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11As one of the most iconic and long-running TV shows in British pop culture, ''Series/DoctorWho'' is a major source of homages and gags in other works.
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16* A series of Prime Computer adverts in Australia explicitly featured Creator/TomBaker and Creator/LallaWard as the Doctor and Romana, and became notorious among ''Doctor Who'' fans for the open Four/Romana shipping in one of them.
17* Creator/DavidTennant did a series of adverts for Virgin Media with heavy ''Doctor Who'' references, until the BBC threatened a lawsuit.
18* At one time Vodafone did a series of TV ads in the UK which had [[CaptainErsatz Captains Ersatz]] of Mulder and Scully from ''Series/TheXFiles'' investigating rumoured paranormal events that turned out to be misunderstandings of people discussing new features on Vodafone handsets. [[http://youtu.be/mUKa5qIdI1w One of them]] was themed around time travel. As "Mulder and Scully" departed down the street, Creator/JonPertwee stood in the road behind them, checking his watch [[LawyerFriendlyCameo before walking into a garage with "Doctor On Call" painted across the doors]] and a strange glow emerging from it.
19* A 1980s UK magazine ad for Mazda, describing how deceptively spacious their cars were, was illustrated with a photo of a police box on wheels.
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23* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'': In the comics spoof on ''Franchise/FlashGordon'', "Dash Decent", Dr Zellamy builds a matter transporter in the shape of a pillar box, which is "surprisingly spacious". When Dash falls into it, he lands next to a mushroom-shaped console with a transparent central column, and in a pile of old clothes including a floppy hat and very long scarf.
24* ''Literature/AnnoDracula'': ''Anno Dracula: Seven Days in Mayhem'' has a scene set in the fictional London district of Coal Hill, where the Council of Seven Days hold an emergency meeting in I.M. Foreman's scrapyard in Totter's Lane.
25* ''ComicBook/AdventureTime'': In the computer virus arc, one of Marceline's costumes includes a shop assistant's uniform shirt with a name badge that reads "Rose".
26* ''ComicBook/BritainAProphecy'': In issue #3, the soldier standing between TheFairFolk and Buckingham Palace looks a lot like Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. #4 names him as General Nicolas Stewart, after the Brig's actor Nicholas Courtney.
27* ''[[ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight]]'': One panel of the comic has a cameo appearance by the Tenth Doctor and Rose.
28* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'': In ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol2016'' #10, when Agantha appears and then takes Lucius and his family to the Daemonsphere, the sound effect used both times is "VWORP", which in ''Doctor Who'' Expanded Universe comics is the sound effect used for a materialising or dematerialising TARDIS, originating in the ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic strip.
29* ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur|MarvelComics}}'': Brigadier Alysande Stuart of the Weird Happenings Organisation is a {{Gender Flip}}ped version of Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart. Her twin brother Alistaire is WHO's "scientific advisor", the same job title that the Doctor had with UNIT. At one point in the Cross-Time Caper, Alistaire encounters a Dalek who insists they've met before.
30* ''ComicBook/FrankensteinAgentOfShade'': Father Time regularly [[TheNthDoctor changes his appearance]] in what is almostly certainly a ''Doctor Who'' reference, although DependingOnTheWriter this is either when he is severely injured (like a Time Lord), regularly every year, or regularly every decade.
31* ''Freakwave'': One panel of the bizarre Peter Milligan/ Brendan [=McCarthy=] OceanPunk comic included a human character in what appeared to be an empty Dalek casing.
32* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In ''ComicBook/FriendlyNeighborhoodSpiderMan'' #19 (which involves time travel), there's graffiti reading "[[ArcWords Bad Wolf]]".
33* ''ComicBook/GothamAcademy'': It may be a coincidence, but when [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Derek "Blight" Powers]] appears as a surprise crossover villain in the Annual, he is a skeletal-looking time-travelling villain whose time machine is disguised as a long-case clock, which also describes the Crispy Master in "The Deadly Assassin" and "The Keeper of Traken".
34* ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'': In an extremely nerdy and obscure shout out, a list of {{Fantastic Drug}}s in one of the ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinnRebirth'' issues includes spectrox from "The Caves of Androzani".
35* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'': Qubit is a clear {{Expy}} of the Tenth Doctor, with messy hair, a GadgeteerGenius who has created teleportation tech, is something of an InsufferableGenius and is also the only one who believes the [[BewareTheSuperman Plutonian]] is not beyond redemption (mirroring Ten's relationship with the Master).
36* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': In Grant Morrison's ''JLA Classified'' arc, the upper section of a Dalek is visible in Batman's "[[SciFiGhetto sci-fi closet]]".
37* ''ComicBook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': In ''League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier'', the Doctor's TARDIS is visible as a detail in a map. ''Century: 2009'' had a two panel cameo appearance by both the First and Eleventh Doctors. ''Century: 1969'' had a similar cameo by the Second. In ''The Tempest'', the Daleks ([[LawyerFriendlyCameo not named]] but obvious) are among the many alien races to invade Earth during the ending.
38* ''ComicBook/LoveAndRockets'': In volume 4, the in-universe ''Professor Enigma'' show is a blatant CaptainErsatz for ''Doctor Who''. At one point, Professor Enigma says that he's just had lunch with the Doctor and Professor Franchise/{{Quatermass}}.
39* ''Franchise/TheMuppets'': In ''Muppet Franchise/SherlockHolmes'', Holmes, Watson and Lestrade are on stake out, hiding in a bush, a pillar box and a police box. Lestrade calls out that he's got lost inside the police box, which is BiggerOnTheInside. There's also a brief mention of the Torchwood Institute.
40* ''ComicBook/PowerManAndIronFist'': Issue #79 introduced a heroic time-travelling outlaw named Professor Gamble and his enemies the Incinerators, who were blatant [[CaptainErsatz Captains Ersatz]] for the Doctor and the Daleks. (Gamble himself looked like a cross between Creator/PatrickTroughton's version of the Doctor and Creator/BennyHill.) He later reappeared in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers Annual'' #22. Since Marvel UK was actually publishing ''Doctor Who Magazine'' at the time, the reason for the use of a CaptainErsatz rather than an actual crossover is mysterious.
41* ''ComicBook/RickAndMortyOni'':
42** Doctor Tock is a HeroAntagonist who travels through time and space with the mission of arresting those who abuse time and space. He looks like a cross between the First Doctor's elderly appearance with the Sixth Doctor's multicolored clothes.
43** Peacock Jones is an alien adventurer who travels across space in a magic elevator who seeks out female companions to take on adventurers. He expects and insists upon earning sexual favors in exchange for taking them on his adventures. If they die, he immediately looks for the next sexy companion and carries on. This is a jab at how the Doctor usually has at least one female companion at one point or another to accompany them, and in particular how Nu Who has frequently portrayed this as a romantic relationship.
44* ''ComicBook/RocketRaccoon'': In ''ComicBook/Rocket2017'' #2, Gatecrasher of the Technet (who are, of course, connected to the Special Executive, who originally appeared in ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'') is shown having tea with an unseen figure who accidentally tells her about her future, then offers her a jelly baby. In #3, Rocket feigns madness by screaming "I CAN'T STAND THE CONFUSION IN MY MIIIIIIND!!", a line from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]].
45* ''ComicBook/ScarletTraces'': In ''Scarlet Traces: The Great Game'' a diagram shows the original inhabitants of the solar system, all from different works. The Earth is represented by Silurians and Sea Devils.
46* ''ComicBook/SilverSurfer'': In Creator/DanSlott's run, the Surfer was turned into essentially the Marvel Universe version of the contemporary Tenth Doctor, a galaxytrotting do-gooder with a hero-worshipping everygirl companion from contemporary Earth.
