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[[Iris Wildthyme]] wrestled [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] for the right to rule Ursa Minor in a non-regulation singlet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Modern Love (short story)|Modern Love]]'')
[[Iris Wildthyme]] wrestled [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] for the right to rule Ursa Minor in a non-regulation singlet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Modern Love (short story)|Modern Love]]'')


Constellations such as Ursa Minor could be used for [[celestial navigation]]. ([[TV]]: [[Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)|Legend of the Sea Devils]])
In [[1807]], when she discovered her [[compass]] wasn't working, [[Madam Ching]] tried to use the stars to navigate, pointing out Polaris and Ursa Minor, but this too soon proved unworkable due to the [[Sea Devil]]'s disruptions to the planet's orbit and magnetism causing the stars to appear to shift around in the sky. ([[TV]]: ''[[Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)|Legend of the Sea Devils]]'')


[[Category:Constellations from the real world]]
[[Category:Constellations from the real world]]

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Ursa Minor
Ursa Minor in the night sky. (TV: Legend of the Sea Devils)

Ursa Minor was a constellation visible from Earth, which included Polaris, the pole star. (PROSE: Byzantium!, TV: Legend of the Sea Devils) The Seventh Doctor once told Ace that Cafola VI had "the freshest seafood this side of Ursa Minor". (AUDIO: Critical Mass)

Iris Wildthyme wrestled Queen Victoria for the right to rule Ursa Minor in a non-regulation singlet. (PROSE: Modern Love)

In 1807, when she discovered her compass wasn't working, Madam Ching tried to use the stars to navigate, pointing out Polaris and Ursa Minor, but this too soon proved unworkable due to the Sea Devil's disruptions to the planet's orbit and magnetism causing the stars to appear to shift around in the sky. (TV: Legend of the Sea Devils)