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|type = [[Galaxy]]
|type = [[Galaxy]]
|location = Virgo Cluster
|location = Virgo Cluster
|appearances = <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]''<li>[[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock]]''
|appearances = <ul><li> [[DW]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]" (possibly)<li>[[DW]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]''<li>[[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock]]''
|natives = See [[New Earth]]
|natives = See [[New Earth]]
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'''Messier 87''', known as '''M87''', is a [[galaxy]] located in the [[Virgo Cluster]] of the [[Virgo]] [[constellation]] that was discovered in the [[1700s]] by [[French]] astronomer [[Charles Messier]]. By approximately [[5,000,000,023]] CE, some of the [[Human]] race had settled on the planet [[New Earth]] after the [[Earth|original]] had been destroyed [[The End of the World|23 years earlier]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]])
'''Messier 87''', known as '''M87''', is a [[galaxy]] located in the [[Virgo Cluster]] of the [[Virgo]] [[constellation]] that was discovered in the [[1700s]] by [[French]] astronomer [[Charles Messier]]. By approximately [[5,000,000,023]] CE, some of the [[Human]] race had settled on the planet [[New Earth]] after the [[Earth|original]] had been destroyed [[The End of the World|23 years earlier]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]])


The [[Macra]] were called the "Scourge of the Galaxy(M87)" by [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]]. This may mean that the Macra originate from M87. ([[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock]]'')
The [[Macra]] were called the "Scourge of the Galaxy(M87)" by [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]]. This may mean that the Macra originate from M87. ([[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock]]'')  
 
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Messier 87, known as M87, is a galaxy located in the Virgo Cluster of the Virgo constellation that was discovered in the 1700s by French astronomer Charles Messier. By approximately 5,000,000,023 CE, some of the Human race had settled on the planet New Earth after the original had been destroyed 23 years earlier. (DW: New Earth)

The Macra were called the "Scourge of the Galaxy(M87)" by the Doctor. This may mean that the Macra originate from M87. (DW: Gridlock)

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