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==Partial list== | ==Partial list== | ||
===Television=== | ===Television=== | ||
====1980s==== | ====[[1980s=]]=== | ||
*A [[1986]] installment of ''[[Wikipedia:The Lenny Henry Show|The Lenny Henry Show]]'' included a sketch with [[Wikipedia:Lenny Henry|Henry]] as the Doctor, battling the [[Mondasian Cybermen|Cybermen]] and their leader Thatchos, a Cyberman version of [[Margaret Thatcher]], complete with bouvant hair and purse. | *A [[1986]] installment of ''[[Wikipedia:The Lenny Henry Show|The Lenny Henry Show]]'' included a sketch with [[Wikipedia:Lenny Henry|Henry]] as the Doctor, battling the [[Mondasian Cybermen|Cybermen]] and their leader Thatchos, a Cyberman version of [[Margaret Thatcher]], complete with bouvant hair and purse. | ||
====1990s==== | ====[[1990s]]==== | ||
*"[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]," a multi-part sketch broadcast as part of the Comic Relief charity telethon in [[1999]], starred [[Rowan Atkinson]] as the Ninth Doctor, [[Richard E. Grant]] as the Tenth Doctor, [[Jim Broadbent]] as the Eleventh Doctor, [[Hugh Grant]] as the Twelfth Doctor, and [[Joanna Lumley]] as the final, Thirteenth, and female Doctor. | *"[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]," a multi-part sketch broadcast as part of the Comic Relief charity telethon in [[1999]], starred [[Rowan Atkinson]] as the Ninth Doctor, [[Richard E. Grant]] as the Tenth Doctor, [[Jim Broadbent]] as the Eleventh Doctor, [[Hugh Grant]] as the Twelfth Doctor, and [[Joanna Lumley]] as the final, Thirteenth, and female Doctor. | ||
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In the special, Ricky is reluctantly cast as a slug-like [[alien]] called Shlong. [[David Tennant]] reprises his role as [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] in a cameo appearance. A brief clip of the episode is shown in which the Doctor and an unidentified [[companion]], a female [[police constable]] are attacked by Shlong. The Doctor describes the attack as "hyper-podulating", a manipulation of "molluskian glang (sp?) valves to internally vibrate our [[DNA]]", a process that will turn its victims into slugs in roughly thirty seconds. Schlong is quickly dispatched when the Doctor throws table salt on him. | |||
In the special, Ricky is reluctantly cast as a | |||
==Comics== | ==Comics== | ||
*In March 2007, the first issue of Beano Max was published. The Daleks featured in the Balloonatics comic strip and | ===[[2000s]]=== | ||
*In March 2007, the first issue of ''Beano Max'' was published. The Daleks featured in the ''Balloonatics'' comic strip and "The Invasion of Bash Street" comic strip. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 23 February 2009
Many parodies of Doctor Who have appeared.
Partial list
Television
=1980s=
- A 1986 installment of The Lenny Henry Show included a sketch with Henry as the Doctor, battling the Cybermen and their leader Thatchos, a Cyberman version of Margaret Thatcher, complete with bouvant hair and purse.
1990s
- "The Curse of Fatal Death," a multi-part sketch broadcast as part of the Comic Relief charity telethon in 1999, starred Rowan Atkinson as the Ninth Doctor, Richard E. Grant as the Tenth Doctor, Jim Broadbent as the Eleventh Doctor, Hugh Grant as the Twelfth Doctor, and Joanna Lumley as the final, Thirteenth, and female Doctor.
2000s
The 2007 "Extra Special Series Finale" of the comedy series Extras featured Ricky Gervais as struggling actor Andy Millman, playing an alien villain opposite David Tennant in a fictional Doctor Who story. The finale showed a brief excerpt from his death scene.
In the special, Ricky is reluctantly cast as a slug-like alien called Shlong. David Tennant reprises his role as the Doctor in a cameo appearance. A brief clip of the episode is shown in which the Doctor and an unidentified companion, a female police constable are attacked by Shlong. The Doctor describes the attack as "hyper-podulating", a manipulation of "molluskian glang (sp?) valves to internally vibrate our DNA", a process that will turn its victims into slugs in roughly thirty seconds. Schlong is quickly dispatched when the Doctor throws table salt on him.
Comics
2000s
- In March 2007, the first issue of Beano Max was published. The Daleks featured in the Balloonatics comic strip and "The Invasion of Bash Street" comic strip.
