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

* 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''.

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* 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]].

** ''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 [[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."

* 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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