History JustForFun / InspectorSpacetime

* {{Mockbuster}}: The Inspector appeared in the completely unauthorised 1973 Turkish film ''5 Kudretli Adamlar'' (lit. ''5 Mighty Guys'', aka "Turkish Blacula"). The film featured the Inspector teaming up with Film/{{Blacula}}, Wrestling/ElSanto, and advertising {{Mascot}} Mister Clean to defeat an extremely violent and sadistic version of {{Tintin}}. The Inspector, wildly out of character throughout, wields a leftover Batarang prop from the 1966 ''Series/{{Batman}}'' instead of his Optic Pocketknife.

* StrawCharacter: The episode "News of the Worms" features a transparent Piers Morgan analogue.

** The latest is the Trans-Temporal Tourbillon, which the Unknown Inspector uses at the end of "The Golden Jubilee" 2012 Christmas Special [[RetGone to obliterate]] [[MoralEventHorizon both the Infinity Knights and the Blorgons]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo rather than let history judge them moral equivalents]] in their [[ForeverWar endless conflict]].

** The 50th anniversary in 2012: "The Night of the Inspector" unites the Inspector's four most recent incarnations; and "The Golden Jubilee" 2012 Christmas Special sees them encounter [[HistoricalDomainCharacter historical personages]] like [[UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria Queen Victoria]] and [[BadassNative Black Elk]] (in the suspenseful 1887 storyline during her 50th anniversary) and celebrities like Music/TomJones and [[DragQueen Dame Edna Everage]] (in the comic 2002 one during [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Elizabeth II's]]).

** Which made [[spoiler: the Unknown Inspector's metamorphosis into him]] all the more ironic at the end of "The Golden Jubilee" 2012 Christmas Special.

** Christopher Lee's "Inspector Spacetime" character from the 60s films became one when he reprised the role for the 50th anniversary episode "The Golden Jubilee" 2012 Christmas Special.

** The 30th anniversary in 1992: "Concepts of Space." The Fourth Inspector calls out for help from an undisclosed location as all living actors who played the Inspector over the previous decades reprise their roles to defeat a plot that threatens all of space itself. While this was the very last episode of the Classic series that BTV was able to afford, it is nonetheless hailed as a great episode by some fans thanks to the surprising crossover with ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'', the cast bringing new energy and unexpected chemistry. The limited role of the Fourth Inspector was done so at the actor's own request as he feared his presence may overshadow the other Inspectors, which his HamAndCheese performance did so anyway.

** The 30th anniversary in 1992: "Concepts of Space." The Fourth Inspector calls out for help from an undisclosed location as all living actors who played the Inspector over the previous decades reprise their roles to defeat a plot that threatens all of space itself. While this was the very last episode of the Classic series that BTV was able to afford, it is nonetheless hailed as a great episode by some fans thanks to the surprising crossover with the popular soap opera Series/CoronationStreet, the cast bringing new energy and unexpected chemistry. The limited role of the Fourth Inspector was done so at the actor's own request as he feared his presence may overshadow the other Inspectors, which his HamAndCheese performance did so anyway.

* RunningGag: Every time a new Inspector takes over, the X7 starts making some strange ''new'' sound upon its arrival anywhere, which the new Inspector invariably considers to be the [[MostWonderfulSound Most Wonderful.]] Associate and fan reactions have tended to be more mixed. (Though nearly everyone was happy when the program ditched the First Inspector's horrible grating screech.)

-->'''The Ninth Inspector:''' [[MomentOfAwesome But I have an optic pocketknife, a time booth, and a *plan*]]… while your best option is to be frightened out of your tiny Blorgon minds!

* DiscontinuityNod: In the 2011 [[UsefulNotes/ComicRelief Red Nose Day]] special "Spacetime", one of the "Alterninspectors" from parallel realities is seen using his Optic Pocketknife as a grappling hook, climbing up the side of a tall building, then pausing to chat with ''TopGear'' host Jeremy Clarkson through an open window. It's a reference to the infamously unauthorised Batarang-wielding Inspector from the 1973 film ''5 Kudretli Adamlar'' ("Turkish Blacula").

** Of the Inspectors themselves, Leslie French and Lynda Bellingham chewed the largest hunks of scenery, while Tracey Ullman went to town playing Dynamo.

** Also, ''Dr. Lazer Rage'' starring Creator/ChristopherEccleston, a ShowWithinAShow on ''TheSarahSilvermanProgram'' (which Creator/DanHarmon co-created).

* {{Mockbuster}}: The Inspector appeared in the completely unauthorised 1973 Turkish film ''5 Kudretli Adamlar'' (lit. ''5 Mighty Guys'', aka "Turkish Blacula"). The film featured the Inspector teaming up with Film/{{Blacula}}, ElSanto, and advertising {{Mascot}} Mister Clean to defeat an extremely violent and sadistic version of {{Tintin}}. The Inspector, wildly out of character throughout, wields a leftover Batarang prop from the 1966 ''Series/{{Batman}}'' instead of his Optic Pocketknife.