47* ''ComicBook/TheSimpsonsFuturamaCrossoverCrisis'': In a commercial starring Malfunctioning Eddie and Gil, the latter shows a few sci-fi vehicles, one of them being the Doctor's TARDIS (except it's red instead of blue).
48* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
49** The {{Technobabble}} in ''The Adventures of Superman'' #634 by Creator/DanAbnett and Creator/AndyLanning comes straight from "Logopolis".
50** ComicBook/LexLuthor's assistant in ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing'' is [[ComicBookFantasyCasting based on]] Creator/DavidTennant, and wears a blue suit and "clever specs". When the Joker takes the blame for killing him, his explanation is "He reminded me so much of that actor, I wanted to see if he'd turn into someone else!"
51* ''ComicBook/TopTen'' : The ReferenceOverdosed series has a Dalek among a group of wheelchair-using characters in an accessibility protest, and the Fourth Doctor among a group of "Doctor" characters in a hospital scene.
52* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'': The design of minor Decepticon Octus implies he may transform into a Dalek. This was confirmed by WordOfGod.
53* ''ComicBook/USAvengers'': In issue #4, the Germanic MadScientist Victor Vandoom ([[ComicBook/DoctorDoom no relation]]) declares "Nothing in the ''vurld'' can stop me now!", a line made infamous by the Germanic MadScientist Professor Zaroff in "The Underwater Menace".
54* ''ComicBook/{{Viz}}'': The comic has had several ''Doctor Who'' parodies and references:
55** One single-issue parody script was called "Doctor Poo", and featured a caricature of the Fourth Doctor wandering the universe in fruitless search of an opportunity to go to the toilet in peace.
56** A "Suicidal Syd" strip had him trying to provoke a group of stereotypical ''Doctor Who'' fanboys to kill him by calling them gay. [[LGBTFanbase They happily agree.]]
57** A "Roger Mellie" strip had Mellie going to an SF fan convention to try to cheat money out of fans by pretending to have been a Dalek operator in the 1970s. He's quickly rumbled, but they don't actually beat him up until he [[FandomRivalry calls them "Trekkies"]].
58* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #218 had a cameo by the Brigadier and Benton, taking the Juggernaut into custody after he caused some trouble in Edinburgh.
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62* In the ''Oor Wullie'' strip for 12 May 2019, Wullie builds a police box for PC Murdoch to shelter from the rain. As he tries to squeeze into it, Murdoch comments that it's wee-er on the inside than they used to be. Wullie retorts that Murdoch is bigger on the outside than he used to be.
63* ''ComicStrip/{{Retail}}'': As three of the stockroom workers are immense nerds, Doctor Who has been mentioned a few times.
64** In 2008 Cooper dressed up as the Fourth Doctor for Halloween. Everyone else thinks he's Sherlock Holmes, though, irritating him to no end.
65** In 2018 Donnie dressed up as the Third Doctor. He was unrecognizable because for once both his eyes were visible.
66** Lunker, secret genius, either has or will build a working TARDIS. Time travel's weird like that.
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70* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'':
71** "The Five Calvins" is a WholePlotReference to "The Five Doctors".
72** A later HalloweenEpisode has the entire cast dressed as the various incarnations of the Doctor.
73** The series itself tends to namedrop the show as well.
74** "Surge" has Calvin wearing the Fourth Doctor's scarf.
75--->'''Hobbes:''' ([[NoFourthWall to the viewer]]) [[LampshadeHanging Kudos and handshakes to whoever gets this gag.]]
76** From "Lenny's Diary":
77--->'''Hobbes:''' Whoa. I haven't seen such fashion disasters since Creator/JohnNathanTurner[[note]]the producer of the series from 1980 to 1989[[/note]] thought question marks were fashionable.\
78'''Calvin:''' Well, fair play to the actors. Not a lot of men can make punctuation look decorative.
79** A panicking Calvin asks for [[IAmNotShazam "Doctor Who"]] to save him from something that [[ItMakesSenseInContext sort of makes sense in context]] in "Invasion".
80*** Also, when the MTM suggests using the MindProbe, Hobbes remarks [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "No!]] [[MemeticMutation Not the mind probe!"]]
81** Calvin whistles the theme near the end of "Dark Laughter Part 2".
82* Several characters reference the show in ''FanFic/ChildOfTheStorm,'' [[ReferenceOverdosed far too many times to list.]] Examples include [[TimeMaster Doctor]] [[MagnificentBastard Strange]] lampshading his own resemblance to the Doctor, Harry and Carol's UST-heavy psychic therapy session straight from ''The Girl in the Fireplace,'' and one of Zola's [=AI=]s going haywire and shouting "Exterminate."
83** The Fourth Doctor and the TARDIS even make a brief cameo during the FinalBattle, during which reality is warping and the usual laws of the universe have been tossed out the window thanks to Chthon's emergence breaking down the walls between universes. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Darcy swiped his jelly babies.]]
84* ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''
85** A 'dustbin droid' tries to exterminate Buster Kincaid only to fall down the stairs, get confused and try to molest Captain Proton with its toilet plunger.
86** Dr Zarkendorf denies being "an impotent time-traveling twit with no fashion sense", but later mentions time-traveling in a blue box to Cardiff where he complains about having barely escaped being "buggered by that [[Series/{{Torchwood}} randy captain and his gang of Welsh perverts!]]"
87* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8935062/1/Shards-To-A-Whole Shards To a Whole]]'', an Series/{{NCIS}} fanfic: Tim [=McGee=] and Abby Scuito go clubbing in one chapter with Jimmy and Breena Palmer and Tony [=DiNozzo=] and Ziva David. Tim shows up wearing a v-neck t-shirt and leather jacket, while Tony wears a suit and necktie and Jimmy wears a brown jacket and bow tie. When Tim sees the others, he points to himself, Tony and Jimmy in order, commenting, "[[Creator/ChristopherEccleston Nine]]...[[Creator/DavidTennant Ten]]...[[Creator/MattSmith Eleven!]]"
88* ''Fanfic/AStormOfChaosADoctorWhoovesAdventure'' is this with regard to a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' version, although, unlike the source material, it's [[TruerToTheText closer to the version]] seen on the cartoon. This fanfic makes them into a CompositeCharacter of various Doctors, notably Tennant's portrayal. It also takes elements of various ''Doctor Who'' stories and remakes them to fit the universe of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
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92* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', New Paradigm Daleks (referred to in the film only as "British [[FandomEnragingMisconception robots]]", but clearly recognisable) are among the members of the multiversal LegionOfDoom that Batman has to fight at the climax.
93* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'', one of the devices Rex Dangervest builds the Rexcelsior out of is the TARDIS.
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97* In ''Film/AllSuperheroesMustDie'', Rickshaw's outfit heavily resembles that of the Eleventh Doctor, complete with a bowtie.
98* In ''Film/CarryOnScreaming'', during a WhosOnFirst conversation with Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung, Dr Watt claims that Doctor Who is his uncle.
99* In ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'', the plastic dummies that come to life and chase Patty are reminiscent of the Auton duplicates.
100* In ''Film/IronSky'', the Doctor's TARDIS is visible in the international space fleet at the climax.
101* In ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'', Daleks appear as alien prisoners in Area 52. Fun fact: Creator/SteveMartin agreed to appear in the film on the condition that they were in it.
102** Other fun fact: It's rumoured that the film-makers didn't get permission from the Creator/TerryNation estate because they assumed the Daleks were public domain, and that this pissed the Nation estate off so much that it nearly prevented the Daleks from appearing in the 21st-century ''Doctor Who'' revival at all.
