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Nineteen Eighty-Four was a book by George Orwell. (PROSE: The Eleventh Tiger)
In 1969, Justin, having read the novel, knew what the Tenth Doctor was talking about when the Doctor insinuated what might happen afterwards, if a country using the alien species' gifts could rule the world and be able to destroy cities, when "there are no more people to conquer". (PROSE: Blue Moon) Upon arriving at InterCom's Studio City, resembling a giant theme park with towering skyscrapers and a ninety-foot-high representation of the company logo, Mark Barrington could not help but think of Nineteen Eighty-Four. (PROSE: The King of Terror)
The Sixth Doctor, upon arriving in the year, claimed that 1984 was "never as good as the book". (AUDIO: The Reaping) He had acquired a first edition of the book from a classified ad. (PROSE: Business Unusual)
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The novel is spelled Nineteen Eighty-Four in The King of Terror and The Eleventh Tiger, but as Nineteen Eighty-four in Blue Moon.
The novel The Winning Side was a crossover between Doctor Who and the real-life novel, depicting the universe of Nineteen Eighty-Four as an alternate timeline in the Doctor Who universe.
Peter Cushing, later cast as Dr. Who, played the part of Winston Smith in a 1954 BBC Television adaptation of the novel. John Hurt, later cast as the "War" incarnation of the Doctor, played the part of Winston Smith in a notorious 1984 film adaptation of the novel. Jonathan Morris revealed on Twitter in 2020 that back when AUDIO: The Lords of Terror was supposed to be a War Doctor rather than Eighth Doctor story, the premise was intended to be a play on this earlier role of Hurt's, with the actor "finding himself back in Nineteen Eighty-Four" — or, rather, in circumstances reminiscent of Orwell's dystopia.