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** In the last episode of Season 8 Tyrion's conversation with Jon when he tells him how it was easy to root for Daenerys when she was doing [[KickTheSonOfABitch horrible things to bad people]], and then being shocked that she would be capable of doing something reprehensible while taking actions that she's consistently done previously, reflects a ''lot'' of the real-world criticism that Dany's FaceHeelTurn received, and likely anticipated by the showrunners.
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** In the last episode of Season 8 Tyrion's conversation with Jon when he tells him how it was easy to root for Daenerys when she was doing [[KickTheSonOfABitch horrible things to bad people]], people, and then being shocked that she would be capable of doing something reprehensible while taking actions that she's consistently done previously, reflects a ''lot'' of the real-world criticism that Dany's FaceHeelTurn received, and likely anticipated by the showrunners.
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* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' has the episode ''Picture If You Will'' end with Chiana explaining the details of the plot to Rygel.
-->'''Rygel:''' But why -- I mean how did Zhaan... ugh! Best not ponder questions like these that only make your head hurt.\\
'''Chiana:''' Forget about it. Sit back and enjoy the happy ending.
-->'''Rygel:''' But why -- I mean how did Zhaan... ugh! Best not ponder questions like these that only make your head hurt.\\
'''Chiana:''' Forget about it. Sit back and enjoy the happy ending.
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* ''Series/TedLasso'': In Season 2 during Sam & Ediwn Akufo's scene in the museum, Sam says: "You aren't at all what I expected - you don't even have a security detail." to which Akufo - a billionaire - coyly responds: "...That's because I bought out the entire museum & filled it with actors."
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* ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'': The [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol source material]]'s relative obscurity in the grand scheme of the DCU is acknowledged in the episode "Fame Patrol", where the heroes participate in a parade and Larry Trainor remarks that there's only a small group of people who care about them.
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* ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'': The [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol source material]]'s relative obscurity in compared to the grand scheme general scope of the DCU is acknowledged in the episode "Fame Patrol", where the heroes participate in a parade and Larry Trainor remarks that there's only a small group of people who care about them.
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* Emma Peel is watching an old black-and-white episode of ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' when the screen goes all fuzzy and then her partner Steed appears on the television screen in color to tell her that [[CharacterCatchphrase "Mrs. Peel, we're needed."]]
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* ''Series/RadioEnfer'': In the first episode of Season 2, when Jean-Lou appears in the radio crew's room, he proudly exclaims that "Radio Enfer is back!" Of course, he's referring to the fact that the radio station is back after the summer vacation, but he could also be referring to the fact that the series was coming back for a second season.
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E7TheSensorites "The Sensorites"]], being the show's one-year anniversary, starts with a part where the companions all talk about how they've all changed since they set out with the Doctor, and he agrees "It all started as a mild curiosity in a junkyard, and now it's turned out to be quite a spirit of adventure."
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames "The War Games"]]: At the end, the Second Doctor says he's "quite well known on Earth", referring to the popularity of the show. This was because, when the storyline was going to be the finale of the whole show, the BolivianArmyEnding was going to have the Doctor change his form, so as to comfort the children and assure them that the Doctor was on Earth protecting them from the monsters and could look like anything.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot "Robot"]]: Played by Creator/TomBaker, the Fourth Doctor's ranting at Harry Sullivan is clearly supposed to be an announcement to the viewers that [[CharacterRerailment even though he's different to his predecessor he's closer now to how he was originally intended to be]]: "You may be ''a'' doctor, but I'm THE Doctor. The definite article, you might say."
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius "The Brain of Morbius"]]: Solon compliments the Doctor on his "magnificent head". The Doctor says he used to have an "old grey model before this" and "some people liked it" (at the time the episode was made, the Third Doctor was the fan darling). Then he goes on to say "I prefer this model", serving as a gentle TakeThat and a statement of [[CreatorsFavorite favouritism from story cowriter]] Creator/RobertHolmes.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis "Logopolis"]]: The audience was well aware thanks to promotion and news reports that Creator/TomBaker was leaving to be recast with Creator/PeterDavison. So, the spectral character who knows the Doctor will inevitably die at the end of this story and quietly observes him, waiting for him to do so but not directly intervening to cause or prevent it, is called [[YouBastard the Watcher]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva "Castrovalva"]]: Freshly regenerated, the Fifth Doctor sees himself for the first time. "That's the trouble with regeneration: you're never quite sure what you're going to get."—he says while looking into a mirror that's angled so that his eyeline is directly into the camera.
