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'''Ursa Minor''' was a [[constellation]] visible from [[Earth]], which included [[Polaris]], the [[pole star]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]''). The [[Seventh Doctor]] once told [[Ace]] that [[Cafola VI]] had "the freshest seafood this side of Ursa Minor". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Critical Mass (audio story)|Critical Mass]]'')
{{First pic|Night sky with Ursa Minor (Legend of the Sea Devils).jpg|Ursa Minor in the night [[sky]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)|Legend of the Sea Devils]]'')}}
'''Ursa Minor''' was a [[constellation]] visible from [[Earth]], which included [[Polaris]], the [[pole star]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)|Legend of the Sea Devils]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] once told [[Ace]] that [[Cafola VI]] had "the freshest seafood this side of Ursa Minor". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Critical Mass (audio story)|Critical Mass]]'')


[[Category:Constellations]]
[[Iris Wildthyme]] wrestled [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] for the right to rule Ursa Minor in a non-regulation singlet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Modern Love (short story)|Modern Love]]'')
 
In [[1807]], when she discovered her [[compass]] wasn't working, [[Madam Ching]] tried to [[Celestial navigation|use the stars to navigate]], pointing out Polaris and Ursa Minor, but this too soon proved unworkable due to the [[Sea Devil]]s' disruptions to the planet's orbit and magnetism causing the stars to appear to shift around in the sky. ([[TV]]: ''[[Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)|Legend of the Sea Devils]]'')
 
[[Category:Constellations from the real world]]

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Ursa Minor
Ursa Minor in the night sky. (TV: Legend of the Sea Devils)

Ursa Minor was a constellation visible from Earth, which included Polaris, the pole star. (PROSE: Byzantium!, TV: Legend of the Sea Devils) The Seventh Doctor once told Ace that Cafola VI had "the freshest seafood this side of Ursa Minor". (AUDIO: Critical Mass)

Iris Wildthyme wrestled Queen Victoria for the right to rule Ursa Minor in a non-regulation singlet. (PROSE: Modern Love)

In 1807, when she discovered her compass wasn't working, Madam Ching tried to use the stars to navigate, pointing out Polaris and Ursa Minor, but this too soon proved unworkable due to the Sea Devils' disruptions to the planet's orbit and magnetism causing the stars to appear to shift around in the sky. (TV: Legend of the Sea Devils)