Star Wars

Star Wars was a popular science fiction film series.

References

• The Doctor and Frobisher attended the American premiere of the first film at Mann's Chinese Theatre in May 1977. In the 1990s, the series' creator, George Lucas, reedited the first three films and added special effects, a move that was controversial with some fans, though the Doctor claimed to prefer the Special Editions. He also thought actor Peter Cushing (who played Grand Moff Tarkin in the first film, A New Hope) looked familiar, and seemed to remember meeting his granddaughter. (PDA: Mission: Impractical)
• Returned to her old haunts in Perivale, Ace learned from Ange that their mutual friend Flo married a "brain-dead plumber" they had nicknamed Darth Vader (after one of villains from the Star Wars series). (DW: Survival)
• Sam Jones had Star Wars toys as a child. (EDA: Alien Bodies)
• The Tenth Doctor told Martha Jones that Jar Jar Binks' clan were "...good people...very hospitable." (NSA: Forever Autumn)
• Both Mr Grantham and Clyde Langer made reference to the series, the latter comparing himself to Luke Smith's mentor, like Obi-Wan Kenobi. (SJA: Warriors of Kudlak)
• Clyde called Luke his "young padawan", when stating he had much to learn about humour. (SJA: Prisoner of the Judoon)
• Clyde said that he did a school history project on the Battle of Waterloo because his teacher had not allowed him to do one on the Battle of Hoth. (SJA: The Last Sontaran)
• At the end of a holographic communication left to Jack Harkness, another Time Agent, John Hart mockingly re-created the "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope" line from the first film. (TW: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)
• The Tenth Doctor once said that ventilation ducts never seemed to work out as a means of escape, just like in Star Wars. (DW: Dreamland)

Behind the scenes

• The space suit costumes worn by Jamie and Zoe in DW: The Wheel in Space was later re-used in the original trilogy (most noticeably by Bossk the Bounty Hunter).
• The Doctor's recognition of Peter Cushing in PDA: Mission: Impractical was an in-joke referencing the fact that Cushing had played the film version of Dr. Who in the 1960s.
• Dave Prowse, who had a small role in DW: The Time Monster played the body (though not the voice) of Darth Vader in the first three films.
• The duel on the Sycorax asteroid in DW: The Christmas Invasion may take some cues the duel between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back. In both scenes, the hero (the Doctor in this case) loses a hand and the weapon held in it. Later, the destruction of the Sycorax asteroid by the Jathaa weaponry is similar to the Death Star's destruction of Alderaan in A New Hope. The Valiant had similar weaponry in DW: The Poison Sky.
• The Face of Boe's final words to the Doctor: "You are not alone" are similar to Yoda's final words to Luke Skywalker: "There is another Skywalker".
• In Last of the Time Lords, the Doctor tries to redeem the Master rather than kill him. This is similar to Luke Skywalker trying to redeem Darth Vader rather than kill him.
• The funeral pyre scene in Last of the Time Lords is very similar to the funeral pyre scene in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
• The villain Davros is very similar to Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious (though, since Davros' first appearance predates Emperor Palpatine's by almost a decade, the resemblance is at least unintentional, at most from the opposite direction). They are both evil galactic emperors with hideously scarred wrinkly faces who can attack people by firing lightning from their fingertips. They also have similar voices.
• The Dalek Crucible is similar to the Death Star.
• Star Wars creator George Lucas is an avid fan of the original Doctor Who series.
• Actor Harrison Ford (Han Solo) was offered the role of the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie but turned it down rather than have a television commitment tie him down. (At the time, the movie's producers hoped to make it the pilot for a re-launched Doctor Who series.)
• In The End of Time, the Master turns good and sacrifices himself to save the Doctor. That scene is like the scene in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi when Darth Vader turns good and sacrifices himself to save Luke Skywalker.
• The alien bar scene in The End of Time is very similar to the Mos Eisley Cantina scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
• The reference in NSA: Forever Autumn to Jar Jar Binks he is in fact a part of the Doctor Who universe, and not just a reference from a film.
• The fight scene between the Spitfires and the Dalek Saucer in DW: Victory of the Daleks is remenisent of The Battle of Yavin from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

See also

• Doctor Who actors who appeared in Star Wars

External links

• Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki