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The following is a list of story titles that reference other works.

For the sake of simplicity, stories are categorised by the first work that had that title. (e.g. The Maltese Penguin is listed a reference to The Maltese Falcon novel.)

Doctor Who TV stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
PROSE: Nothing at the End of the Lane TV: Nothing at the End of the Lane (unproduced)
AUDIO: An Earthly Child TV: An Unearthly Child
PROSE: Ye Unearthly Childe
AUDIO: An Unearthly Woman
COMIC: John Smith and the Common Men TV: An Unearthly Child:
"It's John Smith and the Common Men."
AUDIO: The Keys of Baker Street TV: The Keys of Marinus
PROSE: The Dalek Invasion of Toyshops TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
AUDIO: The Grel Invasion of Earth
AUDIO: The Vardan Invasion of Mirth
AUDIO: The Time Museum TV: The Space Museum
PROSE: Journey Out of Terror TV: The Chase:
"Journey into Terror"
AUDIO: London, 1965 TV: The Chase:
"Barbara, we made it. London, 1965!"
PROSE: Mission to the Known TV: Mission to the Unknown
AUDIO: The Master's Dalek Plan TV: The Daleks' Master Plan
COMIC: Liberation of the Daleks:
"The Nightmare Ends"
TV: The Daleks' Master Plan:
"The Nightmare Begins"
AUDIO: The Guardian of the Solar System TV: The Daleks' Master Plan:
"Mavic Chen, Guardian of the Solar System?"
AUDIO: A Genius for War TV: The Daleks' Master Plan:
"But you must admit the Daleks have a genius for war."
AUDIO: Daughter of the Gods TV: The Daleks' Master Plan:
"Oh, how I shall always remember her as one of the Daughters of the Gods."
PROSE: The Celestial Toyshop TV: The Celestial Toymaker
AUDIO: Spare Parts TV: The Tenth Planet:
"Our life span was getting shorter, so our scientists and doctors devised spare parts for our bodies until we could be almost completely replaced."
COMIC: The Phantom Piper TV: The Moonbase:
"It's you. The Phantom Piper!"
AUDIO: The Phantom Piper
COMIC: The Faceless Two TV: The Faceless Ones
TV: The Snowmen TV: The Abominable Snowmen
COMIC: The Abominable Showmen
AUDIO: The Secrets of Det-Sen:
"The Abominable Snowmen"
PROSE: Fear of the Web TV: The Web of Fear
AUDIO: The Web of Time
COMIC: The Board Games TV: The War Games
PROSE: Venusian Lullaby TV: The Dæmons:
"No, it's the first line of an old Venusian lullaby, as a matter of fact."
AUDIO: Genesis of the Humans TV: Genesis of the Daleks
COMIC: Up Above the Gods TV: Genesis of the Daleks:
"That power would set me up above the gods."
TV: The Five Doctors TV: The Three Doctors
TV: The Two Doctors
PROSE: The Eight Doctors
AUDIO: The One Doctor
PROSE: The Two Jasons
AUDIO: The Two Irises
AUDIO: The Four Doctors
AUDIO: The Three Companions
AUDIO: The Five Companions
AUDIO: The Wrong Doctors
AUDIO: The Two Masters
PROSE: The Two Brigadiers
COMIC: The Five Masters
PROSE: The Five Christinas
AUDIO: The Two Rivers
PROSE: The Two Auteurs
AUDIO: Carnival of Angels TV: Carnival of Monsters
AUDIO: Peepshow TV: Carnival of Monsters:
"Do you mean that that Major Daly and all those people on the ship are in a sort of a peepshow?"
COMIC: The Evergreen Death TV: The Green Death
AUDIO: "Death to the Daleks!" TV: Death to the Daleks
COMIC: Death to the Doctor!
AUDIO: Return to Skaro:
"Death to the Thals!"
AUDIO: I Am The Master TV: The Sea Devils:
"I am the Master and you will obey me."
AUDIO: And You Will Obey Me
COMIC: Planet of the Diners TV: Planet of the Spiders
COMIC: The Arts in Space TV: The Ark in Space
COMIC: The Hans of Fear TV: The Hand of Fear
AUDIO: Horror of Glam Rock TV: Horror of Fang Rock
PROSE: Beast of Fang Rock TV: Horror of Fang Rock:
"They always said the Beast of Fang Rock would be back."
COMIC: The Inversion of Time TV: The Invasion of Time
COMIC: Epilogopolis TV: Logopolis
COMIC: One! Two! Three! Four! To Doomsday TV: Four to Doomsday
AUDIO: Four From Doom's Day
COMIC: Surfshock TV: Earthshock
STAGE: Mirthshock
COMIC: Liberation of the Daleks:
"Earth Shock!"
COMIC: The Bin Dilemma TV: The Twin Dilemma
AUDIO: The Quin Dilemma
AUDIO: Trial of the Valeyard TV: The Trial of a Time Lord
AUDIO: The Trial of a Time Machine
AUDIO: The Trials of a Time Lord
AUDIO: The Ultimate Poe TV: The Ultimate Foe
COMIC: Silver Screenesis TV: Silver Nemesis
AUDIO: The People Made of Smoke TV: Survival:
"People made of smoke, and cities made of song."
AUDIO: The Oncoming Storm TV: The Parting of the Ways:
"Do you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek Homeworld? The Oncoming Storm."
COMIC: Bad Wolfie TV: Bad Wolf
COMIC: The Partying of the Ways TV: The Parting of the Ways
PROSE: The Christmas Inversion TV: The Christmas Invasion
PROSE: The Easter Invasion
AUDIO: Wink TV: Blink
COMIC: Planet of the Rude TV: Planet of the Ood
COMIC: Music of the Spherions TV: Music of the Spheres
STAGE: The Stolen Mirth TV: The Stolen Earth
Time Lord Victorious TV: The Waters of Mars:
"I'm the winner. That's who I am. The Time Lord Victorious."
COMIC: Day of the Tune TV: Day of the Moon
COMIC: The Meddling of Clara's Song TV: The Wedding of River Song
PROSE: Night of the Intelligence TV: The Night of the Doctor
COMIC: The Day at the Doctors TV: The Day of the Doctor
AUDIO: Day of the Master
PROSE: The Morning of the Day of the Doctor
AUDIO: Forged in Fire TV: The Day of the Doctor:
"Great men are forged in fire. It is the privilege of lesser men to light the flame, whatever the cost."
AUDIO: Light the Flame
AUDIO: Time of the Intelligence TV: The Time of the Doctor
WC: The Zygon Isolation TV: The Zygon Invasion/The Zygon Inversion
AUDIO: The Wife of River Song TV: The Husbands of River Song