103* In ''Film/PacificRim'', [[MissionControl Tendo Choi]] has a VERY similar outfit to the Elventh Doctor.
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107* ''Literature/AgathaHAndTheClockworkPrincess'': When Rivet shows Agatha her collection of tools, Agatha finds a sonic screwdriver.
108* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfTheImaginariumGeographica'': In one of the later books, Creator/JulesVerne shows John a room full of time machines in the basement of the house where former Caretakers live, one of which is clearly the TARDIS. Verne says it was "stolen by a doctor from London with delusions of grandeur".
109* Noah from ''Literature/{{Clade}}'' used to have a complete collection of figurines of the Doctors. His mother's favorite was [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture the fourteenth]], which was the first one she saw as a kid. As an adult, Noah thinks the whole collection is lost, until his mother manages to unearth the sixteenth.
110* "Doctor Who" [[IAmNotShazam (sic)]] is one of a lengthy list of party guests in one of ''Literature/TheCorneliusChronicles'', which incorporates people from many Creator/MichaelMoorcock works, other literary characters, and historical figures. (Moorcock would later write an authorized ''Doctor Who'' novel, ''The Coming of the Terraphiles'', with links, as always, to his larger multiverse.)
111* Averted in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. Many fans suspected that there was a ''Series/DoctorWho'' reference intended with Death having a house that is BiggerOnTheInside and a grand-daughter named Susan. Creator/TerryPratchett said that it was unintentional. Some have theorised that the time-travelling pyramids in ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'' making a "[[{{Pun}} CHE-ops, CHE-ops]]" noise while the tips glow is one, though.
112* In ''Literature/EvenIfWeBreak'', Liva's quilt is made of scraps from costumes she's made, including a Time Lord coat.
113* "The Travelling Doctor" is one of the many familiar characters who wander through the ''Literature/{{Nightside}}''.
114* Creator/RickRiordan:
115** ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'': While not mentioned by name, Sadie Kane is revealed to be a fan of the series in the thrid book. Her brother mentions that she once built a [[{{Golem}} shabti]] out of a Thermos that "levitated around the room, yelling 'Exterminate! Exterminate!' until it smacked [Carter] in the head." Later in the same book, Sadie distracts the goddess [[CrazySurvivalist Neith]] by channeling her inner Fourth Doctor and spinning a story about a Jelly Baby conspiracy.
116** ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'': In book 5, ''The Blood of Olympus'', Leo Valdez reveals he's a fan of the show.
117** ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'': Magnus reveals ''he's'' a fan, too, and says he thinks the towers of Boston's Longfellow Bridge look like Daleks.
118* Creator/KimNewman:
119** In ''Literature/AnnoDracula 1999: Daikaiju'', when Richard Jeperson reflects that back in the sixties, it was thought the UK only needed five computers, one of them is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines WOTAN on top of the Post Office Tower]]".
120** In ''Literature/TheSecretsOfDrearcliffGrangeSchool'', the list of all the pupils at the end of the book includes a S Foreman, who never appears in the main body of the novel.
121* ''Literature/PilgrennonsChildren'': In ''The Emerald Forge'', Eric speculates that the mechanical wyvern that attacked him and Dana might be a cyborg with a mechanical exoskeleton, "like the Daleks on Dr Who."
122* ''Literature/PrudencePenderhaus'': In ''17 Gilmore Lane'', Cassius does a Dalek impression and pretends to be exterminating Prudence. Later, he dresses as the Tenth Doctor at the Halloween party.
123* ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' has a fair amount of references due to the author being a former scriptwriter for the show. Main character Peter Grant is a fan, and occasionally mentions the show as the source of his knowledge on some subjects.
124* Emmet from ''Literature/TheRoosevelt'' wears a Dalek T-shirt whenever he's angry.
125* In ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'', an officer in charge of the evacuation of Sheffield is named as "Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart".
126* In ''Literature/SaveTheEnemy'', Ben wears a Doctor Who T-shirt.
127* Literature/SherlockHolmes
128** In the short story "The Waters of Death" by Kel Richards, in the collection ''Footsteps in the Fog'', the crew of the Bruce-Parlington submarine include Captain Harry Sullivan, Commander Ralph Lethbridge-Stewart and Lieutenant Philip Benton. The submarine is tested on Loch Ness, and the local landowner is the Duke of Forgil from "Terror of the Zygons".
129** The novel ''The Three Locks'' by Bonnie [=MacBird=] mentions one character attends St. Cedd's College, Cambridge, from "Shada". (Or possibly from ''Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency''.)
130* ''Literature/ShadesOfLondon'': In the first book, ''The Name of the Star'', [[AlphaBitch Charlotte]] goes to the Bonfire Night dance as Amy Pond (policewoman kissogram). [[TomboyishName Rory]] initially thinks she's dressed as a stripper.
131* In ''Literature/TheSomedayBirds'', Joel suggests naming the puppy he and Jake have just adopted Dr. Who.
132* ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse'' novels:
133** In ''Literature/{{Ishmael|1985}}'', there are cameos by unnamed characters whose descriptions match the second and fourth Doctors, as well as a mention of "Metebelis crystals", and when it becomes apparent that the plot involves an attempt to change the past through time travel, Kirk mentions a legend he's heard about a planet in the Kasterborous constellation where they invented time travel.
134** In ''[[Literature/{{Rihannsu}} My Enemy, My Ally]]'', the head of the Recreaton department is working on converting Series/DoctorWho episodes into 3-D format.
135** In the ''Literature/StarTrekMyriadUniverses'' novella "Seeds of Dissent" by James Swallow, the ''Botany Bay'' crewmembers who didn't wake up include Brown, [=McShane=], Summerfield, Tyler and Jones; all the surnames of ''Doctor Who'' companions.
136** In the ''Literature/StarTrekDepartmentOfTemporalInvestigations'' novel ''Forgotten History'', the time-travel obsessed Starfleet officer Antonio Delgado is named after two actors who played the Master. He's also described as having a short, grizzled beard. In the same book, the mysterious element that facilitates the ''Enterprise'''s time travel is taranium, from "The Dalek Masterplan". "Tigellan chronic hysterisis" in ''Watching the Clock'' is a reference to "Meglos".
137* Grace from ''Literature/TheStateOfGrace'' is a huge ''Doctor Who'' fan. She wears a Tardis T-shirt to a party, even though a popular girl makes fun of her for it. Gabe turns out to be a ''Doctor Who'' fan too, and they talk about the show on their dates. He buys her a Tardis keychain.
138* ''Literature/{{Stim}}'': During Chloe's hypomanic episode in ''Kaleidoscope'', she pounds on the door of the port-a-loo Robert is using and asks him to help her build a time machine. A woman waiting outside scoffs, "It's a freaking port-a-loo, not a Tardis. It doesn't go anywhere, and it's definitely no bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside."
139* There's a notorious erotic romance novel called ''The Stranger'' by "Portia Da Costa" (rumoured to be a pseudonym for a regular ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' prose writer) that is blatantly a DivorcedInstallment or SerialNumbersFiledOff for the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures''. Published at the same time as an arc in the novel series that had the Eighth Doctor suffering from amnesia and taking TheSlowPath through Earth's twentieth century, the novel is about a woman who has a passionate relationship with an amnesiac man called "Paul", who is described as looking exactly like Creator/PaulMcGann, the Eighth Doctor's actor. It also includes many unsubtle ''Doctor Who'' allusions, despite not including anything explicitly SF or fantasy.