** When Creator/ColinBaker first takes over as the Sixth Doctor, his [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma first story]] ends with a challenge to companion Peri that is clearly aimed at the viewers: "And I would suggest, Peri, that you wait a little before criticizing my new persona. You may well find it isn't quite as disagreeable as you think. [...] Whatever else happens, I am the Doctor, whether you like it or not."
** After the 18-month hiatus, in the first episode of "The Trial of a Time Lord", the Doctor's opening line is "Am I late for something?"
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks"]]: A BBC announcer in 1963 is cut off while announcing a new science-fiction series called "Doc-".
** In the direct-to-video not-exactly-''Doctor Who'' film ''Downtime'', UNIT codes for the first two Yeti incursions are NN and QQ — which also happen to be the production codes for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E2TheAbominableSnowmen "The Abominable Snowmen"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear "The Web of Fear"]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode "The Shakespeare Code"]]: The Doctor's comment about academics punching the air works after it's indicated that Shakespeare is bi, but it also lampshades that academics watching the show who advocate that view likely had that reaction.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink "Blink"]] introduces the Weeping Angels, a race — one so ancient not even the Doctor knows when they came into being — that is "Quantum Locked": if observed by any living creature, [[CursedWithAwesome including themselves]], they turn to stone. This includes when the ''audience'' is watching them.
** [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CiNSTimeCrash "Time Crash"]] executes this trope in such a fashion as to, by the end of the minisode, make it unclear whether or not the Fourth Wall has even survived the battering it's been given. At some points it's not clear whether we have Ten gushing at Five, Creator/DavidTennant gushing at Five, or David Tennant gushing at Creator/PeterDavison. Hell, it could be Ten gushing at Peter Davison for all we know.
*** And is it entirely an accident that the minisode ends with a ''literal'' breaking of the fourth wall?
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky "The Poison Sky"]]: When the Doctor complains about being stuck on Earth like a human, he quickly apologizes. As he does so, he [[AsideGlance looks at the camera]] for long enough that this apology is more to the viewers than to the evil clone of Martha he's with.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E8SilenceInTheLibrary "Silence in the Library"]] has a lot of talk of {{spoiler}}s. In particular, it's the {{catchphrase}} of the mysterious River Song, who knows the Doctor in his future and uses it when she's refusing to tell him anything about said future.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead "Forest of the Dead"]]: One of the things that convinces Donna that she is in a constructed reality is that she starts noticing the scene breaks.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft "Turn Left"]]: After Donna, who has been resisting adventure for the whole episode, realizes that TheStarsAreGoingOut, she turns to face the camera and says "I'm ready." The next shot reveals she's talking to [[spoiler:Rose]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWho2008PSMusicOfTheSpheres "Music of the Spheres"]]: The Doctor talks to the audience at the BBC proms through a time portal in the TARDIS. The audience responding is a real audience from the ''Doctor Who'' proms, however.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead "Planet of the Dead"]]: UNIT scientist Malcolm Taylor eagerly tells the Doctor that he's a huge fan, and he's read all the files, to which the Doctor replies, "Really? Which was your favorite? The one with the giant robot?" Doubles as a ContinuityNod in reference to the [[TheNthDoctor Fourth Doctor]] story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot "Robot"]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour "The Eleventh Hour"]]:
*** Half an hour into the episode is a brief shot of a clock showing 11:30. The freshly-incarnated Eleventh Doctor reckons he has twenty minutes to save the Earth, but first he has to convince Amy that he is real and not some elaborate prank.
---->'''The Doctor:''' I'm the Doctor. I'm a time traveller... Just twenty minutes. Just believe me for ''twenty minutes''.
*** Twenty minutes' running time later, after saving the world, he's stepping through a projected montage of the previous Doctors to introduce himself:
---->'''The Doctor:''' Hello. I'm the Doctor.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]] has a minor subplot about a young woman named Breen; in the beginning, her boyfriend's squadron engages the Nazis over the English Channel. In the denouement, she gets confirmation that he was shot down. As she's being comforted by her sister, Amy wonders aloud where the Doctor's got to, at which point he walks in from behind the sisters and says "Tying up some loose ends!"
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone "Flesh and Stone"]]:
*** Amy attempts some HintDropping on the Doctor by talking about [[TitleDrop "who"]] she wants.
*** It turns out that the gargantuan explosion that caused the cracks in time occurred on June 26, 2010 — otherwise known as the premiere date of the below-mentioned "The Big Bang", Series 5's finale (and also the day of Amy's wedding).
