Futurama

Dr. Zoidberg cosplayer. (COMIC: Selfie)

Futurama was an animated series created by Matt Groening, set in the year 3000.

It featured a fictionalised version of Richard Nixon, as a villainous disembodied head. (PROSE: Tricky Dicky)

When the Twelfth Doctor and Clara landed at San Diego Comic-Con in 2015, an individual cosplaying as the character Dr. Zoidberg was present. As part of this cosplay, they wore a doctor outfit which included a white coat and a turquoise shirt and shorts. As well as this, they wore a red mask and gloves. (COMIC: Selfie)

Behind the scenes

The series is referred to as being set in the year 3000: this is only true for the first season. Later episodes are set in subsequent years of the 3000s and beyond.

DWU references on Futurama

Television

The Fourth Doctor appears in Futurama (All the Presidents' Heads)

In the episode Möbius Dick, the Fourth Doctor appears among the space whale's past victims.

In All the Presidents' Heads, the Fourth Doctor appears again, and a disembodied head in a jar in the Hall of Presidents with a name plaque reading "Amelia Pond" appears. Another head with a name plaque reading "Owen Harper" appears.

In Assie Come Home, a deactivated Dalek is among many robot parts.

Comics

The Futurama comic story Doctor What serves as a parody of Doctor Who. In the story, Professor Farnsworth invents a blue "porta-potty" which when flushed teleports those inside to a random place in space and time. The story also features a parody of the Daleks in the form of the Deacons, extremely religious aliens that scream "excommunicate!" upon discovering the Planet Express crew are not members of their religion.

The First and Second Doctor appear in Futurama (Tartar House Five)

The comic story Tartar House Five features an appearance from every incarnation of the Doctor at the time of the comic's publishing in 2013. In the story, Dr. Zoidberg is sent back in time to the year 3000. Professor Farnsworth, believing Zoidberg to be acting "freaky-deaky" when he tells him of the events of 3013, seeks a doctor. One doctor, resembling the First Doctor, is unsure of Zoidberg's condition and states he would like a Second Doctor's thoughts. This second doctor then states he needs the opinions of a "few more doctors". The subsequent panels show doctors resembling each incarnation of the Doctor until finally the Eleventh Doctor diagnoses Zoidberg with "Vonnegut's Syndrome", recognising that he has become unstuck in time.

Connections

John DiMaggio voices Bender and various other reoccurring characters in the series.

Frank Welker voices Nibbler and provides the vocal effects of various non-speaking characters.

Bumper Robinson originally voiced Dwight Conrad in his first two appearances.

Dan Castellaneta voices the Robot Devil.

A Futurama comic book series was published in the UK by Titan Publishing Group.

The 1999 Futurama episode A Flight to Remember shares similarities with the 2007 Doctor Who television story Voyage of the Damned. Both stories feature a starship called the Titanic which meets a disaster. In the Futurama story, the Titanic is sucked into a black hole. This is likely a coincidence rather than a deliberate reference by Doctor Who, as both stories were based on the real life sinking of the RMS Titanic.

External links

• Doctor Who at Futurama Wiki