Other DWU stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
COMIC: Early Man: Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 B.C. TV: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
COMIC: Dalek Invasion of Ealing 1987
COMIC: Dalek Invasion - Salford 1987
COMIC: Liberation of the Daleks:
"Daleks' Invasion Earth 1966 A.D.!"
WC: Daleks invade Weston-super-Mare PROSE: Daleks Invade Zaos (1966)
PROSE: Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday STAGE: Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday (1974)
PROSE: Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday
PROSE: The Not-So-Sinister Sponge PROSE: The Sinister Sponge (1975)
AUDIO: Harry Houdini's War PROSE: Harry Sullivan's War (1986)
PROSE: Oh No, Not Again PROSE: Oh No It Isn't! (1997)
COMIC: Liberation of the Daleks:
"Dead Again"
TV: Born Again (2005)
AUDIO: Changes Everything TV: Everything Changes (2006)
PROSE: They Keep Killing Andy TV: They Keep Killing Suzie (2006)
COMIC: An Adventure in Brine and Plaice TV: An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
AUDIO: Only the Good AUDIO: Only the Monstrous (2015)
PROSE: Infernal Escape AUDIO: Eternal Escape (2021)
PROSE: How to Appear Noodles in Several Uneasy Lessons PROSE: How To Appear Human In Several Uneasy Lessons (2021)

