Mutter's Spiral

Mutter's Spiral
Also called:	Milky Way Galaxia Kuklos Stellian Galaxy
Type:	Spiral Galaxy
Location:	Local Group
Natives:	see below
Appearances:	Many episodes

Mutter's Spiral is the Time Lord designation for the galaxy in which the Sol system is located. Humans know Mutter's Spiral as the Milky Way or as Adric referred to it, Galaxia Kyklos. By the time of Sabalom Glitz it also went by the name of the Stellian Galaxy. (DW: The Mysterious Planet)

Mutter's Spiral is approximately 100,000 light-years in diameter. Together with Andromeda and many other galaxies, Mutter's Spiral comprises the Local Group.

Planets and Star Systems in the Mutter's Spiral

The following planets and star systems are either definitely located within Mutter's Spiral, or may be reasonably inferred to be:

Agora Aldebaran II Alpha Centauri Alpha Serpens Caput Althosian system Antares Arcadia Argolis Artaris Averon Bellatrix Bel Terra Blacklight Marches Blestinu Braah Capella Calufrax Clom Dæmos Darkheart Dragon Nebula Delta Magna Desperus Deva Loka

Diadem Dido Dog World Draconia Dramos Eden Exxilon Eye of Orion Frontios Gallifrey Gehenna Hakol Heiradi Horsehead Nebula Jaconda Justicia System JX82 System Kalaya Kastria Kembel Mal Oreille

Mechanus Megerra Mira Mogar Necros New Alaska New Aspen New California New Regency New Washington System Ockora Omega Three Ood Sphere Oseidon Paxas Peladon Phaester Osiris Prion System Raaga Raghi Raxacoricofallapatorius Refusis II

Ruta III Sarn Shada Skardal Sense Sphere Serenity Sirius System Sol System Solos Sontar Spiridon Spiral Cluster Tara Tau Ceti System Telos Terileptus Terra Alpha Thoros System Meson system Tranicula Trion Uxarieus Valgari Protectorate Varos Vathek II Vulcan

Behind the Scenes

Problematic Continuity

• Some early BBC publicity placed Skaro within Earth's galaxy (and some of the 1960s books and annuals actually within the Sol system) but many fans and authors agree that the Daleks' homeworld is located in another galaxy altogether.
• Doctor Who television writers, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s, frequently misused astronomical terms such as constellation and galaxy. These confusions were later integrated into established continuity.
• The fact that Serenity is a Trakenite colony would indicate that Traken was located in Mutter's Spiral, but this seems to contradict Logopolis, in which Adric notes that, "Earth's galaxy still has a few hours left," just before Nyssa sees the entropy field consume her homeworld, thus indicating that the Traken Union was located in another, nearby galaxy. Possibly the Trakenites had advanced far enough to venture outside the confines of their own galaxy before their civilization was destroyed.

Resources

• Encyclopedia of the Worlds of Doctor Who A-D, by David Saunders, Knight, 1988. ISBN 0-340-42842-2
• Encyclopedia of the Worlds of Doctor Who E-K, by David Saunders, Knight, 1989. ISBN 0-340-51106-0
• Encyclopedia of the Worlds of Doctor Who L-R, by David Saunders, Picadilly, 1990. ISBN 1-85340-081-5
• The Doctor Who Programme Guide, by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier. iUniverse, 2003. ISBN 0-595-27618-0 Original edition often cited as inaccurate.
• I, Who: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Novels, by Lars Pearson. Sidewinder Press, 1999. ISBN 0-9673746-0-X