Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite
Species:	Human
Job:	Journalist
Affiliated with:	CBS
Place of origin:	United States of America, Earth
First mentioned in:	Wonderland [+]Loading...["Wonderland (novel)"]
Appearance:	Day of the Moon [+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"]

Walter Cronkite Jr was an American newsreader for CBS. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])

Biography

He reported on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, interrupting programmes to bring a special bulletin on the news. (PROSE: Wonderland ^[+]Loading...["Wonderland (novel)"])

In 1969, Cronkite presented television coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing. He removed his glasses and smiled as he watched the lunar lander descend. (TV: Day of the Moon ^[+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"])

Behind the scenes

Walter Cronkite was a real world newsreader for CBS News; he is not named in either story. In Wonderland ^[+]Loading...["Wonderland (novel)"], his real world CBS News bulletin on the Kennedy assassination is paraphrased. He is briefly seen on a television in Day of the Moon ^[+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"], using archive footage from his CBS moon landing coverage. His full name is given in Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"].