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 === Prose ===
 * In ''The Serpent's Shadow'' (2012), the British character Sadie Kane tried to create a Shabti out of a Thermos, which resulted in it flying around, yelling "Exterminate". Later, a challenge posed to Sadie is completed by stalling a huntress with tales of "fearsome" jelly babies, in a tactic reminiscent of the Fourth Doctor.
-* In one chapter of ''[[w:c:jennyeverywhere:Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'', "a [[w:c:jennyeverywhere:Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|TARDIS]]" is mentioned in a list of fantastical artefacts gifted to people who survive the deadly Cotillion Cavern within the titular, surreal House.
+* In one chapter of ''[[je:Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'', "a [[je:TARDIS|TARDIS]]" is mentioned in a list of fantastical artefacts gifted to people who survive the deadly Cotillion Cavern within the titular, surreal House.
 === Comics ===
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 * In ''Century: 1969'', the [[Second Doctor]] makes a cameo in the background. The comic strip of [[Karkus]] is visible in a bookshop on the same page. A [[Dalek]] appears to Mina Murray during a drug-induced hallucination sequence at Hyde Park.
 * In the third volume, ''Century: 2009'', the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and the [[First Doctor]] both appear in a cameo. [[Captain Jack]] appears a few panels above this cameo. Additionally, the James Bond character M makes a reference to [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] and "our [[Cardiff]] enterprise", namely [[Torchwood Three]].
-* In the fourth and final volume of the series, ''Tempest'', the [[Dalek Fleet]] is shown launching an attack on a future Earth. Mina states that Earth had just ended its war against the {{w|Romulans}} in 2160, inferring this to be the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]].
+* In the fourth and final volume of the series, ''Tempest'', the [[Dalek Fleet]] is shown launching an attack on a future Earth. Mina states that Earth had just ended its war against the {{w|Romulans}} in 2160, inferring this to be the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth]].
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 ==== Marvel ====
+[[File:Dr. Cool.png|thumb|left|A poster for "''Dr. Cool''" on Maxwell's bedroom wall in ''Seekers of the Weird''.]]
 * In ''{{iw|marvel|Avenging Spider-Man Vol 1 8}}'' (2012), the words "[[Bad Wolf meme|BAD WOLF]]" are graffitied on an alley wall.
+* In {{iw|marvel|Disney Kingdoms: Seekers of the Weird Vol 1 1|''Disney Kingdom: Seekers of the Weird'' #1}} (2014), a poster for a series called ''Dr Cool'' is seen on Maxwell Keep's bedroom wall. It depicts a TARDIS-like blue box, as well as the titular character standing in front of a spacey background; he is depicted with an outfit and haircut reminiscent of [[Matt Smith]]'s [[Eleventh Doctor]] in the back half of [[Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 7]] (with the "Dr. Cool" title itself referencing one of his catchphrases), but with the addition of a goatee and sunglasses.
 * In ''{{iw|marvel|All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol 1 6}}'' (2016), Miles Morales mentions ''Doctor Who'' to Thor as an example in explaining how leaving the second Mjolnir will be found by future-Captain America and future-Thor and uses the phrase "timey-wimey stuff".
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 ==== ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' ====
-* [[File:ERB Doctor Who.jpg|thumb|[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]'s title card (credited as "[[Aliases of the Doctor#"Doctor Who"|Doctor Who]]"). (''[[w:c:epicrapbattlesofhistory:Doc Brown vs Doctor Who|Doc Brown vs Doctor Who]]'')]]The [[YouTube]] series ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' had a battle come out in 2012 with the title ''Doc Brown vs. Doctor Who'' in which the scientist Doctor Emmett Brown (played by MC Mr. Napkins) battles against the Doctor in both his 10th incarnation (played by Nice Peter) and his 4th incarnation (played by George Watsky) with cameos from Marty McFly (played by EpicLLOYD) and a [[Dalek]] (played by Matt Sherin (physical) and Dante Cimadamore (voice)). A number of references are made:
+* The [[YouTube]] series ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' had a battle come out in 2012 with the title ''Doc Brown vs. Doctor Who'' in which the scientist Doctor Emmett Brown (played by MC Mr. Napkins) battles against the Doctor in both his 10th incarnation (played by Nice Peter) and his 4th incarnation (played by George Watsky) with cameos from Marty McFly (played by EpicLLOYD) and a [[Dalek]] (played by Matt Sherin (physical) and Dante Cimadamore (voice)). A number of references are made:
 ** The Doctors rap inside their respective TARDISes (which change interior as they change appearance).
 ** The Dalek [[Extermination|exterminates]] the 10th Doctor, who [[regeneration|regenerates]] into the 4th Doctor.
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 ** The Doctor mentions his infinite [[incarnation|number of me]][s].
