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* ScreamingWoman: Despite this being one of Mel's defining character traits in the actual TV show, she doesn't scream once during the whole course of the story.


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* TookALevelInBadass: Mel takes a more extroverted role in this story concerning the action than she's usually known for.
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This is In Universe.


* AllAnimationIsDisney: What people automatically assume when Eric tells them he's an animator. Naturally, he doesn't really care for the assumption.

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* AllAnimationIsDisney: What InUniverse, this is what people automatically assume when Eric tells them he's an animator. Naturally, he doesn't really care for the assumption.
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See also ''FanFic/The10Doctors'', a well-known FanWebcomic by Morris that also appeared on the [=ComixBlog=].

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See also ''FanFic/The10Doctors'', ''Webcomic/The10Doctors'', a well-known FanWebcomic by Morris that also appeared on the [=ComixBlog=].
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* TheNthDoctor: The Doctor and Donna meet [[Creator/DanielCraig Craig]]!Bond, Lazenby!Bond meets Connery!Bond, and Brosnan!Bond meets a woman at a nightclub. Presumably, the story will later explain whether it's [[WMG/TimeLord regeneration]] or [[LegacyCharacter multiple agents using the same codename]].

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* TheNthDoctor: The Doctor and Donna meet [[Creator/DanielCraig Craig]]!Bond, Lazenby!Bond meets Connery!Bond, and Brosnan!Bond meets a woman at a nightclub.nightclub, and Moore!Bond meets the Third Doctor. Presumably, the story will later explain whether it's [[WMG/TimeLord regeneration]] or [[LegacyCharacter multiple agents using the same codename]].
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* DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted with [[spoiler:Techrat, who gets punched off of some scaffolding by Roxy. He regenerates, ending one of his lives.]]
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* ScheduleSlip: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since Rich works on and updates the blog in his spare time.

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* ScheduleSlip: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since Rich works on and updates the blog in his spare time.
time. [[http://comics.shipsinker.com/?id=640 One comic]] [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] this during one of the blog's longer hiatuses.
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* TheNthDoctor: The Doctor and Donna meet [[DanielCraig Craig]]!Bond, Lazenby!Bond meets Connery!Bond, and Brosnan!Bond meets a woman at a nightclub. Presumably, the story will later explain whether it's [[WMG/TimeLord regeneration]] or [[LegacyCharacter multiple agents using the same codename]].

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* TheNthDoctor: The Doctor and Donna meet [[DanielCraig [[Creator/DanielCraig Craig]]!Bond, Lazenby!Bond meets Connery!Bond, and Brosnan!Bond meets a woman at a nightclub. Presumably, the story will later explain whether it's [[WMG/TimeLord regeneration]] or [[LegacyCharacter multiple agents using the same codename]].
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** And it took yet ''another'' hiatus (this time unexpectedly) when Rich's hard drive crashed in September 2012.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: On [[http://comics.shipsinker.com/?id=479 page 2]], the Doctor uses the word "email," and Mel has no idea what he's talking about. Except Mel's a computer programmer from the mid-[[TheEighties Eighties]], and the term "email" had been in use amongst programmers since 1982. Rich admitted his mistake in the comments for that page.
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: On [[http://comics.shipsinker.com/?id=479 page 2]], the Doctor uses the word "email," and Mel has no idea what he's talking about. Except Mel's a computer programmer from the mid-[[TheEighties Eighties]], and the term "email" had been in use amongst programmers since 1982. Rich admitted his mistake in the comments for that page.
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D\'oh! Didn\'t catch that. But we don\'t need two links right there.


* ActorAllusion: Or the fanfic equivalent. [[PierceBrosnan Brosnan]]!Bond meets with [[Film/GoldenEye Jack Wade]] at a nightclub to deliver a disc that comes from someone named Film/{{Mitchell}} (who Jack doesn't like). Wade was played by Joe Don Baker, who also played Film/{{Mitchell}}.