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang "The Big Bang"]]:
*** The Eleventh Doctor quietly laments: "We're all stories, in the end."
*** This is the same season where the most significant date in the universe turns out to be the 26th of June 2010, because that's the date of Amy's wedding (and the date of the season finale).
*** [[spoiler:The Doctor was trapped in the Pandorica at the end of the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens previous episode]], Amy has been shot dead, and it looks like he set up a StableTimeLoop for the younger Amelia to open up the Pandorica to free him. However, when it opens, Amy is in there instead. As she comments, "this is where it gets complicated". The show then cuts to shortly after the events of the last episode and shows just how complicated it gets.]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E1TheImpossibleAstronaut "The Impossible Astronaut"]]: The Doctor claims Saturdays are "big temporal tipping points when anything's possible." Except for a few seasons in the 1980s, and Christmas specials when Christmas fell on another day of the week, ''Doctor Who'' had traditionally aired on Saturdays up till this point.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E6TheAlmostPeople "The Almost People"]]: [[spoiler:The Ganger Doctor is struggling to deal with all of his regenerations, crossing into each version of the Doctor as he makes his way to his current incarnation. Eventually, he reaches Ten and, ''in Creator/DavidTennant's voice'', says "Hello, I'm the Doctor–" before being cut off as he screams]] "DON'T! LET IT GO! WE'VE MOVED ON!" in what is possibly a TakeThat to the fans still unhappy with Tennant's departure.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler "Let's Kill Hitler"]]: Amy mentions how the Doctor's had all summer to look for Melody after there had been no new episodes (in the middle of a series, no less) for the whole of summer.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E9NightTerrors "Night Terrors"]]: Alex mentions that his son George had been scared of something that he had seen on the television and that it had prompted them to turn it off. Instinctively, the Doctor responds "Oh, you don't want to do that." This is likely a reference to the scandals which took place in the 1970s-80s over if ''Doctor Who'' was too scary to be viewed by children. The producers of the show very much took up the policy that it was fine to scare the young viewers, as long as they didn't attach that fear to anything grounded in the real world.
** The show also sometimes makes references to its title. [[spoiler:In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong "The Wedding of River Song"]], it is revealed that "the first question, the oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight" is just "Doctor who?" It's hidden in plain sight because it's the show's title and has appeared at the beginning of every episode for 50 years! It's also the oldest question in the ''Who''niverse and the utterance of "Doctor Who" becomes a major plot point in Series 7 and the final Eleventh Doctor episode, [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor "The Time of the Doctor"]].]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks "Asylum of the Daleks"]]:
*** The Doctor says "it's Christmas!" to the Daleks. Immediately after this line, Creator/JennaColeman appears as Oswin, even though fans had been told she wouldn't debut as the new companion... ''until Christmas''.
*** At the end of the episode, when the Dalek, whose memories of the Doctor have been erased, start asking “Doctor Who?”, the Doctor responds with “Fellas, you’re never gonna stop asking.”, while looking basically directly at the camera.
** In the mini-episode "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The Night of the Doctor]]", Cass is frustrated with her crashing ship's computer, which apparently thinks she needs medical attention. She tells it, "I'm trying to send a distress signal — stop talking about doctors." Then we hear a man off-camera say, "I'm a Doctor..." Cut to [[spoiler:the Eighth Doctor]] looking at Cass (and the camera). "...but probably not the one you were expecting."
** There are several points in "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]" (for example, his distaste for catchphrases, or his bewilderment at them holding the sonics like weapons) where the War Doctor's irritation with Ten and Eleven feels a lot like the old series looking at the new series and saying "Really?" Of course, he later comes to appreciate them.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor The Time of the Doctor]]":
*** The Eleventh Doctor[=/=]Creator/MattSmith leans so hard on the fourth wall it's surprising it doesn't fall over. Is it the Doctor or Matt Smith saying this?
---->"We all change. When you think about it, we're all different people all through our lives, and that's okay, that's good, you gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. I will not forget one line of this. Not one day. I swear. I will always remember when the Doctor was me."
*** Clara tells the Time Lords that the Doctor's name is not his Gallifreyan name but "the Doctor," and that if they love him they should help him prevent his end.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E1DeepBreath Deep Breath]]", Creator/PeterCapaldi's first true episode as the Twelfth Doctor, deals with Clara's initial reluctance to accept a new, older Doctor with a radically different personality. The point becomes clear during a scene near the end where the Doctor begs Clara, and by extension, the audience, to "just see me".
