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|type = Television series | |type = Television series | ||
|release date = [[30 September (releases)|30 September]] 1960}} | |release date = [[30 September (releases)|30 September]] 1960}} | ||
'''''The Flintstones''''' is an American animated television franchise from [[Hanna-Barbera]] that began with the original animated sitcom of the same name on [[30 September (releases)|30 September]] 1960. The series revolves around | '''''The Flintstones''''' is an American animated television franchise from [[Hanna-Barbera]] that began with the original animated sitcom of the same name on [[30 September (releases)|30 September]] 1960. The series revolves around the titular "modern [[Stone Age]] family", consisting of husband and wife Fred and Wilma, as well as their next door neighbours, Barney and Wilma Rubble, and their lives in the town of Bedrock. | ||
The franchise gained a single, explicit connection to the ''Doctor Who'' universe through the mass-crossover video game, ''[[LEGO Dimensions (video game)|LEGO Dimensions]]'', in the form of in-game content that can only be accessed through the use of certain ''Doctor Who'' elements. | The franchise gained a single, explicit connection to the ''Doctor Who'' universe through the mass-crossover video game, ''[[LEGO Dimensions (video game)|LEGO Dimensions]]'', in the form of in-game content that can only be accessed through the use of certain ''Doctor Who'' elements. Located throughout the game are three hidden [[TARDIS]] travel panels which, when built and used in conjunction with [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], will send the player to one of three exclusive secret areas. One such panel, located within ''[[The Simpsons]]''-based level, ''Meltdown in Sector 7-G'', will send the player to an area based on the Flintstones' family home. | ||
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The 2000 live-action film adaptation, {{wi|The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas}}, starred two actors who would both go on to guest star in [[Series 11 (Doctor Who)|series 11]] of ''Doctor Who'': [[Mark Addy]], who played [[Greston Paltraki]] in ''[[The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos (TV story)|The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos]]'', played family patriarch, {{w|Fred Flintstone}}, while [[Alan Cumming]], who played King [[James I]] in ''[[The Witchfinders (TV story)]], played {{w|The Great Gazoo}}. | |||
[[Frank Welker]] has also voiced various characters throughout the franchise's history including, for a while, being the primary voices of {{w|Barney Rubble}} and {{w|Dino (The Flintstones)|Dino}}. | |||