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[[File:Epsilon Eridani.jpg|thumb|right|The TARDIS parked on platforms around Epsilon Eridani ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Wish Upon a Star (episode)}})]] | |||
'''Epsilon Eridani''' was a [[star]] located about eleven [[light-year]]s from [[Sol]]. It was home to many different species. | '''Epsilon Eridani''' was a [[star]] located about eleven [[light-year]]s 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]]: '' | 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]]: ''{{cs|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 [[Morraxian]]s. ([[COMIC]]: | 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 [[Morraxian]]s. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|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]]: | 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]]: {{cs|Lucifer Rising (novel)}}) | ||
Epsilon Eridani was also the home of Mudmen. ([[PROSE]]: | Epsilon Eridani was also the home of Mudmen. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|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]]: | The [[Eighth Doctor]] offered to take [[Josie Day]] with him to Epsilon Eridani for [[egg]] and [[chips]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|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]]: {{cs|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]]: {{cs|In Loving Memory (episode)}}) Landing on Epsilon Eridani, the Doctor and Ruby were greeted by the Doctor's friend, a [[Veridaty]] called [[P’x]] who told them that the sun had been behaving oddly. They quickly found that another Veridaty, the [[Elder (term)|Elder]] [[C’w]] had tried to disrupt the progressiveness of his species and thrown a fellow Veridaty, [[T’r]], into the sun's surface. The Doctor and Ruby rescued T’r and C’w was held accountable for their actions. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Wish Upon a Star (episode)}}) | |||
[[Category:Mutter's Spiral stars]] | [[Category:Mutter's Spiral stars]] | ||
[[Category:Stars from the real world]] | [[Category:Stars from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Locations visited by the Eighth Doctor]] | [[Category:Locations visited by the Eighth Doctor]] | ||
