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* Two heavily-censored transcripts of the ''Apollo'' mission on 16 July, transferred to the [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] archives | * Two heavily-censored transcripts of the ''Apollo'' mission on 16 July, transferred to the [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] archives appear in Part One. | ||
* 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 [[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." | * 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." | ||
Revision as of 22:50, 15 July 2013
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
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Characters
- The Tenth Doctor
- Alien species
- Old woman
- Justin
- Cliff Boxworth
- Spencer
- Milledge
- Sean
- David
- Dan
- Colin
- Jake
- Trevor
- Barney
- Neil Armstrong
References
- Two heavily-censored transcripts of the Apollo mission on 16 July, transferred to the Torchwood archives appear in Part One.
- 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
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Continuity
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