--->'''The Doctor:''' You can't see me, can you? You... you look at me and you can't see me. Do you have any idea what that's like? I'm not on the phone, I'm right here. Standing in front of you. Please, just... just see me.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E3RobotOfSherwood "Robot of Sherwood"]]: The Doctor is convinced that Myth/RobinHood is only a legend and can't be the real deal. In the end, Robin tells him, "And remember, Doctor: I'm as real as you are."
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E7KillTheMoon Kill the Moon]]" hinges on everyone on Earth being asked to vote whether or not the creature should be killed by switching their lights off if they want it dead. Due to a later broadcast slot and the fact that it was being shown in October, chances are the viewer would be watching it with the lights on, and even people who wanted the creature dead were unlikely to get up from the sofa to turn the lights off — so the viewer has cast their vote. Of course, Clara decides to let the creature live.
** Since one of the main characters of [[Recap/DoctorWho2014CSLastChristmas "Last Christmas"]] is SantaClaus, a lot of mileage is made out of comparing Santa's ontological status with that of the Doctor. Right from the cold open:
--->'''Santa Claus:''' Believer until the age of 9. Why did you stop?\\
'''Clara Oswald:''' Because you're a fairy tale. I grew out of fairy tales.\\
'''Santa Claus:''' ''[sigh]'' Did you, Clara? Did you really?\\
''[[[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound TARDIS materialises]]]''
** Series 9 plays with the issue of major character deaths in the Creator/StevenMoffat-era seasons (Series 5 onward) often being undone or revealed to not be what they seemed. Half of the season's {{Cliffhanger}}s tease the deaths of the Doctor, Clara, ''and/or'' other recurring characters. Two major character deaths from Series 8, [[spoiler: Missy and Osgood's]], prove to have been more complex than what the audience saw at the time — and the former character says as soon as they appear that yep, they're back, let's get on with things! The Doctor saves "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E5TheGirlWhoDied The Girl Who Died]]" with alien tech but makes her immortal and ageless as a result; because he can't take her on as a companion due to the risk of ImmortalityImmorality for both of them (as he is functionally immortal himself), she becomes a problem he has to deal with for a ''long time''. It all leads up to a finale in which he puts the entire universe at risk of destruction to [[spoiler:save Clara Oswald from her fixed-point-in-time death]], and '''all''' of the other characters tell him he should have just accepted what happened in the first place!
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis "Extremis"]]: A faint echo of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E3RobotOfSherwood "Robot of Sherwood"]] comes in at the denouement.
--->'''The Doctor:''' I don't believe much — I'm not sure I believe anything — but right now belief is all I am ... Consider this a warning on the eve of war: I ''am'' the Doctor. I am what stands between you and them.\\
'''Monk:''' You are not the Doctor; you are not real.\\
'''The Doctor:''' '''You don't have to be real to be the Doctor.''' Long as you never give up...
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E8TheWitchfinders "The Witchfinders"]]: While previous Doctors have expressed a fondness for Saturdays, ''Doctor Who'' isn't on Saturdays any more:
--->'''Child''': We do this every Sunday.\\
'''The Doctor''': Oh, happy Sunday!
** In [[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution "Resolution"]], the VillainOfTheWeek diverts all the power in the UK for its EvilPlan, knocking out the internet in the process. We then cut to a BUFFERING symbol on the screen, as if the villain has managed to stop the episode as well (at least for those watching on their computers instead of TV).
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall "Spyfall"]]: Early in the first part, Yaz's father Hakim is seen having trouble getting his Alexa speaker to play Music/TheBeatles' "Rubber Soul" as it keeps misunderstanding him. Almost as if the show couldn't actually get the rights for the music...
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E5FugitiveOfTheJudoon "Fugitive of the Judoon"]]:
*** When he first appears on screen, [[spoiler:Captain Jack Harkness]] says:
---->"You missed me, right?"
*** After the Doctor [[spoiler:unearths her TARDIS by the lighthouse]] and Ruth [[spoiler:regains her true identity]]:
---->'''Ruth:''' You're probably a bit confused, right now.
** [[Recap/DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks "Revolution of the Daleks"]]: From the perspective of the Doctor's companions, they haven't seen her in 10 months. There had been a 10-month gap between the airing of this episode and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E10TheTimelessChildren the last]].
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtzRP0fycII first]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtzRP0fycII two]] teasers for the 60th anniversary end with only one line by Ncuti Gatwa as the [[spoiler:Fifteenth]] Doctor, presumably as [[QuotesFitForATrailer a reaction]] to [[spoiler:the reveal of David Tennant as the ''Fourteenth'' Doctor]]:
-->"Would someone tell me what the '''hell''' is going on here?!"