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* ActorAllusion: Or the fanfic equivalent. [[PierceBrosnan Brosnan]]!Bond meets with [[Film/GoldenEye Jack Wade]] at a nightclub to deliver a disc that comes from someone named Film/{{Mitchell}} (who Jack doesn't like). Wade was played by Joe Don Baker, who also played Film/{{Mitchell}}.Mitchell.
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The next page confirms that the Micthel Wade is talking about IS the Mitchel Joe Don Baker played.


* ActorAllusion: Or the fanfic equivalent. [[PierceBrosnan Brosnan]]!Bond meets with [[Film/GoldenEye Jack Wade]] at a nightclub to deliver a disc that comes from someone named Mitchel (who Jack doesn't like). Wade was played by Joe Don Baker, who also played a certain other Film/{{Mitchell}}.

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* ActorAllusion: Or the fanfic equivalent. [[PierceBrosnan Brosnan]]!Bond meets with [[Film/GoldenEye Jack Wade]] at a nightclub to deliver a disc that comes from someone named Mitchel Film/{{Mitchell}} (who Jack doesn't like). Wade was played by Joe Don Baker, who also played a certain other Film/{{Mitchell}}.

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\"Mitchell\" is a common name.


* ActorAllusion: Or the fanfic equivalent. [[PierceBrosnan Brosnan]]!Bond meets with [[Film/GoldenEye Jack Wade]] at a nightclub to deliver a disc that comes from someone named Mitchel (who Jack doesn't like). Wade was played by Joe Don Baker, who also played a certain other Film/{{Mitchell}}.



** Brosnan!Bond meets with [[Film/GoldenEye Jack Wade]] at a night club to deliver a disc that comes from [[{{Film/Mitchell}} Mitchel]] (who Jack doesn't like). Jack and Mitchel are both played by Joe Don Baker.
* CoitusEnsues: [[PierceBrosnan Brosnan]]!Bond introduces himself to a woman at a nightclub. A panel later, we get the requisite 007 bedroom scene.

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** Brosnan!Bond meets with [[Film/GoldenEye Jack Wade]] at a night club to deliver a disc that comes from [[{{Film/Mitchell}} Mitchel]] (who Jack doesn't like). Jack and Mitchel are both played by Joe Don Baker.
* CoitusEnsues: [[PierceBrosnan Brosnan]]!Bond Brosnan!Bond introduces himself to a woman at a nightclub. A panel later, we get the requisite 007 bedroom scene.
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* CelebrityParadox: Donna opines that Ten is "all James Bond" with his tuxedo and fancy gadgets; a page later, Ten runs into his old friend, James Bond. Ten later explains to Donna that Bond exists both as a fictional character ''and'' a real person, and can get around this because his name acts as a PerceptionFilter (see below).

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* CelebrityParadox: Donna opines that Ten is "all James Bond" with his tuxedo and fancy gadgets; a page later, Ten runs into his old friend, James Bond. Ten later explains to Donna that Bond exists both as a fictional character ''and'' a real person, and can get around this because his name acts as a PerceptionFilter (see below). Still, we don't know yet if the Bond series' actors are the same in this universe as they are in ours; if so, then it becomes an incredible recurring case of IdenticalStranger.
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** Brosnan!Bond meets with [[Film/GoldenEye Jack Wade]] at a night club to deliver a disc that comes from [[Film/Mitchell Mitchel]] (who Jack doesn't like). Jack and Mitchel are both played by JoeDonBaker.

