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'''Blue Moon''' by [[Oli Smith]] is a four-part short story (a Prologue and three chapters) that was published exclusively on the BBC.co.uk website in July 2009 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ''Apollo'' moon landings. | '''''Blue Moon''''' by [[Oli Smith]] is a four-part short story (a Prologue and three chapters) that was published exclusively on the BBC.co.uk website in July 2009 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ''Apollo'' moon landings. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] | * The [[Tenth Doctor]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Species (Blue Moon)|Alien species]] <!--They have a name, it's just not stated in the text--> | ||
* [[Old woman (Blue Moon)|Old woman]] | |||
* [[Justin (Blue Moon)|Justin]] | |||
* [[Cliff Boxworth]] | |||
* [[Spencer (Blue Moon)|Spencer]] | |||
* [[Milledge]] | |||
* [[Sean (Blue Moon)|Sean]] | |||
* [[David (Blue Moon)|David]] | |||
* [[Dan (Blue Moon)|Dan]] | |||
* [[Colin (Blue Moon)|Colin]] | |||
* [[Jake (Blue Moon)|Jake]] | |||
* [[Trevor (Blue Moon)|Trevor]] | |||
* [[Barney (Blue Moon)|Barney]] | |||
* [[Neil Armstrong]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
* | * Several pieces of largely-censored classified and unverified documents from an unidentified Apollo mission encountering aliens, transferred to the [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] archives after the closure of an undisclosed organisation, appear throughout the story. | ||
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] calls the ''[[Apollo 11]]'' mission "[p]acking three men into a tin can filled with a skyscraper's worth of fuel, hurling them out of the [[atmosphere]] into the harshest conditions imaginable, with nothing more powerful than a [[pocket calculator]] to guide them. For what? Just because you can." | |||
* The Doctor says "it's [[Neil Armstrong|Neil]] and [[Buzz Aldrin|Buzz]] that land on the Moon and plant the [[flag]] and play [[golf]], but without all these wonderful people down here...", gesturing to [[Mission Control]], "Without these unsung heroes [...] none of it will happen." | |||
* After planting the flag, Neil hears "a wheezing groaning noise" as the flag starts to flutter. | |||
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[[Category:Tenth Doctor short stories]] | [[Category:Tenth Doctor short stories]] | ||
[[Category:WEB short stories]] | [[Category:WEB short stories]] | ||
[[Category:2009 short stories]] | [[Category:2009 short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1969]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1969]] | ||