140* ''Literature/{{Stravaganza}}'': In book four, ''City of Secrets'', Matt's girlfriend Ayesha, upon being told that he and his new friends are {{Dimensional Traveller}}s, asks if it's "like Doctor Who?"
141* ''Literature/{{Underdogs}}'':
142** Ewan hides behind a sofa during a fight with Oliver. Oliver taunts him, "Hiding behind the sofa, mate? Seriously? [[ThisIsReality This is war, not an episode of Doctor bloody Who]]!"
143** Kate's missing brother James used to watch the same Creator/DavidTennant - era episode over and over again. Kate misses watching it with him, and the sense of security and consistency it brought them both.
144* The novelization of ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' compares the Millennium Dome to a monster which might have appeared on ''Doctor Who.''
145* ''Literature/YoungWizards'': In book three, ''High Wizardry'', Dairine is at one point helped by a man who fits the description of the Fifth Doctor.
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149* In ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', Agents Fitz and Simmons are noted multiple times as being fans of the show.
150** Agent Simmons is asked what object she'd most like to find on a deserted island, based on what first comes into her mind. Her answer is the TARDIS.
151** Fitz's apparently self-chosen codename during a mission is "Time Lord".
152** In different FreezeFrameBonus, Simmons' birthday cake can be seen as shaped like a TARDIS, while a small TARDIS decorates Fitz's quarters.
153* In the final season of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', Illyria has major similarities in backstory, make-up, dress sense and personality to Eldrad's first on-screen incarnation in "The Hand of Fear".
154* In the ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' episode [[Recap/ArrowS3E18PublicEnemy "Public Enemy"]], Ray Palmer ends up in the hospital due to being [[spoiler:shot with an arrow by Maseo]], and when Felicity is chatting with her mother she mentions that Ray is a massive fan of the show.
155* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'':
156** In one episode, Sheldon Cooper wanted to watch ''Doctor Who'' re-runs, but other people kept distracting him. He says that now it's more like ''Doctor Why Bother''.
157** Here's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRorKSLtCUU compilation]] of ''Doctor Who'' references on ''The Big Bang Theory'' and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvz9ToMiR1A a more recent one.]]
158* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': A toy [=TARDIS=] can be seen in reception during the events of the episode "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS4E7TheChop The Chop]]".
159* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
160** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E9Smashed Smashed]]", Johnathan claimed at one point to own all of ''Doctor Who'' on DVD. This caused some amusement among ''Doctor Who'' fans given the number of {{Missing Episode}}s, and that many surviving stories had yet to be released on DVD at the time the ''Buffy'' episode was broadcast.
161** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E9ListeningToFear Listening to Fear]]" featured significant plot and conceptual similarities to the ''Doctor Who'' story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E1TerrorOfTheAutons Terror of the Autons]]", and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E9TheWish The Wish]]" to "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno Inferno]]".
162* ''Series/CallTheMidwife''
163** In Season 8, episode 4, the cast are shown watching "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E6TheAztecs The Aztecs]]". Most of them are unsure about it, especially Nurse Crane, but Sister Monica Joan insists "But it's so exciting!"
164** In Season 11, episode 7, Sister Monica Joan has apparently stuck with the series post-regeneration, putting it on for the Turner children (one of whom ''immediately'' hides behind a cushion) although we don't see what episode.
165* In ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', Season 34, episode 38, Ethan attends Holby Comic Con in costume as the Fourth Doctor, and exchanges some banter with a kid cosplaying as Eleventh, just before the inevitable emergency situation.
166* The Roman Britain sitcom ''Series/{{Chelmsford 123}}'' had a FunnyBackgroundEvent in which a police box appears in the background, and a [[LawyerFriendlyCameo mysterious figure]] steps out of it and wanders around for a few seconds [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere before going back into it and taking off again]].
167* The StylisticSuck British sci-fi series ''JustForFun/InspectorSpacetime'' on ''Series/{{Community}}'' is one long AffectionateParody of ''Doctor Who''. Also, within the ''Community'' universe, ''Doctor Who'' does still exist, but only as the less-popular ripoff of ''Inspector Spacetime''.
168* Referenced a few times in ''Series/CriminalMinds'', as Dr. Spencer Reid & Penelope Garcia turn out to be fans of the show. In one episode, Reid tells Ashley Seaver that ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' is just a rip-off of the show. In another episode, Reid & Garcia cosplay as Four and Eleven, respectively. And when Reid is in the hospital, Garcia places Doctor Who action figures on a table in front of his bed to make cheer him up when he wakes up.
169* On ''Series/CobraKai'', Eli and Demetri have a brief discussion about Creator/StevenMoffat's departure and the new doctor being a woman.
170* One of Creator/DaveAllen's many sketches about priests had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg7nL5DOEPQ priest walking past a baptismal font]], which starts following him. As he get closer to the altar, the font starts shrieking "EX-TERM-IN-ATE! EX-TERM-IN-ATE!". The priest ducks behind his pulpit, which promptly fades away with a TARDIS dematerialisation sound effect.
171* In ''Series/DerryGirls'', James is a Doctor Who fan; in one episode he dresses up as the Fourth Doctor.
172* The British daytime soap ''Series/{{Doctors}}'' had one episode with Creator/SylvesterMcCoy AdamWesting as a fictional actor best known for his part as "The Magical Lollipop Man".
173* ''Series/EastEnders'' and ''Series/CoronationStreet'' both had characters who were ''Doctor Who'' fans. Unfortunately both were stereotypical {{Basement Dweller}}s.
174* ''Series/TheExpanse'': Avasarala's contact list shown briefly in "Tribes" contains "[[Series/DoctorWho Who, Dr.]]", "[[Series/{{Bewitched}} Stevens, D.]]", and "[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Clegane, G.]]", among others. All names of characters in shows that had been recast (like her husband's character had been).
175* In ''Series/{{GBH}}'', a major scene is set at a hotel where a (surprisingly realistic, and hilarious) ''Doctor Who'' fan convention is taking place.
176* ''Series/TheGoodies''
177** Graeme has shot his two friends into space in a rocket and they're not happy. Tim suggests they call the fire brigade to get them down. Bill asks how they're supposed to make a telephone call in outer space whereupon a police box flies past.
178** In the spoof of ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', Graeme asks his robot how to talk to the aliens. The robot trundles into the room wielding a toilet plunger and blaring "EXTERMINATE!"
179* ''Series/{{Good Omens|2019}}'':
180** When Crowley is going through the pages of an astronomy book, trying to find a new home to flee from Armageddon to, one of the pages shows Gallifrey, even listing it by name.
181** The license plate of the Youngs' car is SID RAT (TARDIS spelled backwards).
182** Newton's necktie has the same pattern as the Fourth Doctor's scarf.
183** In season 2, Aziraphale promises a shopkeeper a rare ''Doctor Who'' annual in exchange for his presence at a meeting. During this scene, Crowley (played by Creator/DavidTennant) is [[ActorAllusion playing with a fez]] in the background.
184* One episode of the Creator/RussellTDavies series ''Series/ItsASin'' features Ritchie being cast as a space trooper in a fictional ''Doctor Who'' story with elements of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]]. Said trooper is named after real ''Who'' actor and personal friend Dursley [=McLinden=], who portrayed Mike Smith in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks"]] and became an HIV awareness activist after being diagnosed with AIDS in 1990.
185* In the HalloweenEpisode of ''Series/KnightRider'' (2008), Billy is in costume as "Captain Jack Harkness, the time travelling bisexual".
186* From Season 2 of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', the team's time-ship, the ''Waverider'', has a hexagonal console at the back of the bridge.
