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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (franchise)

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American television series created by Joss Whedon. It is about a young woman named Buffy who was chosen by mystical forces to be the Slayer. She fights vampires and myriad other demons with her team of friends. The television series ran from 1997 to 2003. A continuation comic book series began its run in 2007.

Connections with Doctor Who

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The Doctor and Rose appear in No Future For You.
The use of a red telephone box would be a symbol of both the TARDIS, as well as the fact that Doctor Who is British, whereas the TARDIS itself would infringe on the BBC's copyright.
  • Buffy creator Joss Whedon also wrote and directed Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, which ended Steven Moffat's "juggernaut" Hugo Award winning streak.
  • The 2001 Buffy episode "Smashed" references the series when Andrew mentions he has seen "every episode of Doctor Who".
  • Joss Whedon expressed admiration for Russell T. Davies while speaking as part of the Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog panel at the 2008 Comic-Con.
  • Jane Espenson, a Buffy writer and co-executive producer, is on the writing staff for Series 4 of Torchwood.
  • On the Torchwood website, one of the creatures described by Owen Harper as being in stasis in the Torchwood morgue is the "Invincible Vampire", which reconstitutes itself after it is "dusted". "Dusted" is terminology from Buffy for the slaying of a vampire.
  • A reference to the series is made in ST: Homework, where a character from the year 2008 is said to be wearing 'a T-shirt that said Duffy the Vampire or something'.
  • Spin-off Angel's main costume designer Shawna Trpcic is coming to work on Series 4 of Torchwood.

Similarities

It is likely that in the Doctor Who universe, this is how the vampire myth began.
  • The audio drama Minuet in Hell also has several similarities. Firstly, it features an organisation, fronted by a young girl, dedicated to dealing with supernatural beings in a similar way to the Watchers Council and the Slayer. Added to this, the use of the phrase "Bored now", before attacking someone is also seen in the 'Buffy' episodes The Wish, Doppelgängland, and Villains. It also features technology that can digitise and replace peoples memories and brain waves in a way similar to that seen in Whedon's later series, Dollhouse.

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