* [[YouWillBeBeethoven You Will Be Gustav Holst]]: While investigating [[WhichMe unauthorised timeline versions]] of [[HistoricalDomainCharacter famous historical figures]] in "The Time Bootleggers", the Second Inspector must impersonate, variously, the [[AncientEgypt Pharaoh Ramesses the Great]], [[GayParee Georges Seurat]], and [[RasputinTheMadMonk Grigori Rasputin]] in order to preserve continuity.

** In "Lily", the ConspiracyTheorist Derek shows her a computer-enhanced aerial reconnaissance photo of the Inspector and his time booth at the Guanajay IRBM launch site outside Havana. The premiere episode of ''Inspector Spacetime'' aired in the UK just after the [[HistoryOfTheColdWar Cuban Missile Crisis had ended]], of course.

** This is not the first time Ellen [=McLain=] (the voice of the [[AlmightyJanitor Operator]] in "The Inspector's Ex") has played a cheerful, friendly [[spoiler:[[GLaDOS psychopath who wants to destroy you.]]]]

** This is not the first time Ellen [=McLain=] (the voice of the [[AlmightyJanitor Operator]] in "The Inspector's Ex") has played a cheerful, friendly [[spoiler: [[[=GLaDOS=] psychopath who wants to destroy you.]]]]

* [[BowtiesAreCool Bowler Hats Are Neat]]

** TheLeader—The Eleventh Inspector, since he technically has seniority
** TheBigGuy—The Tenth Inspector
** TheSmartGuy—The Ninth Inspector
** TheLancer—The Eighth Inspector
** TheChick—Geneva, as the only Associate to make it through the Time Wave in "The Golden Jubilee"'s chronology
** SixthRanger—The Unknown Inspector

** While Creator/ChristopherLee's commando training with the [[{{SOE}} Special Operations Executive]] added an element of authenticity to the Second Inspector's fight scenes, his proudest personal accomplishment on the programme was displaying his operatic baritone by singing ''[[Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro Non più andrai]]'' to Aiden before the climactic battle in "The Sulphur Soldiers".

[[caption-width-right:320:The Lunatic With a Booth]]

* AffectionateParody: The charity special ''The Malediction of Deadly Doom'', an online comedy special with the Inspector portrayed by Creator/RickyGervais[[note]]A CastingGag towards Steve Carell's Eight Inspector[[/note]] who goes through multiple metamorphosis including Creator/GeorgeClooney.

* LimitedBudget: Reportedly, commissioning the infamous theme music cost half the show's budget.

-->--'''The Eleventh Inspector'''

* WeirdMoon / WeirdSun: Both are {{PlotPoint}}s, thanks to ArtisticLicenseAstronomy, in "The Obvious World".

* AffectionateParody: The charity special ''The Malediction of Deadly Doom'', an online comedy special with the Inspector portrayed by Creator/RickyGervais[[note]]A CastingGag towards Steve Carell's Eight Inspector[[/note]] who goes through multiple metamorphosis including GeorgeClooney.

** This is not the first time Ellen [=McLain=] (the voice of the [[AlmightyJanitor Operator]] in "The Inspector's Ex") has played a cheerful, friendly [[spoiler: [[GLaDOS psychopath who wants to destroy you.]]]]

** '''BrianBlessed''' made three appearances on the show, as Reena's father, Sonacry, King of Barbartron IV, Ruler of the Twelve Moons, Defender of the Outer Belts ([[RunningGag and so on and so on]]). And naturally [[spoiler: in his last appearance he makes his [[HeroicSacrifice HEROIC SACRIFICE]].]]

* {{Badass}}:
** Brooke. She killed one of the Quiet People with a [[DropTheHammer big hammer]]. And that [[UnrelatedEffects destroyed part of the universe]].
** Without a doubt, Rory Williams, to the point that most villains surrender or [[YourHeadASplode explode]] upon seeing him.

* TransatlanticEquivalent: The American remake, entitled ''Epochs of Eternity: Inspector Spacetime'', stars ''{{Beverly Hills 90210}}'''s Luke Perry and Jennie Garth as [[MrFanservice Inspector Spacetime]] and his [[MsFanservice Ensign]].

** In the early '70s, ArchieComics bought the rights to do an ''IS'' comic under its Red Circle Comics imprint for American audiences. Their writers quickly went [[CerebusSyndrome off]] [[DenserAndWackier the]] [[DarkerAndEdgier rails]], however, and the comic was cancelled in 1979 ([[CutShort cutting short]] an arc in which the Twenty-Second Inspector was travelling to before the Big Bang to codify the universe's laws of time and space).

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