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Internal arrows indicate when the visit is set (eg:
2001: A Space Odyssea is set in 2001, so has
an arrow pointing to roughly 2001 on the timeline). Note that the timeline is not to scale.
Unconfirmed sightings
We have heard rumour of lots of visits that we couldn’t confirm beyond doubt. If you can
provide solid evidence of any of the following individuals having visited the moon, get in
touch at @Ri_Science.
John Cabal, Torchy the Battery Boy, Sailor Moon, Aquila, Pinky & the Brain, Timmy Turner,
Maggot Moon, Tarzan, Curious George, The Fantastic Four, Donald Duck, Super Ted, Charlie Bear, Blue Cow, Duck Dodgers, The Young Wizards, the Grey Knights, Mickey Mouse, Mr
Benn, Alice Kramden, Master of the Moon, Reverend Smallwood, Harold and His Purple
Crayon, Avvaiya Patti, Buck Rogers.
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An incomplete register of characters from history and fiction that have walked on the moon.
Exceptions and special mentions
There is no evidence that Frank Sinatra’s request
was ever granted. James Bond went to space, and
a set of the moon, but not to the moon itself.
Pandora in Avatar is a moon, but not ours. Similarly,
the Clangers’ ‘moon-like planet’ isn’t ours and
neither are any Discworld moons.
We don’t believe that Neil from the Young Ones really
went to the moon, and we suspect the Bears Who
Stayed Indoors did indeed stay indoors, and not go
to the moon. In Raymond Scott’s Rocket to the
Moon, the travellers circle, but don’t visit, the moon.
The Cow only jumped over it, and Michael Collins etc
orbited, but didn’t touch down. Comic books have been omitted because fitting the entire Marvel
universe would have caused chaos, but special mentions go to Dan Dare, Judge Dredd, Cerebus the
Aardvark, Bananaman, Calvin and Hobbes and Moony.
Nellie Armstrong was discounted as she was only the first person on the moon in a parallel universe.
Consider any implied moon visits in The Sentinel covered by the ‘et al.’ of the 2001: A Space Odyssey
entry. Button moon is a button, not the moon. The Truman Show’s production team operated from a
moon, but that was just part of an elaborate set designed to fool Truman – it didn’t fool us.
The moon in The Mighty Boosh had a face, but we don’t think anyone visited it. We suspect Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang’s visit was a fly-by, rather than a landing, though please get in touch if you can prove
otherwise. Gru stole the moon, but only Vector actually ended up on it. Selene tended to drive the
moon, but using it as a vehicle isn’t really the same as visiting.
Major Tom floated in his tin can far above the moon, but doesn’t touch down that we know of, and
Pink Floyd didn’t actually go to the dark side of the moon.
Who have we missed?
Thankyou
Who else has walked on the moon? Show conclusive evidence of any visits we’ve missed or got wrong, and if there are
enough we’ll include them in an updated version of this graphic in 2016. Let us know on twitter at @Ri_Science.
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