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E7TheSensorites "The Sensorites"]], being the show's one-year anniversary, starts with a part where the companions all talk about how they've all changed since they set out with the Doctor, and he agrees "It all started as a mild curiosity in a junkyard, and now it's turned out to be quite a spirit of adventure."
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames "The War Games"]]: At the end, the Second Doctor says he's "quite well known on Earth", referring to the popularity of the show. This was because, when the storyline was going to be the finale of the whole show, the BolivianArmyEnding was going to have the Doctor change his form, so as to comfort the children and assure them that the Doctor was on Earth protecting them from the monsters and could look like anything.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot "Robot"]]: Played by Creator/TomBaker, the Fourth Doctor's ranting at Harry Sullivan is clearly supposed to be an announcement to the viewers that [[CharacterRerailment even though he's different to his predecessor he's closer now to how he was originally intended to be]]: "You may be ''a'' doctor, but I'm THE Doctor. The definite article, you might say."
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius "The Brain of Morbius"]]: Solon compliments the Doctor on his "magnificent head". The Doctor says he used to have an "old grey model before this" and "some people liked it" (at the time the episode was made, the Third Doctor was the fan darling). Then he goes on to say "I prefer this model", serving as a gentle TakeThat and a statement of [[CreatorsFavorite favouritism from story cowriter]] Creator/RobertHolmes.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis "Logopolis"]]: The audience was well aware thanks to promotion and news reports that Creator/TomBaker was leaving to be recast with Creator/PeterDavison. So, the spectral character who knows the Doctor will inevitably die at the end of this story and quietly observes him, waiting for him to do so but not directly intervening to cause or prevent it, is called [[YouBastard the Watcher]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva "Castrovalva"]]: Freshly regenerated, the Fifth Doctor sees himself for the first time. "That's the trouble with regeneration: you're never quite sure what you're going to get."—he says while looking into a mirror that's angled so that his eyeline is directly into the camera.
** When Creator/ColinBaker first takes over as the Sixth Doctor, his [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma first story]] ends with a challenge to companion Peri that is clearly aimed at the viewers: "And I would suggest, Peri, that you wait a little before criticizing my new persona. You may well find it isn't quite as disagreeable as you think. [...] Whatever else happens, I am the Doctor, whether you like it or not."
** After the 18-month hiatus, in the first episode of "The Trial of a Time Lord", the Doctor's opening line is "Am I late for something?"
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks"]]: A BBC announcer in 1963 is cut off while announcing a new science-fiction series called "Doc-".
** In the direct-to-video not-exactly-''Doctor Who'' film ''Downtime'', UNIT codes for the first two Yeti incursions are NN and QQ — which also happen to be the production codes for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E2TheAbominableSnowmen "The Abominable Snowmen"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear "The Web of Fear"]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode "The Shakespeare Code"]]: The Doctor's comment about academics punching the air works after it's indicated that Shakespeare is bi, but it also lampshades that academics watching the show who advocate that view likely had that reaction.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink "Blink"]] introduces the Weeping Angels, a race — one so ancient not even the Doctor knows when they came into being — that is "Quantum Locked": if observed by any living creature, [[CursedWithAwesome including themselves]], they turn to stone. This includes when the ''audience'' is watching them.
** [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CiNSTimeCrash "Time Crash"]] executes this trope in such a fashion as to, by the end of the minisode, make it unclear whether or not the Fourth Wall has even survived the battering it's been given. At some points it's not clear whether we have Ten gushing at Five, Creator/DavidTennant gushing at Five, or David Tennant gushing at Creator/PeterDavison. Hell, it could be Ten gushing at Peter Davison for all we know.
