Cultural references to the Doctor Who universe/2010s: Difference between revisions

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 an episode of ''South Park'' titled ''Funnybot'' (2011), the Germans build a robot designed to be funny in reaction to being labelled unfunny. This robot looks and speaks like a [[Dalek]], complete with a plunger, and is found going on murder sprees saying, "[[Extermination|Exterminate]]!"

* In the last episode of season two of {{wi|The Librarians (2014 TV series)|The Librarians}}, the Librarian talks about time travel and a cloth is lifted away by Cassandra Cillian to show the TARDIS as a broken down artefact in a room full of time travelling artefact such as the Delorean from ''[[Back to the Future]]''.

* The 2017 episode of {{wi|The Thundermans}} entitled ''{{iw|thethundermans|Save the Past Dance}}'' features a time machine known as the {{iw|thethundermans|Time Share}}, which possesses a button that allows it to blend into whatever time period it visits in a manner reminiscent to the TARDIS [[chameleon circuit]].

* Near the conclusion of the {{iw|arrow|Finish Line|2017 finale of ''The Flash''}}, {{iw|arrow|Cisco Ramone}} makes a request over a walkie-talkie to "[[reverse the polarity of the neutron flow]]".

* In an episode of ABC Family's {{wi|The Fosters}}, Callie and Mariana are at a party. At one point, Mariana is talking to a girl in a room that has black light. Graffiti is seen glowing on the wall behind the girls and right between their heads are the words "[[Bad Wolf meme|Bad Wolf]]" printed above a non-detailed drawing of what appears to be the TARDIS.

* A number of ''Doctor Who'' references appeared in ''The Simpsons''.

=== 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.

=== Comics ===

* 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]].

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==== DC Comics ====

* In ''{{iw|dc|Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1 5}}'' (2015), Vandar the Stone's collections of time machines include [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] and [[the Master's TARDIS]].

==== Marvel ====

* 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|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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==== IDW Publishing ====

* In ''{{iw|dc|Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1 5}}'' (2015), Vandar the Stone's collections of time machines include [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] and [[the Master's TARDIS]].

* The IDW ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' series — inspired by the [[Douglas Adams]] novel which reused concepts from his ''Doctor Who'' stories — has a number of references:

** ''The Interconnectedness of All Kings'' (2015): The time traveler Professor "Reg" Chronotis has a cameo appearance. He has the same appearance as [[Denis Carey]]'s portrayal of [[Salyavin|Chronotis]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''. (Issue 3)

*** Sally Mills uses the phrase "Adventures in Space and Time". (Issue 8)

*** The Dirk of the BBC America universe hallucinates a [[Dalek]]. (Issue 8)

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=== Webcasts ===

==== ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' ====

** 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.

** 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* Starting with the [[2016 (releases)|2016]] episode ''The Villain Pub'', the opening credits of the parody animated series in question featured a static cameo of a [[Bronze Dalek]] as one of the patrons of the titular Pub.

* The rip "[[w:c:siivagunner:Gaster's Theme (Uncorrupted Mix) - Undertale|Gaster's Theme (Uncorrupted Mix) - Undertale]]" changes the tune to "[[The Mad Man With a Box]]", with it later changing to the version performed at [[Doctor Who at the Proms (2010)|''Doctor Who at the Proms'' (2010)]].

* The rip "[[w:c:siivagunner:Looker's Theme - Pokémon Platinum|Looker's Theme - Pokémon Platinum]]" changes the tune to "[[The Doctor's Theme]]", seemingly in reference to the ''[[Pokémon]]'' character [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Looker Looker] bearing a strong resemblance to [[David Tennant]]'s [[Tenth Doctor]].

* In Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, during Ahlbi's first cross-examination during "The Foreign Turnabout" episode, he complains about wanting his time back. Protagonist Phoenix Wright laments that he is a "lawyer, not a Time Lord". During the same episode the courtroom gallery frequently chant "EX-TER-MI-NATE! AN-NIH-I-LATE" to cheer for Ahlbi and Phoenix's executions, in a manner not dissimilar to the Daleks.

* In ''Goat Simulator: Waste of Space'', the player can find a blue portable toilet referred to as a TURDIS with the Origin of Space Flight Museum. Headbutting the TURDIS will cause it to dematerialise, at which point the player is given a mission to find its new location. After finding and headbutting the TURDIS in a further three locations, its doors will open, allowing the player access to a bathhouse located inside.

==== ''Westerado'' ====

** ''Tracey Beaker Returns'' also gained a spin-off called ''The Dumping Ground'' (2013-present) (which has featured [[David Avery]], [[Simon Ludders]], [[Victoria Alcock]], [[Ian Reddington]], [[Michelle Collins]], [[Pik-Sen Lim]], [[Sheila Hancock]], [[Carmen Munroe]], [[Darren Morfitt]], [[Simon Rouse]], [[Chris Finch]], [[Kemi-Bo Jacobs]], [[Warwick Davis]], [[Geff Francis]], [[Nigel Planer]], [[Louise Jameson]] and [[Mark Williams]]). In the beginning of one episode, some of the kids were playing a game of Who Am I? and one of them (Ryan) was ''Doctor Who''. Part of another episode was centred around answering questions based on a homemade scene ''based on Doctor Who''.

* The 13 May 2010 episode of ''[[CSI|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' is itself titled "{{iw|csi|Doctor Who}}."

* In the BBC sitcom {{wi|Miranda (TV series)|Miranda}} (featuring [[Tom Ellis]] as Gary Preston), in the episode "The Perfect Christmas" (2010), Miranda attempts to flirt with Dr. Gail (played by [[Adam Rayner]]) at her mum's Christmas party. After he explains that he recently moved to the area, Miranda jokingly responds with "in your TARDIS, Doctor?".

* Several episodes of ''Leverage'' reference ''Doctor Who''. In the episode "The 10 Li'l Grifters Job" (2011), one of the clients said she used to work at a firm called "[[Paul McGann|McGann]], [[Sylvester McCoy|McCoy]] and [[Colin Baker|Ba]][[Tom Baker|ker]]". In the episode "The Radio Job", Parker references time travel and a remix theme of Doctor Who's opening begins to play. She then goes on to question Hardison about his choice of apparel and to that he replies "It's a bowtie. Bowties are cool".

* 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 ''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.

=== Prose ===

* 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.

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=== Video games ===

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