187* ''Series/LifeOnMars2006'':
188** The main character Sam Tyler was inadvertedly named after Rose Tyler. Show creator Matthew Graham asked his daughter to suggest a surname for Sam, and she suggested "Tyler" after Rose from ''Doctor Who''. Graham has said that if he'd known where she got the name from, he would have come up with a different name for Sam.
189** Given that the protagonist has apparently traveled back in time it's an ObligatoryJoke, so when Annie asks Sam if he's having any more of these 'delusions', Sam jokes that he saw Doctor Who and he gave him some pills. This became HilariousInHindsight when Creator/JohnSimm was cast as the Master.
190* Referenced in, of all things, ''Series/LivAndMaddie'', a [[KidCom Disney Channel sitcom]]; Liv, in order to make sure her brother Joey signs her up for the Brain Olympics (him fearing she may not be smart enough), destroys his "nerd cred":
191-->'''Liv:''' I heard he doesn't think time travel is real. He was like, "Doctor who??"
192* In ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}'', the title character gets called "Doctor Who" in Season 3. Funnily enough, Tom Ellis also appeared on ''Doctor Who''.
193* In the ''Series/MrBean'' episode [[Recap/MrBeanE7MerryChristmasMrBean "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean"]], a miniature Louis Marx toy Dalek (painted to resemble an imperial guard unit from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks "The Evil of the Daleks"]]) is included among the many trinkets the title character uses when messing around with a Nativity set in a toy store.
194* In the ''Series/OnTheHouse'' episode, "Take Me to Your Leader", [[EvilCripple Dr. Stanley]]'s henchmen arrive on the building site with spray guns full of nerve gas, causing Harvey to remark, "Blimey, it's the Daleks!". Doubles as ActorAllusion, as Dr. Stanley was played by Creator/PatrickTroughton, the Second Doctor.
195* In the British ''Series/{{Queer as Folk|UK}}'', central character Vince is a ''Doctor Who'' fan. This is a reference to ''Doctor Who'''s famed LGBTFanbase, which included [=QaF's=] [[Creator/RussellTDavies creator]], who would later make some contributions to ''Who''.
196* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVDemonsAndAngels Demons and Angels]]", the TARDIS is briefly visible in Red Dwarf's landing bay as a Starbug takes off.
197* The ending of the ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' episode "The Sign of the Three", with Sherlock leaving John's wedding reception early knowing that John's marriage will inevitably make their relationship less all-consuming, is a homage to the ending of "The Green Death" with the Doctor driving away alone from Jo's wedding reception. Creator/MarkGatiss confirmed this as intentional on Twitter.
198* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E25TheNeutralZone The Neutral Zone]]", the display of Clare Raymond's descendants includes the first six actors to play the Doctor as a FreezeFrameBonus. The Blu-ray release of the episode reportedly dropped this (and other shout-outs) in favour of something duller and more serious.
199* An episode of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' involved a timeship from the future that was BiggerOnTheInside. Apparently the episode had once be intended as a crossover before the idea was dropped.
200* One episode of ''Series/{{Strange}}'' had a pair of animal rights activists named Jamie and Zoe, after Two's companions.
201* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' had a MonsterOfTheWeek named Amy Pond after Eleventh's first companion.
202* The climax of the pilot episode of ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' involves a disassembled time machine hidden in various safe-deposit boxes in a bank vault. As the main characters enter the bank, there is a gratuitous close-up shot of a plaque on the outside of the building stating that it was opened in 1963, the year that ''Doctor Who'' was first broadcast.
203* ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' ([[CompanyCrossReferences another BBC series]]):
204** In the "Masters of the Universe" segment of the 8th episode of season 2, the Cyberman and the Daleks (later joined by the Sixth Doctor, who messes up the Cyberman's lap with his TARDIS) are seen among the villains from various sci-fi franchises driving the Honda Civic Type R around the track. The Daleks decided to exterminate other competitors after finding out they couldn't fit in the Civic.
205** In the news segment of the 2nd episode of season 11, Jeremy Clarkson says that their show's tame racing driver, the Stig, was moonlighting as the people in white suits and helmets in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead Forest of the Dead]]". Jeremy then jokingly says that the Stig tore his own face off in close-up shots of the visor to hide his real identity.
206** Several ''Doctor Who'' stars appeared in the "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segment, including Creator/ChristopherEccleston, Creator/BilliePiper, Creator/DavidTennant and Creator/MattSmith.
207* One episode of ''[[Series/Wipeout2008 Total Wipeout]]'' has Richard Hammond jokingly claim that Crash Mountain[[note]]King Of The Mountain in the US version[[/note]] once auditioned as a Dalek for ''Doctor Who''. Cut to a clip of its arms looped to move like a Dalek eye while exclaiming "Exterminate!".
208* One episode of ''Series/VisionOn'', [[CompanyCrossReferences a BBC series]] like ''Doctor Who'', features a segment with cameos from several Daleks.
209* In ''Series/WhateverHappenedToTheLikelyLads?'', when Bob wakes up befuddled in the police station after his non-stag-party and asks what happened, Terry tells him they had an encounter with a strange doctor in a police box.
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213* The beginning of Music/AesopRock's "Grace" samples Roth's "I can't do it!" from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf Bad Wolf]]", placing the moral dilemma of playing the DeadlyGame next to [[KidsHateVegetables a young Aesop considering whether or not to eat his greens]] [[SeriousBusiness as a matter of life and death]].
214* Music/MitchBenn:
215** Two songs specifically about the series: "Be My ''Doctor Who'' Girl" and "Call Me During ''Doctor Who'' and I'll Kill You".
216** ''Doctor Who'' gets mentioned three times in "Proud of the BBC".
217** "Richard Dawkins", about UsefulNotes/RichardDawkins, contains the lines "He's evolution's top banana/And he's married to Romana", referencing Dawkins's marriage to Creator/LallaWard.
218* Music/TheHumanLeague's "Tom Baker" is named after the Fourth Doctor's [[Creator/TomBaker actor]], includes a promotional photo of him in-costume as its cover art (as the B-side to "Boys and Girls"), and pastiches the ''Doctor Who'' theme.
219* The cover for the Music/IronMaiden album ''Somewhere in Time'' features a TARDIS near a Rainbow Club billboard.
220* The ''Music/{{Koit}}'' song "Sci-fi Rocks" shows the TARDIS on the lyric "Jump out of your box".
221* Music/KylieMinogue had a whole section of her 2006-7 live shows based around dancers in Cybermen costumes. This was before she appeared in "[[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned Voyage of the Damned]]".
222* [[Music/{{Meddle}} "One of These Days"]] by Music/PinkFloyd contains a quote from the ''Doctor Who'' theme.
223* [[Music/ABrokenFrame "Nothing to Fear"]] by Music/DepecheMode interpolates the ''Doctor Who'' theme's bassline.
224* Music/ThePogues' instrumental "Cats of Kilkenny" sounds suspiciously like an acoustic and Hibernised cover of the ''Doctor Who'' theme.
225* [[Music/InRainbows "Up on the Ladder"]] by Music/{{Radiohead}} opens with the line "I'm stuck in the TARDIS, trapped in hyperspace."
226* "Exterminate, Annihilate, Destroy" by German electronic group Rotersand includes samples of Daleks shouting the song title.
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230* Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} titled the majority[[note]]Excluding ''The Johnny Kidd Invitational'', ''King of Trios'' and the ''Hour of Power'' shows[[/note]] of its Season 18 (2017) events after revival-era episodes.
231* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwgFCcYPk3A this]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} video, depicting [[Wrestling/DamienSandow "The Intellectual Savior of the Unwashed Masses" Damien Sandow]] at a Comic Con in 2012, he does a WhosOnFirst bit with someone dressed as Doctor Who.