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
COMIC: A Groatsworth of Wit A Groatsworth of Wit (1592)
AUDIO: The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (1605-15)
AUDIO: Auld Mortality Old Mortality (1816)
TV: A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol (1843)
PROSE: The Ghosts of Christmas A Christmas Carol (1843)
"I am the Ghost of Christmas Past." (etc.)
COMIC: The Man in the Ion Mask The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (1847-1850)
"Part Three: The Man in the Iron Mask"[1]
PROSE: The Man in the Velvet Mask
AUDIO: Call Me Ishmael Moby-Dick (1851):
"Call me Ishmael."
AUDIO: The Woman in White The Woman in White (1859-60)
TV: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)
PROSE: Barbara in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland (1865)
PROSE: Wonderland
PROSE: Alit in Underland
PROSE: Doctor Who In Wonderland
PROSE: Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast Alice in Wonderland (1865):
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
PROSE: Six Impossible Things
PROSE: War and Peace War and Peace (1865-67)
COMIC: Crimes and Punishment Crime and Punishment (1866)
PROSE: Rebellion on Treasure Island Treasure Island (1881-82)
COMIC: The Pictures of Josephine Day The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
AUDIO: Baker Street Irregulars A Study in Scarlet (1890):
"Chapter VIII: The Baker Street Irregulars"
COMIC: The Time Machination The Time Machine (1895)
AUDIO: The Time Machine
PROSE: The City of Dr Moreau The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896)
PROSE: The Invisible Women The Invisible Man (1897)
PROSE: The Invisible Women
COMIC: War of the Words The War of the Worlds (1898)
PROSE: Other Wars, Other Worlds
AUDIO: The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw (1898)
PROSE: The Wonderful Doctor of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
AUDIO: No Place Like Home The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900):
"No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home."[2]
AUDIO: The Day of the Comet In the Days of the Comet (1906)
AUDIO: A Room With No View A Room With a View (1908)
COMIC: Room with a Deja View
AUDIO: Trail of the White Worm The Lair of the White Worm (1911)
PROSE: Death in New Venice Death in Venice (1912)
AUDIO: Death in Venice
AUDIO: The Wreck of the Titan The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility (1912 ed.)
PROSE: A la Recherche du Temps Perdu A la Recherche du Temps Perdu (1913–1927)
COMIC: Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (1915)
PROSE: Omegamorphosis
AUDIO: The Boy That Time Forgot The Land That Time Forgot (1918)
AUDIO: The Murder of Oliver Akkron The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
PROSE: A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms (1929)
PROSE: A Farewell to R.M.S.
AUDIO: The Maltese Penguin The Maltese Falcon (1930)
AUDIO: Brave New Town Brave New World (1931)
AUDIO: A Brave New World
AUDIO: Brave New World
COMIC: Trouble on the Orion Express Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
TV: Mummy on the Orient Express
AUDIO: I, Davros I, Claudius (1934)
PROSE: I, Alastair
AUDIO: I, Rorius
AUDIO: I, Kamelion
PROSE: I, TARDIS
AUDIO: Iris Rides Out The Devil Rides Out (1934)
PROSE: Death on the Euphrates Death on the Nile (1937)
AUDIO: Death on the Mile
AUDIO: The Library in the Body The Body in the Library (1942)
AUDIO: Towards Zero Towards Zero (1944)
PROSE: The Lying Old Witch in the Wardrobe The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
PROSE: The Heroine, the Hero and the Megalomaniac
COMIC: The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop
TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
PROSE: The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone
PROSE: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead
PROSE: City at World's End City at World's End (1951)
COMIC: The Singer Not the Song The Singer Not the Song (1953)
AUDIO: Voyage to Venus Voyage to Venus (1953 ed.)
AUDIO: The Lights of Skaro The Lights of Skaro (1954)
COMIC: The Body Snatcher The Body Snatchers (1954)
PROSE: The Bodysnatchers
COMIC: Body Snatched
TV: From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love From Russia, with Love (1957)
PROSE: From Wildthyme with Love
AUDIO: A Death in the Family A Death in the Family (1957)
COMIC: Breakfast at Tyranny's Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958)
AUDIO: The Once and Future Nurse The Once and Future King (1958)
AUDIO: Once and Future
PROSE: The Mancunian Candidate The Manchurian Candidate (1959)
AUDIO: The Silurian Candidate
AUDIO: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster The Haunting of Hill House (1959)
AUDIO: The Haunting of Malkin Place
TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati
PROSE: The Haunting of Gabriel Chase
AUDIO: The Left Hand of Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness (1959)
PROSE: To Kill a Nandi Bear To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
AUDIO: This Sporting Life This Sporting Life (1960)
TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1960)
PROSE: Whatever Happened to Charlie Cause?
AUDIO: Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme?
AUDIO: Catch-1782 Catch-22 (1961)
AUDIO: The Drowned World The Drowned World (1962)
AUDIO: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth
AUDIO: Ice Station Alpha Ice Station Zebra (1963)
PROSE: On His Majesty's National Service On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963)
PROSE: We Only Live Twice (But the City Is Not Enough) You Only Live Twice (1964)
AUDIO: You Only Die Twice
PROSE: Never Die Twice
PROSE: The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (1966-67)
PROSE: The Dragons of Prague Dragonriders of Pern (1967-present)
AUDIO: The Oseidon Adventure The Poseidon Adventure (1969)
PROSE: 666 Charing Cross Road 84, Charing Cross Road (1970)
AUDIO: The Great Space Elevator Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)
PROSE: The Taking of Chelsea 426 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1973)
TV: Amy's Choice Sophie's Choice (1979)
TV: 42 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979):
"'Forty-two,' said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm."
PROSE: The Vaughn Identity The Bourne Identity (1980)
AUDIO: Girl, Deconstructed Girl, Interrupted (1993)
PROSE: The Devil Wears Panda The Devil Wears Prada (2003)
TV: The Shakespeare Code The Da Vinci Code (2003)
AUDIO: The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-Time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003)
AUDIO: The Five People You Kill in Middlesbrough The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)
TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005)
AUDIO: The Miniaturist The Miniaturist (2014)
PROSE: Death in the Stars: A Melanie Bush Mystery Death in the Stars: A Kate Shackleton Mystery (2017)

