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''.

==== 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]].

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* 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".

=== 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.

==== Other ====

=== Video games ===

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