Cultural references to the Doctor Who universe/2010s: Difference between revisions

These references functionally act as minor, unlicensed [[crossover]]s between the series and the DWU: some element of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] makes a cameo, or is referenced, in such a way as to imply that it is real in the world of the story, or indeed that the story itself "unofficially" takes place in the ''Doctor Who'' universe.

=== Television ===

* 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]], complete with a plunger, and is found going on murder sprees saying, "[[Extermination|Exterminate]]!"

* In the last episode of season two of {{wi|The Librarians (2014 TV series)|The Librarians}}, the Librarian talks about time travel and a cloth is lifted away by Cassandra Cillian to show the TARDIS as a broken down artefact in a room full of time travelling artefact such as the Delorean from ''[[Back to the Future]]''.

* On [[January]] 2 2015, the ''[[The Big Fat Quiz of the Year]]'' aired and featured [[Jimmy Carr and the Dalek (TV story)|a skit]] in which [[Jimmy Carr]] was exterminated by a [[bronze Dalek]] after the Dalek asked the game show's final questions.

* Amongst its recurring characters, the TV series {{wi|Newzoids}} (2015-2017) features a foul-mouthed version of the [[Twelfth Doctor]], referencing [[Peter Capaldi]]'s prior role as Malcolm Tucker in {{wi|The Thick of It}}.

* [[File:Regular Show Dalek.jpg|thumb|A [[Dalek]] in a crowd of [[robot]]s. (''[[w:c:regularshow:Robot Rap Battle|Robot Rap Battle]]'')]]In Cartoon Network's {{wi|Regular Show}}, the YouTube minisode ''[[w:c:regularshow:Robot Rap Battle|Robot Rap Battle]]'' features robots who resemble [[Bronze Dalek]]s without [[Dalek eyestalk|eyestalks]] and mounted onto mechanical legs.

* The {{wi|DuckTales (2017 TV series)|2017 ''DuckTales'' reboot}}, having cast [[David Tennant]] as the voice of [[Scrooge McDuck]], dropped many allusions to time-travel, the intentionality of which was confirmed by showrunner (and noted Whovian) Francisco Angones on Twitter. Among them is Scrooge's ownership of a time machine disguised as a grandfather clock (like [[the Master]]'s [[Goth's TARDIS|second TARDIS]]) and his ironic distaste for time-travelers in the 2018 Christmas special ''Last Christmas'', whose title is, of course, shared with [[Last Christmas (TV story)|an earlier ''Doctor Who'' Christmas special]]. The series also cast [[Catherine Tate]] (who played a [[Donna Noble|one of the companions]] of Tennant's Doctor) as the villainous Magica De Spell, a decision which the filmmakers later confirmed was partially spurred by the knowledge that Tennant and Tate verifiably had "great chemistry" together. [[Michelle Gomez]] ([[Missy]]) later appeared as Matilda McDuck, Scrooge's sister.

* The 2017 episode of {{wi|The Thundermans}} entitled ''{{iw|thethundermans|Save the Past Dance}}'' features a time machine known as the {{iw|thethundermans|Time Share}}, which possesses a button that allows it to blend into whatever time period it visits in a manner reminiscent to the TARDIS [[chameleon circuit]].

* Near the conclusion of the {{iw|arrow|Finish Line|2017 finale of ''The Flash''}}, {{iw|arrow|Cisco Ramone}} makes a request over a walkie-talkie to "[[reverse the polarity of the neutron flow]]".

* In an episode of ABC Family's {{wi|The Fosters}}, Callie and Mariana are at a party. At one point, Mariana is talking to a girl in a room that has black light. Graffiti is seen glowing on the wall behind the girls and right between their heads are the words "[[Bad Wolf meme|Bad Wolf]]" printed above a non-detailed drawing of what appears to be the TARDIS.

* A number of ''Doctor Who'' references appeared in ''The Simpsons''.

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* Marvel's {{wi|Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.}}, which made a number of real-world references to ''Doctor Who'' besides, a holographic Dalek head can be seen on the Holo-table, and an image of a Dalek is displayed on Leo Fitz's monitor. Another episode sees the team hunted down by a killer robot, not too dissimilar to a Dalek. In one scene, this robot uses the phrase "exterminate".