*** And is it entirely an accident that the minisode ends with a ''literal'' breaking of the fourth wall?
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky "The Poison Sky"]]: When the Doctor complains about being stuck on Earth like a human, he quickly apologizes. As he does so, he [[AsideGlance looks at the camera]] for long enough that this apology is more to the viewers than to the evil clone of Martha he's with.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E8SilenceInTheLibrary "Silence in the Library"]] has a lot of talk of {{spoiler}}s. In particular, it's the {{catchphrase}} of the mysterious River Song, who knows the Doctor in his future and uses it when she's refusing to tell him anything about said future.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead "Forest of the Dead"]]: One of the things that convinces Donna that she is in a constructed reality is that she starts noticing the scene breaks.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft "Turn Left"]]: After Donna, who has been resisting adventure for the whole episode, realizes that TheStarsAreGoingOut, she turns to face the camera and says "I'm ready." The next shot reveals she's talking to [[spoiler:Rose]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWho2008PSMusicOfTheSpheres "Music of the Spheres"]]: The Doctor talks to the audience at the BBC proms through a time portal in the TARDIS. The audience responding is a real audience from the ''Doctor Who'' proms, however.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead "Planet of the Dead"]]: UNIT scientist Malcolm Taylor eagerly tells the Doctor that he's a huge fan, and he's read all the files, to which the Doctor replies, "Really? Which was your favorite? The one with the giant robot?" Doubles as a ContinuityNod in reference to the [[TheNthDoctor Fourth Doctor]] story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot "Robot"]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour "The Eleventh Hour"]]:
*** Half an hour into the episode is a brief shot of a clock showing 11:30. The freshly-incarnated Eleventh Doctor reckons he has twenty minutes to save the Earth, but first he has to convince Amy that he is real and not some elaborate prank.
---->'''The Doctor:''' I'm the Doctor. I'm a time traveller... Just twenty minutes. Just believe me for ''twenty minutes''.
*** Twenty minutes' running time later, after saving the world, he's stepping through a projected montage of the previous Doctors to introduce himself:
---->'''The Doctor:''' Hello. I'm the Doctor.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]] has a minor subplot about a young woman named Breen; in the beginning, her boyfriend's squadron engages the Nazis over the English Channel. In the denouement, she gets confirmation that he was shot down. As she's being comforted by her sister, Amy wonders aloud where the Doctor's got to, at which point he walks in from behind the sisters and says "Tying up some loose ends!"
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone "Flesh and Stone"]]:
*** Amy attempts some HintDropping on the Doctor by talking about [[TitleDrop "who"]] she wants.
*** It turns out that the gargantuan explosion that caused the cracks in time occurred on June 26, 2010 — otherwise known as the premiere date of the below-mentioned "The Big Bang", Series 5's finale (and also the day of Amy's wedding).
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang "The Big Bang"]]:
*** The Eleventh Doctor quietly laments: "We're all stories, in the end."
*** This is the same season where the most significant date in the universe turns out to be the 26th of June 2010, because that's the date of Amy's wedding (and the date of the season finale).
*** [[spoiler:The Doctor was trapped in the Pandorica at the end of the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens previous episode]], Amy has been shot dead, and it looks like he set up a StableTimeLoop for the younger Amelia to open up the Pandorica to free him. However, when it opens, Amy is in there instead. As she comments, "this is where it gets complicated". The show then cuts to shortly after the events of the last episode and shows just how complicated it gets.]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E1TheImpossibleAstronaut "The Impossible Astronaut"]]: The Doctor claims Saturdays are "big temporal tipping points when anything's possible." Except for a few seasons in the 1980s, and Christmas specials when Christmas fell on another day of the week, ''Doctor Who'' had traditionally aired on Saturdays up till this point.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E6TheAlmostPeople "The Almost People"]]: [[spoiler:The Ganger Doctor is struggling to deal with all of his regenerations, crossing into each version of the Doctor as he makes his way to his current incarnation. Eventually, he reaches Ten and, ''in Creator/DavidTennant's voice'', says "Hello, I'm the Doctor–" before being cut off as he screams]] "DON'T! LET IT GO! WE'VE MOVED ON!" in what is possibly a TakeThat to the fans still unhappy with Tennant's departure.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler "Let's Kill Hitler"]]: Amy mentions how the Doctor's had all summer to look for Melody after there had been no new episodes (in the middle of a series, no less) for the whole of summer.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E9NightTerrors "Night Terrors"]]: Alex mentions that his son George had been scared of something that he had seen on the television and that it had prompted them to turn it off. Instinctively, the Doctor responds "Oh, you don't want to do that." This is likely a reference to the scandals which took place in the 1970s-80s over if ''Doctor Who'' was too scary to be viewed by children. The producers of the show very much took up the policy that it was fine to scare the young viewers, as long as they didn't attach that fear to anything grounded in the real world.
** The show also sometimes makes references to its title. [[spoiler:In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong "The Wedding of River Song"]], it is revealed that "the first question, the oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight" is just "Doctor who?" It's hidden in plain sight because it's the show's title and has appeared at the beginning of every episode for 50 years! It's also the oldest question in the ''Who''niverse and the utterance of "Doctor Who" becomes a major plot point in Series 7 and the final Eleventh Doctor episode, [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor "The Time of the Doctor"]].]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks "Asylum of the Daleks"]]:
*** The Doctor says "it's Christmas!" to the Daleks. Immediately after this line, Creator/JennaColeman appears as Oswin, even though fans had been told she wouldn't debut as the new companion... ''until Christmas''.
