User:WaltK/Sandbox 7
This page lists the various non-DWU series and franchises that would theoretically exist as a part of, or in relation to, the DWU. This list is based upon observations of the various crossovers that the DWU has had with these other fictional worlds, taking into account whether the crossovers suggest their existence within the Doctor's universe (along with any other series that crossed over with these other series), or an existence as a parallel universe.
Rules and limitations
Series and franchises that appear on this list are split into two categories:
- Those that exist within the Doctor's universe: when the piece of media containing the crossover features the outside franchise interacting with DWU elements in a setting where no evidence of multi-dimensional travel is apparent.
- Those that exist as another reality parallel to the Doctor's: when the piece of media contains a crossover narrative that was explicitly made possible by having a character from one series accessing the world of another through means of dimension-hopping.
This page also takes into account another type of media; those that appear via lateral crossovers. Specifically, any series that has had an official crossover with a series that has, itself, crossed over with the DWU. Or a series that has crossed over with that initial series. And so on.
Let's use an example; how, exactly, is the long-defunct Channel 4 soap opera, Brookside, a part of the DWU? It's quite simple; Brookside was known to have had a handful of minor crossovers with its sister soap, Hollyoaks, suggesting that the two share a universe. Now, in 2021, all of the then-running British soaps took part in an event in which they would directly reference each other's events within episodes. This led to Hollyoaks either referencing, of being referenced by, among other soaps, EastEnders and Coronation Street, both of which directly crossed over with the DWU on a number of occasions (see stories like Dimensions in Time [+]Loading...["Dimensions in Time (TV story)"] and Dermot and the Doctor [+]Loading...["Dermot and the Doctor (TV story)"]). By relation, this would place Brookside, Hollyoaks, EastEnders and Corrie as all being set with the Doctor's universe.
Series that are implied to be set in the same world as a series that crossed over with the DWU via dimension-hopping can also count.
Here are some other guidelines to take into account:
- When listing a series, always preface it with what category it belongs under; PU for "parallel universe", and NS for "N-Space" (the commonly accepted name for the Doctor's universe). Sometimes there may be conflicting accounts that muddies what series' belong in which category; some sources may present a series as PU, while one or two may instead suggest it's NS. In such a scenario, the preface, "PU/NS" is accepted.
- Sometimes, minor unlicensed crossovers between series can occur; a series can only be counted if they have had a licensed crossover, but you are free to note any unlicensed crossovers they may have also had (Bart Simpson's presumably-unlicensed cameo in Party Animals [+]Loading...["Party Animals (comic story)"] can be noted under The Simpsons, as can any non-fictional DW-related cameo in the cartoon). Any series that's only had an unlicensed crossover is strictly off limits.
- Some included series may also have conflicting accounts suggesting that they exist in the Doctor's universe as fictional characters instead; feel free to acknowledge this fact. Do not include series that are only presented in the DWU in a fictional context, or vice versa.
- Try to take continuities into account. Most series have stories that are told as being part of their own separate timelines from each other; a series may currently be telling stories that are set in a continuity that is explicitly not the same continuity they were using decades before, or maybe they purposely utilise their own "multiverse". It would be inaccurate to say that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles we see in The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic [+]Loading...["The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic (comic story)"] are the exact same characters we saw in the latest theatrical movie, or who we're currently seeing in the IDW comic series. The Turtles have established that they have their own multiverse, and the Ninja Turtles wiki explicitly define each what each continuity is. The Turtles we see interacting in the DWU are most certainly intended to be those the characters from Fleetway's own comic series running at the time.
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- Part of a shared universe with two other Seth McFarlane animated shows, Family Guy and The Cleveland Show. The former show has crossed over with The Simpsons, placing it within the same parallel world that was seen alongside that of Doctor Who in LEGO Dimensions [+]Loading...["LEGO Dimensions (video game)"].
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- The ninth episode of the series was a direct crossover with The Sarah Jane Adventures. In the episode, Luke Smith and Clyde Langer fall down into the BBC rubbish tip and meet the show's star, Ross Lee.
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- Although most accounts agree that EastEnders is a work of fiction, a handful of accounts suggest that its characters and locations not only really exist, but that the Doctor themself has associations with them, in such stories as Dimensions in Time [+]Loading...["Dimensions in Time (TV story)"], Dermot and the Doctor [+]Loading...["Dermot and the Doctor (TV story)"], and Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars [+]Loading...["Sprout Boy meets a Galaxy of Stars (TV story)"].
- In 2021, six of British television's ongoing serial dramas teamed up in a series of loose, in-episode crossovers in a campaign to highlight climate change, an event which suggests that Emmerdale exists in a shared universe with EastEnders, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, Doctors, and Holby City.[1] This would, by extension, suggest that Emmerdale is a real place within N-Space, thanks to its own crossovers with EastEnders and Corrie.
- Additionally, the Emmerdale novel, Their Finest Hour, contained an unlicensed cameo from the Eighth Doctor, as was confirmed by its writer, Lance Parkin.
- That being said, this all conflicts with several accounts that suggest Emmerdale is a work of fiction in the DWU.
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- Various pieces of media suggest that Futurama shares a universe with Matt Groening's other show, The Simpsons (although others suggest they are mutually fictional to each other), which would make it a part of the parallel universe in LEGO Dimensions [+]Loading...["LEGO Dimensions (video game)"] in which The Simpsons is set.
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- Characters from the Fox animated sitcom made a cameo appearance in a season 9 episode of fellow Fox series, The Simpsons. This would suggest the series takes place in the same universe that was included alongside that of Doctor Who in LEGO Dimensions [+]Loading...["LEGO Dimensions"].
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- The twelfth episode of Chute! involved M.I. High character Lenny Bicknall visiting Ross Lee in the BBC rubbish tip, as Luke Smith and Clyde Langer did in episode nine. This would suggest that M.I. High is set in N-Space.
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- Crossed over with Chute!, which in turn crossed over with The Sarah Jane Adventures.
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- Although several accounts present the series and its characters as being fictional in N-Space, a number of material relating to LEGO Dimensions [+]Loading...["LEGO Dimensions (video game)"] depict Homer, Bart, and Krusty interacting with DWU elements, including the Twelfth Doctor. Within the context of what is presented in LEGO Dimensions, the three Simpsons characters in question, in fact, hail from another dimension outside of N-Space.
- Alternatively, the comic story, Party Animals [+]Loading...["Party Animals (comic story)"], appears to depict Bart Simpson as being among the guests at Bonjaxx's birthday party, although this appearance is likely unlicensed.
- Although several accounts present the series and its characters as being fictional in N-Space, a number of material relating to LEGO Dimensions [+]Loading...["LEGO Dimensions (video game)"] depict Sonic interacting with DWU elements, including the Twelfth Doctor. Within the context of what is presented in LEGO Dimensions, Sonic, in fact, hails from another dimension outside of N-Space.
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- NS(?): Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Fleetway continuity)
- The Ninja Turtles were among multiple franchises to appear in The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic [+]Loading...["The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic (comic story)"], which also featured incarnations of the Doctor and other characters from their universe.
- At the time, Fleetway Publications, who published the comic, were publishing their ongoing Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles comic, which contained reprints of the American Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures series by Archie Comics, as well as new stories created exclusively for the Fleetway series. The Ninja Turtle wiki, TMNTPedia, considers these two sets of stories to be in separate continuities from each other. As the Comic Relief Comic is a creation of Fleetway, it can be assumed that the Fleetway continuity is the one being crossed over with the DWU here.
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