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 Occasionally, elements of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] are '''referenced in the broader popular culture'''. This page exists to throw a spotlight on some of these casual references made in television, comics, films and other media which happened during the 1990s.
-== Television ==
+== In-universe references ==
+These references functionally act as minor, unlicensed [[crossover]]s between the series and the DWU: some element of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] makes a cameo, or is referenced, in such a way as to imply that it is real in the world of the story, or indeed that the story itself "unofficially" takes place in the ''Doctor Who'' universe.
+=== Television ===
+* In the ''Red Dwarf'' episode ''Demons and Angels'' (1992), as the crew is escaping the exploding Red Dwarf, [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] can be seen in the background.
+* In the third series of the [[1989 (production)|1989]] show, {{wi|Maid Marian and her Merry Men}}, "{{w|List of Maid Marian and Her Merry Men episodes|They Came From Outer Space}}" (1993), there is a brief audio cameo of the [[Dalek]]s, who, as they always do, shout "[[Exterminate]]!".
+* ''{{iw|powerrangers|Green Courage}}'' (1999), an episode of Fox Kids' children's action series ''{{iw|powerrangers|Power Rangers Lost Galaxy}}'', featured an on-screen note claiming that a meteoroid field that had just collided with a planet was located at "ten zero eleven zero zero, by zero two from galactic zero," in the constellation of [[Kasterborous]]. In ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'', these coordinates are given as the location of [[Gallifrey]].
+[[File:Simpsonstombaker.jpg|thumb|The [[Fourth Doctor]] appears in {{wi|The Simpsons}}.]]
+* In addition to a number of ''Doctor Who'' references to ''Doctor Who'' as fiction in-universe (see below), the [[Fourth Doctor]] appeared in one [[1995 (releases)|1995]] episode of ''The Simpsons'', ''Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming'', as a representative of television.
+=== Video games ===
+[[File:Fallout.JPG|thumb|left|[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] appears in ''Fallout 2''.]]
+* In ''Fallout 2'', the TARDIS {{iw|fallout|Dr. Who|can be found}} in the Desert, although it disappears after a while. As an additional reference, a speaking cyborg by the name of K9 is a recruitable companion for the player character (although he does not resemble any known "official" DWU [[K9]] model); it refers to the player character as "Master" once it is an active member of the party.
+[[File:Lemmings 2.JPG|thumb|The exit for one of the levels in ''Lemmings 2: The Tribes'' is [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].]]
+* In ''Lemmings 2: The Tribes'',the exit for the "Shadow Tribe" level is clearly the TARDIS.
+=== Comics ===
+==== Marvel ====
+* In [[Marvel Comics]]' {{iw|marvel|Fantastic Four Vol 3 9|''Fantastic Four'' Vol 3 9}} (1998), [[Human Torch|Johnny Storm]] knows that [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]] got a second-hand phone booth that is bigger on the inside from his "weird 'doctor' friend". (While Johnny called it an "antique London police call box", it was drawn as a red telephone booth.) (The [[Seventh Doctor]] had previously interacted with elements of the ''Fantastic Four'' mythos in licensed crossover stories ''[[Time Bomb! (comic story)|Time Bomb!]]'', ''[[Clobberin' Time! (comic story)|Clobberin' Time!]]'' and ''[[The Incomplete Death's Head (comic story)|The Incomplete Death's Head]]''.)
+* The 1999 [[Donald Duck]] comic story ''The Last Time Lord'' was a mashup spoof of ''Doctor Who'' and ''[[Star Wars]]'' where Donald was accidentally confused for the last surviving Time Lord in the universe after digging up a "laser sword" clearly standing in for a ''Star Wars'' [[Light saber|lightsaber]] (the Jedi and the Time Lords being conflated in the story's mashup cosmology), and beamed up to outer space to battle a cyborg tyrant. [[Regeneration]] is alluded to, as the cyborg tyrant readily accepts Donald as his old Time Lord nemesis due to knowing that "your lot can change faces".