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** Brosnan!Bond meets with [[Film/GoldenEye Jack Wade]] at a night club to deliver a disc that comes from [[Film/Mitchell [[{{Film/Mitchell}} Mitchel]] (who Jack doesn't like). Jack and Mitchel are both played by JoeDonBaker.Joe Don Baker.
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** Brosnan!Bond meets with [[Film/GoldenEye Jack Wade]] at a night club to deliver a disc that comes from [[Film/Mitchell Mitchel]] (who Jack doesn't like). Jack and Mitchel are both played by JoeDonBaker.
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* HaveWeMetYet: The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa[[labelnote:*]](between [[Recap/{{DoctorWhoS19E7Time-Flight}} "Time-Flight"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity "Arc Of Infinity"]])[[/labelnote]] run into the Master.[[labelnote:*]](post-[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival "Survival"]], pre-[[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie TV Movie]])[[/labelnote]] The following exchange occurs:

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* HaveWeMetYet: The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa[[labelnote:*]](between Nyssa[[note]](between [[Recap/{{DoctorWhoS19E7Time-Flight}} "Time-Flight"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity "Arc Of Infinity"]])[[/labelnote]] Infinity"]])[[/note]] run into the Master.[[labelnote:*]](post-[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival [[note]](post-[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival "Survival"]], pre-[[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie TV Movie]])[[/labelnote]] Movie]])[[/note]] The following exchange occurs:
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* AmazonianBeauty: Midna. She trains gladiators, she's depicted as quite muscular, she stands a full head taller than the other characters, and it's implied that EvenTheGirlsWantHer because of her muscular build.

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* AmazonianBeauty: Midna. She trains gladiators, she's depicted as quite muscular, she stands a full head taller than the other characters, and it's implied that EvenTheGirlsWantHer [[AmazonChaser because of her muscular build.build]].
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* AmazonianBeauty: Midna. She trains gladiators, she's depicted as quite muscular, she stands a full head taller than the other characters, and it's implied that EvenTheGirlsWantHer because of her muscular build.
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* HotAmazon: Midna. Apparently EvenTheGirlsWantHer.
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* AnAesop: The truth will set you free.

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Gee, I hope this section doesn\'t get too confusing.


Donna and the Tenth Doctor meet JamesBond and blow his cover by accident. Meanwhile, in 1973, Blofeld captures the Master, and one James Bond rescues another James Bond.

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Donna and the Tenth Doctor meet JamesBond and blow his cover by accident. Meanwhile, in 1973, Blofeld captures the Master, and one James Bond rescues another James Bond. And elsewhen, yet ''another'' James Bond visits a nightclub.



* CoitusEnsues: [[PierceBrosnan Brosnan]]!Bond introduces himself to a woman at a nightclub. A panel later, we get the requisite 007 bedroom scene.



* MeanwhileInTheFuture: The plot jumps around from the Tenth Doctor and Donna's time (with Craig!Bond), to 1973 (with Blofeld, Delgado!Master, and two other Bonds), to Brosnan!Bond's time.



* TheNthDoctor: The Doctor and Donna meet [[DanielCraig Craig]]!Bond, and later on, Lazenby!Bond meets Connery!Bond. Presumably, the story will later explain whether it's [[WMG/TimeLord regeneration]] or [[LegacyCharacter multiple agents using the same codename]].

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* TheNthDoctor: The Doctor and Donna meet [[DanielCraig Craig]]!Bond, and later on, Lazenby!Bond meets Connery!Bond.Connery!Bond, and Brosnan!Bond meets a woman at a nightclub. Presumably, the story will later explain whether it's [[WMG/TimeLord regeneration]] or [[LegacyCharacter multiple agents using the same codename]].
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Oops. Wrong year.


The Eighth Doctor lands in 1996 Toronto and investigates a string of bizarre murders. Coincidentally, [[Series/ForeverKnight Nicholas Knight]] is investigating the same thing. There are flashbacks to Nicholas and the Fifth Doctor in 14th Century France.

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The Eighth Doctor lands in 1996 1995 Toronto and investigates a string of bizarre murders. Coincidentally, [[Series/ForeverKnight Nicholas Knight]] is investigating the same thing. There are flashbacks to Nicholas and the Fifth Doctor in 14th Century France.