*** At the end of the episode, when the Dalek, whose memories of the Doctor have been erased, start asking “Doctor Who?”, the Doctor responds with “Fellas, you’re never gonna stop asking.”, while looking basically directly at the camera.
** In the mini-episode "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The Night of the Doctor]]", Cass is frustrated with her crashing ship's computer, which apparently thinks she needs medical attention. She tells it, "I'm trying to send a distress signal — stop talking about doctors." Then we hear a man off-camera say, "I'm a Doctor..." Cut to [[spoiler:the Eighth Doctor]] looking at Cass (and the camera). "...but probably not the one you were expecting."
** There are several points in "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]" (for example, his distaste for catchphrases, or his bewilderment at them holding the sonics like weapons) where the War Doctor's irritation with Ten and Eleven feels a lot like the old series looking at the new series and saying "Really?" Of course, he later comes to appreciate them.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor The Time of the Doctor]]":
*** The Eleventh Doctor[=/=]Creator/MattSmith leans so hard on the fourth wall it's surprising it doesn't fall over. Is it the Doctor or Matt Smith saying this?
---->"We all change. When you think about it, we're all different people all through our lives, and that's okay, that's good, you gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. I will not forget one line of this. Not one day. I swear. I will always remember when the Doctor was me."
*** Clara tells the Time Lords that the Doctor's name is not his Gallifreyan name but "the Doctor," and that if they love him they should help him prevent his end.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E1DeepBreath Deep Breath]]", Creator/PeterCapaldi's first true episode as the Twelfth Doctor, deals with Clara's initial reluctance to accept a new, older Doctor with a radically different personality. The point becomes clear during a scene near the end where the Doctor begs Clara, and by extension, the audience, to "just see me".
--->'''The Doctor:''' You can't see me, can you? You... you look at me and you can't see me. Do you have any idea what that's like? I'm not on the phone, I'm right here. Standing in front of you. Please, just... just see me.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E3RobotOfSherwood "Robot of Sherwood"]]: The Doctor is convinced that Myth/RobinHood is only a legend and can't be the real deal. In the end, Robin tells him, "And remember, Doctor: I'm as real as you are."
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E7KillTheMoon Kill the Moon]]" hinges on everyone on Earth being asked to vote whether or not the creature should be killed by switching their lights off if they want it dead. Due to a later broadcast slot and the fact that it was being shown in October, chances are the viewer would be watching it with the lights on, and even people who wanted the creature dead were unlikely to get up from the sofa to turn the lights off — so the viewer has cast their vote. Of course, Clara decides to let the creature live.
** Since one of the main characters of [[Recap/DoctorWho2014CSLastChristmas "Last Christmas"]] is SantaClaus, a lot of mileage is made out of comparing Santa's ontological status with that of the Doctor. Right from the cold open:
--->'''Santa Claus:''' Believer until the age of 9. Why did you stop?\\
'''Clara Oswald:''' Because you're a fairy tale. I grew out of fairy tales.\\
'''Santa Claus:''' ''[sigh]'' Did you, Clara? Did you really?\\
''[[[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound TARDIS materialises]]]''
** Series 9 plays with the issue of major character deaths in the Creator/StevenMoffat-era seasons (Series 5 onward) often being undone or revealed to not be what they seemed. Half of the season's {{Cliffhanger}}s tease the deaths of the Doctor, Clara, ''and/or'' other recurring characters. Two major character deaths from Series 8, [[spoiler: Missy and Osgood's]], prove to have been more complex than what the audience saw at the time — and the former character says as soon as they appear that yep, they're back, let's get on with things! The Doctor saves "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E5TheGirlWhoDied The Girl Who Died]]" with alien tech but makes her immortal and ageless as a result; because he can't take her on as a companion due to the risk of ImmortalityImmorality for both of them (as he is functionally immortal himself), she becomes a problem he has to deal with for a ''long time''. It all leads up to a finale in which he puts the entire universe at risk of destruction to [[spoiler:save Clara Oswald from her fixed-point-in-time death]], and '''all''' of the other characters tell him he should have just accepted what happened in the first place!
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis "Extremis"]]: A faint echo of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E3RobotOfSherwood "Robot of Sherwood"]] comes in at the denouement.
