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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a term used to describe at least two different types of [[starship]]. In the [[26th century]], [[Draconian]] battle cruisers were described as "galaxy class". ([[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a term used to describe at least two different types of [[starship]]. In the [[26th century]], [[Draconian]] battle cruisers were described as "galaxy class". ([[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') | ||
"Galaxy class" was also | "Galaxy class" was also a rating for passenger [[starship]]s. Large and luxurious, capable of carrying four thousand crew and passengers, they could go for years between planet fall and typically could produce their own air. They were in use in the [[44th century|44th]] and [[51st century|51st centuries]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'') | ||
One [[Spaceship (A Christmas Carol)|starliner]] on which [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] honeymooned in the 44th century almost crashed until the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Kazran Sardick]] had [[Abigail Pettigrew]] sing the skies calm. ([[DW]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'') | One [[Spaceship (A Christmas Carol)|starliner]] on which [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] honeymooned in the 44th century almost crashed until the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Kazran Sardick]] had [[Abigail Pettigrew]] sing the skies calm. ([[DW]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'') | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* [[w:c:memoryalpha:Galaxy class|Galaxy class]] is also a type of starship used by [[w:c:memoryalpha:Starfleet|Starfleet]] in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise. One Galaxy class ship, the [[w:c:memoryalpha:USS Enterprise-D|USS ''Enterprise''-D]], is the main setting of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. | * [[w:c:memoryalpha:Galaxy class|Galaxy class]] is also a type of starship used by [[w:c:memoryalpha:Starfleet|Starfleet]] in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise. One Galaxy class ship, the [[w:c:memoryalpha:USS Enterprise-D|USS ''Enterprise''-D]], is the main setting of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. | ||
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Revision as of 12:06, 19 June 2012
Galaxy class was a term used to describe at least two different types of starship. In the 26th century, Draconian battle cruisers were described as "galaxy class". (DW: Frontier in Space)
"Galaxy class" was also a rating for passenger starships. Large and luxurious, capable of carrying four thousand crew and passengers, they could go for years between planet fall and typically could produce their own air. They were in use in the 44th and 51st centuries. (DW: Flesh and Stone, A Christmas Carol)
One starliner on which Amy Pond and Rory Williams honeymooned in the 44th century almost crashed until the Eleventh Doctor and Kazran Sardick had Abigail Pettigrew sing the skies calm. (DW: A Christmas Carol)
The Byzantium was a Galaxy class starship that Weeping Angels crashed on Alfava Metraxis in the 51st century. (DW: The Time of Angels)
Behind the scenes
- Galaxy class is also a type of starship used by Starfleet in the Star Trek franchise. One Galaxy class ship, the USS Enterprise-D, is the main setting of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
