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Jim Henson's Muppets (founded in [[1955]]) is a highly popular puppeteering act, which several works of it have been referenced in the Doctor Who franchise
Jim Henson's Muppets (founded in [[1955]]) is a highly popular puppeteering act, which several works of it have been referenced in the Doctor Who franchise


== Bear In The Big Blue House ==
* A Tutter doll is seen on [[Donna]]'s desk during a flashback to her past with [[Lance]] in [[The Runaway Bride]]. .
== Muppet films ==
* In the 2006 episode "Tooth and Claw", the Doctor tells his companion, Rose, that he's going to take her to the year 1979, to see Ian Dury in concert. One thing he lists about things that happen in 1979 is "The Muppet Movie -- love that film!




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* In the 2005 Ninth Doctor novel [[Winner Takes All]], the Doctor jokes that Cookie Monster is actually an alien.  
* In the 2005 Ninth Doctor novel [[Winner Takes All]], the Doctor jokes that Cookie Monster is actually an alien.  


== The Muppet Show ==
* In the 2006 episode "Tooth and Claw", the Doctor tells his companion, Rose, that he's going to take her to the year 1979, to see Ian Dury in concert. "1979, hell of a year!" the Doctor exlaims. "China invades Vietnam... The Muppet Movie -- love that film!
== Bear In The Big Blue House ==
* A Tutter doll is seen on Donna's desk during a flashback to her past with Lance in the 2006 Christmas special, [[The Runaway Bride]].




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== Doctor Who contributors who have contributed with the Muppets ==
== Doctor Who contributors who have contributed with the Muppets ==
[[Douglas Adams]]
* [[Douglas Adams]]
[[Michael Attwell]]  
 
[[Annette Badland]]  
* [[Rowan Atkinson]]
[[Tim Barker]]  
 
[[John Barrowman]]
* [[Michael Attwell]]  
[[Timothy Bateson]]  
 
[[Geoffrey Bayldon]]  
* [[Annette Badland]]
[[Robert Beatty]]  
 
[[Ailsa Berk]]  
* [[Tim Barker]]
[[Honor Blackman]]  
[[David Bulbeck]]  
* [[John Barrowman]]
[[Peter Burroughs]] played a jester in "The King's Demons" (1983)
 
[[Navin Chowdhry]]  
* [[Timothy Bateson]]
[[John Cleese]]  
 
[[Tim Condren]]  
* [[Geoffrey Bayldon]]  
[[Graham Crowden]]  
 
[[Ken Dodd]]  
* [[Robert Beatty]]  
[[Christopher Eccleston]]  
 
[[Tracey Eddon]]  
* [[Ailsa Berk]]  
[[David Forman]]  
 
[[Stephen Garlick]]  
* [[Honor Blackman]]  
[[Mark Gatiss]]  
 
[[Sheila Hancock]]  
* [[David Bulbeck]]
[[Peter Hawkins]]
 
[[Derek Jacobi]]  
* [[Peter Burroughs]]  
[[Michael Kilgarriff]]  
 
[[Burt Kwouk]]  
* [[Navin Chowdhry]]  
[[Phyllida Law]]  
 
[[Hus Levant]]  
* [[John Cleese]]  
[[Hugh Lloyd]]  
 
[[Fulton MacKay]]  
* [[Tim Condren]]  
[[Steven Mackintosh]]  
 
[[Jean Marsh]]  
* [[Graham Crowden]]  
[[Kylie Minogue]]  
 
[[John Owens]]  
* [[Ken Dodd]]  
[[Geoffrey Palmer]]  
 
[[Victor Pemberton]]  
* [[Christopher Eccleston]]  
[[Courtney Pine]]  
 
[[Nigel Plaskitt]]  
* [[Tracey Eddon]]  
[[Hugh Quarshie]]  
 
[[Shane Rimmer]]  
* [[David Forman]]  
[[Eric Roberts]]  
 
[[Michael Robbins]]  
* [[Stephen Garlick]]  
[[Ricco Ross]]  
 
[[Deep Roy]]  
* [[Mark Gatiss]]  
[[Cyril Shaps]]  
 
[[Hugh Spight]]
* [[Sheila Hancock]]  
[[Elizabeth Spriggs]]  
 
[[Gordon Sterne]]  
* [[Peter Hawkins]]
[[Zoë Wanamaker]]  
 
[[Richard Wilson]]
* [[Derek Jacobi]]  
 
* [[Michael Kilgarriff]]  
 
* [[Burt Kwouk]]  
 
* [[Phyllida Law]]  
 
* [[Hus Levant]]  
 
* [[Hugh Lloyd]]  
 
* [[Fulton MacKay]]  
 
* [[Steven Mackintosh]]  
 
* [[Jean Marsh]]  
 
* [[Kylie Minogue]]  
 
* [[John Owens]]  
 
* [[Geoffrey Palmer]]  
 
* [[Victor Pemberton]]  
 
* [[Courtney Pine]]  
 
* [[Nigel Plaskitt]]  
 
* [[Hugh Quarshie]]  
 
* [[Shane Rimmer]]  
 
* [[Eric Roberts]]  
 
* [[Michael Robbins]]  
 
* [[Ricco Ross]]  
 
* [[Deep Roy]]  
 
* [[Cyril Shaps]]  
 
* [[Hugh Spight]]
 
* [[Elizabeth Spriggs]]  
 
* [[Gordon Sterne]]  
 
* [[Zoë Wanamaker]]  
 
* [[Richard Wilson]]

Revision as of 05:40, 15 July 2009

Jim Henson's Muppets (founded in 1955) is a highly popular puppeteering act, which several works of it have been referenced in the Doctor Who franchise


Bear In The Big Blue House

Muppet films

  • In the 2006 episode "Tooth and Claw", the Doctor tells his companion, Rose, that he's going to take her to the year 1979, to see Ian Dury in concert. One thing he lists about things that happen in 1979 is "The Muppet Movie -- love that film!


Sesame Street

  • In the 2005 Ninth Doctor novel Winner Takes All, the Doctor jokes that Cookie Monster is actually an alien.


Referenced

  • In the Veterinarian's Hospital sketch from The Muppet Show episode 422:

Nurse Janice: Who, doctor? Dr. Bob: It's not who doctor, it's Doctor Who. That's another show.

  • The Pigs in Space comic in The Muppet Show Annual 1978 features a food fight with several sci-fi references. Amongst them, a robot can be seen exclaiming "Egg-sterminate!" -- the battle cry of the Doctor's recurring villain race, the Daleks.
  • The booklet for the 2009 HeroesCon in Charlotte, North Carolina, featured a Doctor Who parody with Dr. Bunsen Honeydew as the Fourth Doctor and Beaker as Romana II standing in front of the TARDIS. The artwork was provided by Roger Langridge, writer and artist for The Muppet Show Comic Book and a former illustrator for Doctor Who magazine.[1]

Trivia

  • Christopher Eccleston appeared in the ITV documentary Best Ever Muppet Moments, talking about his memories of the Muppets. He was quoted as saying "I think really it was the brilliance of the writing. The puppets were great, but the scripts were extraordinary.", "I loved Bunsen, the mad scientist, who was forever exploding Beaker." and "Gonzo was a great character because Gonzo was like all of us: wanting to be great and was forever nearly killing himself. It was kinda tragic comedy, too."
  • David Tennant is a fan of the Muppets, scheduling with Doctor Who forced him to avoid appearing on the iTV documentary
  • Jon Pertwee was also a huge fan of the Muppets.


Doctor Who contributors who have contributed with the Muppets