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* In ''[[Operation Proteus (comic story)|Operation Proteus]]'', a newspaper headline reads "[[Apeman|Apemen]] At [[Knightsbridge]]". This is a reference to the TV serial ''Quatermass and the Pit''.
* In ''[[Operation Proteus (comic story)|Operation Proteus]]'', a newspaper headline reads "[[Apeman|Apemen]] At [[Knightsbridge]]". This is a reference to the TV serial ''Quatermass and the Pit''.
* In ''[[Endgame (DWM comic story)|Endgame]]'', the TARDIS library has books by [[Christian Storm]] and [[Edmund Bancroft]], characters from the films {{wi|Horror Hospital}} and {{wi|Horrors of the Black Museum}}, both of whom were played by [[Michael Gough]]. The [[Celestial Toymaker]] claims to have beaten [[Le Chiffre]] (from the [[James Bond]] novel {{wi|Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale}}) at baccarat.
* In ''[[Endgame (DWM comic story)|Endgame]]'', the TARDIS library has books by [[Christian Storm]] and [[Edmund Bancroft]], characters from the films {{wi|Horror Hospital}} and {{wi|Horrors of the Black Museum}}, both of whom were played by [[Michael Gough]]. The [[Celestial Toymaker]] claims to have beaten [[Le Chiffre]] (from the [[James Bond]] novel {{wi|Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale}}) at baccarat.
* In ''[[Fire and Brimstone (comic story)|Fire and Brimstone]]'', [[Izzy Sinclair]] describes the book she's reading as featuring a city called {{w|Ankh-Morpork}}, an old hag called {{w|Granny Weatherwax}}, and {{w|Discworld (world)|a whole world the shape of a disc}}. She asks the Doctor why they can't go somewhere like that and he replies "Izzy, I've ''been''. It was ''flat''." These are all references to the {{wi|Discworld}} book series.
* In ''[[Fire and Brimstone (comic story)|Fire and Brimstone]]'', [[Izzy Sinclair]] describes the book she's reading as featuring a city called [[Ankh-Morpork]], an old hag called [[Granny Weatherwax]], and [[Discworld|a whole world the shape of a disc]]. She asks the Doctor why they can't go somewhere like that and he replies "Izzy, I've ''been''. It was ''flat''." These are all references to the {{wi|Discworld}} book series.
* In ''[[Spam Filtered (comic story)|Spam Filtered]]'', the Doctor says he once knew a [[hard-light hologram]] who was a "bit of a jobsworth". This may be a reference to {{w|Arnold Rimmer}} of ''[[Red Dwarf (series)|Red Dwarf]]''.
* In ''[[Spam Filtered (comic story)|Spam Filtered]]'', the Doctor says he once knew a [[hard-light hologram]] who was a "bit of a jobsworth". This may be a reference to {{w|Arnold Rimmer}} of ''[[Red Dwarf (series)|Red Dwarf]]''.
* In ''[[Bazaar Adventures (comic story)|Bazaar Adventures]]'', there was a shop, [[Babel Fish Aquarium]]. Babel Fish originate in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''.
* In ''[[Bazaar Adventures (comic story)|Bazaar Adventures]]'', there was a shop, [[Babel Fish Aquarium]]. Babel Fish originate in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''.

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Several incarnations of the Doctor alongside various Star Trek captains. (GRAPHIC: Friendship is Universal [+]Loading...["Friendship is Universal (illustration)"])
You may be looking for the in-universe concept.

A crossover is a story in which elements from two or more fictional universes, originally created to be distinct, are brought together for the span of a specific narrative.

There have been many crossovers between stories officially set in the Doctor Who universe and other works of fiction, some licensed on the part of the property being crossed over with, some not. Some use devices such as the Land of Fiction to allow characters from the DWU to "meet" individuals who are, otherwise, as fictional to them as to the reader.

However, many crossovers imply that the property being crossed over with is actually a part of the DWU, even if that was not that property's creators' original intent. Others make use of the idea of the Multiverse to establish the Doctor's home dimension as distinct from, but coexisting with, other dimensions inhabited by various unrelated fictional characters.

Official crossovers[[edit] | [edit source]]

By definition, only stories licensed to use the DWU concepts they contain are covered on this Wiki. The following crossovers are, however, notable for also having been licensed appearances of the "foreign" concepts with which the DWU characters interact. They were usually advertised as crossovers.

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

The image of a Dalek, under license from Terry Nation, appeared on television in 1966… on ITV! (TV: The Man from MI.5 [+]Loading...["The Man from MI.5 (TV story)"])
The Sixth Doctor and Ace in Albert Square. (TV: Dimensions in Time [+]Loading...["Dimensions in Time (TV story)"])

Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Unofficial crossovers[[edit] | [edit source]]

The following crossovers are usually brief cameos by, or allusions to, elements of non-DWU works of fiction in DWU stories. The non-DWU elements are unlicensed and sometimes not explicitly named.

The following lists are such crossovers as they occurred within stories licensed from the DWU's point of view; however, the symmetrical situation often occurs, with elements of the DWU being acknowledged in other works of fiction. Such unlicensed crossovers are listed as "in-universe references" at Cultural references to the Doctor Who universe.

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Prose[[edit] | [edit source]]