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'''Dark Space 8''' was a [[space station]] near the edge of [[Mutter's Spiral|the Galaxy]].

Dark Space 8 was led by Commander [[Paul Keele]]. Directly under him was Dr. [[Eleanor Harcourt]], [[Professor]] [[Ivor Fassbinder]] and Lieutenant [[Strindberg]]. In truth, the sub-commanders were not as professional as expected. Dr. Harcourt had no medical training and contributed to the deaths of many crewmembers including, eventually, Commander Keele. Professor Fassbinder was a [[alcohol|drunkard]] who made up [[Technobabble|his scientific assessments]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Bang-Bang-A-Boom! (audio story)|Bang-Bang-A-Boom!]]'')

Dark Space 8 was set up by [[Earth]] at the edge of known space. For seven years, it had a variety of adventures, including being sent back in time to [[medieval]] [[Wales]], encountering an [[alien]] who claimed to be [[God]], fighting [[sweat vampire]]s and being infected by [[Altarian plague]]. Over time, other space stations were created with better technology and the attrition from the accidents took their toll.

Eventually, Dark Space 8 was chosen to host the 309th [[Intergalactic Song Contest]] (actually a front for the [[Golos (entity)|Golos]]/[[Angvian]] peace conference). [[Loozly]], a Golos-aligned terrorist, learned of the conference and attempted to disrupt it. Around the same time, Commander [[Paul Keele]] died of [[Orion flu]]. His replacement was sent, but was killed by Loozly with an Angvian [[scatter bomb]]. By coincidence, the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]] were on board his ship and were mistaken for the commander and his pilot. While the preparations for the Song Contest were occurring, Loozly struck again, killing the competitor [[Cyrene]] with Angvian methods to place the blame on them. Unfortunately for him, the crew of Dark Space was unable to figure out what sort of weapons were used. Only the [[Golos (entity)|Golos]] competitor learned the truth, but was unable to communicate with anyone else. [[Logan (Bang-Bang-A-Boom!)|Logan]], the host of the Intergalactic Song Competition, was developing a translation device that could work on Golos, so Loozly killed him. Professor Ivor was also figuring out the truth, so was also killed. Loozly also attacked [[Angvia (individual)|the Angvian competitor]] to create the illusion of a double bluff. With this, the Doctor finally figured out and revealed the truths of Dark Space 8. Though the peace conference was a success, with the loss of the senior members the future of Dark Space 8 was uncertain. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Bang-Bang-A-Boom! (audio story)|Bang-Bang-A-Boom!]]'')

* Dark Space 8 would seem to be influenced by the [[Star Trek (franchise)|''Star Trek'' franchise]]. Specifically:

** "Dark Space 8" is a direct spoof of [[memoryalpha:Deep Space 9|Deep Space 9]], both in name and in function as an outpost serving as a hub to many species.