Moonbase Laika
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Moonbase (disambiguation)for other, similarly-named pages.
Moonbase One, later Moonbase Laika, was a UNIT facility located on the Moon. (PROSE: Horror of the Space Snakes)
History
Liz had helped UNIT plan the Moonbase as early as the 1970s. (AUDIO: The Cloisters of Terror)
In 2006, UNIT set up Moonbase One as a scientific research station. (PROSE: Horror of the Space Snakes)
Liz Shaw was stationed at the facility in 2010. She could not attend the Eleventh Doctor's funeral, as she could not return until the following Sunday. (TV: Death of the Doctor)
After UNIT was shutdown circa 2018, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart hoped that it was empty. (PROSE: Lucy Wilson and the Bledoe Cadets)
In 2023 it was given to World State and renamed Moonbase Laika. (PROSE: Horror of the Space Snakes)
By 2070, the Moonbase was used as a weather control station. (TV: The Moonbase, PROSE: Horror of the Space Snakes) It controlled Earth's weather with a gravitron. The Telosian Cybermen attempted to take it over in 2070, but were stopped by the Second Doctor. (TV: The Moonbase)
Later in its history the Moonbase was also used as a prison and a children's amusement park. (PROSE: Horror of the Space Snakes)
Alternate timeline
In an alternate timeline where the Cybermen allied with Rassilon and began rewriting history, (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen) the Second Doctor was partially converted while on the Moonbase. (COMIC: Prologue: The Second Doctor)
References
When recounting past victories over the Cybermen, the Twelfth Doctor recalled defeating them on the Moonbase. (TV: The Doctor Falls)
