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The beloved UK-based series published by [[Fleetway Publications|Fleetway]], {{wi|Sonic the Comic}}, which ran from [[1993 (releases)|1993]] to [[2002 (releases)|2002]], offered an inherently British style of story and characterisation to Sonic's world, including a, perhaps, very unintentional nod to the [[Dalek]]s. Among the comic's extensive rogues gallery was a group called the Brotherhood of Metallix, in which the comic took Robotnik's singular robotic Sonic-Doppelgänger from the games, and turned it into a fearsome, very Dalek-like, warmongering species led by an "[[Dalek Emperor|Emperor Metallix]]". Nigel Kitching, one of the comics most prolific writers, and creator of the group, acknowledged the similarity after older readers began to pick up on it. Kitching explained that he did not initially set out to "rip off" the Daleks, but chose to run with the idea as the group were developed. He further stated that, since ''Doctor Who'' was off the air at the time, he believed the similarity was unlikely to jar the series' readership.<ref>http://sonicthecomic.proboards.com/thread/9482?page=8#355593</ref> | The beloved UK-based series published by [[Fleetway Publications|Fleetway]], {{wi|Sonic the Comic}}, which ran from [[1993 (releases)|1993]] to [[2002 (releases)|2002]], offered an inherently British style of story and characterisation to Sonic's world, including a, perhaps, very unintentional nod to the [[Dalek]]s. Among the comic's extensive rogues gallery was a group called the Brotherhood of Metallix, in which the comic took Robotnik's singular robotic Sonic-Doppelgänger from the games, and turned it into a fearsome, very Dalek-like, warmongering species led by an "[[Dalek Emperor|Emperor Metallix]]". Nigel Kitching, one of the comics most prolific writers, and creator of the group, acknowledged the similarity after older readers began to pick up on it. Kitching explained that he did not initially set out to "rip off" the Daleks, but chose to run with the idea as the group were developed. He further stated that, since ''Doctor Who'' was off the air at the time, he believed the similarity was unlikely to jar the series' readership.<ref>http://sonicthecomic.proboards.com/thread/9482?page=8#355593</ref> | ||
[[Image:E123 Omega Exterminate.jpg|thumb|left|E-123 Omega channels his inner-Dalek. (IDW ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #19)]] | |||
On the other side of the pond was perhaps Sonic's most prolific comic book run: the American Archie Comics series that ran continuously for a record-breaking twenty-four years, from [[1993 (releases)|1993]] to [[2017 (releases)|2017]]. A subtle ''Doctor Who'' nod occurred toward the end of ''World's Unite'', a massive crossover between Sonic and Archie's ''Mega Man'' comic book (based on the CAPCOM game series of the same name). At the end of a multiverse-spanning plot that was ultimately undone by a time travel paradox, ''Sonic'' character Sticks the Badger finished off by explaining her own theory about time and space, during which she used the first half of the (in)famous phrase first coined by the [[Tenth Doctor]] and popularised by the [[Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh]]: "[[Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey|wibbly wobbly]]". | |||
After the aforementioned comic's cancellation, the American Sonic comic license was picked up by former [[American comic book|American ''Doctor Who'' comic publisher]], [[IDW Publishing]], during which ''Doctor Who'' has, so far, been referenced twice. | After the aforementioned comic's cancellation, the American Sonic comic license was picked up by former [[American comic book|American ''Doctor Who'' comic publisher]], [[IDW Publishing]], during which ''Doctor Who'' has, so far, been referenced twice. | ||
[[image:IDWSonic Dalek cameo.jpg|thumb|The Dalek figurine. (IDW ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #49)]] | [[image:IDWSonic Dalek cameo.jpg|thumb|The Dalek figurine. (IDW ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #49)]] | ||