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The Hesperus was a spaceship owned by Vinvocci, humanoids with spiky green skin. It was a salvage vessel, chiefly used to trawl asteroid fields for junk.

Description

The Hesperus was two hundred or three hundred feet in length, shaped like a sort of fish or bird-like creature, with the bridge in the head. It had a dorsal fin-like structure on top, which appeared to be used for stabilization when in a planet's atmosphere. It had two further fins angled on its underside. It had thrusters in the rear and rows of yellowish lights running along the head. (DW: The End of Time)

Armament

Though not intended for combat, the Hesperus was armed with asteroid lasers to blast away meteoroids and asteroids. These lasers proved sufficent to destroy human made missiles. (DW: The End of Time)

Behind the scenes

  • The name Hesperus was never used in-narrive. Instead, it derives from CON: Allons-y!, indicating that the name was in the script, or at least widely used by the production team.
  • The ship bears similarities to Red Dwarf's Star Bug One.
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