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235* In one "Veterinarian's Hospital" skit on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', Dr Bob gets confused when Nurse Janice says "Who, doctor?", pointing out ''Doctor Who'' is a different show.
236* The "Pigs in Space" skit in the live show ''The Muppets Take the O2'' was one massive ''Doctor Who'' reference, guest starring Creator/DavidTennant and Creator/PeterDavison in different performances. The Doctor accidentally turns Link Hogthrob into a Time Lord and he regenerates through various Muppets dressed as Doctors, starting with Sam the Eagle as Creator/WilliamHartnell and ending with Miss Piggy as Creator/JodieWhittaker. The title of the skit is "The Stolen Mirth" (Tennant version) or "Mirthshock" (Davison version).
237* In the "Numeric-Con" episode of ''Series/SesameStreet'', Mando wears a Fourth Doctor costume as "Doctor Two", and "the new Doctor Two" (a Muppet version of the Eleventh Doctor) makes an appearance later, along with Muppet versions of the Cybermen and Daleks. The Muppet Daleks have appeared in the show since, and also in a DeletedScene from ''Series/TheFurchesterHotel''.
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241* ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme''
242** One episode features a ''Doctor Who'' fan whose ambition is to make the TARDIS noise.
243** In the Storyteller's time travel story, Dr Krupenstein's time machine makes "a noise like a Radiophonic Workshop".
244** In the last episode of Season 6, when the other actors are all giving John their ideas for sketches, Carrie Quinlan's is "''Doctor Who'' and all the ''Doctor Who'' adventures, only Carrie is the Doctor."
245* In the ''Music/MitchBenn's Crimes Against Music'' episode "Journey to the Centre of Rick Wakeman", which opens with a PuttingTheBandBackTogether scene, Mitch has become a recluse, writing a ''Doctor Who'' rock opera.
246* In ''Ashley Blaker: 6.5 Children'', Blaker speculates that the reason his daughter's school bus has had multiple drivers but they've all been named Barry is bacause they're different incarnations, and the erratic arrival time of the bus is therefore because it's a TARDIS.
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250* Multiple in TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}:
251** In ''TabletopGame/GURPSIlluminatiUniversity'' (published in 1995, when there were seven Doctors), the head of the titular university's time travel and history college is Dr. What[[superscript:7]], a time-traveller who roams the timestream Doing Good, with seven distinct versions of him, from different points in the timeline, running around the university. His home and office is the Public TOILET, a pocket dimension disguised as a portable toilet, which pops up in different places around the campus. His character art depicts what's basically a black Fourth Doctor.
252** In a ''Pyramid'' magazine article describing a chain of private {{Extranormal Prison}}s for a superhero setting, one of the prisoners in the UK Mega-Max is "the Professor", an eccentric inventor who claims to be a time traveller, says his time machine is disguised as an everyday object, can escape from a normal prison using household items, and [[{{Deconstruction}} has been charged with multiple child abductions]], with his own story being that he took them on "adventures", and then left them in the past.
253** ''Spaceships 7: [[SchizoTech Divergent]] and [[MagiTek Paranormal]] Tech'' presents the Operator-Class [[TimePolice Reality]] [[WeirdnessSearchAndRescue Police]] Cruiser, a ship for the so-called Reality Police. It's BiggerOnTheInside, can travel through time, and is able to disguise itself as most anything marginally larger than a person -- the book even suggests a phone booth.
254* ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'':
255** In the ''TabletopGame/HaltEvilDoer'' setting, Merlin is often described in terms reminiscent of the Doctor.
256** In the ''TabletopGame/FreedomCity'' setting:
257*** UNISON (the UN-sponsored superspy agency) spent the 1960s battling an alien invasion force and their time-travelling backer. The invaders were based in a British quarry.
258*** The Freedomverse's UK superhero team, the Bulldogs, is led by a Brigadier Douglas Courtney. Creator/NicholasCourtney played ''Doctor Who'''s Brigadier, and Creator/DouglasCamfield was the director who cast him.
259** A subtle one in the fan setting ''A World Less Magical, But No Less Fantastic'': [[https://www.echoesofthemultiverse.com/viewtopic.php?p=155155#p155155 Kent Wildman]] is a Doc-Savage-like character who currently lives in a pocket universe, occasionally visiting other universes. When the portals to other unverses open it makes "a strange noise, like a key being dragged along a piano string", and nobody knows why. This is the TARDIS noise, described via how the Radiophonic Workshop made it.
260* ''The TabletopGame/{{Toon}} Ace Catalog'' includes the Ducktor and his arch-enemy the Mouseter who are Time Nerds from the planet Gollygee.
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264* In ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'', when Bruce has to eat an entire cake, the children sing a song encouraging him to eat it and wondering how it's possible. One lyric goes, "I think in effect, this must confirm, Bruce, what we all suspected: you have a worm, Bruce, or maybe your largeness is a bit like a TARDIS: considerably roomier inside."
265* In ''Theatre/BackToTheFutureTheMusical'' (at least the West End version), the TARDIS briefly appears on the background screen during "21st century", alongside the hoverboard and the time-travelling train.
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269* In ''VideoGame/AceOfSpades'', the London map has a blue police box next to Big Ben.
270* In ''VideoGame/AdVentureCapitalist'', the Gravity Booth item resembles a TARDIS.
271* In ''[[VideoGame/AnnoDomini Anno 2025]]'', there is a reference to two unidentified people simply walking into a crater and searching for a blue box.
272* The teleporter pod in the Platform/ZXSpectrum game ''The Dark Side'' is BiggerOnTheInside with a very TARDIS-like console (though it's square rather than hexagonal because of game engine limitations).
273* ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'': Examining a winged statue results in Dooley warning, "Don't blink!"
274* In ''VideoGame/DiscworldNoir'', Lewton's argument with one of the villains is closely based on the big Doctor/Davros scene in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks "Genesis of the Daleks"]], replacing a killer spell with a killer microbe.
275* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', the little boy sitting on the bridge in Lothering will open conversation with "Have you seen my mother?" with the exact same inflection as the boy asking for his "mummy" from the two-parter [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild "The Empty Child"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances "The Doctor Dances"]]. The voice is also identical. All the kid needs is a gas mask.
276* ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' series:
277** In the original ''VideoGame/Fallout1'', it is possible to stumble across a blue police box, which promptly vanishes.
278** In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', there is a radio message stating "[[Creator/TheBBC Bravo Bravo Charlie]] the Doctor is coming". Similarly, the "Wild Wasteland" trait causes some enemies in the ''Old World Blues'' DLC to shout "hey, who turned out the lights", a reference to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E8SilenceInTheLibrary "Silence in the Library"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead "Forest of the Dead"]].
279* In ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'', Spider says something about "reversing the code polarity."
280* The description of the Simple Red Fez in ''VideoGame/FlightRising'' is simply "Fezzes are cool."
281* ''VideoGame/{{Frenzy|1998}}'' have a minor robotic enemy modelled directly after the Daleks.
282* The Platform/{{Macintosh}} game ''Gamma Zee'' uses "[=TARDISes=]" as teleporter spaces.
283* The ZX Spectrum game ''Herbert's Dummy Run'', about a baby in a department store, has a room containing a shooting gallery of Daleks which Herbert can fire his dummies at (an attack he doesn't have anywhere else). No explanation for this is given.
284* The ''VideoGame/JauntTrooper'' series has sonic screwdrivers, chameleon circuits, and transmat booths as usable objects. Whovians had an advantage in knowing that a sonic could pick locks, disable traps, ''and'' repair items; others tended to discover one of these uses and assume that was it.
