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: PERI: You’re dematerialising – leaving the warhead in the moonbase? | : PERI: You’re dematerialising – leaving the warhead in the moonbase? | ||
: DOCTOR: Well, do you remember reading in your history books about an American base on the moon in nineteen sixty-three? ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Space Race (audio story)|1963: The Space Race]]'') | : DOCTOR: Well, do you remember reading in your history books about an American base on the moon in nineteen sixty-three? ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: The Space Race (audio story)|1963: The Space Race]]'') | ||
* [[1969]]: ''[[Gagarin Base]]'' (Soviet Union) | * [[1969]]: ''[[Gagarin Base]]'' (Soviet Union) | ||
: "Demetrius’ feet rang out as he walked quickly through the corridor. He didn’t dare run; there was no running within Gagarin Base ... The base had been completed six months ago." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Moon Blink (novel)|Moon Blink]]'') | : "Demetrius’ feet rang out as he walked quickly through the corridor. He didn’t dare run; there was no running within Gagarin Base ... The base had been completed six months ago." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Moon Blink (novel)|Moon Blink]]'') | ||
* [[1969]]: ''[[Horizon Base]]'' (United States) | * [[1969]]: ''[[Horizon Base]]'' (United States) | ||
: "The Laboratory was based in Washington and directly partnered with ''Horizon Base'' ... However, as the Project Horizon mission had now been completed and all those from the lunar base had now returned" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Moon Blink (novel)|Moon Blink]]'') | : "The Laboratory was based in Washington and directly partnered with ''Horizon Base'' ... However, as the Project Horizon mission had now been completed and all those from the lunar base had now returned" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Moon Blink (novel)|Moon Blink]]'') | ||
* [[1970s|197X]]-[[2010]]: [[Base Diana]] (United States) | * [[1970s|197X]]-[[2010]]: [[Base Diana]] (United States) | ||
: 'Base Diana was first set up in the mid 1970s. The quantum displacement link was just a theory then, so they relied on moonshots to deliver supplies, though we have ready access to water. No one knew how long they could carry on before someone found out and called a halt.' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Apollo 23 (novel)|Apollo 23]]'') | |||
* [[1970s|197X]]: [[Dalek Moonbase]] (Dalek) | * [[1970s|197X]]: [[Dalek Moonbase]] (Dalek) | ||
* [[20th century|19XX]]: [[Moonbase (The Invasion)|Moonbase]] (Cybermen) | * [[20th century|19XX]]: [[Moonbase (The Invasion)|Moonbase]] (Cybermen) | ||
: DOCTOR: Shush, Zoe. That light on the Moon's surface. Do you see it? | |||
: ZOE: Doctor! It's getting bigger! It's coming towards us! ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | |||
* [[1985]]: [[Moonbase (Attack of the Cybermen)|Moonbase]] (Cybermen) | * [[1985]]: [[Moonbase (Attack of the Cybermen)|Moonbase]] (Cybermen) | ||
* [[2003]]: [[Tranquility Base]] (United States) | : LEADER: Inform Moonbase our signals are being detected. They must increase the distortion. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
* [[2003]]: [[Tranquility Base|Tranquillity Base]] (United States) | |||
: 'This message is a recording. If there are any NASA personnel alive on Tranquillity Base, please contact Houston control urgently on Channel Three. I repeat: this is NASA Control, Houston, addressing the terrorists who have -' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'') | |||
* [[2006]]-[[2023]]: [[Moonbase Laika|Moonbase One]] (UNIT) | * [[2006]]-[[2023]]: [[Moonbase Laika|Moonbase One]] (UNIT) | ||
: "Been there more than once — indeed, he'd been to Moonbase One itself a few times over the centuries, where it had been used variously as everything from a weather control system to a prison to a huge children's amusement park." | |||
: 'This base was set up in 2006 by the Unified Intelligence Taskforce as a tracking station, keeping an eye not just on Earth but out into space, a sort of early warning system in case of alien invasion.' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Horror of the Space Snakes (novel)|Horror of the Space Snakes]]'') | |||
:* [[2023]]-[[2070]]: [[Moonbase Laika]] (World State) | |||
:: "And when Moonbase Laika (itself named after a Russian dog that had ventured into space more than seventy years ago) had been established by World State, it seemed that his destiny lay up here." | |||
