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{{cleanup|Info from ''The Visual Dictionary'' is out of universe.  Thus, most of what's presently here belongs in a behind the scenes section.}}
{{Infobox Astronomical Object
{{Infobox Astronomical Object
|name = Fire Trap
|name = Fire Trap
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|type = [[Asteroid]]
|type = [[Asteroid]]
|location = [[JX82]] system, [[Mutter's Spiral]]
|location = [[JX82]] system, [[Mutter's Spiral]]
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''<br />[[DW]]: ''[[Love & Monsters]]'' (flashback) <br />[[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary]]''
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''<br />[[DW]]: ''[[Love & Monsters]]'' (flashback)
|natives = [[Sycorax]] of the [[Halvinor Tribe]]
|natives = [[Sycorax]] of the [[Halvinor Tribe]]
|mentions=
|mentions=
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The '''Fire Trap''' was the [[asteroid]] on which the [[Sycorax]] originated in the [[JX82]] system. It was composed mainly of rock and ice, with very little in the way of natural resources such as metals. The tribes lived just below the surface of the asteroid. When an unidentified spaceship collided with the asteroid, the Sycorax stole the engines of the ship and fitted them within the asteroid, using it as a spaceship. (''[[Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary]]'')


:''Though the exact size of the ship was unknown, it was large enough to cast a huge shadow over [[London]].''
:''Though the exact size of the ship was unknown, it was large enough to cast a huge shadow over [[London]].''
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On [[Christmas Day]], [[2006]], the Sycorax came to [[Earth]] in the Fire Trap. It was later destroyed by the [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] on the command order of [[Harriet Jones]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
On [[Christmas Day]], [[2006]], the Sycorax came to [[Earth]] in the Fire Trap. It was later destroyed by the [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] on the command order of [[Harriet Jones]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')


[[Category:Vehicles]]
==Behind the scenes==
According to the [[Tardis:Canon policy#secondary sources|non-narrative based work]] [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary]]'', the craft; '''Fire Trap''' was the [[asteroid]] on which the [[Sycorax]] originated in the JX82 system. It was composed mainly of rock and ice, with very little in the way of natural resources such as metals. The tribes lived just below the surface of the asteroid. When an unidentified spaceship collided with the asteroid, the Sycorax stole the engines of the ship and fitted them within the asteroid, using it as a spaceship.
 
[[Category:Asteroids]]
[[Category:Asteroids]]
[[Category:Individual spacecraft]]
[[Category:Individual spacecraft]]

Revision as of 12:31, 29 January 2012


Though the exact size of the ship was unknown, it was large enough to cast a huge shadow over London.

On Christmas Day, 2006, the Sycorax came to Earth in the Fire Trap. It was later destroyed by the Torchwood on the command order of Harriet Jones. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)

Behind the scenes

According to the non-narrative based work REF: Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary, the craft; Fire Trap was the asteroid on which the Sycorax originated in the JX82 system. It was composed mainly of rock and ice, with very little in the way of natural resources such as metals. The tribes lived just below the surface of the asteroid. When an unidentified spaceship collided with the asteroid, the Sycorax stole the engines of the ship and fitted them within the asteroid, using it as a spaceship.