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"Bohemian Rhapsody" was a song by Freddie Mercury (PROSE: Direct Action) that had an opera-like structure with falsetto singing, a hard rock section in the middle, and a slow, reflective ending. (PROSE: Sick Building)

In a parallel world, Wilfred Mott, Donna Noble, Sylvia Noble, Rocco Colasanto and everyone else living at number 29 on a street in Leeds sang in 2009 on the night that all ATMOS cars emitted gas. They also sang "The Wild Rover" that same night.

Its lyrics included:

I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me.

He's just a poor boy from a poor family.

Spare him his life from this monstrosity.

Easy come easy go. Will you let me go?

Bismillah! No—

They were interrupted when UNIT soldiers outside were shooting the cars. (TV: Turn Left)

On Tiermann's World, the Tenth Doctor, Barbara and Toaster attempted to calm a horned bear by singing "Bohemian Rhapsody" to it. (PROSE: Sick Building)

During a storm in Elizabethan London, the Eleventh Doctor began to sing "Bohemian Rhapsody" before being shushed by River Song. (GAME: The Eternity Clock)

The Thirteenth Doctor sang the lyrics "I see a little silhouetto of a man..." when she spotted Rodney Minto in a crowd. (COMIC: The Power of the Mobox)

The operatic part of the song that begins "I see a little silhouetto of a man..." has been featured in the gag reels for both Series 2 of Doctor Who ("sung" by a group of Sycorax), and Series 2 of Torchwood (sung by John Barrowman, Naoko Mori, Burn Gorman and Freema Agyeman).
In The Christmas Invasion, the placement of the four Sycorax in their video broadcast was based on the "Bohemian Rhapsody" music video.
Russell Tovey likened the Second Doctor's forced near-regeneration sequence at the end of The War Games to "Bohemian Rhapsody's" famous music video during his narration of The Ultimate Guide.
Bohemian Rhapsody has been referenced in Doctor Who covers:

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-'''"Bohemian Rhapsody"''' was a song by [[Freddie Mercury]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Direct Action (short story)|Direct Action]]'') that, in a [[Donna's World|parallel world]], [[Wilfred Mott]], [[Donna Noble]], [[Sylvia Noble]], [[Rocco Colasanto]] and everyone else living at number 29 on a street in [[Leeds]] sang in [[2009]] on the night that all [[ATMOS]] [[car]]s emitted [[Caesofine gas|gas]]. They also sang "[[The Wild Rover]]" that same night.
+'''"Bohemian Rhapsody"''' was a song by [[Freddie Mercury]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Direct Action (short story)|Direct Action]]'') that had an [[opera]]-like structure with [[falsetto]] [[singing]], a [[Rock music|hard rock]] section in the middle, and a slow, reflective ending. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sick Building]]'')
+In a [[Donna's World|parallel world]], [[Wilfred Mott]], [[Donna Noble]], [[Sylvia Noble]], [[Rocco Colasanto]] and everyone else living at number 29 on a street in [[Leeds]] sang in [[2009]] on the night that all [[ATMOS]] [[car]]s emitted [[Caesofine gas|gas]]. They also sang "[[The Wild Rover]]" that same night.
 Its lyrics included: