History ShoutOut / DoctorWho

* In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E9TheEmpressOfMars "The Empress of Mars"]] Bill is surprised to discover that the Doctor is unfamiliar with ''Film/TheTerminator'', ''Film/TheThing1982'' or ''Film/TheVikings''. Later on the Doctor directly references ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}''.

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno "Inferno"]]: The Doctor complains about the MirrorUniverse UNIT's scepticism about his TARDIS, by asking them if they expected "Batman at the controls". Also a TakeThat as, at the time, ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' was what ITV was running against ''Doctor Who''.

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E3Orphan55 "Orphan 55"]]: [=Hyph3n=], the CatFolk greeter at Tranquillity Spa, strongly resembles Barf from ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''.

** [[spoiler:The Master describes his TARDIS, disguised as a house, flying alongside the plane as "a bit [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the West]]".

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall "Spyfall"]], the spy-themed season premiere, has a title that fittingly nods to the ''Film/JamesBond'' movie ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang "The Big Bang"]]: The Doctor's OnlyMostlyDead quote is a clear homage to ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]]: Of course, the Cybermen and Borg have obvious similarities, but they made it even more obvious when a Cyberman said [[Franchise/StarTrek "YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED!"]]

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno "Inferno"]]: The Doctor complains about the MirrorUniverse UNIT's scepticism about his TARDIS, by asking them if they expected "Batman at the controls". Also a TakeThat as, at the time, ''Series/{{Batman}}'' was what ITV was running against ''Doctor Who''.

** There are homages to works like the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' film series (the Doctor's IndyHatRoll moment with the screwdriver, MalevolentArchitecture and traps in an ancient temple, Ravenwood being the maiden name of Clara's mum, even the poster for the episode) and '''Film/BladeRunner'' (the shot of Clara's eyes reflecting a stylised scenery, the Doctor's and Clara's speech in the finale having similarities to Roy Batty's famous final monologue). Interestingly enough, an interview with Jenna Coleman at the time had her mentioning that Matt Smith recommended she watch ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' before filming Series 7.

* "[[Recap/DoctorWho2016CSTheReturnOfDoctorMysterio The Return of Doctor Mysterio]]" is one big shout-out to the Creator/ChristopherReeve Film/{{Superman}} films, with several scenes basically reenactments of sequences from ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''.

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E9SleepNoMore Sleep No More]]" is an homage to the "found footage" genre of horror film popularized by ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject''.

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* The title of the ''Doctor Who'' Expanded Universe novel ''The Taking of Chelsea 426'' is a triple reference: first (and most obviously) to the movie ''[[{{Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree}} The Taking of Pelham 123]]'', and second to the planet [[Film/{{Aliens}} LV-426]]. Thirdly, the Saturnian city is the new location of the Chelsea Flower Show.
** ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' novel ''The Taking of Planet 5'' also homages ''Pelham 123''.
* The 2003 webcast [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada "Shada"]], based on a script by Douglas Adams, included a Nutrimat drinks machine and a Ford Prefect car (neither appearing in the original script), both references to ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. The 2012 novelisation contains several more references, such as a reiteration of the famous digital watches joke, Chronotis switching out the book for "an Earth classic about space and thumbing lifts..." and a scene where the Doctor attempts to communicate with a man in ragged clothes and long hair whose first word is, for no apparent reason, "[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus It's...]]"
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!Classic Series

!Expanded Universe
* The title of the ''Doctor Who'' Expanded Universe novel ''The Taking of Chelsea 426'' is a triple reference: first (and most obviously) to the movie ''[[{{Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree}} The Taking of Pelham 123]]'', and second to the planet [[Film/{{Aliens}} LV-426]]. Thirdly, the Saturnian city is the new location of the Chelsea Flower Show.
** ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' novel ''The Taking of Planet 5'' also homages ''Pelham 123''.
* The 2003 webcast "Shada", based on a script by Douglas Adams, included a Nutrimat drinks machine and a Ford Prefect car (neither appearing in the original script), both references to ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. The 2012 novelisation contains several more references, such as a reiteration of the famous digital watches joke, Chronotis switching out the book for "an Earth classic about space and thumbing lifts..." and a scene where the Doctor attempts to communicate with a man in ragged clothes and long hair whose first word is, for no apparent reason, "[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus It's...]]"

!!Series 1

!!Series 2

*** Just to double the amputation jokes, he then gets up in the exact same pose from the poster/cover of Film/ArmyOfDarkness, minus shotgun and woman clinging to his leg.

!!Series 3

!!Series 4

!!Series 5

!!Series 6

!!Series 7

!!50[[superscript:th]] Anniversary Specials

* [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor "The Time of the Doctor"]]: The climax was also extremely reminiscent of that of ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

!!Series 8

* "[[Recap/DoctorWho2014CSLastChristmas Last Christmas]]":

!!Series 9

!!Series 10

!!Series 11

** [[Series/ThePrisoner "Goodnight children... everywhere."]]

** Daughter of Mine's red balloon is a reference to [[Series/ThePrisoner Rover]].

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E11DarkWater Dark Water]]":

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E10InTheForestOfTheNight In the Forest of the Night]]":

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E9Flatline Flatline]]": The registration on the train that's going to crush the TARDIS is [[Creator/PixarRegulars A113]]. (That one is ''definitely'' deliberate, as correct headcodes start with a digit, not a letter.)

* In the "Meanwhile in the TARDIS" scene set after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone "Flesh and Stone"]], the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeJ4Ak2xCkw Eleventh Doctor tells Amy]] he's like, "I dunno, [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]]! A [[RecycledINSPACE space Gandalf]]. Or the little green one in ''Franchise/StarWars''. ''[lightsaber noise]''"

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E5TimeHeist Time Heist]]":

* "[[Recap/DoctorWho2014CSLastChristmas Last Christmas]]": The Twelfth Doctor learns there's a horror movie called ''Film/{{Alien}}'', and thinks that's "''really'' offensive". [[Creator/JohnHurt The War Doctor]] [[ActorAllusion may have thought otherwise, however]].
** Likewise with [[Film/{{Alien 3}} the Eighth Doctor]].

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]]: The sequence with :the Weeping Angel slowly emerging from the television screen is quite possibly a reference to ''Literature/TheRing''.

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E2IntoTheDalek Into the Dalek]]" features a dark Shout-Out to ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' and/or ''Manga/CryingFreeman'' when Clara suggests that Danny Pink "shoots people and then cries about it".

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E1DeepBreath Deep Breath]]"'s restaurant scene is similar to the one in ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'': In Victorian London, a highly intelligent, gorgeously-costumed girl meets an eccentric genius in a restaurant who proceeds to insult her (they make up later). Then, it turns out all the patrons were in on the bad guy's plot; they get up simultaneously and leave the girl to her fate (though Clara fares better than [[spoiler:Irene]]).

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]]: The sequence with [[spoiler:the Weeping Angel slowly emerging from the television screen is quite possibly a reference to ''Literature/TheRing''.]]

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver Nightmare in Silver]]":
** There's [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} a galaxy-spanning human empire, with an emperor that they revere as a god, who is engaged in a Robot War and destroys entire planets if it means stopping the enemy]].

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E2TheBeastBelow "The Beast Below"]]: Amy runs around in her nightie and a dressing gown the whole time, a bit like a female version of [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Arthur Dent]]. Or a reference to Wendy from ''Literature/PeterPan''; a girl who runs off with the mysterious boy to another land in her nightgown the night before she has to "grow up".

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E9Hide Hide]]": Another episode written by Cross, with references such as:

** The cold spot and the music room being 'the heart of the house' are direct references to ''Literature/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'' by Creator/ShirleyJackson (it was the nursery in the book).

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour "The Eleventh Hour"]]: The Doctor's rejection of one food after another is reminiscent of the scene in ''[[Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]]'' in which Tigger says "Tiggers like honey/yuck, Tiggers don't like honey." It even sounds similar: "Oh, I love apples" ''[chomp]'' "Yech! I hate apples." It seems to fit the Doctor's personality as a bumbling, manic, impulsive genius.

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E7TheRingsOfAkhaten The Rings of Akhaten]]": Neil Cross was apparently having a lot of fun with references.

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks "Asylum of the Daleks"]] has a possible reference to ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' when Rory asks, "What colour?" because all the good questions were gone. Similarly, in "The Man with Two Legs", Patrick asks Jeff — [[ItMakesSenseInContext who has fallen in love with a girl's leg]] — "Left or right?" When Steve stares at him, he protests "It's a leg! What else is there to ask?" The others look shocked at him when he queries about the colour. It's also possibly a reference to the backlash against the brightly coloured Paradigm Daleks in "[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]].
* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E06TheBellsOfSaintJohn The Bells of Saint John]]": When the Doctor and Clara find themselves on a crashing plane, the conversation about how neither of them knows how to fly it, ending with the Doctor saying "Fine, we'll do it together" is a reference to a conversation in ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' where Zaphod establishes that neither he, Ford nor Trillian know how to pilot the ''Heart of Gold'' manually.

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks Asylum of the Daleks]]" has a possible reference to ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' when Rory asks, "What colour?" because all the good questions were gone. Similarly, in "The Man with Two Legs", Patrick asks Jeff — [[ItMakesSenseInContext who has fallen in love with a girl's leg]] — "Left or right?" When Steve stares at him, he protests "It's a leg! What else is there to ask?" The others look shocked at him when he queries about the colour. It's also possibly a reference to the backlash against the brightly coloured Paradigm Daleks in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks Victory of the Daleks]]".