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]]''.

* 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''.

==== 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]].

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* 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]].

* 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.

* In ''Goat Simulator: Waste of Space'', the player can find a blue portable toilet referred to as a TURDIS with the Origin of Space Flight Museum. Headbutting the TURDIS will cause it to dematerialise, at which point the player is given a mission to find its new location. After finding and headbutting the TURDIS in a further three locations, its doors will open, allowing the player access to a bathhouse located inside.

==== ''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 [[Ben Aaronovitch]]'s ''{{w|Moon Over Soho}}'' (2011):

** Main character Peter Grant wryly muses in narration that the scientists at CERN "are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who might turn up and tell them to stop."

* 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.

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=== Video games ===

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