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| | |debut = [[30 September (releases)|30 September]] [[1960]] | ||
'''''The Flintstones''''' is an American animated television franchise from [[Hanna-Barbera]] that began with the original animated sitcom of the same name on [[30 September (releases)|30 September]] 1960. The series revolves around | |creator = William Hanna, Joseph Barbera | ||
|publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]], [[BBC]] | |||
|writer = | |||
|director = William Hanna, Joseph Barbera | |||
|editor = Kenneth Spears, Donald A. Douglas, Joseph Ruby, Warner Leighton, Greg Watson | |||
|producer = William Hanna, Joseph Barbera | |||
|medium = Television series | |||
|genre = Animated sitcom | |||
|time = [[2015 (releases)|2015]] | |||
|relevant media = {{il|[[GAME]]: {{cs|LEGO Dimensions (video game)}}}} | |||
|relevant characters = | |||
|relevant locations = | |||
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'''''The Flintstones''''' is an American animated television franchise from [[Hanna-Barbera]] that began with the original animated sitcom of the same name on [[30 September (releases)|30 September]] 1960. The series revolves around the titular "modern [[Stone Age]] family", consisting of husband and wife {{w|Fred Flintstone|Fred}} and {{w|Wilma Flintstone|Wilma}}, as well as their next door neighbours, {{w|Barney Rubble|Barney}} and Wilma Rubble, and their lives in the town of {{w|Bedrock (The Flintstones)|Bedrock}}. | |||
The franchise gained a single, explicit connection to the ''Doctor Who'' universe through the mass-crossover video game, ''[[LEGO Dimensions (video game)|LEGO Dimensions]], in the form of in-game content that can only be accessed through the use of certain ''Doctor Who'' elements. | == Crossover == | ||
[[File:LEGO Flintstones.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Twelfth Doctor]] outside of the Flintstone family home. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|LEGO Dimensions (video game)}})]] | |||
The franchise gained a single, explicit connection to the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' universe through the mass-crossover video game, ''[[LEGO Dimensions (video game)|LEGO Dimensions]]'', in the form of in-game content that can only be accessed through the use of certain ''Doctor Who'' elements. Located throughout the game are hidden [[TARDIS]] pads which, when built and used in conjunction with [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], will send the player to one of several secret areas. One such pad, located within ''[[The Simpsons]]''-based level, ''Meltdown in Sector 7-G'', will send the player to an area based on the Flintstones' family home. | |||
== References to ''The Flintstones'' in the DWU == | |||
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=== Non-fiction === | |||
In the [[2023 (releases)|2023]] ''[[Doctor Who: Unleashed|Unleashed]]'' documentary ''[[Children in Need (Unleashed episode)|Children in Need]]'', [[Dalek operator]] [[Barnaby Edwards]] describes the operation of the Dalek props as "exactly like the ''Flintstones'' car". | |||
== Connections == | |||
The 2000 live-action film adaptation, {{wi|The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas}}, starred two actors who would both go on to guest star in [[Series 11 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 11]] of ''Doctor Who'': [[Mark Addy]], who played [[Greston Paltraki]] in {{cs|The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos (TV story)}}, put on an American accent to play Fred, while [[Alan Cumming]], who played King [[James I]] in {{cs|The Witchfinders (TV story)}}, played {{w|The Great Gazoo}}. | |||
[[Frank Welker]] has also voiced various characters throughout the franchise's history including, for a while, being the primary voices of Barney and {{w|Dino (The Flintstones)|Dino}}. | |||
[[Bumper Robinson]], who was also in {{cs|LEGO Dimensions (video game)}} as the voices of [[Cyborg (LEGO Dimensions)|Cyborg]] and [[Zane (LEGO Dimensions)|Zane]], voiced Philo Quartz in the 1980s spinoff series, {{wi|The Flintstones Kids}}. | |||
The series was aired in the [[United Kingdom]] on [[BBC]] channels. | |||
== External links == | |||
{{iwx|wiki=flintstones|wiki name=''The Flintstones'' Wiki}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:59, 22 October 2024
- You may be looking for the series as it exists in the DWU.
The Flintstones is an American animated television franchise from Hanna-Barbera that began with the original animated sitcom of the same name on 30 September 1960. The series revolves around the titular "modern Stone Age family", consisting of husband and wife Fred and Wilma, as well as their next door neighbours, Barney and Wilma Rubble, and their lives in the town of Bedrock.
Crossover[[edit] | [edit source]]
The franchise gained a single, explicit connection to the Doctor Who universe through the mass-crossover video game, LEGO Dimensions, in the form of in-game content that can only be accessed through the use of certain Doctor Who elements. Located throughout the game are hidden TARDIS pads which, when built and used in conjunction with the Doctor's TARDIS, will send the player to one of several secret areas. One such pad, located within The Simpsons-based level, Meltdown in Sector 7-G, will send the player to an area based on the Flintstones' family home.
References to The Flintstones in the DWU[[edit] | [edit source]]
To be added
Non-fiction[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the 2023 Unleashed documentary Children in Need, Dalek operator Barnaby Edwards describes the operation of the Dalek props as "exactly like the Flintstones car".
Connections[[edit] | [edit source]]
The 2000 live-action film adaptation, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, starred two actors who would both go on to guest star in series 11 of Doctor Who: Mark Addy, who played Greston Paltraki in The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos [+]Loading...["The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos (TV story)"], put on an American accent to play Fred, while Alan Cumming, who played King James I in The Witchfinders [+]Loading...["The Witchfinders (TV story)"], played The Great Gazoo.
Frank Welker has also voiced various characters throughout the franchise's history including, for a while, being the primary voices of Barney and Dino.
Bumper Robinson, who was also in LEGO Dimensions [+]Loading...["LEGO Dimensions (video game)"] as the voices of Cyborg and Zane, voiced Philo Quartz in the 1980s spinoff series, The Flintstones Kids.
The series was aired in the United Kingdom on BBC channels.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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