Proposed new name: Betelgeuse V
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Betelgeuse V was a planet which used to have a moon, though it was later destroyed. (PROSE: Lords of the Storm) The planet was mentioned several times by the Fourth Doctor.
In 4500, when Davros was revived and had demanded to know what had happened while he was in suspended animation, the Doctor told him that Betelgeuse had placed second in the Galactic Olympic Games, behind Arcturus (TV: Destiny of the Daleks) or Earth. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks)
Professor Chronotis owned a travel guide entitled Alternative Betelgeuse. (PROSE: Shada)
The Third Doctor remembered seeing a double sunrise on Betelgeuse. (PROSE: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller) The Seventh Doctor mentioned traveling to Betelgeuse while at the Grand Betelgeuse Hotel. (AUDIO: The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel) Jackie Tyler once referred to Betelgeuse as a planet to which the Ninth Doctor might travel. (AUDIO: Retail Therapy)
Neko compared Lady Christina de Souza's perfume to the smell of a "Betelgeusian bordello". (COMIC: The Eye of Ashaya)
Ian Chesterton also mentioned a star named Betelgeuse. (PROSE: Byzantium!)
Behind the scenes
Betelgeuse V was a planet in script editor Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. In the real world, 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 Betelgeuse.
Both Ford Prefect and Zaphod Beeblebrox were stated to be from Betelgeuse V in Hitchhiker's.