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== References to ''Transformers'' in the DWU == | == References to ''Transformers'' in the DWU == | ||
[[File:Galvatron toy.jpg|thumb|[[Clara Oswald]] with a [[Galvatron]] [[toy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crimson Horror (TV story)|The Crimson Horror]]'')]] | |||
In the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' novel ''[[Against Nature (novel)|Against Nature]]'', [[Gedarra]] told [[Primo de la Vega]] that [[Formosii|Yaotl]] was a member of [[Faction Paradox]], leading him to remark that that information meant as little as if she was a member of the [[Transformers robots in disguise|Transformers, robots in disguise]]. | In the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' novel ''[[Against Nature (novel)|Against Nature]]'', [[Gedarra]] told [[Primo de la Vega]] that [[Formosii|Yaotl]] was a member of [[Faction Paradox]], leading him to remark that that information meant as little as if she was a member of the [[Transformers robots in disguise|Transformers, robots in disguise]]. | ||
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== References to the DWU in ''Transformers'' == | == References to the DWU in ''Transformers'' == | ||
[[File:Octus the Dalek Transformer.jpg|thumb|The Decepticon leader [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Octus_(G1) Octus], who was designed by [[Lee Sullivan]] and was heavily implied to have a [[Dalek]] [[casing]] as his alt-mode.]] | [[File:Octus the Dalek Transformer.jpg|thumb|The Decepticon leader [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Octus_(G1) Octus], who was designed by [[Lee Sullivan]] and was heavily implied to have a [[Dalek]] [[casing]] as his alt-mode.|left]] | ||
In the comic ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/To_a_Power_Unknown! To a Power Unknown!]'', [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity Starscream] flies over the [[English]] countryside, picking up transmissions involving, among other things, [[the Doctor]] and the [[Dalek]]s. | In the comic ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/To_a_Power_Unknown! To a Power Unknown!]'', [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity Starscream] flies over the [[English]] countryside, picking up transmissions involving, among other things, [[the Doctor]] and the [[Dalek]]s. | ||
The Decepticon leader [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Octus_(G1) Octus] is perhaps one of the most subtle crossovers between the franchises. The character originates in the comic ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Fall_and_Rise_of_the_Decepticon_Empire. The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.]'' This comic was illustrated by known ''Who'' artist [[Lee Sullivan]], who chose to depict the character as having the alt mode of a Dalek [[casing]]. The character was never seen to transform but clearly had Dalek details even in robot mode. Since then, Octus has become a popular cameo character in other ''Transformers'' comics. | The Decepticon leader [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Octus_(G1) Octus] is perhaps one of the most subtle crossovers between the franchises. The character originates in the comic ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Fall_and_Rise_of_the_Decepticon_Empire. The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.]'' This comic was illustrated by known ''Who'' artist [[Lee Sullivan]], who chose to depict the character as having the alt mode of a Dalek [[casing]]. The character was never seen to transform but clearly had Dalek details even in robot mode. Since then, Octus has become a popular cameo character in other ''Transformers'' comics. | ||
[[Skaro]] is mentioned in the reference book ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Animated:_The_AllSpark_Almanac_II The AllSpark Almanac II]'' as an unclaimed/neutral planet in the [[Mutter's Spiral|Milky Way]] that was destroyed. According to the book, [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Swindle_(Animated) Swindle] noted [[Destruction of Skaro|the destruction]] as a shame, since he needed a [[Mark III Travel Machine]].[[File:Bumblebee Fourth Doctor posters.jpg|thumb|Two posters of the [[Fourth Doctor]]. (''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_(film) Bumblebee]'') | [[Skaro]] is mentioned in the reference book ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Animated:_The_AllSpark_Almanac_II The AllSpark Almanac II]'' as an unclaimed/neutral planet in the [[Mutter's Spiral|Milky Way]] that was destroyed. According to the book, [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Swindle_(Animated) Swindle] noted [[Destruction of Skaro|the destruction]] as a shame, since he needed a [[Mark III Travel Machine]].[[File:Bumblebee Fourth Doctor posters.jpg|thumb|Two posters of the [[Fourth Doctor]]. (''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_(film) Bumblebee]'')]]In [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Source:Ask_Vector_Prime/Facebook#May_28.2C_2015 one instalment] of the ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ask_Vector_Prime Ask Vector Prime]'' series, [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vector_Prime Vector Prime] theorises that the Doctor hails from the [[Omniverse]] and occasionally visits the Transformers [[multiverse]]. Another instalment, titled ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Source:Ask_Vector_Prime/Guest_column#October_21.2C_2015 Renegade Rhetoric]'', claims that [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Re-Volt Re-Volt] once dressed as the Doctor while attending a [[sci-fi]] convention. | ||
In the film ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_(film) Bumblebee]'', two [[posters]] of the [[Fourth Doctor]] appear in [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Memo Memo]'s room. | In the film ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_(film) Bumblebee]'', two [[posters]] of the [[Fourth Doctor]] appear in [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Memo Memo]'s room. | ||