+=== Prose ===
+* Lady [[Jennifer Buckingham]] from ''[[The War Games]]'' appears in {{wi|The Bloody Red Baron}} (1995), the second volume of [[Kim Newman]]'s crossover-intensive {{wi|Anno Dracula}} universe.
+* The [[Fifth Doctor]] makes an unnamed cameo as an unnamed stranger in a bar who helps the protagonist out of a sticky situation in the novel ''High Wizardry'' (1990) by [[Diane Duane]], part of the ''Young Wizards'' series. A decade later, Duane, who [https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/53364442111/i-just-want-to-tell-you-that-that-one-time-the confirmed] the stranger's intended identity to a fan, ended up writing an [[Goths and Robbers (short story)|official Fifth Doctor short story]] for the ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' anthology ''[[Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership|The Quality of Leadership]]''.
+* ''Good Omens'', a [[1990 (releases)|1990]] novel cowritten by [[Neil Gaiman]] and [[Terry Pratchett]], featured a brief appearance by three extraterrestrial beings compelled to come to [[Earth]] to convey a comically cursory "message of universal peace and cosmic harmony" by the powers of the supernaturally-gifted young boy, Adam Young. One of them is recognisably a [[Dalek]], although not named as such, and indeed the three seem to get about in a [[Dalek flying saucer]]. (The 2019 TV adaptation of the book included other nods to the ''Doctor Who'' universe, as documented at [[Cultural references to the Doctor Who universe/2010s]], but reduced the number of aliens to a single one, a green duck-billed woman with no resemblance whatsoever to either of the three aliens in the book.)
+{{quote|It looked like every cartoon of a flying saucer Newt had ever seen.<br />As he stared over the top of his map, a door in the saucer slid aside with a satisfying whoosh, revealing a gleaming walkway which extended automatically down to the road. Brilliant blue light shone out, outlining three alien shapes. They walked down the ramp. At least, two of them walked. The one that looked like a pepper pot just skidded down it, and fell over at the bottom.|''Good Omens''}}
+== Out-of-universe references ==
+These references are to ''Doctor Who'' (or one of its spin-offs) as works of fiction. They merely establish that fiction about the Doctor or the Daleks exists in the fictional universe of the story, as it does in the real world.
+=== Television ===
 [[File:Rugrats.JPG|thumb|Two [[Dalek]]s are seen on a toy shelf in {{wi|Rugrats}}.]]
 * In episode "Toy Palace" (1992) of {{wi|Rugrats}}, purple [[Dalek]] toys can be seen in the background on a shelf.
 [[File:Mr Bean.JPG|thumb|Mr. Bean plays with a toy [[Dalek]] in the titular show.]]
 * In the episode "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean" (1992) of {{wi|Mr. Bean}}, Mr. Bean plays around with toy animals in front of a diorama of [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]'s birth. He eventually begins to bring out a toy Dalek, and pretends that it killed a toy lamb.
-* In the ''Red Dwarf'' episode ''Demons and Angels'' (1992), as the crew is escaping the exploding Red Dwarf, [[the TARDIS]] can be seen in the background.
+* The 1996 {{wi|The Vicar of Dibley}} Christmas special, "{{w|The Christmas Lunch Incident}}", Jim Trott hysterically attempts to recite a joke he had previously heard to Geraldine, the joke being none other than the overused knock knock in which the recipient is forced to ask "Doctor who?" at the end. As well as featuring [[Roger Lloyd Pack]] among its regular cast, the episode also coincidentally featured the second and final appearance of [[Peter Capaldi]] as Tristan Campbell.
-* In the third series of the [[1989 (production)|1989]] show, {{wi|Maid Marian and her Merry Men}}, "{{w|List of Maid Marian and Her Merry Men episodes|They Came From Outer Space}}" (1993), there is a brief audio cameo of the [[Dalek]]s, who, as they always do, shout "[[Exterminate]]!".
