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[[File:Sanctuary rocket.jpg|thumb|The [[Sanctuary Base 6]] rocket leaves [[Krop Tor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit]]'')]]
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A '''rocket''' was a device that moved by exerting a large amount of force in the direction opposite to travel. Many [[spacecraft]] were rockets.
A '''rocket''' was a device that moved by exerting a large amount of force in the direction opposite to travel. Many [[spacecraft]] were rockets.


== Transport use ==
== Transport use ==
The use of rockets on [[Earth]] had been temporarily abandoned during the [[21st century]] in favour of the [[T-Mat]]. The [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] travelled in a rocket from Earth to [[the Moon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'')
The use of rockets on [[Earth]] had been temporarily abandoned during the [[21st century]] in favour of the [[T-Mat]]. The [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] travelled in a rocket from Earth to [[the Moon]]. Professor [[Daniel Eldred|Eldred]], a scientist who had a long history with rocketry, had constructed the rocket as part of a plan to take Man beyond the moon. The engines were burnt out when the rocket arrived on the moon. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'')


== Warlike use ==
== Warlike use ==
On [[Skaro]], the [[Thal]]s used a rocket to hit the [[Kaled]]s citadel with a [[Distronic explosive|distronic bomb]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
On [[Skaro]], the [[Thal]]s used a rocket to hit the [[Kaled]]s citadel with a [[Distronic explosive|distronic bomb]]. They had a slave force consisting of mutos and captured Kaled soldiers pack the nosecone with the toxic explosives. [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was one of the workers. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
 
In [[2065]], [[Space City]] stocked up on rockets as part of the battle preparations for the [[Space War]] against the [[Astran]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts... (comic story)|Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts...]]'')


In the [[nuclear war]] between [[Atrios]] and [[Zeos]], the [[Marshal of Atrios|Marshal of the former]] attempted to hit the latter with [[nuclear weapon|nuclear]] rockets. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'')
In the [[nuclear war]] between [[Atrios]] and [[Zeos]], the [[Marshal of Atrios|Marshal of the former]] attempted to hit the latter with [[nuclear weapon|nuclear]] rockets. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'')
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A rocket was a device that moved by exerting a large amount of force in the direction opposite to travel. Many spacecraft were rockets.

Transport use[[edit] | [edit source]]

The use of rockets on Earth had been temporarily abandoned during the 21st century in favour of the T-Mat. The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot travelled in a rocket from Earth to the Moon. Professor Eldred, a scientist who had a long history with rocketry, had constructed the rocket as part of a plan to take Man beyond the moon. The engines were burnt out when the rocket arrived on the moon. (TV: The Seeds of Death)

Warlike use[[edit] | [edit source]]

On Skaro, the Thals used a rocket to hit the Kaleds citadel with a distronic bomb. They had a slave force consisting of mutos and captured Kaled soldiers pack the nosecone with the toxic explosives. Sarah Jane Smith was one of the workers. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)

In 2065, Space City stocked up on rockets as part of the battle preparations for the Space War against the Astrans. (COMIC: Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts...)

In the nuclear war between Atrios and Zeos, the Marshal of the former attempted to hit the latter with nuclear rockets. (TV: The Armageddon Factor)

Recreational use[[edit] | [edit source]]

According to the Fourth Doctor, a Mars-Venus rocket run was held in a unspecified time. (TV: Robot)

Other uses[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Rani tried to employ a space rocket to make clash a load of Loyhargil and a strange matter asteroid. (TV: Time and the Rani)

Known rockets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Human rockets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other rockets[[edit] | [edit source]]