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comic name= Moon Landing |
|image= Moon landing.jpg
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|series=[[TV Comic|''TVC'' comic stories]]
series= [[Doctor Who]] - [[TV Comic]]|
|doctor= First Doctor
doctor= [[First Doctor]]|
|companions= [[John Who|John]], [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
companions= [[John and Gillian]]|
|enemy=  
enemy= |
|setting= [[Earth]], [[20 July]] [[1970]]<br>[[The Moon]], [[22 July]] [[1970]]
year= [[The Moon]], [[20th July]] [[1970]]|
|writer=
writer= [[Neville Main]]|
|artist= [[Neville Main]]
artist= [[Neville Main]]|
|editor=
editor=|
|colourist=
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|letterer=
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|publication= ''[[TV Comic]]'' 710-712
publication title= [[TV Comic]] 710-712|
|release date= 19 July - 2 August 1965
publication dates= 24 July - 7 August [[1965]]|
|publisher=  
publisher= |
|reprint = DWCC 22
format= Comic - 3 parts (6 pages)|
|format= Comic
previous story= [[Challenge of the Piper]]|
|epcount = 3
next story= [[Time in Reverse]]|
|prev= Challenge of the Piper (comic story)
}}
|next= Time in Reverse (comic story)
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'''''Moon Landing''''' was a ''[[TV Comic]]'' story featuring the [[First Doctor]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]].


==Summary==
== Summary ==
In [[1970]], the first [[Human|men]] from the [[planet]] [[Earth]] land on [[the Moon]]. The two [[astronaut]]s are, however, dismayed to discover [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. Going to investigate, the astronauts fall down a crevasse.
In [[1970]], the first [[human|men]] from the [[planet]] [[Earth]] land on [[the Moon]]. The two [[astronaut]]s are dismayed to discover [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. Going to investigate, they fall down a crevasse. Fortunately, the Doctor, John and Gillian see what has happened and come to their aid. They return to the TARDIS to talk, where the astronauts voice their concern that they were not the first men on the Moon after all. However, the Doctor assures them they were the first men to literally set foot on the Moon and then bids them farewell. As the TARDIS departs, the astronauts wonder if they have just experienced space hallucinations.


==Characters==
== Characters ==
*[[First Doctor]]
* [[First Doctor]]
*[[John and Gillian]]
* [[John Who]]
* [[Gillian Who]]
* Colonel [[Roberts (Moon Landing)|Roberts]]
* Major [[Simms (Moon Landing)|Simms]]
* Professor [[Rawlinson]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* The ''[[Daily News (Moon Landing)|Daily News]]'' reported on the shuttlecraft launch.
 
== Notes ==
* Published in 1965, this story makes the remarkable prediction that the first manned Moon landing would occur on [[22 July]] [[1970]], being late by only one year and two days.
* In the comic, [[20 July]] was given as the date of launch according to a newspaper, with the landing happening two days later. In real life, [[16 July]] was the date of the launch, with the landing happening four days later.
* This comic also predicts the first moon landing would be done by two men: Colonel Roberts and Major Simms in the comic, [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] in real life.
* The Doctor's first on-screen visit to the Moon was in ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'', two years before NASA did so in real life.
* This story is given the title of ''Moonshot'' in the "Comics Checklist" section of [[DWM 62]].


==Notes==
=== Original print details ===
* Published in 1965, this story makes the remarkable prediction that the first manned moon landing would occur on a July 20th (which it did in real life), and was otherwise off by only one year.


==Continuity==
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
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==[[First Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
* TVC 710 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
*This story occurs after [[TVC]]: ''[[Challenge of the Piper]]''
* TVC 711 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
*This story occurs before [[TVC]]: ''[[Time in Reverse]]''
* TVC 712 (2 pages) [No closing caption]


==External links==
== Continuity ==
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[[Category:First Doctor comic stories]]
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Moon Landing was a TV Comic story featuring the First Doctor, John and Gillian.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1970, the first men from the planet Earth land on the Moon. The two astronauts are dismayed to discover the Doctor's TARDIS. Going to investigate, they fall down a crevasse. Fortunately, the Doctor, John and Gillian see what has happened and come to their aid. They return to the TARDIS to talk, where the astronauts voice their concern that they were not the first men on the Moon after all. However, the Doctor assures them they were the first men to literally set foot on the Moon and then bids them farewell. As the TARDIS departs, the astronauts wonder if they have just experienced space hallucinations.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Daily News reported on the shuttlecraft launch.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Published in 1965, this story makes the remarkable prediction that the first manned Moon landing would occur on 22 July 1970, being late by only one year and two days.
  • In the comic, 20 July was given as the date of launch according to a newspaper, with the landing happening two days later. In real life, 16 July was the date of the launch, with the landing happening four days later.
  • This comic also predicts the first moon landing would be done by two men: Colonel Roberts and Major Simms in the comic, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in real life.
  • The Doctor's first on-screen visit to the Moon was in The Moonbase, two years before NASA did so in real life.
  • This story is given the title of Moonshot in the "Comics Checklist" section of DWM 62.

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

  • TVC 710 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 711 (2 pages) [No closing caption]
  • TVC 712 (2 pages) [No closing caption]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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