+* Several ''The Simpsons'' episode have referenced the ''Doctor Who'' franchise:
-* The 1996 {{wi|The Vicar of Dibley}} Christmas special, "{{w|The Christmas Lunch Incident}}", Jim Trott hysterically attempts to recite a joke he had previously heard to Geraldine, the joke being none other than the overused knock knock in which the recipient is forced to ask "Doctor who?" at the end. As well as featuring [[Roger Lloyd Pack]] among its regular cast, the episode also featured the second and final appearance of [[Peter Capaldi]] as Tristan Campbell.
+** In ''Bart the Fink'' (1996), Comic Book Guy buys a hundred tacos from Tacomat and says "This should provide adequate sustenance for the ''Doctor Who'' marathon."
-* ''{{iw|powerrangers|Green Courage}}'' (1999), an episode of Fox Kids' children's action series ''{{iw|powerrangers|Power Rangers Lost Galaxy}}'', featured an on-screen note claiming that a meteoroid field that had just collided with a planet was located at "ten zero eleven zero zero, by zero two from galactic zero," in the constellation of [[Kasterborous]]. In ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'', these coordinates are given as the location of [[Gallifrey]].
+** ''Mayored to the Mob'' (1998), [[Tom Baker]] appears in costume at Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, along with a TARDIS prop.
+** In ''Treehouse of Horror X'' (1999), Comic Book Guy, under the guise of The Collector, has "Doctor Who" concealed in plastic.
-=== ''The Simpsons'' ===
-[[File:Simpsonstombaker.jpg|thumb|The [[Fourth Doctor]] appears in {{wi|The Simpsons}}.]]
-* A number of ''Doctor Who'' references appeared in ''The Simpsons''.
-** "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" (1995):  The Fourth Doctor appears as a representative of television.
-** "Bart the Fink" (1996): Comic Book Guy buys a hundred tacos from Tacomat and says "This should provide adequate sustenance for the ''Doctor Who'' marathon."
-** "Mayored to the Mob" (1998): Tom Baker appears in costume at Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, along with the TARDIS.
-** "Treehouse of Horror X" (1999): Comic Book Guy, under the guise of The Collector, has "Doctor Who" concealed in plastic.
-=== ''Queer as Folk'' ===
 * In the UK version of {{wi|Queer as Folk (British TV series)|Queer as Folk}} (created by [[Russell T Davies]]), the character of Vince makes various references to ''Doctor Who'' in season 1 (1999).<ref>[http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv60/queerasfolk.html Queer as Who Doctor Who connections in Queer as Folk]</ref>
 ** In episode 1, Vince has a Dalek toy in his fish tank. He watches the cliffhanger to episode one of ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]''.
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 ** In episode 7, Vince receives a replica of K9 for his birthday. (When asked where he got K9, Davies confirmed, "It was the original K9 from the BBC!")
 ** In episode 8, Vince ends up breaking up with Cameron when he can't list "all the Doctor Whos". {{iw|qaf|Stuart Alan Jones|Stuart}}, Vince's long-time friend, can list all 7 actors in order, even remembering that according to Vince, "[[Paul McGann]] doesn't count."
+=== Prose ===
-== Video games ==
+==== Kim Newman ====
-=== ''Fallout 2'' ===
+* One of [[Kim Newman]]'s books in the {{wi|Dark Future}} series makes references to an alternative timeline, ultra-nationalist, pro-English version of the ''Doctor Who'' television series in which the Doctor visits famous events in English history while fighting off extraterrestrial threats to the Crown.
-[[File:Fallout.JPG|thumb|[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] appears in ''Fallout 2''.]]
-* The TARDIS {{iw|fallout|Dr. Who|can be found}} in the Desert, although it disappears after a while.
-* A speaking cyborg by the name of K9 is a recruitable companion. It refers to the player character as "Master", whenever it is an active member of the party.
-=== ''Lemmings 2: The Tribes'' ===
-[[File:Lemmings 2.JPG|thumb|The exit for one of the levels in ''Lemmings 2: The Tribes'' is [[the TARDIS]].]]
-* The exit for the "Shadow Tribe" level is clearly the TARDIS.