 ** As the battle ends, it travels back in time to the beginning of the battle, and as the battle begins, the Doctor pulls out his [[sonic screwdriver]] to tune out.
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="250">
+ERB Doctor Who.jpg|[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]'s title card (credited as "[[Aliases of the Doctor#"Doctor Who"|Doctor Who]]"). (''{{iw|epicrapbattlesofhistory|Doc Brown vs Doctor Who}})
+</gallery>
 * In the 2013 battle ''Hitler vs. Vader 3'', the 4th Doctor appears on an airborne speeder on the planet Tattoine from ''[[Star Wars]]'' alongside other battle-characters Leonidas and Macho Man Randy Savage.
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="250">
+Fourth Doctor (Hitler vs Vader 3).png|The [[Fourth Doctor]]. (''{{iw|epicrapbattlesofhistory|Hitler vs Vader 3}})
+</gallery>
 * In the 2013 battle ''Bob Ross vs. Pablo Picasso'', the 4th Doctor appears on a channel of an old television in the middle of his end-verse.
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="250">
+Fourth Doctor (Bob Ross vs Pablo Picasso).png|The [[Fourth Doctor]] on a [[television]]. (''{{iw|epicrapbattlesofhistory|Bob Ross vs Pablo Picasso}})
+</gallery>
 * In the 2015 battle ''Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted'', Lewis says "Now go back in time and give Doctor Who his phone booth back!" while a TARDIS appears.
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="250">
+Go back in time and give Doctor Who his phone booth back.png|Meriwether Lewis: "Now [[time travel|go back in time]] and give [[the Doctor|Doctor Who]] [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his phone booth]] back!" (''{{iw|epicrapbattlesofhistory|Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted}})
+TARDIS (Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted).png|[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] appears alongside [[Bill and Ted]].
+</gallery>
 === ''HISHE'' ===
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 * In the 2016 ''Still Game'' episode "Pie", in the beginning, shopkeeper Navid Harrid gets an automatic till installed at his convenience shop, to help deal with large customer numbers. Resident miser Tam Mullen likens the automatic till to a Dalek.
 * The favourite television series of Hugo the Duck from 2017 Netflix show {{wi|Julie's Greenroom}} is ''Doctor Who''. In addition, Hugo only speaks Duck, which another character can understand because he learned it at a performing arts school.
-* In the {{wi|Cobra Kai}} episode "Pulpo", Demitri talks to Eli about the [[Series 11 (Doctor Who)|new series]] of ''Doctor Who'', how [[Steven Moffat]] isn't the showrunner anymore and that the [[Thirteenth Doctor|new Doctor]] is "badass".
+* In the {{wi|Cobra Kai}} episode "Pulpo", Demitri talks to Eli about the [[Series 11 (Doctor Who 2005)|new series]] of ''Doctor Who'', how [[Steven Moffat]] isn't the showrunner anymore and that the [[Thirteenth Doctor|new Doctor]] is "badass".
 * In ''Criminal Minds'' season 8 episode 23, Penelope Garcia, the BAU teams technical analyst, tells the team that she "found something stranger than a time-travelling police box". One episode shows Garcia and Dr. Reid dressed as the Eleventh and Fourth Doctors. In another, Reid defends ''Doctor Who'' after comparisons with ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' calling it "Bill & Ted's Excellent Ripoff".
 * In ''{{iw|orville|New Dimensions}}'', a 2017 episode of ''{{iw|orville|The Orville}}'', {{iw|orville|Ed Mercer|Captain Ed Mercer}} uses "[[The Doctor's TARDIS|Doctor Who's phone booth]]" as an analog to a "quantum bubble" which will theoretically preserve a [[shuttle]]'s interior dimensions while its exterior dimensions are compressed.
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 === Prose ===
+* In [[Ben Aaronovitch]]'s ''{{w|Moon Over Soho}}'' (2011):
+** Main character Peter Grant wryly muses in narration that the scientists at CERN "are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who might turn up and tell them to stop."
+** After an adolescent girl protests that Peter can't see into the future because it would be a "violation of causality", James, a band member, quips that he blames ''Doctor Who''.
+** Grant, again in narration, compares a taser to "something off ''Doctor Who''".
 * In ''Percy Jackson's Greek Gods'' (2014), Percy says that Kronos became the titan of Time but he "couldn't pop around the time stream like Doctor Who".
 * In ''The Blood of Olympus'' (2014), Leo Valdez couldn't make small talk with Percy about things the last episode of ''Doctor Who'' because Percy had just been through Tartarus.