--->'''The Doctor:''' I don't believe much — I'm not sure I believe anything — but right now belief is all I am ... Consider this a warning on the eve of war: I ''am'' the Doctor. I am what stands between you and them.\\
'''Monk:''' You are not the Doctor; you are not real.\\
'''The Doctor:''' '''You don't have to be real to be the Doctor.''' Long as you never give up...
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E8TheWitchfinders "The Witchfinders"]]: While previous Doctors have expressed a fondness for Saturdays, ''Doctor Who'' isn't on Saturdays any more:
--->'''Child''': We do this every Sunday.\\
'''The Doctor''': Oh, happy Sunday!
** In [[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution "Resolution"]], the VillainOfTheWeek diverts all the power in the UK for its EvilPlan, knocking out the internet in the process. We then cut to a BUFFERING symbol on the screen, as if the villain has managed to stop the episode as well (at least for those watching on their computers instead of TV).
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall "Spyfall"]]: Early in the first part, Yaz's father Hakim is seen having trouble getting his Alexa speaker to play Music/TheBeatles' "Rubber Soul" as it keeps misunderstanding him. Almost as if the show couldn't actually get the rights for the music...
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E5FugitiveOfTheJudoon "Fugitive of the Judoon"]]:
*** When he first appears on screen, [[spoiler:Captain Jack Harkness]] says:
---->"You missed me, right?"
*** After the Doctor [[spoiler:unearths her TARDIS by the lighthouse]] and Ruth [[spoiler:regains her true identity]]:
---->'''Ruth:''' You're probably a bit confused, right now.
** [[Recap/DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks "Revolution of the Daleks"]]: From the perspective of the Doctor's companions, they haven't seen her in 10 months. There had been a 10-month gap between the airing of this episode and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E10TheTimelessChildren the last]].
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtzRP0fycII first]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtzRP0fycII two]] teasers for the 60th anniversary end with only one line by Ncuti Gatwa as the [[spoiler:Fifteenth]] Doctor, presumably as [[QuotesFitForATrailer a reaction]] to [[spoiler:the reveal of David Tennant as the ''Fourteenth'' Doctor]]:
-->"Would someone tell me what the '''hell''' is going on here?!"
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot "Robot"]]: The new Doctor's ranting at Harry Sullivan is clearly supposed to be an announcement to the viewers that [[CharacterRerailment even though he's different to his predecessor he's closer now to how he was originally intended to be]]: "You may be ''a'' doctor, but I'm THE Doctor. The definite article, you might say."
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot "Robot"]]: The new Played by Creator/TomBaker, the Fourth Doctor's ranting at Harry Sullivan is clearly supposed to be an announcement to the viewers that [[CharacterRerailment even though he's different to his predecessor he's closer now to how he was originally intended to be]]: "You may be ''a'' doctor, but I'm THE Doctor. The definite article, you might say."
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks "Asylum of the Daleks"]]: The Doctor says "it's Christmas!" to the Daleks. Immediately after this line, Creator/JennaColeman appears as Oswin, even though fans had been told she wouldn't debut as the new companion... ''until Christmas''.
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*** The Doctor says "it's Christmas!" to the Daleks. Immediately after this line, Creator/JennaColeman appears as Oswin, even though fans had been told she wouldn't debut as the new companion... ''untilChristmas''.Christmas''.
*** At the end of the episode, when the Dalek, whose memories of the Doctor have been erased, start asking “Doctor Who?”, the Doctor responds with “Fellas, you’re never gonna stop asking.”, while looking basically directly at the camera.
*** The Doctor says "it's Christmas!" to the Daleks. Immediately after this line, Creator/JennaColeman appears as Oswin, even though fans had been told she wouldn't debut as the new companion... ''until
*** At the end of the episode, when the Dalek, whose memories of the Doctor have been erased, start asking “Doctor Who?”, the Doctor responds with “Fellas, you’re never gonna stop asking.”, while looking basically directly at the camera.
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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the third episode, Daniel Molloy provides the perfect summary for the show when he tells Louis de Pointe du Lac that the latter's revision of his romance with Lestat de Lioncourt sounds "like you were locked in some fucked up gothic romance."
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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the third episode, "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E3IsMyVeryNatureThatOfADevil Is My Very Nature That of a Devil]]", Daniel Molloy provides the perfect summary for the show when he tells Louis de Pointe du Lac that the latter's revision of his romance with Lestat de Lioncourt sounds "like you were locked in some fucked up gothic romance."
