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[[File:Selfie Zoidberg Futurama.jpg|thumb|Dr. Zoidberg cosplayer. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Selfie (comic story)|Selfie]]'')]]
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was an animated series created by [[Matt Groening]], set in the year [[3000]].
'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' 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 (short story)|Tricky Dicky]]'')
It featured a fictionalised version of [[Richard Nixon]], as a villainous disembodied head. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tricky Dicky (short story)}})
 
When the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] landed at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in [[2015]], an individual [[cosplay]]ing as the character [[John A. Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg]] was present. As part of this cosplay, they wore a [[doctor]] outfit which included a [[white]] [[coat]] and a [[Turquoise (colour)|turquoise]] [[shirt]] and [[short]]s. As well as this, they wore a [[red]] [[mask]] and [[glove]]s. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Selfie (comic story)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
== 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.
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=== DWU references on ''Futurama'' ===
== External links ==
==== Television ====
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[[File:Futurama.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Fourth Doctor]] appears in ''Futurama'' (''All the Presidents' Heads'')]]
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In the episode ''{{iw|futurama|Möbius Dick}}'', the [[Fourth Doctor]] appears among the space whale's past victims.
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In ''{{iw|futurama|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.
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In ''{{iw|futurama|Assie Come Home}}'', a deactivated [[Dalek]] is among many robot parts.
 
==== Comics ====
The ''Futurama'' comic story ''[[W:c:futurama:Doctor What|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 [[Dalek]]s in the form of the Deacons, extremely [[religion|religious]] aliens that scream "[[exterminate|excommunicate]]!" upon discovering the Planet Express crew are not members of their religion.
 
[[File:Futurama-First-and-Second-Doctors.png|thumb|right|The [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Second Doctor]] appear in ''Futurama'' (''Tartar House Five'')]]
The comic story ''[[W:c:futurama:Tartar House Five|Tartar House Five]]'' features an appearance from every incarnation of [[the Doctor]] at the time of the comic's publishing in [[2013 (releases)|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 "{{w|Kurt Vonnegut|Vonnegut}}'s Syndrome", recognising that he has become unstuck in time.
 
=== Connections ===
[[John DiMaggio]] voices [[W:c:futurama:Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and various other reoccurring characters in the series.
 
[[Frank Welker]] voices [[W:c:futurama:Lord Nibbler|Nibbler]] and provides the vocal effects of various non-speaking characters.
 
[[Bumper Robinson]] originally voiced [[w:c:futurama:Dwight Conrad|Dwight Conrad]] in his first two appearances.
 
[[Dan Castellaneta]] voices the [[w:c:futurama:Robot Devil|Robot Devil]].


A ''Futurama'' comic book series was published in the UK by [[Titan Publishing Group]].
The [[1999 (releases)|1999]] ''Futurama'' episode ''{{w|A Flight to Remember}}'' shares similarities with the [[2007 (releases)|2007]] Doctor Who television story ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''. Both stories feature a [[Titanic (spaceship)|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 {{w|Sinking of the Titanic|sinking of the RMS ''Titanic''}}.
== External links ==
{{iwx|Doctor Who|''Doctor Who''|wiki=futurama|wiki name=Futurama Wiki}}
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Latest revision as of 17:10, 7 September 2024

Futurama
Dr. Zoidberg cosplayer. (COMIC: Selfie [+]Loading...["Selfie (comic story)"])

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 [+]Loading...["Tricky Dicky (short story)"])

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 [+]Loading...["Selfie (comic story)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Futurama/Behind the scenes

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]