Donald Duck's uncle was partly based on Wernher von Braun

Duck tale Donald Duck’s uncle was partly based on Wernher von Braun Introducing the “world-famous authority on outer space…”

23 Stills from "Inside Outer Space," a 1963 episode of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color featuring Professor Ludwig Von Drake as the "famous authority on outer space." Credit: The Walt Disney Company/collectSPACE.com Stills from "Inside Outer Space," a 1963 episode of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color featuring Professor Ludwig Von Drake as the "famous authority on outer space." Credit: The Walt Disney Company/collectSPACE.com Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav Did you know that the first character that Walt Disney created to specifically appear on television was inspired, in part, by early Space Age rocket scientists?