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 ** In "The Holographic Excitation" (2012), Raj announces he may have a TARDIS at his Halloween party. This TARDIS can be seen later on in the episode. Also in the same episode, Sheldon and Amy are brainstorming couples costumes for the party, and one of the ideas seen on Sheldon's board is "The Doctor & a Dalek". Additionally, several TARDIS posters can be seen in Stuart's comic book store, as well as a Dalek in Leonard and Sheldon's apartment.
 [[File:Big Bang Theory 2.JPG|thumb|[[The Doctor]] & A [[Dalek]] is one of Sheldon's favourite couples. ({{wi|The Big Bang Theory}})]]
+* A number of ''Doctor Who'' references appeared in ''The Simpsons''.
+** "Treehouse of Horror XXII" (2010): The vortex Bart traverses is similar to the [[Time Vortex]].
+** "Holidays of Future Passed" (2011): The robot policemen are very similar to the Daleks.
+** "Them, Robot" (2012): The robots smash through the glass room and surround Mr. Burns and Homer in similar fashion to the Cybermen in ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]''.
+** "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing" (2013): The TARDIS appears in the movie Love, Indubitably. Alfred Hitchcock then comes out of it.
+** "Diggs" (2014): Two of the names on Diggs' arm cast are the TARDIS and Dalek #7.
+** "Treehouse of Horror XXV" (2014): During "A Clockwork Yellow", one of the "nasties" put into the hat is "Tell Each 'Doctor Who' They're the Worst".
+** "Springfield Splendor" (2017): The TARDIS is seen at Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con.
 [[File:FamilyGuy.JPG|right|thumb|[[Hyperspace]]. (''Family Guy'')]]
 * In the American animated sitcom ''Family Guy'':
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 ** Most notably, the season 15 episode "Inside Family Guy" (2016) contains a scene in which the Griffins are watching a TV episode called "Doctor Who Farted", where the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant providing his voice) attempts to cover up the fact that he passed gas inside his TARDIS.
 * In the BBC sitcom {{wi|Miranda (TV series)|Miranda}} (featuring [[Tom Ellis]] as Gary Preston), in the episode "The Perfect Christmas" (2010), Miranda attempts to flirt with Dr. Gail (played by [[Adam Rayner]]) at her mum's Christmas party. After he explains that he recently moved to the area, Miranda jokingly responds with "in your TARDIS, Doctor?".
+* A number of ''Doctor Who'' references appeared in ''The Simpsons''.
+** "Treehouse of Horror XXII" (2010): The vortex Bart traverses is similar to the [[Time Vortex]].
+** "Holidays of Future Passed" (2011): The robot policemen are very similar to the Daleks.
+** "Them, Robot" (2012): The robots smash through the glass room and surround Mr. Burns and Homer in similar fashion to the Cybermen in ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]''.
+** "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing" (2013): The TARDIS appears in the movie Love, Indubitably. Alfred Hitchcock then comes out of it.
+** "Diggs" (2014): Two of the names on Diggs' arm cast are the TARDIS and Dalek #7.
+** "Treehouse of Horror XXV" (2014): During "A Clockwork Yellow", one of the "nasties" put into the hat is "Tell Each 'Doctor Who' They're the Worst".
+** "Springfield Splendor" (2017): The TARDIS is seen at Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con.
 * In an episode of South Park titled ''Funnybot'' (2011), the Germans build a robot designed to be funny in reaction to being labelled unfunny. This robot looks and speaks like a Dalek, it even has a plunger and is found going on murder sprees saying, "Exterminate!"
 * In the ''Eureka'' episode "Reprise" (2011), Zane call Jo's house as a TARDIS house, referring to how the house is bigger on the inside.