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The Eighth Doctor lands in 1996 Toronto and investigates a string of bizarre murders. Coincidentally, [[Series/ForeverKnight Nicholas Knight]] is investigating the same thing. There are flashbacks to Nicholas and the Fifth Doctor in 14th Century France.
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The Third Doctor takes a UNIT corporal back in time to meet Lord Robert Dudley, Lady Amye Robsart, and [[TheVirginQueen Elizabeth I]]. They also encounter mysterious vapours.
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* HaveWeMet: Lord Robert Dudley asks this of the Doctor. They actually ''had'' met before (when the Doctor was in his first incarnation and visiting [[TheVirginQueen Elizabeth]]'s coronation), but Dudley shrugs this feeling off.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Lord Robert Dudley, Lady Amye Robsart, and many other people involved in the events leading up to Lady Robsart's mysterious death. All explained in [[http://comics.shipsinker.com/norfolkcast.php this cheat sheet.]]

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* HaveWeMet: Lord Robert Dudley asks this of the Doctor. They actually ''had'' met before (when the Doctor was in his first incarnation and visiting [[TheVirginQueen Elizabeth]]'s Elizabeth's coronation), but Dudley shrugs this feeling off.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Lord Robert Dudley, Lady Amye Robsart, and many other people involved in the events leading up to Lady Robsart's mysterious death. All explained in [[http://comics.shipsinker.com/norfolkcast.php this cheat sheet.]] ]]
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: The Third Doctor is excited to meet Queen Elizabeth, having just narrowly missed talking to her in his first incarnation, but he holds in his excitement. Beverly, on the other hand, is openly excited to meet ''everyone'' and witness history in the making. So much so, that it nearly gets her into trouble when she offhandedly corrects Queen Elizabeth on a proper quote in a famous Elizabethan speech.



* SweetPollyOliver: Beverly's 16th-Century disguise is a male's doublet and tights, as she didn't want to wear a corset and dress. The whole time she's there, people refer to her as a male...but she still goes by "Beverly".
** Historically, the name Beverly was used for men exclusively until the early 1900s when it was used for girls as well. About 1930 or so, it was no longer used for men at all. It actually would've been more anachronistic if they had mentioned it.

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* SweetPollyOliver: Beverly's 16th-Century disguise is a male's doublet and tights, as she didn't want to wear a corset and dress. The whole time she's there, people refer to her as a male...but she still goes by "Beverly".
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"Beverly".[[note]]Historically, the name Beverly was used for men exclusively until the early 1900s when it was used for girls as well. About 1930 or so, it was no longer used for men at all. It actually would've been more anachronistic if they had mentioned it.[[/note]]



The Sixth Doctor and Mel attend a WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} concert in 1988, and the Doctor casually spills the beans to Rio about Jerrica Benton's double life. Meanwhile, Eric Raymond and Techrat discover the TARDIS and set their sights on the Doctor.
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Peri wants to visit a garden in Pasadena. The Fifth Doctor doesn't, so he takes her somewhere else. Naturally, they run into trouble. This story was written by Landry Walker as a pitch for a Fifth Doctor audio adventure.
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Donna and the Tenth Doctor meet JamesBond and blow his cover by accident. Meanwhile, in 1973, Blofeld captures the Master, and one James Bond rescues another James Bond.
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[SeanConnery Connery]]!Bond swoops in and rescues [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService Lazenby]]!Bond from some goons.



* TheNthDoctor: The Doctor and Donna meet [[DanielCraig Craig]]!Bond, and later on, [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService Lazenby]]!Bond meets [[SeanConnery Connery]]!Bond. Presumably, the story will later explain whether it's [[WMG/TimeLord regeneration]] or [[LegacyCharacter multiple agents using the same codename]].

