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According to the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[universe]]s such as [[N-Space]] contained millions, ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'') potentially trillions of '''galaxies''' while constantly expanding. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Dodo (novel)|The Last Dodo]]'') The [[Tiberian spiral galaxy]], for one, contained a million [[star system]]s, a hundred million [[planet]]s, and a billion trillion [[people]] when it was destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'')
According to the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[universe]]s such as [[N-Space]] contained millions, ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'') potentially trillions of '''galaxies''' while constantly expanding. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Dodo (novel)|The Last Dodo]]'') The [[Tiberian spiral galaxy]], for one, contained a million [[star system]]s, a hundred million [[planet]]s, and a billion trillion [[people]] when it was destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'')
==Types of galaxies==
[[Satellite galaxy|Satellite galaxies]], also called [[dwarf galaxy|dwarf galaxies]], were small galaxies that orbited larger galaxies. They contained many [[star]]s, but not as many as a larger galaxy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eyeless (novel)|The Eyeless]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Voyage (audio story)|The Last Voyage]]'')
A [[terminus galaxy]] was, according to the [[Ninth Doctor]], a "jumping-off point for a lot of places". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Beast of Babylon (short story)|The Beast of Babylon]]'')
Galaxies designated as [[junk galaxy|junk galaxies]] were home to [[junk planet]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tsuranga Conundrum (TV story)|The Tsuranga Conundrum]]'')


==Galaxies==
==Galaxies==
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Most of [[the Doctor]]'s adventures took place in the galaxy known to the [[Time Lord]]s as [[Mutter's Spiral]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') although he was also known to have visited other galaxies such as the [[Andromeda (galaxy)|Andromeda Galaxy]] and the [[Isop Galaxy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'')
Most of [[the Doctor]]'s adventures took place in the galaxy known to the [[Time Lord]]s as [[Mutter's Spiral]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') although he was also known to have visited other galaxies such as the [[Andromeda (galaxy)|Andromeda Galaxy]] and the [[Isop Galaxy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'')
The [[Magellanic Cloud]]s were two [[satellite galaxy|dwarf galaxies]], called the [[Larger Magellanic Cloud]] and [[Smaller Magellanic Cloud]]. They were in galactic [[orbit]] around Mutter's Spiral. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Voyage (audio story)|The Last Voyage]]'')


The [[Dalek]]s recreated the [[Seriphia Galaxy]] with the [[Apocalypse Element]] and used it as their main base of operations during their invasions of [[Mutter's Spiral]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'', ''[[Dalek Empire (audio series)|Dalek Empire]]'')
The [[Dalek]]s recreated the [[Seriphia Galaxy]] with the [[Apocalypse Element]] and used it as their main base of operations during their invasions of [[Mutter's Spiral]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'', ''[[Dalek Empire (audio series)|Dalek Empire]]'')
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The [[Fraxis Galaxy]] contained the [[constellation]] of [[Zandrobar]] and the [[planet]] [[Zorth (planet)|Zorth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tartarus (audio story)|Tartarus]]'')
The [[Fraxis Galaxy]] contained the [[constellation]] of [[Zandrobar]] and the [[planet]] [[Zorth (planet)|Zorth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tartarus (audio story)|Tartarus]]'')
The [[Silfrax Galaxy]] was the home galaxy of the [[Vespiform]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'')


The [[Thunderhead Spiral Galaxy]] was a galaxy inhabited by the [[Prastaki]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Day of the Clown (novelisation)|Day of the Clown]]'')
The [[Thunderhead Spiral Galaxy]] was a galaxy inhabited by the [[Prastaki]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Day of the Clown (novelisation)|Day of the Clown]]'')
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The [[Wrarth Galaxy]] was a galaxy on the other side of the universe from Mutter's Spiral, inhabited by the [[Wrarth Warrior]]s and the [[Meep]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]'')
The [[Wrarth Galaxy]] was a galaxy on the other side of the universe from Mutter's Spiral, inhabited by the [[Wrarth Warrior]]s and the [[Meep]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Star Beast]]'')
Galaxies designated as [[junk galaxy|junk galaxies]] were home to [[junk planet]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tsuranga Conundrum (TV story)|The Tsuranga Conundrum]]'')


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===Unidentified galaxies===
===Unidentified galaxies===
A small galaxy was contained within the [[star chamber]], a room in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Persuasion (audio story)|Persuasion]]'')
[[Eugene Jones]] supposedly "worked out" which galaxy the [[Dogon Sixth Eye]] hailed from. ([[TV]]: ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'')
[[Eugene Jones]] supposedly "worked out" which galaxy the [[Dogon Sixth Eye]] hailed from. ([[TV]]: ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'')


