Laurel and Hardy
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were a popular comedy duo who made films together. Their films involved comic storylines getting their characters in silly adventures. Rory Williams was a fan of their movies, but Amy Pond was not.
The Eleventh Doctor placed himself into The Flying Deuces, one of the pair's films, to get Amy and Rory's attention. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)
In the 1980s, the Seventh Doctor and Bernice Summerfield attended a Laurel and Hardy convention in Ulverston. (PROSE: The Pit)
The Doctor had acquired a complete collection of Laurel and Hardy films on Betamax from a classified ad. (PROSE: Business Unusual)
Behind the scenes
The 2018 biopic Stan & Ollie by BBC Films starred a number of actors including Shirley Henderson, Stephanie Hyam, Richard Cant, Ella Kenion, Bentley Kalu, Daniel Fearn, Stewart Alexander and Conrad Asquith.