** the name of [[Gallifrey]] is briefly glimpsed among the planets where Crowley (Tennant) considers taking refuge to escape the end of the world;

** a brief exchange sees Adam Young and his friends chatting about how odd it is that aliens in so-called "real" U.F.O. encounters only ever talk about cosmic harmony, which leads into Brian remarking that aliens would be more likely to say “[[Dalek|Exterminate]]” (a word the child pronounces in a clear impression of a Dalek voice);

=== Prose ===

* In ''The Serpent's Shadow'' (2012), the British character Sadie Kane tried to create a Shabti out of a Thermos, which resulted in it flying around, yelling "Exterminate". Later, a challenge posed to Sadie is completed by stalling a huntress with tales of "fearsome" jelly babies, in a tactic reminiscent of the Fourth Doctor.

=== Comics ===

* In ''Century: 1969'', the [[Second Doctor]] makes a cameo in the background. The comic strip of [[Karkus]] is visible in a bookshop on the same page. A [[Dalek]] appears to Mina Murray during a drug-induced hallucination sequence at Hyde Park.

* In the third volume, ''Century: 2009'', the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and the [[First Doctor]] both appear in a cameo. [[Captain Jack]] appears a few panels above this cameo. Additionally, the James Bond character M makes a reference to [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] and "our [[Cardiff]] enterprise", namely [[Torchwood Three]].

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==== DC Comics ====

* In ''{{iw|dc|Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1 5}}'' (2015), Vandar the Stone's collections of time machines include [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] and [[the Master's TARDIS]].

==== Marvel ====

* In ''{{iw|marvel|Avenging Spider-Man Vol 1 8}}'' (2012), the words "[[Bad Wolf meme|BAD WOLF]]" are graffitied on an alley wall.

* In ''{{iw|marvel|All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol 1 6}}'' (2016), Miles Morales mentions ''Doctor Who'' to Thor as an example in explaining how leaving the second Mjolnir will be found by future-Captain America and future-Thor and uses the phrase "timey-wimey stuff".

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==== IDW Publishing ====

* In ''{{iw|dc|Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1 5}}'' (2015), Vandar the Stone's collections of time machines include [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] and [[the Master's TARDIS]].

* The IDW ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' series — inspired by the [[Douglas Adams]] novel which reused concepts from his ''Doctor Who'' stories — has a number of references:

** ''The Interconnectedness of All Kings'' (2015): The time traveler Professor "Reg" Chronotis has a cameo appearance. He has the same appearance as [[Denis Carey]]'s portrayal of [[Salyavin|Chronotis]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''. (Issue 3)

*** Sally Mills uses the phrase "Adventures in Space and Time". (Issue 8)

*** The Dirk of the BBC America universe hallucinates a [[Dalek]]. (Issue 8)

==== Homestuck ====

* The webcomic's main antagonist, Lord English, is a parody of [[The Doctor|the 4th Doctor]]. Additionally, his past-self, Caliborn, has theming based-around the number 11 and dresses like the 11th Doctor, including the suspenders and bowtie.<!-- Citation needed -->

=== Webcasts ===

==== ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' ====

** The Doctors rap inside their respective TARDISes (which change interior as they change appearance).

** The Dalek [[Extermination|exterminates]] the 10th Doctor, who [[regeneration|regenerates]] into the 4th Doctor.

** The Doctor mentions his infinite [[incarnation|number of me]][s].

** As the battle ends, it travels back in time to the beginning of the battle, and as the battle begins, the Doctor pulls out his [[sonic screwdriver]] to tune out.

* In the 2013 battle ''Hitler vs. Vader 3'', the 4th Doctor appears on an airborne speeder on the planet Tattoine from ''[[Star Wars]]'' alongside other battle-characters Leonidas and Macho Man Randy Savage.

* In the 2013 battle ''Bob Ross vs. Pablo Picasso'', the 4th Doctor appears on a channel of an old television in the middle of his end-verse.

* In the 2015 battle ''Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted'', Lewis says "Now go back in time and give Doctor Who his phone booth back!" while a TARDIS appears.

* Starting with the [[2016 (releases)|2016]] episode ''The Villain Pub'', the opening credits of the parody animated series in question featured a static cameo of a [[Bronze Dalek]] as one of the patrons of the titular Pub.

* The rip "[[w:c:siivagunner:Gaster's Theme (Uncorrupted Mix) - Undertale|Gaster's Theme (Uncorrupted Mix) - Undertale]]" changes the tune to "[[The Mad Man With a Box]]", with it later changing to the version performed at [[Doctor Who at the Proms (2010)|''Doctor Who at the Proms'' (2010)]].

