Talk:The Christmas Invasion (TV story)

Reference?
Under the References section, is the "Alan McKenzieuma]]" reference a typo, or did he just really like satsumas or something? Spreee 05:24, 10 June 2009 (UTC)Spreee

Semi-edit war
This page had been reverted about 10 times over the past day or two, half the time a large amount of the information is completely removed from the article. Can something be done about this at some point along the way? -- sulfur 21:34, December 29, 2009 (UTC)

Real life conspiracy theories
From 1988-1993, all Russian and American probes sent to explore Mars failed.

First, the RSA Phobos 1 lost radio communication on the way to Mars.

Then, the RSA Phobos 2 lost radio communication immediately after aligning its orbit with the moon Phobos and preparing to drop two landers. Some of the last photos from Phobos 2 also showed an oddly-shaped shadow on the surface of Mars.

Finally, the NASA Mars Observer lost radio contact and apparently exploded just before entering orbit.

Needless to say, UFO conspiracy theorists had a field day, insisting that the shadow photographed by Phobos 2 was a cigar-shaped alien craft hiding between Mars and Phobos, which had shot down all three of the probes, and which was also somehow responsible for a number of other failed Mars missions.

Never mind that there are perfectly good explanations for the failure of all three missions; or that plenty of previous and later missions were completely successful; or that most failed missions were canceled, failed at launch, or failed nowhere near Mars. There are still plenty of people who believe this today. For some examples, see or, or just do a Google search for dozens more.

I think enough sci-fi buffs are familiar with these conspiracy theories--or at least with the general "Mars Curse," which NASA joking attributes to a |Great Galactic Ghoul--that they were probably an influence on this episode.

Also, when NASA's Mars Global Surveyor temporarily lost contact, it was described as "just a blip" by a NASA spokesman, exactly as BRG's Daniel Llewellyn said of Guenivere. --32.155.182.25 12:49, January 27, 2010 (UTC)