285* ''VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame'':
286** In ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperHeroes'', a TARDIS can be seen as the heroes travel through the Bifrost.
287** In ''VideoGame/LegoBatman 3: Beyond Gotham'', a Weeping Angel can be found not far from the LegionOfDoom's headquarters. Mercifully, it can't actually hurt you.
288* Easy to miss in the ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' (literally) DLC for ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': The Shadow Broker says: "You travel with fascinating companions, [[Series/DoctorWho doctor]]."
289* In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', Max nicknames an owl "Doctor Hoo".
290* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' and [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 the sequels]], the lead scientist for the Pokétransfer says "Well, let's begin. Allons-y!"
291* In ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep: Home Sheep Home 2: Lost in Space'', one of the hidden areas contains the TARDIS, which dematerialises as soon as you've found it.
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295* In ''Webcomic/AllOverTheHouse'', Tesrin has the Seal of Rassilon on [[http://www.alloverthehouse.net/2011/01/19/hell-is-waste/ her bedroom wall]].
296* ''Doctor Who'' characters have appeared in ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'', however, only sporadically because according to Erin, ''Shine'' takes place in a continuity where the Doctor preferred another planet to Earth. Notably, the Sixth Doctor briefly appeared in the "All's Well that Ends Wells" storyline to explain why Integra was de-aging and direct her in the right direction to fix that. It's placed sometime after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash "Timelash"]], as the Doctor is trying to return [[spoiler:the real]] H.G. Wells to his timeline. Later, during the Battle of London, a young Rose and Jackie are seen fighting the fires that broke out, Ace is blowing up vampires, and Luke, Clyde, and Sarah Jane are hiding in [[Literature/GoodOmens Aziraphale's bookshop]]. (The Rani also apparently is a member of Eurekon staff, as she ends Doc's panel to make room for the next one, while the Master-the Ainley one, by appearances-is also in attendance.)
297* In ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'', Merlin is loosely based on the Doctor (and physically on Creator/WilliamHartnell with a WizardBeard). The [[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0759.htm twelve aged Roman emissaries]] in the baseline arc are twelve Doctors (1-10 [[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0761.htm plus]] the alt-ninths from "Scream of the Shalka" and "Curse of Fatal Death"), just because he "needed twelve faces".
298* In ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' Menulis brings up the TARDIS as something BiggerOnTheInside when Charby is [[http://www.charbythevampirate.com/comic/120 explaining the nature]] of [[EnchantedForest Kellwood Forest]] to Tony.
299* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge''
300** One of the names Walky calls Jason when making fun of his Britishness is "[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/04-the-do-list/summarize/ Mr Who]]". (The fact Walky gets all his British references ''wrong'' annoys Jason even more than the jokes themselves -- which may be the point.)
301** Lucy [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-9-comic/01-flyin-to-the-red/uninvolved/ has a t-shirt]] with the Moffat era DW TARDIS logo. In a double reference, it forms part of the slogan "[[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck When you're in trouble, you call DW]]".
302* In ''WebComic/ElGoonishShive''
303** [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1150 Doctor Physics Professor]] looks like the Eleventh Doctor, apparently this wasn't intentional, but Dan went with it once he noticed (he thinks it's just that the Eleventh Doctor looks like a physics professor).
304** Dex wears a Fourth Doctor scarf [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1258 in a flashback]].
305** A Dalek appears in [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1285 a Q&A strip]] about why ''El Goonish Shive'' won't have time travel.
306** There's [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook.php?id=670 a Halloween sketchbook]] with Grace and Tedd as the Eleventh Doctor and Amy (yes, respectively).
307** [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook.php?id=826 Another sketchbook]] has "Tedd as the Eleventh Doctor, Justin as a the Tenth Doctor, Grace as a happy Dalek."
308* Part 2 of ''WebComic/EnsignSueMustDie'' kicks off when the Tenth Doctor comes to tell the Film/StarTrek2009 crew that having the titular Ensign Sue killed unleashed Sues across the multiverse, and, upon taking Series/{{Sherlock}}'s advice, use [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Poke Balls]] to capture them all and bring them to the Trek universe [[spoiler:only to find that was 'Sherlock's'...or rather, ''Khan's'' plan the whole time.]] In part 3, as the Sues' RealityWarper powers mess with reality, the Doctor starts regenerating...''out of order''. (10, 11, 12, 9, 6, 2, 4, 8, 1, 3, 5, War, [[spoiler:[[Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath Joanna Lumley's Doctor]]]], and back to 10 once the crisis is resolved.)
309* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': In chapter 32, "From the Forest She Came", Annie, while attempting to stage a RelationshipSalvagingDisaster, has Robot pretend to go crazy and suggests they need to "reverse the polarity" to fix him.
310* In the time travel arc of ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'', the time machine looks like a police box.
311* ''Webcomic/MountainTime'' includes a Dalek among [[http://mountaincomics.com/comic/mountain-time-401/ things that are not a horse]].
312* In ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' strip "[[http://nonadventures.com/2011/10/01/london-galling/ London GALLING!]]", a Doctor-like character summons Wonderella and a Series/KamenRider-like character concerning an alien invasion. They then start arguing as to which city the aliens will be invading based on their own genre traditions: London, New York, or Tokyo. [[spoiler: The aliens picked ''Antarctica''.]]
313* ''Webcomic/ThePetriDish'':
314** In one strip, Bob has to clean the toilet and when he picks up the plunger, he says, "Exterminate!".
315** When Thaddeus and Bob are sent into another universe, Bob appears as a Cyberman.
316* Webcomic/{{Realmwalker}} has several Doctor Who references. Thrym refers to Gunhild as "Doctor Who", Luke wears TARDIS pyjamas, and Fulla's outfit looks like a blue version of the Sixth Doctor's coat.
317* ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' references:
318** Jon is shown wearing the Sixth Doctor's outfit [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=963 here]].
319** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1026 This strip]] edits an earlier [=SRoMG=] to give Jon a gas mask and replace his original MadnessMantra of "Talk?" with "Are you my mummy?" in reference to "The Empty Child".
320** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1609 This one]] edits a strip where Jon panics over not getting any e-mails or texts because he thinks there's been alien abductions. This version changes it to "Eknodine", the townspeople-wiping aliens from "Amy's Choice", and shows Garfield subsequently turning into one.
321** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1610 The next day]], we got an edit of a strip where Garfield retorts to Jon calling him a worthless lump of blubber. His real response was "Lumps of blubber have feelings too", here it's "The Adipose are lumps of blubber, and they're ''Doctor Who''[='s=] most popular aliens!"
322* ''Webcomic/UnwindersTallComics'': [[http://tallcomics.com/comic?sort=99 In this comic]], Barbecue Sauce is reading "some non-canon comic continuations of old, canceled, BBC science fiction shows". We get a closeup of the ''Professor Bluebottle'' comic cover, featuring a scientist hero in a goofy white suit, accompanied by two younger companions, squaring off against aliens known as the Dops.
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326* In the ''LetsPlay/AchievementHunterGrandTheftAutoSeries'' episode "Crime Lord", Geoff mishears Ryan's name for the mission as "Time Lord", causing everyone to start singing the theme song for the show.
327* In ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', if a character makes a [[BatDeduction bizarre leap of logic that gets to the answer he needs]], a clip from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen Attack of the Cybermen]]" plays where the Cyber Leader declares "There is... logic in what he says". If there's a scene that goes really crazy, then we get the clip where a Cyberman asks "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E3SilverNemesis Is this the condition known as 'madness'?]]" instead. Linkara has reviewed four entries of the franchise: ''Doctor Who Classic Comics'' #7 and 15, the Audio Drama ''The Minister of Chance'', ''ComicBook/StarTrekTheNextGenerationDoctorWhoAssimilation2'' and the Fourth Doctor finale storyline "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]"
328* In the ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' version of the special "The History of Trunks", the credits has Trunks' Time Machine spiraling through the time stream like the TARDIS as a Doctor Who-inspired remix of "CHA-LA HEAD CHA-LA" plays.
329* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'': "[[IAmNotShazam Dr. Who]]" battled Dr. Brown from ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' once. A Dalek also showed up.
330%%* Creator/GavinFree's love of the show has come up on more than a few occasions.
331* ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' talent Amelia Watson is something of a CompositeCharacter between The Doctor and Literature/SherlockHolmes: A British detective with time travel abilities.
332* LetsPlay/{{Kurtjmac}}'s ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' skin is based on the Tenth Doctor.
333* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'':
334** In one Neopian Times article, a Scorchio is dressed as River Song.
335** On one game, a [[http://www.jellyneo.net/index.php?go=editorialdb&query=1682&type=id Dalek]] can be seen.
336** One of the boons at the Obelisk Skirmishes plot is named "Doctor Who?"
337** The inventory bag is said to be BiggerOnTheInside, which was [[http://www.jellyneo.net/?go=editorialdb&type=id&query=16262 confirmed]] to be a ''Doctor Who'' reference.
338* ''WebAnimation/PokemonBattleRoyaleUltraBeasts'': An enraged [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Stakataka]] is voiced via various clips of Daleks saying "exterminate!" (and "I am in pain").
339* Creator/AllisonPregler's review of ''Witchery'' at one point features the theme song dubbed over the shot of a tunnel effect.
340* In ''WebAnimation/XRayAndVav'', Hilda's WallOfWeapons has a sonic screwdriver, among plenty of other references to other franchises.
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344* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'':
345** The episode "Carried Away" revolves around Kate, Pal, and Mei-Lin travelling across the Solar System with Pal's cousin, Dr. Yowl, who owns a doghouse-shaped spaceship called the BARKTIS.
346** The episode "D.W. and Dr. Whosit" is about D.W. wanting to watch a ShowWithinAShow called ''Dr. Whosit'' but being told she's too young to watch it because it's too scary. Not only is the name ''Dr. Whosit'' clearly referencing ''Doctor Who'', but it's even got characters with British accents, aliens, and a mailbox spaceship meant to be a stand-in for the TARDIS.
347* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' has Professor Paradox, who is ''very clearly'' modelled on the Doctor and falls more into being an {{Expy}} than a CaptainErsatz of him, although he has all the hallmarks of the Doctor, and is a CompositeCharacter of the ByronicHero Fourth Doctor (a reference to jelly babies is mentioned) and the LighterAndSofter Fifth and Sixth Doctors.
348* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
349** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E12Episode420 Episode 420]]", Brian mentions that since marijuana was legalized in Quahog, ratings for the show are through the roof.
350** In "[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball Blue Harvest]]", Peter/Han mentions that "hyperspace always looks so freaky", whereupon the mid-1970s "time tunnel" opening sequence from Seasons 12-17 is displayed.
351* In the ''WesternAnimation/HarveyStreetKids'' episode "It's a Wonderful LARP", the Bloogey Boys mention watching a ShowWithinAShow called ''Professor When''.
352* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'': When Tulip meets robot [[LiteralSplitPersonality One-One]], the first thing they ask her is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild "Are you my mum?"]] And it's the British-accented Glad-One personality that asks this.
353* In ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'', a K-9 can briefly be seen on Tony's shelf.
354* ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'' has the ShowWithinAShow ''The Dr. Zone Files'', which parodies the general concept of ''Doctor Who'' as well as its more absurd aspects.
355* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':
356** A door in Alya's room is painted like the TARDIS door.
357** The time-travelling heroine Bunnyx can enter her Burrow, a PocketDimension from which she can view and travel to different eras. The Burrow appears as a white space full of round windows opening to different times. Ladybug comments upon entering it that it is BiggerOnTheInside.
358* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The character of Doctor Whooves/Time Turner started out as a random background pony who happened to resemble Creator/DavidTennant, and became one of the show's many {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s. At some point, the writers embraced the concept and started ''deliberately'' showing him as a pony version of the Doctor, most notably in the LowerDeckEpisode "Slice of Life".
359* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
360** "Ferb TV": Baljeet's ShowWithinAShow seems to be some hybrid of this, ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', and ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''.
361** "For Your Ice Only": Doofenshmirtz has decorated his Abominable-Inator with a familiar-looking colorful scarf.
362** "Mission Marvel": Ferb brags about the "British sci-fi technology" he used to make the shed BiggerOnTheInside.
363** "Save Summer": In their global concert, the kids dress as various doctors (with Isabella as Rose Tyler) in the UK.
364** "Last Day of Summer": The "time loop" animation brings to mind the opening of Series 8 and 9.
365* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "Toy Palace", toy Daleks are among the things that can be seen in the toy store that Tommy and Chuckie are exploring.
366* In the ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'' episode "Party Animals", when the sheep gatecrash the Farmer's fancy dress party in homemade costumes, one of them comes as a Dalek, and is later shown failing to get up the stairs.
367* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
368** The fourth incarnation of the Doctor appears as one of the representatives of TV in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E9SideshowBobsLastGleaming Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]", as well as "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E9MayoredToTheMob Mayored to the Mob]]".
369** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E15BartTheFink Bart the Fink]]", Comic Book Guy carries a wheelbarrow of 100 tacos, saying that it should get him through a ''Doctor Who'' marathon.
370** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX Treehouse of Horror X]]", Comic Book Guy has the Fourth Doctor concealed in plastic as part of his collection.
371** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E13SpringfieldUp Springfield Up]]", Homer says to Declan Desmond: "Check with me in 8 years, ''Doctor Who''. I'll be kicking your ass with a golden boot!"
372** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E12LoveIsAManySplinteredThing Love Is A Many Splintered Thing]]", the TARDIS shows up for just a moment in the British movie the kicked out men were watching.
373** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E9HolidaysOfFuturePassed Holidays of Future Passed]]", some Dalek policemen appear in future Springfield.
374** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E12Diggs Diggs]]", Diggs' cast with a list of people he wanted to visit included the TARDIS and Dalek #7.
375** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E7HusbandsAndKnives Husbands and Knives]]", after Milhouse is scratched by some pop-up claws from a banned ''Wolverine'' comic book and sheds tears on the page of it, an angry Comic Book Guy mocks him by calling him "Doctor Boo-Hoo".
376* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'': The Vau N'Akat members of the time-travelling Order abandon their original names in favour of portentuous nouns like "the Diviner" and "the Vindicator".
377* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'':
378** [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E13VoyageOfTemptation "Voyage of Temptation"]] has a shout out to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld "The End of the World"]], when Obi-Wan uses a small assassin probe to find out which Senator smuggled the droids on board.
379** Huyang the ancient lightsaber architect droid from the Young Jedi arc is voiced by Creator/DavidTennant, is a thousand years old and addressed as "[[Series/DoctorWho Professor]]" Huyang…
380* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E23AreYouMyDad "Are You My Dad?"]]/[[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E24IAmMyMom "I Am My Mom"]], Homeworld Gem Aquamarine, who has a British accent and looks like a CreepyChild, goes around asking people "Are you my dad?" while ignoring all other inquiries from others, á la Jamie from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild "The Empty Child"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances "The Doctor Dances"]].
381* In an early ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' episode, a teleporter exit is concealed inside a blue police box (in the middle of an American city...).
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