Chuckle Brothers

Gwen Cooper once derisively called Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones "the Chuckle Brothers". (TV: Children of Earth: Day One)

Hilary Mercer met the Chuckle Brothers at Weston-super-Mare Playhouse. (PROSE: The Unhappy Medium)

Mark Whitaker remarked that his wedding turned into an episode of the Chuckle Brothers. (PROSE: Touched by an Angel)

While Nefertiti and Riddell pondered the fate of the residents of the Silurian Ark, Amy responded, "Whoa, Chuckle Brothers. Lighten up, would ya?" (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

Behind the scenes

• Among the Chuckle Brothers' many comedy stage shows was a Doctor Who spoof entitled Doctor What and the Return of the Garlics.
• Russell T Davies, who wrote Children of Earth: Day One, also wrote some scripts for the Chuckle Brothers' long-running TV series ChuckleVision in the 1990s.