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Untitled (The Lenny Henry Show TV story) (edit)
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* [[Tom and Jerry]], ''[[Star Trek]]'s'' [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)]] and [[Terry Wogan]] can be seen as the [[TARDIS scanner]] changes channels. | * [[Tom and Jerry]], ''[[Star Trek]]'s'' [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)]] and [[Terry Wogan]] can be seen as the [[TARDIS scanner]] changes channels. | ||
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* This sketch unexpectedly predicted two aspects of the DWU [[Seventh Doctor]]'s era; namely that the [[Sixth Doctor]] would regenerate on the floor of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] after extreme turbulence, later seen in | * This sketch unexpectedly predicted two aspects of the DWU [[Seventh Doctor]]'s era; namely that the [[Sixth Doctor]] would regenerate on the floor of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] after extreme turbulence, later seen in ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'', and the Doctor facing a villainous [[Margaret Thatcher]] allegory, later seen in ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]''. | ||
* While not strictly part of ''Doctor Who'' continuity, this sketch technically makes Lenny Henry the first black actor to play the Doctor. He would later portray the [[9.5th Doctor]], called Lenny Henry in the sketch ''[[Lenny Henry Regenerates into David Tennant (TV story)|Lenny Henry Regenerates into David Tennant]]'' from [[2023 (releases)|2023]]. | * While not strictly part of ''Doctor Who'' continuity, this sketch technically makes Lenny Henry the first black actor to play the Doctor. He would later portray the [[9.5th Doctor]], also called Lenny Henry, in the sketch ''[[Lenny Henry Regenerates into David Tennant (TV story)|Lenny Henry Regenerates into David Tennant]]'' from [[2023 (releases)|2023]]. | ||
** The first actor to do so in an official capacity, however, would be [[Daniel Anthony]] in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' serial ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'' in [[2010 (releases)|2010]] when he briefly played the [[Eleventh Doctor]] in place of [[Matt Smith]] in a "body-location-swapping-gone-wrong" sequence. | ** The first actor to do so in an official capacity, however, would be [[Daniel Anthony]] in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' serial ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'' in [[2010 (releases)|2010]] when he briefly played the [[Eleventh Doctor]] in place of [[Matt Smith]] in a "body-location-swapping-gone-wrong" sequence. | ||
*** The first actual black incarnation of the Doctor in the TV series would be [[Jo Martin]]'s [[Fugitive Doctor]], seen in | *** The first actual black incarnation of the Doctor in the TV series would be [[Jo Martin]]'s [[Fugitive Doctor]], seen in the episodes ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'' and ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'' in [[2020 (releases)|2020]], ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'' in [[2021 (releases)|2021]] and ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'' in [[2022 (releases)|2022]]. | ||
*** The first numbered Doctor portrayed by a black actor would be [[Ncuti Gatwa]]'s [[Fifteenth Doctor]]. | |||
* Both Peri and the Cyberman Denos use a type of [[ray gun]] distinct from the [[Cyber-gun]]s used in contemporary television serials. | * Both Peri and the Cyberman Denos use a type of [[ray gun]] distinct from the [[Cyber-gun]]s used in contemporary television serials. | ||
* Thatchos and Denos are [[CyberNeomorph]]s. | * Thatchos and Denos are [[CyberNeomorph]]s. | ||