:: 'Then in 2023, UNIT passed it over to World State, because Private Enterprise could fund the research even better.' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Horror of the Space Snakes (novel)|Horror of the Space Snakes]]'') | |||
* [[2025]]: [[Moonbase (Energy of the Daleks)|Moonbase]] (GlobeSphere Corporation, Daleks) | * [[2025]]: [[Moonbase (Energy of the Daleks)|Moonbase]] (GlobeSphere Corporation, Daleks) | ||
* [[2039]]: [[Minera Luna San Pedro]] (Mexico) | * [[2039]]: [[Minera Luna San Pedro]] (Mexico) | ||
: LUNDVIK: Minera Luna San Pedro. It was privately financed. They where doing a mineral survey up here ... They disappeared ten years ago. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kill the Moon (TV story)|Kill the Moon]]'') | |||
* [[Giant Leap Base]] | * [[Giant Leap Base]] | ||
: First lunar colony | : First lunar colony | ||
* [[24th century|23XX]]: [[Moonbase Academy]] | * [[24th century|23XX]]: [[Moonbase Academy]] | ||
: ‘Moonbase Academy, actually. They teach you to shoot rather well in all gravity conditions. So please don’t waste my time.’ ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'') | |||
* [[2400]]: [[Lunar-1]] | * [[2400]]: [[Lunar-1]] | ||
== Alternate Timeline == | == Alternate Timeline == | ||
* [[2044]]: [[Moonbase (The Architects of History)|Moonbase]] (Galactic Reich) | * [[2044]]: [[Moonbase (The Architects of History)|Moonbase]] (Galactic Reich) | ||
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This page lists Moonbases in chronological the order. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories.
Timeline
- 1963: Moonbase Eisenhower (United States)
- LARISA: No. While you remain on board the capsule I will use the lunar lander to join my fellow patriots in Moonbase Eisenhower.
- PERI: You’re dematerialising – leaving the warhead in the moonbase?
- DOCTOR: Well, do you remember reading in your history books about an American base on the moon in nineteen sixty-three? (AUDIO: 1963: The Space Race)
- 1969: Gagarin Base (Soviet Union)
- "Demetrius’ feet rang out as he walked quickly through the corridor. He didn’t dare run; there was no running within Gagarin Base ... The base had been completed six months ago." (PROSE: Moon Blink)
- 1969: Horizon Base (United States)
- "The Laboratory was based in Washington and directly partnered with Horizon Base ... However, as the Project Horizon mission had now been completed and all those from the lunar base had now returned" (PROSE: Moon Blink)
- 197X-2010: Base Diana (United States)
- 'Base Diana was first set up in the mid 1970s. The quantum displacement link was just a theory then, so they relied on moonshots to deliver supplies, though we have ready access to water. No one knew how long they could carry on before someone found out and called a halt.' (PROSE: Apollo 23)
- 197X: Dalek Moonbase (Dalek)
- DOCTOR: Shush, Zoe. That light on the Moon's surface. Do you see it?
- ZOE: Doctor! It's getting bigger! It's coming towards us! (TV: The Invasion)
- LEADER: Inform Moonbase our signals are being detected. They must increase the distortion. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen)
- 2003: Tranquillity Base (United States)
- 'This message is a recording. If there are any NASA personnel alive on Tranquillity Base, please contact Houston control urgently on Channel Three. I repeat: this is NASA Control, Houston, addressing the terrorists who have -' (PROSE: Eternity Weeps)
- 2006-2023: Moonbase One (UNIT)
- "Been there more than once — indeed, he'd been to Moonbase One itself a few times over the centuries, where it had been used variously as everything from a weather control system to a prison to a huge children's amusement park."
- 'This base was set up in 2006 by the Unified Intelligence Taskforce as a tracking station, keeping an eye not just on Earth but out into space, a sort of early warning system in case of alien invasion.' (PROSE: Horror of the Space Snakes)
- 2023-2070: Moonbase Laika (World State)
- "And when Moonbase Laika (itself named after a Russian dog that had ventured into space more than seventy years ago) had been established by World State, it seemed that his destiny lay up here."
- 'Then in 2023, UNIT passed it over to World State, because Private Enterprise could fund the research even better.' (PROSE: Horror of the Space Snakes)
- 2039: Minera Luna San Pedro (Mexico)
- LUNDVIK: Minera Luna San Pedro. It was privately financed. They where doing a mineral survey up here ... They disappeared ten years ago. (TV: Kill the Moon)
- First lunar colony
- ‘Moonbase Academy, actually. They teach you to shoot rather well in all gravity conditions. So please don’t waste my time.’ (PROSE: The Dimension Riders)