* The rip "[[w:c:siivagunner:Looker's Theme - Pokémon Platinum|Looker's Theme - Pokémon Platinum]]" changes the tune to "[[The Doctor's Theme]]", seemingly in reference to the ''[[Pokémon]]'' character [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Looker Looker] bearing a strong resemblance to [[David Tennant]]'s [[Tenth Doctor]].

* The rip "[[w:c:siivagunner:In Game (MOD) - Warblade|In Game (MOD) - Warblade]]" includes, among other tracks, the main [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]].

=== Video games ===

* [[File:Barry Box.jpg|thumb|[[w:c:jetpackjoyride:The Barry Box|The Barry Box]] mid-[[flight]]. (''[[w:c:jetpackjoyride:Jetpack Joyride|Jetpack Joyride]]'')]]In ''Jetpack Joyride'' (2011), a purchasable alternative skin for the "Crazy Freaking Teleporter" vehicle is [[w:c:jetpackjoyride:The Barry Box|the Barry Box]], which strongly resembles the exterior of the [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], only with "BARRYBOX" written above the door instead of "POLICE PUBLIC CALL BOX".

* In Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, during Ahlbi's first cross-examination during "The Foreign Turnabout" episode, he complains about wanting his time back. Protagonist Phoenix Wright laments that he is a "lawyer, not a Time Lord". During the same episode the courtroom gallery frequently chant "EX-TER-MI-NATE! AN-NIH-I-LATE" to cheer for Ahlbi and Phoenix's executions, in a manner not dissimilar to the Daleks.

==== ''Westerado'' ====

** ''Tracey Beaker Returns'' also gained a spin-off called ''The Dumping Ground'' (2013-present) (which has featured [[David Avery]], [[Simon Ludders]], [[Victoria Alcock]], [[Ian Reddington]], [[Michelle Collins]], [[Pik-Sen Lim]], [[Sheila Hancock]], [[Carmen Munroe]], [[Darren Morfitt]], [[Simon Rouse]], [[Chris Finch]], [[Kemi-Bo Jacobs]], [[Warwick Davis]], [[Geff Francis]], [[Nigel Planer]], [[Louise Jameson]] and [[Mark Williams]]). In the beginning of one episode, some of the kids were playing a game of Who Am I? and one of them (Ryan) was ''Doctor Who''. Part of another episode was centred around answering questions based on a homemade scene ''based on Doctor Who''.

* The 13 May 2010 episode of ''[[CSI|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' is itself titled "{{iw|csi|Doctor Who}}."

* 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?".

* Several episodes of ''Leverage'' reference ''Doctor Who''. In the episode "The 10 Li'l Grifters Job" (2011), one of the clients said she used to work at a firm called "[[Paul McGann|McGann]], [[Sylvester McCoy|McCoy]] and [[Colin Baker|Ba]][[Tom Baker|ker]]". In the episode "The Radio Job", Parker references time travel and a remix theme of Doctor Who's opening begins to play. She then goes on to question Hardison about his choice of apparel and to that he replies "It's a bowtie. Bowties are cool".

* In {{wi|House of Anubis}} (which featured [[Mina Anwar]], [[Paul Antony-Barber]] and [[Rodger Barclay]]), the character {{iw|houseofanubis|Alfie Lewis}} had a 12" remote control Dalek and 2 12" figures in his bedroom; one was of a new series Cyberman and the other was of [[Dalek Sec]] as a [[Human-Dalek]] after he had merged with [[Diagoras]].

* The {{wi|iCarly}} episode ''{{iw|icarly|iPear Store}}'' introduces the character {{iw|icarly|Trey}} as a romantic interest for {{iw|icarly|Carly|the titular character}}, and then has the two go into a brief rendition of the "{{w|Who's on First?}}" sketch after Trey reveals that he's going to watch a ''Doctor Who'' marathon on television.

* In the American comedy {{wi|See Dad Run}} (2012-2014), Joe (one of the main characters) was going to a sci-fi convention to meet his hero "the [[Time Lord]]", an inter-galactic dimension jumper who travels in a cosmic elevator and wears a bowtie.

* In the English dub for the 2011 anime ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steins;Gate Steins;Gate]'', Makise Kurisu, while in a conference discussing the possibility of time travel, mentions that while the idea of travelling through time in a little blue box may be charming, it (time travel) is completely impossible. Daru, while looking at a time machine later in the series, makes reference to a "blue box."

