Disney
Disney was a film studio.
The Second Doctor explained to Ben Jackson and Polly Wright that, in the early half of the 20th century, Disney filmed live-action footage when making their animated films so the animators could use the footage as a guide. (PROSE: Dying in the Sun)
Disney made a film which featured the character Pinocchio. (PROSE: Birthright)
Harry Sullivan remembered a Disney film based on Arthurian legend, in which one woman transformed into a pink dragon. (PROSE: Wolfsbane)
They also made a film with Pixar called Tangled. (PROSE: Low/Profile)
Rory Williams liked "a good Disney". Both he and the Doctor had seen a Disney film in which a character named Stitch said, "No one gets left behind." (PROSE: The Glamour Chase)
In 1881 the Twelfth Doctor mentioned the film Frozen. (TV: Empress of Mars)
In 2007, Owen Harper compared Gwen Cooper's naivety to a Disney moment. (TV: Random Shoes)
Disney opened amusement parks. The First Doctor and Susan Foreman visited the decaying ruins of EuroDisney in France which, by 2134, had become the location of a feudal state called Urrozdinee. (PROSE: Urrozdinee)
Missy speculated that watching Disney films would be a part of a prisoner's rehabilitation at Stormcage Containment Facility. (COMIC: The Master Plan)
A song called "A Whole New World" was also something that Missy associated with Disney. (COMIC: The Master Plan)
Behind the scenes
- In 1975, the BBC and the real-life Walt Disney Company coproduced a crossover between Doctor Who and their annual holiday special Disney Time: Disney Time 1975, where the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) introduced various clips from Disney productions.
- Their TV channels, Disney Channel and Disney XD, aired K9 and, in the US, reruns of Doctor Who itself.
- As of 2019, Disney owns 20th Century Studios, the parent of the Fox Broadcasting Company.