story)}}) the latter of which hosted a [[Dalek]] facility where they imprisoned [[Davros (Palindrome)|an alternate version of]] [[Davros]] during the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Restoration of the Daleks (audio story)}}) In the [[Dalek Dome]] in [[2323]], the Daleks of the [[Golden City Zone]] sought to exit their simulation for the real world. To compute the [[calculation]]s needed for such a transit, the [[Golden Emperor (Liberation of the Daleks)|Golden Emperor]] ordered the creation of a [[Mathematicians' Moon]] entirely populated by [[Quadruple-Brained Algebraist]]s whose calculations sustained the [[quantum-powered reality gate]]s. The [[Fourteenth Doctor]] managed to destroy this moon, ending the [[2323 Dalek invasion of Earth]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)|Liberation of the Daleks}})
 
During the Time War, the [[Eternity Circle]] harvested three moons in the [[Tantalus Spiral]] as the foundation for their construction of a large scale version of the [[Temporal Cannon]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Engines of War (novel)}})
 
[[Villengard]] was orbited by [[Villengard's moon|a partially-destroyed moon]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (TV story)}})
 
[[The Library]] was orbited by the [[Doctor Moon]], a sentient maintenance hub that tended to the mind of [[Charlotte Lux]] that ran the Library. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Silence in the Library (TV story)}})
 
[[Vulpana]] had four moons, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Moons of Vulpana (audio story)}}) [[Domusalba]] being an inhabited one, politically separate from the planet it orbited. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Hill of Beans (comic story)}})
 
==Other references==
"Moons of [[madness]]" was a curse sworn by [[the Captain]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pirate Planet (TV story)}})


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"By the moons" was an [[oath]] sworn by the [[Ice Warrior]]s and those who did them [[honour]], such as [[Clara Oswald]] and the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Cold War (TV story)}}, {{cs|Empress of Mars (TV story)}})


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You may be looking for Earth's moon or Doctor Moon.

A moon (also known as a natural satellite) was an astronomical object found in orbit around a planet.

Some moons, like Voga, were planetoids brought into orbit around a planet by the planet's gravity, while others were the result of a collision between objects during the formation of a solar system. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)"])

Mutter's Spiral[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sol[[edit] | [edit source]]

By the year 200,000, Earth was orbited by five moons. (TV: The Long Game [+]Loading...["The Long Game (TV story)"]) Earth's first Moon was in fact an alien egg and hatched in 2049, being replaced immediately by another egg the hatchling laid. (TV: Kill the Moon [+]Loading...["Kill the Moon (TV story)"]) By the time of the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire, the Earth had four additional moons. (TV: The Long Game [+]Loading...["The Long Game (TV story)"], Bad Wolf [+]Loading...["Bad Wolf (TV story)"])

The Third Doctor sang of Martian moons, (TV: Inferno [+]Loading...["Inferno (TV story)"]) of which there were two: Deimos and Phobos. (AUDIO: Deimos [+]Loading...["Deimos (audio story)"], Phobos [+]Loading...["Phobos (audio story)"])

On 7 January 1610, Galileo Galilei wrote in a letter that he had spotted three of Jupiter's moons. A few months later, he discovered a fourth. The final moon, the golden planet of Voga, would not be discovered by humans until the 29th century. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

Kasterborous[[edit] | [edit source]]

Across its history, Gallifrey had at least three moons. An unnamed satellite, the heavily industrialised Pazithi Gallifreya (COMIC: Agent Provocateur [+]Loading...["Agent Provocateur (comic story)"]) and the lost moon, Botoya. Built into the latter was a device that could rewrite history on a grand scale, which was why the Doctor suspected the ancients of Gallifrey had hidden the moon. Botoya subsequently became a legend in Gallifreyan culture, one not widely believed in. (AUDIO: The End of the Beginning [+]Loading...["The End of the Beginning (audio story)"])

By some accounts of the Doctor and Susan's escape from Gallifrey, the First Doctor had stolen one of Gallifrey's moons, (TV: The Magician's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)"], PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords [+]Loading...["A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)"]) though the Twelfth Doctor defended to Clara Oswald that he'd only lost the moon. (TV: Hell Bent [+]Loading...["Hell Bent (TV story)"])

Other moons[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eleventh Doctor once offered to take Amy Pond and Rory Williams to a moon that was actually made of honey for their honeymoon. He later corrected himself, saying it wasn't made of actual honey, and it wasn't actually a moon. It was in fact technically alive "and a bit carnivorous, but there are some lovely views." (TV: A Christmas Carol [+]Loading...["A Christmas Carol (TV story)"])

The Shadow Proclamation tended to the matter of "suicide moons". (TV: The Magician's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)"])

Kepzyr, a moon of Zorbos, was well populated with trees before it was heavily deforested in the 39th century. (PROSE: Frank Reade, Jr.'s Electric Time Canoe [+]Loading...["Frank Reade, Jr.'s Electric Time Canoe (short story)"])

Poosh was either a famously lost moon or a planet that had famously lost one of its moons. (TV: Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"]) Part of the New Dalek Empire's stolen planets, (TV: The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]) the celestial body was returned to its rightful place in the cosmos by Donna Noble. (TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"])

Skaro had at least three moons Omega Mysterium, Flidor and Falkus, (AUDIO: Davros [+]Loading...["Davros (audio story)"], Innocence [+]Loading...["Innocence (audio story)"], Purity [+]Loading...["Purity (audio story)"]) the latter of which hosted a Dalek facility where they imprisoned an alternate version of Davros during the Last Great Time War. (AUDIO: Restoration of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Restoration of the Daleks (audio story)"]) In the Dalek Dome in 2323, the Daleks of the Golden City Zone sought to exit their simulation for the real world. To compute the calculations needed for such a transit, the Golden Emperor ordered the creation of a Mathematicians' Moon entirely populated by Quadruple-Brained Algebraists whose calculations sustained the quantum-powered reality gates. The Fourteenth Doctor managed to destroy this moon, ending the 2323 Dalek invasion of Earth. (COMIC: Liberation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)","Liberation of the Daleks"])

During the Time War, the Eternity Circle harvested three moons in the Tantalus Spiral as the foundation for their construction of a large scale version of the Temporal Cannon. (PROSE: Engines of War [+]Loading...["Engines of War (novel)"])

Villengard was orbited by a partially-destroyed moon. (TV: Twice Upon a Time [+]Loading...["Twice Upon a Time (TV story)"])

The Library was orbited by the Doctor Moon, a sentient maintenance hub that tended to the mind of Charlotte Lux that ran the Library. (TV: Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"])

Vulpana had four moons, (AUDIO: The Moons of Vulpana [+]Loading...["The Moons of Vulpana (audio story)"]) Domusalba being an inhabited one, politically separate from the planet it orbited. (COMIC: Hill of Beans [+]Loading...["Hill of Beans (comic story)"])

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

"Moons of madness" was a curse sworn by the Captain. (TV: The Pirate Planet [+]Loading...["The Pirate Planet (TV story)"])

"By the moons" was an oath sworn by the Ice Warriors and those who did them honour, such as Clara Oswald and the Twelfth Doctor. (TV: Cold War [+]Loading...["Cold War (TV story)"], Empress of Mars [+]Loading...["Empress of Mars (TV story)"])