[[File:Dr. Hooves in TF MLP 2.jpg|thumb|[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doctor_Hooves Doctor Hooves] in ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/They_Eat_Ponies,_Don%27t_They%3F They Eat Ponies, Don't They?]''.]] | [[File:Dr. Hooves in TF MLP 2.jpg|thumb|[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doctor_Hooves Doctor Hooves] in ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/They_Eat_Ponies,_Don%27t_They%3F They Eat Ponies, Don't They?]''.|left]] | ||
In the ''[[My Little Pony]]: Friendship is Magic''/''Transformers'' [[crossover]] miniseries ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/My_Little_Pony/Transformers:_Friendship_in_Disguise! Friendship in Disguise]'', the highly-recurring MLP background character of [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doctor_Hooves Doctor Hooves], a homage character to [[the Doctor]] (primarily in their [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] and [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnations]]) made an appearance in the comic story ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/They_Eat_Ponies,_Don%27t_They%3F They Eat Ponies, Don't They?]''. | In the ''[[My Little Pony]]: Friendship is Magic''/''Transformers'' [[crossover]] miniseries ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/My_Little_Pony/Transformers:_Friendship_in_Disguise! Friendship in Disguise]'', the highly-recurring MLP background character of [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doctor_Hooves Doctor Hooves], a homage character to [[the Doctor]] (primarily in their [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] and [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnations]]) made an appearance in the comic story ''[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/They_Eat_Ponies,_Don%27t_They%3F They Eat Ponies, Don't They?]''. | ||
Revision as of 09:52, 8 May 2023
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Transformers is a multimedia franchise which began with a range of toys, but later expanded into many other forms of media, including films, television series, and comic books.
These comic books included a Marvel UK series, which went on to have hundreds of issues. Issues #113 - #114 printed the comic story Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!, which marked the first appearance by the "Freelance Peacekeeping Agent" known as Death's Head.
Crossovers with the DWU
The character of Death's Head would go on to become a highly-recurring part of the Marvel Multiverse when Death's Head fell through the time vortex in The Legacy of Unicron!, leading him to encounter the Seventh Doctor in the comic story The Crossroads of Time, with several further crossovers later occurring between Death's Head and the DWU.
Due to legal issues, when Death's Head's backstory was explored in The Incomplete Death's Head, events were kept quite vague so as to avoid copyright infringement. This was explained as the archive having "poor image quality", with the image of Cyclonus even being somewhat miscoloured.
The events of The Incomplete Death's Head suggest that the Doctor himself was the one responsible for sending Death's Head into the so-called "robot universe" in the first place, sandwiching his Transformers adventures between ones featuring the Doctor.
References to Transformers in the DWU
In the Faction Paradox novel Against Nature, Gedarra told Primo de la Vega that Yaotl was a member of Faction Paradox, leading him to remark that that information meant as little as if she was a member of the Transformers, robots in disguise.
At the end of The Crimson Horror, Clara Oswald briefly plays with an original Galvatron toy.
In Supremacy of the Cybermen, Cindy Wu misnames the CyberKings as "Cyber-Trons", referencing the Transformers' home planet.
References to the DWU in Transformers
In the comic To a Power Unknown!, Starscream flies over the English countryside, picking up transmissions involving, among other things, the Doctor and the Daleks.
The Decepticon leader Octus is perhaps one of the most subtle crossovers between the franchises. The character originates in the comic The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire. This comic was illustrated by known Who artist Lee Sullivan, who chose to depict the character as having the alt mode of a Dalek casing. The character was never seen to transform but clearly had Dalek details even in robot mode. Since then, Octus has become a popular cameo character in other Transformers comics.
Skaro is mentioned in the reference book The AllSpark Almanac II as an unclaimed/neutral planet in the Milky Way that was destroyed. According to the book, Swindle noted the destruction as a shame, since he needed a Mark III Travel Machine.
In one instalment of the Ask Vector Prime series, Vector Prime theorises that the Doctor hails from the Omniverse and occasionally visits the Transformers multiverse. Another instalment, titled Renegade Rhetoric, claims that Re-Volt once dressed as the Doctor while attending a sci-fi convention.
In the film Bumblebee, two posters of the Fourth Doctor appear in Memo's room.
In the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic/Transformers crossover miniseries Friendship in Disguise, the highly-recurring MLP background character of Doctor Hooves, a homage character to the Doctor (primarily in their tenth and fourth incarnations) made an appearance in the comic story They Eat Ponies, Don't They?.
In Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur, a Verron warp star is an important plot device. Tornado also mentions "a skirmish" on the planet Trenzalore where a combatant's name was revealed to be "Please", referencing a fandom joke following The Name of the Doctor where the Doctor's true name was thought to be "Please".
Other connections
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