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'''Betelgeuse''' was a [[planet]] mentioned by the [[Fourth Doctor]].
 
When [[Davros]] revived and demanded to know what had happened while he was in [[suspended animation]], the Doctor told him that [[Arcturus (planet)|Arcturus]] had won the [[Galactic Olympic Games]] with Betelgeuse coming in second. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'')
 
[[Professor Chronotis]] owned a travel guide to it, entitled ''[[Alternative Betelgeuse]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shada (novelisation)|Shada]]'')
 
[[Jackie Tyler]] once referred to Betelgeuse as a planet the [[Ninth Doctor]] might travel to. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Retail Therapy (audio story)|Retail Therapy]]'')
 
[[Ian Chesterton]] also mentioned a [[star]] named [[Betelgeuse (star)|Betelgeuse]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
{{iw|hitchhikers|Betelgeuse V}} was a planet in script editor [[Douglas Adams]]' ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' series. In the real world, [[Betelgeuse (star)|the star Betelgeuse]] is not known to have any inhabitable planets in its orbits, but the name "Betelgeuse V" implies that the inhabited "planet Betelgeuse" is the fifth planet revolving around the star Betelgeuse.
 
== External links ==
* '''[[w:c:hitchhikers:Betelgeuse V|Betelgeuse V]]''' at [[w:c:hitchhikers|''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' wiki]]
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[[Category:Nations and worlds at the Olympic Games]]
[[Category:Galactic Olympic Games]]

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