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|type = Spiral Galaxy | |type = Spiral Galaxy | ||
|location = [[Local Group]] | |location = [[Local Group]] | ||
|appearances = | |appearances = [[:Category:Stories set in Mutter's Spiral|List of appearances]] | ||
|natives = | |natives = [[:Category:Mutter's Spiral species|List of species]] | ||
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*[[Agora]] | *[[Agora]] | ||
*[[Aldebaran II]] | *[[Aldebaran II]] | ||
*[[Alpha Centauri ( | *[[Alpha Centauri (planet)|Alpha Centauri]] | ||
*[[Alpha Serpens Caput]] | *[[Alpha Serpens Caput]] | ||
*[[Seven Planets|Althosian system]] | *[[Seven Planets|Althosian system]] | ||
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*[[Artaris]] | *[[Artaris]] | ||
*[[Averon]] | *[[Averon]] | ||
*[[Bel Terra]] | |||
*[[Bellatrix]] | *[[Bellatrix]] | ||
*[[Blacklight Marches]] | *[[Blacklight Marches]] | ||
*[[Blestinu]] | *[[Blestinu]] | ||
*[[Braah]] | *[[Braah]] | ||
*[[Calufrax]] | |||
*[[Capella]] | *[[Capella]] | ||
*[[Clom]] | *[[Clom]] | ||
*[[Dæmos]] | *[[Dæmos]] | ||
*[[Darkheart]] | *[[Darkheart]] | ||
*[[Delta Magna]] | *[[Delta Magna]] | ||
*[[Desperus]] | *[[Desperus]] | ||
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*[[Diadem]] | *[[Diadem]] | ||
*[[Dido]] | *[[Dido]] | ||
*[[Diplos]] | |||
*[[Dog World]] | *[[Dog World]] | ||
*[[Draconia]] | *[[Draconia]] | ||
*[[Dragon Nebula]] | |||
*[[Dramos]] | *[[Dramos]] | ||
*[[Eden]] | *[[Eden]] | ||
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*[[Mal Oreille]] | *[[Mal Oreille]] | ||
*[[Mechanus]] | *[[Mechanus]] | ||
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*[[Megerra]] | *[[Megerra]] | ||
*[[Meson System]] | |||
*[[Mira]] | *[[Mira]] | ||
*[[Mogar]] | *[[Mogar]] | ||
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*[[New Washington System]] | *[[New Washington System]] | ||
*[[Ockora]] | *[[Ockora]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Ogros]] | ||
*[[Ood Sphere]] | *[[Ood Sphere]] | ||
*[[Oseidon]] | *[[Oseidon]] | ||
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*[[Ruta III]] | *[[Ruta III]] | ||
*[[Sarn]] | *[[Sarn]] | ||
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*[[Sense Sphere]] | *[[Sense Sphere]] | ||
*[[Serenity]] | *[[Serenity]] | ||
*[[Shada (planet)|Shada]] | |||
*[[:Category: Sirius System|Sirius System]] | *[[:Category: Sirius System|Sirius System]] | ||
*[[:Category: Sol System|Sol System]] | *[[:Category: Sol System|Sol System]] | ||
*[[Solos]] | *[[Solos]] | ||
*[[Sontar]] | *[[Sontar]] | ||
*[[Spiral Cluster]] | |||
*[[Spiridon]] | *[[Spiridon]] | ||
*[[Tara]] | *[[Tara]] | ||
*[[:Category:Tau Ceti System|Tau Ceti System]] | *[[:Category:Tau Ceti System|Tau Ceti System]] | ||
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*[[Terra Alpha]] | *[[Terra Alpha]] | ||
*[[:Category: Thoros System|Thoros System]] | *[[:Category: Thoros System|Thoros System]] | ||
*[[Tranicula]] | *[[Tranicula]] | ||
*[[Trion (planet)|Trion]] | *[[Trion (planet)|Trion]] | ||
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*[[Vathek II]] | *[[Vathek II]] | ||
*[[Vulcan]] | *[[Vulcan]] | ||
*[[Zygor]] | |||
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{{wikipediainfo|Milky Way}} | {{wikipediainfo|Milky Way}} | ||
[[Category:Mutter's Spiral|*]] | [[Category:Mutter's Spiral| *]] | ||
[[Category:Lists|Mutter's Spiral locations]] | [[Category:Lists|Mutter's Spiral locations]] | ||
Revision as of 20:00, 5 August 2009
Mutter's Spiral is the Time Lord designation for the galaxy in which the Sol system is located. (NA: Human Nature, EDA: Alien Bodies) 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:
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
