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'''Blue Moon''' by [[Oli Smith]] is a four-part short story (a Prologue and three chapters) that was published exclusively on the BBC.co.uk website in July 2009 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ''Apollo'' moon landings.
'''''Blue Moon''''' by [[Oli Smith]] is a four-part short story (a Prologue and three chapters) that was published exclusively on the BBC.co.uk website in July 2009 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ''Apollo'' moon landings.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* The [[Tenth Doctor]]
* The [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Unnamed alien (Blue Moon)|Unnamed alien]]
* [[Species (Blue Moon)|Alien species]] <!--They have a name, it's just not stated in the text-->
* [[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]]


== References ==
== References ==
* The [[Torchwood Institute]] is referenced.
* Several pieces of largely-censored classified and unverified documents from an unidentified Apollo mission encountering aliens, transferred to the [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] archives after the closure of an undisclosed organisation, appear throughout the story.
* 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."
* After planting the flag, Neil hears "a wheezing groaning noise" as the flag starts to flutter.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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Blue Moon by Oli Smith is a four-part short story (a Prologue and three chapters) that was published exclusively on the BBC.co.uk website in July 2009 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings.

Plot

To be added

Characters

References

  • Several pieces of largely-censored classified and unverified documents from an unidentified Apollo mission encountering aliens, transferred to the Torchwood archives after the closure of an undisclosed organisation, appear throughout the story.
  • 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 and 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."
  • After planting the flag, Neil hears "a wheezing groaning noise" as the flag starts to flutter.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

to be added

External links