-== Comics ==
-=== Marvel ===
-* In {{iw|marvel|Fantastic Four Vol 3 9|''Fantastic Four'' Vol 3 9}} (1998), [[Human Torch|Johnny Storm]] knows that [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]] got a second-hand phone booth that is bigger on the inside from his "weird 'doctor' friend". (While Johnny called it an "antique London police call box", it was drawn as a red telephone booth.)
-** The [[Seventh Doctor]] previously left [[Death's Head]] on the roof of the Baxter Building, but did not meet the [[Fantastic Four]] directly. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Bomb! (comic story)|Time Bomb!]]'', ''[[Clobberin' Time! (comic story)|Clobberin' Time!]]'')
-=== Disney Comics ===
-* The 1999 [[Donald Duck]] comic story ''The Last Time Lord'' was a mashup spoof of ''Doctor Who'' and ''[[Star Wars]]'' where Donald was accidentally confused for the last surviving Time Lord in the universe after digging up a "laser sword" clearly standing in for a ''Star Wars'' [[Light saber|lightsaber]] (the Jedi and the Time Lords being conflated in the story's mashup cosmology), and beamed up to outer space to battle a cyborg tyrant. [[Regeneration]] is alluded to, as the cyborg tyrant readily accepts Donald as his old Time Lord nemesis due to knowing that "your lot can change faces".
-== Prose ==
-=== Kim Newman ===
-* Lady [[Jennifer Buckingham]] from ''[[The War Games]]'' appears in {{wi|The Bloody Red Baron}} (1995), the second volume of [[Kim Newman]]'s crossover-intensive {{wi|Anno Dracula}} universe.
-* One of Newman's books in the {{wi|Dark Future}} series makes references to an alternative timeline, ultra-nationalist, pro-English version of the ''Doctor Who'' television series in which the Doctor visits famous events in English history while fighting off extraterrestrial threats to the Crown.
 * Newman's ''Life's Lottery'' (1999), a playful exploration of the concept of [[alternate universe]]s, references ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' in some detail (and a character fantasises somewhat colourfully about [[Jo Grant]]).
-=== Other ===
-* The [[Fifth Doctor]] makes an unnamed cameo as an unnamed stranger in a bar who helps the protagonist out of a sticky situation in the novel ''High Wizardry'' (1990) by [[Diane Duane]], part of the ''Young Wizards'' series. A decade later, Duane, who [https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/53364442111/i-just-want-to-tell-you-that-that-one-time-the confirmed] the stranger's intended identity to a fan, ended up writing an [[Goths and Robbers (short story)|official Fifth Doctor short story]] for the ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' anthology ''[[Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership|The Quality of Leadership]]''.
-* ''Good Omens'', a [[1990 (releases)|1990]] novel cowritten by [[Neil Gaiman]] and [[Terry Pratchett]], featured a brief appearance by three extraterrestrial beings compelled to come to [[Earth]] to convey a comically cursory "message of universal peace and cosmic harmony" by the powers of the supernaturally-gifted young boy, Adam Young. One of them is recognisably a [[Dalek]], although not named as such, and indeed the three seem to get about in a [[Dalek flying saucer]]. (The 2019 TV adaptation of the book included other nods to the ''Doctor Who'' universe, as documented at [[Cultural references to the Doctor Who universe/2010s]], but reduced the number of aliens to a single one, a green duck-billed woman with no resemblance whatsoever to either of the three aliens in the book.)
-{{quote|It looked like every cartoon of a flying saucer Newt had ever seen.<br />As he stared over the top of his map, a door in the saucer slid aside with a satisfying whoosh, revealing a gleaming walkway which extended automatically down to the road. Brilliant blue light shone out, outlining three alien shapes. They walked down the ramp. At least, two of them walked. The one that looked like a pepper pot just skidded down it, and fell over at the bottom.|''Good Omens''}}
 * {{w|Richard Calder (writer)|Richard Calder}}'s ''Dead'' trilogy features numerous dark alternative time lines involved in a sex war between men and woman. At least one features a version of ''Doctor Who''. The last scene of the final volume, ''Dead Things'' (1996), shows the young protagonist watching a scene of the "Daleks exterminating the slave girls of [[Skaro]]" on television.