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* TheNthDoctor: The Doctor and Donna meet [[DanielCraig Craig]]!Bond, and later on, [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService Lazenby]]!Bond Lazenby!Bond meets [[SeanConnery Connery]]!Bond.Connery!Bond. Presumably, the story will later explain whether it's [[WMG/TimeLord regeneration]] or [[LegacyCharacter multiple agents using the same codename]].


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A Time Lord called the Scout tracks the Rani and some Daleks throughout time, and discovers that (as always) they're up to no good.
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Shh! Please don\'t tell anyone that I had to look up Stormer\'s real name on the internet.

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*** This is tied directly into Stormer's arc. In canon, she has a real name (Mary Phillips), and by the end of the story, [[spoiler:she's still using her Misfits nickname and isn't able to tell Kimber her true feelings. Feeling lost, she finds her way into the TARDIS crew.]]
** Interestingly, the Doctor is a foil for Jem/Jerrica. Jerrica's CharacterDevelopment involves her deciding to reveal her secret identity to the world. The Doctor, who actually ''instigated'' and supported this change, has a mysterious past and true name that he chooses not to reveal. This is explicitly pointed out at the end, [[spoiler:when Stormer calls him on it after he inquires about ''her'' nickname.]]
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** When the Rich and Dom were separated after their storyboarding project was concluded for the season, they wrote it into the strip.

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* {{Foil}}:
** Techrat, for the Doctor. Just like the Third Doctor, Techrat has been exiled to Earth with no chance for escape. Likewise, just like the Sixth Doctor, Techrat is a temperamental InsufferableGenius. However, the Doctor has always swayed towards helping humanity, and helped UNIT during his own exile; Techrat only cares about his own goals, and willingly helps the Zygons cause trouble.
** The Misfits, for the Holograms (continuing from the TV show). It's most apparent in the story's two songs: "Behind the Mask" by the Misfits is all about how an ambiguous identity can be used as a weapon; "See Me Rise" by the Holograms is about how dropping a facade will lift a person higher.



* RealLifeWritesThePlot: When the RealLife Rich and Dom were separated after their storyboarding project was concluded for the season, they wrote it into the strip.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: CloudCuckooLander: Stu, if that's his real name. He prefers to be called "Linoleum Teapot" anyway.
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** When Dom got sick in RealLife, Rich went ahead and did a solo strip about it, and his comic avatar mentioned something about it.
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When the RealLife Rich and Dom were separated after their storyboarding project was concluded for the season, they wrote it into the strip.




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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Now that that Rich is done for the season on his latest storyboard project and is separated from Dom, each author is maintaining their separate halves of the strip. Rich is documenting his time away from work and with his kids, whereas Dom is documenting his time at work.
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* VillainSong: The Misfits sing an original ditty entitled "Behind the Mask." This comes complete with an impromptu [[DisneyAcidSequence music video]], per usual for ''Jem''. The Sixth Doctor is flummoxed.

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* {{Crossover}}: Almost all of Rich's works fall under this category — ''[[{{Jem}} Jem and the Holograms]]'' meet ''Doctor Who'', ''Series/ForeverKnight'' meets ''Doctor Who'', and {{Historical Domain Character}}s meet ''Doctor Who''.[[hottip:*:Which makes perfect sense, given that the actual show crossed over with historical domain characters all the time.]]

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* {{Crossover}}: Almost all of Rich's works ''Doctor Who'' fan comics fall under this category — ''[[{{Jem}} Jem and the Holograms]]'' meet ''Doctor Who'', ''Series/ForeverKnight'' meets ''Doctor Who'', and {{Historical Domain Character}}s meet ''Doctor Who''.[[hottip:*:Which makes perfect sense, given that the actual show crossed over with historical domain characters all the time.]](see FanVerse below).


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** This fan verse also incorporates ''Series/ForeverKnight'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'', and JamesBond. And it's implied that it also includes ''Series/StargateSG1''.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: When the RealLife Rich and Dom were separated after their storyboarding project was concluded for the season, they wrote it into the strip.

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