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In the year [[4000]], the [[Dalek]]s held a meeting with representatives from seven [[Outer Galaxies]] to plot the invasion and overthrow of [[human]]-occupied space. By that time, they had already taken over at least seventy planets in the [[Ninth Galactic System]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'')
In the year [[4000]], the [[Dalek]]s held a meeting with representatives from seven [[Outer Galaxies]] to plot the invasion and overthrow of [[human]]-occupied space. By that time, they had already taken over at least seventy planets in the [[Ninth Galactic System]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'')
The [[Time Lord]] [[Duotheros]] studied [[humanoid]] races in the [[rim galaxies]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wings of a Butterfly (audio story)|The Wings of a Butterfly]]'')


The [[Vegas Galaxies]] were a group of galaxies. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'')
The [[Vegas Galaxies]] were a group of galaxies. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'')

Revision as of 12:59, 13 March 2020

Galaxy

According to the Tenth Doctor, universes such as N-Space contained millions, (TV: Planet of the Ood) potentially trillions of galaxies while constantly expanding. (PROSE: The Last Dodo) The Tiberian spiral galaxy, for one, contained a million star systems, a hundred million planets, and a billion trillion people when it was destroyed. (TV: Nightmare in Silver)

Types of galaxies

Satellite galaxies, also called dwarf galaxies, were small galaxies that orbited larger galaxies. They contained many stars, but not as many as a larger galaxy. (PROSE: The Eyeless, AUDIO: The Last Voyage)

A terminus galaxy was, according to the Ninth Doctor, a "jumping-off point for a lot of places". (PROSE: The Beast of Babylon)

Galaxies designated as junk galaxies were home to junk planets. (TV: The Tsuranga Conundrum)

Galaxies

Identified galaxies

Named

Most of the Doctor's adventures took place in the galaxy known to the Time Lords as Mutter's Spiral, (TV: The Deadly Assassin) although he was also known to have visited other galaxies such as the Andromeda Galaxy and the Isop Galaxy. (PROSE: Alien Bodies, TV: Castrovalva, The Web Planet)

The Magellanic Clouds were two dwarf galaxies, called the Larger Magellanic Cloud and Smaller Magellanic Cloud. They were in galactic orbit around Mutter's Spiral. (AUDIO: The Last Voyage)

The Daleks recreated the Seriphia Galaxy with the Apocalypse Element and used it as their main base of operations during their invasions of Mutter's Spiral. (AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element, Dalek Empire)

Urlic was the last planet of the Catorkian Galaxy by 2050. (TV: Lost Library of Ukko)

The Tiberian spiral galaxy was a galaxy sacrificed by the human empire to destroy all Cybermen, bringing the Cyber-Wars to an end. The human emperor, Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff XLI, ruled a thousand galaxies. (TV: Nightmare in Silver)

Whilst travelling with the Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble witnessed the destruction of the Mestophelix Galaxy. (COMIC: The Widow's Curse)

The Tenth Doctor named a galaxy Alison. (TV: The End of Time)

The Fraxis Galaxy contained the constellation of Zandrobar and the planet Zorth. (AUDIO: Tartarus)

The Silfrax Galaxy was the home galaxy of the Vespiforms. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp)

The Thunderhead Spiral Galaxy was a galaxy inhabited by the Prastaki. (PROSE: Day of the Clown)

The West Galaxy was the location of the Generios system. (AUDIO: The One Doctor)

The Wrarth Galaxy was a galaxy on the other side of the universe from Mutter's Spiral, inhabited by the Wrarth Warriors and the Meeps. (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Star Beast)

Numbered

Galaxy Three was a galaxy containing the planet Wrechon Four and the Ninexie homeworld. (AUDIO: Absolute Power)

The Third Galaxy was the galaxy in which the planets Urbinia and Baralda were located. (AUDIO: Daughter of the Gods)

The planet Drahva, home of the hierarchical, feminine-appearing Drahvins, was located in Galaxy 4. (TV: Galaxy 4)

The Fourth Galaxy was one of the Outer Galaxies. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)

The Dragonhunters had breeding grounds in Galaxy Five. (AUDIO: And You Will Obey Me)

The Fifth Galaxy was one of the Outer Galaxies, represented at the Galactic Council by Zephon, its Master in 4000. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)

Galaxy 7 was a galaxy that contained the planet Hedenex, home to the Hedenexians. (AUDIO: Benny's Story)

The Seventh Galaxy, also called the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy, (PROSE: The Eyeless) was a part of the Seven Galaxies (TV: Genesis of the Daleks) located 290,000 light-years from Earth. (PROSE: The Eyeless) According to one account, it was the location of Skaro, the Dalek homeworld. (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors)

The Seventh Spiral Galaxy was the galaxy where the Koth-Kulaar originated. (COMIC: The Moon of Lost Hope)

