Epsilon Eridani was a star located about eleven light-years from Sol. It was home to many different species.
One species from Epsilon Eridani established many colony worlds despite not having faster-than-light travel. One of their spacecraft became confused by radio transmissions from Earth and accidentally landed there. (PROSE: Blue Box [+]Loading...["Blue Box (novel)"])
In the 1970s, Dr Louis French attempted to make contact with intelligent life in Epsilon Eridani with his radio telescope. Instead, he accidentally devastated the planet Morrax, the home world of the Morraxians. (COMIC: Is Anyone There? [+]Loading...["Is Anyone There? (comic story)"])
Epsilon Eridani was also the location of the home world of the Legion, a multidimensional race. In 2157, a Spacefleet flotilla lost contact with Earth Central on their way to intercept a Dalek fleet massing around Epsilon Eridani. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising [+]Loading...["Lucifer Rising (novel)"])
Epsilon Eridani was also the home of Mudmen. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit (novelisation)"])
The Eighth Doctor offered to take Josie Day with him to Epsilon Eridani for egg and chips. (COMIC: A Matter of Life and Death [+]Loading...["A Matter of Life and Death (comic story)"]) After going there, Josie commented that she hated the eggs, but the Doctor reminded her that the chips weren't bad. (COMIC: The Time Ball [+]Loading...["The Time Ball (comic story)"])
Following the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday twarting a plot by Strategos Garcia on a Neo-Terran Imperial Colony Ship in the 450th century, the Doctor offered to take Ruby to see a star. (GAME: In Loving Memory [+]Loading...["In Loving Memory (episode)"]) Landing on Epsilon Eridani, the Doctor and Ruby were greeted by the Doctor's friend, a Vedaty called P’x who told them that the sun had been behaving oddly. They quickly found that another Vedaty, the Elder C’w had tried to disrupt the progressiveness of his species and thrown a fellow Vedaty, T’r, into the sun's surface. The Doctor and Ruby rescued T’r and C’w was held accountable for their actions. (GAME: Wish Upon a Star [+]Loading...["Wish Upon a Star (episode)"])