* In an episode of ''Archer'' titled "Archer Vice: House Call", Archer asks how much the "stock" is worth in pounds. Cyril, confused, says that the weight is in kilogrammes and not in pounds. Archer then explains that he was talking about the currency called pounds but he gets interrupted by Malory. He then says "Exactly, as in ''Doctor Who'' money."

* In the animated [[Netflix]] series {{w|BoJack Horseman}}, Sarah-Lynn’s drug provider {{w|Dr. Allen Hu}} is introduced in "Downer Ending" (2014). The titular character, BoJack, is the only one who recognises the connection, showing surprise that neither Sarah-Lynn nor Todd are familiar with the "extremely popular BBC science fiction show about the time travelling Doctor who saves civilisations".

* In the 2016 ''Still Game'' episode "Pie", in the beginning, shopkeeper Navid Harrid gets an automatic till installed at his convenience shop, to help deal with large customer numbers. Resident miser Tam Mullen likens the automatic till to a Dalek.

* The favourite television series of Hugo the Duck from 2017 Netflix show {{wi|Julie's Greenroom}} is ''Doctor Who''. In addition, Hugo only speaks Duck, which another character can understand because he learned it at a performing arts school.

* In ''Criminal Minds'' season 8 episode 23, Penelope Garcia, the BAU teams technical analyst, tells the team that she "found something stranger than a time-travelling police box". One episode shows Garcia and Dr. Reid dressed as the Eleventh and Fourth Doctors. In another, Reid defends ''Doctor Who'' after comparisons with ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' calling it "Bill & Ted's Excellent Ripoff".

* In ''{{iw|orville|New Dimensions}}'', a 2017 episode of ''{{iw|orville|The Orville}}'', {{iw|orville|Ed Mercer|Captain Ed Mercer}} uses "[[The Doctor's TARDIS|Doctor Who's phone booth]]" as an analog to a "quantum bubble" which will theoretically preserve a [[shuttle]]'s interior dimensions while its exterior dimensions are compressed.

** In "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".

** In "Springfield Splendor" (2017), the TARDIS is seen at Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con.

* Marvel's {{wi|Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.}} has made a number of references to ''Doctor Who.''

** In the episode ''The Hub'', a model TARDIS can be seen on top of a desk.

=== Prose ===

* In ''Percy Jackson's Greek Gods'' (2014), Percy says that Kronos became the titan of Time but he "couldn't pop around the time stream like Doctor Who".

* In ''The Blood of Olympus'' (2014), Leo Valdez couldn't make small talk with Percy about things the last episode of ''Doctor Who'' because Percy had just been through Tartarus.

* ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' contained two distinct references to ''Doctor Who'', due to the main character being a ''Doctor Who'' fan himself. In ''The Sword of Summer'' (2015), Magnus Chase thinks the towers on Longfellow Bridge look like Daleks. In ''The Ship of the Dead'' (2017), the ship ''Big Banana'' was bigger on the inside and Magnus thought of it as a "bright yellow TARDIS".

* In Kate Gordon's ''Twenty-five Memories of Viggo MacDuff'' (2017), Jed moans to Connie Chase that the Beezus-juice "[[smell]]s like the [[fart]] of an [[Abzorbaloff]]", a reference to a scene from the episode ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'' in which the Abzorbaloff, having absorbed [[Bliss (Love & Monsters)|Bliss]], farts on her [[face]] as he allows her to tell [[Elton Pope]] that he really does not want to know where on the Abzorbaloff's body her face has been embedded.

=== Comics ===

==== DC Comics ====

* In ''{{iw|dc|Blue Beetle Vol 9 9}}'' (2017), {{iw|dc|Teri Magnus (Justice League 3000)|Teri Magnus}} is led by {{iw|dc|Nabu (Prime Earth)|Doctor Fate}} to the {{iw|dc|Tower of Fate}}. Upon arriving, Teri notices the tower is [[Dimensional transcendentalism|bigger on the inside]]. Then, she recalls the concept is named dimensional transcendentalism, "''just like on [[Doctor Who]]''", to which Doctor Fate responds "''Doctor who?''".

=== Video games ===

=== Musicals ===

* During ''{{iw|meangirls|Where Do You Belong?}}'', a song from the {{iw|meangirls|Mean Girls (musical)|''Mean Girls'' musical}}, {{iw|meangirls|Mean Girls (musical)|Damian}} says the {{iw|meangirls|Mean Girls (musical)|mathletes}} are all "college applications and ''Doctor Who'' quotations".

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