According to one account, the Eighth Galaxy was the location of Skaro. (AUDIO: The Destroyers)

The Tenth Galaxy was the largest of the Outer Galaxies, represented by Trantis on the Galactic Council. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)

The Thirteenth Galaxy was a galaxy where the thirteenth planet was located. (COMIC: Triskaidekaphobia)

The 29th Galaxy was a galaxy where Kerun Za was located. (COMIC: Sea-Rah)

Galaxy 57 was the galaxy in which Usunru was located. (COMIC: The Cleverest King)

Galaxy 357 was a galaxy inhabited by the cloud hangers. (AUDIO: I Am The Master)

Unidentified galaxies

A small galaxy was contained within the star chamber, a room in the Doctor's TARDIS. (AUDIO: Persuasion)

Eugene Jones supposedly "worked out" which galaxy the Dogon Sixth Eye hailed from. (TV: Random Shoes)

According to Jack Harkness, the space whale known as "Cash Cow" hailed from a galaxy beyond Mutter's Spiral. (TV: Meat)

Sarah Jane Smith observed that Erasmus Darkening hailed from a galaxy other than Mutter's Spiral. (TV: The Eternity Trap)

The Bank of Karabraxos was promoted as the greatest and most secure bank in "the galaxy". (TV: Time Heist)

Groups of galaxies

The Tri-Galactic was a trio of galaxies, including Mutter's Spiral, in which the Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire was active around the 42nd century. (TV: Planet of the Ood)

The Five Galaxies were a group of galaxies which included Mutter's Spiral. (PROSE: Borrowed Time, TV: Delta and the Bannermen)

The Seven Galaxies were a collection of galaxies near and at the centre of the universe. (TV: Twice Upon a Time) The Kaleds believed that Skaro, which existed in the Seventh Galaxy, (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors) was the only planet capable of supporting life in all of the Seven Galaxies. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)

The Nine Galaxies were a group of galaxies. (PROSE: Fascination, AUDIO: The Dispossessed)

The Ten Galaxies were a group of galaxies ruled by the Dominators and their Quark servants, calling themselves the "Masters of the Ten Galaxies," (TV: The Dominators) although the claim went unchallenged (PROSE: Mutually Assured Domination) and William Bishop later wondered if it was simply propaganda. (PROSE: The Two Brigadiers) Among the galaxies were Phi-Ralix, the Dominators' home galaxy, the Mutter's Spiral (PROSE: Mutually Assured Domination) and, in the far future, the galaxy QSO 0046. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse)

The Twelve Galaxies were a group of galaxies. (TV: Dragonfire, The Ghost Monument)

The Alignment of Exodor were seventeen galaxies in perfect unison. (TV: Closing Time)

In the year 4000, the Daleks held a meeting with representatives from seven Outer Galaxies to plot the invasion and overthrow of human-occupied space. By that time, they had already taken over at least seventy planets in the Ninth Galactic System. (TV: Mission to the Unknown)

The Time Lord Duotheros studied humanoid races in the rim galaxies. (AUDIO: The Wings of a Butterfly)

The Vegas Galaxies were a group of galaxies. (TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)

Fate

In N-Space, the galaxies had collapsed by the end of the universe in the year 100,000,000,000,000. The Tenth Doctor told Professor Yana that, had he been in a different time, he would have been revered throughout the galaxies. (TV: Utopia)

Intergalactic

Organisations which operated intergalactically included the Intergalactic Flora Society, (PROSE: The Room With No Doors) the Intergalactic Floral Society, (TV: The Seeds of Doom) Intergalactic News (COMIC: Terrorformer) and the Intergalactic Union of Pan-Dimensional Assistants and Companions. (PROSE: Project: Wildthyme)

Intergalactic law spanned galaxies, (TV: Carnival of Monsters) as did the intergalactic rules of engagement, (TV: The Poison Sky) the Intergalactic Olympic Games, (PROSE: Placebo Effect) the Intergalactic Song Contest, (AUDIO: Bang-Bang-a-Boom!) the Intergalactic Staring Championship (PROSE: Ghosts of India) and the Intergalactic Treaty of Cultural Rights. (COMIC: Echo)

The Thirteenth Doctor identified the Judoon as intergalactic police and mercenaries. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon)

Other references

In 1958, Lord Azlok boasted that the Viperox had laid waste to entire galaxies. (TV: Dreamland)

The Eleventh Doctor noted that Saborian smelling salts were outlawed "in seven galaxies", (TV: The Power of Three) while magno-grabs were outlawed in "most galaxies". (TV: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS)

The Moment was known as the "Galaxy Eater". (TV: The Day of the Doctor)

Davros reflected that galaxies had burned in the time that he and the Doctor knew each other. (TV: The Witch's Familiar)