Anthologies and collections[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
AUDIO: 1001 Nights One Thousand and One Nights (pre-9th century)
PROSE: One Hundred and One Floors
AUDIO: The Doctor's Tale The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400)[3]
PROSE: The Casebook of the Manleigh Halt Irregulars The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927)
AUDIO: The Casebook of Paternoster Row
TV: Partners in Crime Partners in Crime (1929)

Short stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
PROSE: The Planet That Cried "Wolf!" "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" (circa 6th century BCE)
PROSE: The Twins in the Wood "Babes in the Wood (1595)
PROSE: Frozen Beauty "The Sleeping Beauty" (1696)[4]
PROSE: Little Rose Riding Hood "Little Red Riding Hood" (1697)
PROSE: Andiba and the Four Slitheen "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" (1717)[5]
PROSE: Beauty and the Beast "Beauty and the Beast" (1740)
PROSE: Helana and the Beast
PROSE: Jak and the Wormhole "Jack and the Beanstalk" (1807)[6]
PROSE: The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes "The Emperor's New Clothes" (1837)
TV: The Fall of the House of Gryffen "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839)
AUDIO: The Fall of the House of Pollard
PROSE: The Three Little Sontarans "The Three Little Pigs" (1840s)
PROSE: The Three Brothers Gruff "Three Billy Goats Gruff" (1841-44)
AUDIO: The Dead Shoes "The Red Shoes" (1845)
PROSE: The Red-Eyed League "The Red Headed League" (1891)
PROSE: The Nameless City "The Nameless City" (1921)
PROSE: Liberating Earth "The Liberation of Earth" (1953)
AUDIO: The Cold Equations "The Cold Equations" (1954)
PROSE: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner" (1959)

Plays[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
PROSE: A Comedy of Terrors The Comedy of Errors (c. 1589-95)
AUDIO: The Hollow Crown Richard II (c. 1595)
"All murder’d: for within the hollow crown / That rounds the mortal temples of a king / Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits…"
PROSE: A Midsummer's Nightmare A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595–96)
COMIC: Merchant of Menace The Merchant of Venice (1596-98)
AUDIO: The Quality of Mercy The Merchant of Venice (1596-98)
"The quality of mercy is not strain'd."
AUDIO: He Jests at Scars... Romeo and Juliet (1597):
"He jests at scars, that never felt a wound."
PROSE: A Rose by Any Other Name Romeo and Juliet (1597):
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
COMIC: A Rose by Any Other Name
PROSE: The Dogs of War Julius Caesar (1599)
"Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war."
PROSE: The Dogs of War
PROSE: So Vile a Sin Henry V (1599):
"Self love, my liege, is not so vile a sin / As self-neglecting."
AUDIO: Kings of Infinite Space Hamlet (c. 1599-1601):
"O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams."
COMIC: To Sleep, Perchance to Scream Hamlet (c. 1599-1601):
"To sleep, perchance to dream."
PROSE: Troilus and Cressida Troilus and Cressida[7] (c. 1602)
COMIC: Sharper Than the Serpent's Tooth King Lear (1605-06):
"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"
COMIC: Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
TV: Sleep No More Macbeth (1606):
"Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep"
PROSE: Toil and Trouble Macbeth (1606):
"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble."
AUDIO: Full Fathom Five The Tempest (1610-11):
"Full fathom five thy father lies"
PROSE: What's Past is Prologue The Tempest (1610-11):
"Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come in yours and my discharge."
PROSE: Oh No It Isn't! British Pantomime: (?)
"Oh no it isn't!"
PROSE: The Importance of Being Strax The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
AUDIO: Neverland Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904):
"Neverland"
PROSE: Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1912)[8]
PROSE: Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday
PROSE: What Keeps Their Lines Alive The Threepenny Opera (1928):
"What keeps mankind alive?"
AUDIO: One Enchanted Evening South Pacific (1949):
"Some Enchanted Evening"
PROSE: Waiting for Jeremy Waiting for Godot (1953)
AUDIO: Waiting for Gadot
AUDIO: The Doctor and His Amazing Technicolour Nightmare Coat Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1972)
AUDIO: Driving Miss Wells Driving Miss Daisy (1987)

Poetry[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
PROSE: Jason and the Pirates "Jason and the Argonauts" (3rd century BCE)
PROSE: Jorus and the Voganauts
PROSE: Josephine and the Argonauts
PROSE: Sirgwain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (14th century)
AUDIO: Home Again, Home Again "To market, to market" (1611)
"To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, / Home again, home again, jiggety-jig."
AUDIO: Paradise Frost Paradise Lost (1667)
PROSE: Paradox Lost
AUDIO: Paradise Lost
COMIC: Paradise Found
AUDIO: World Enough and Time "To His Coy Mistress" (1681):
"Had we but World enough, and Time..."
TV: World Enough and Time
PROSE: To Her Coy Doctor
PROSE: Where Angels Fear An Essay on Criticism (1711):
"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
AUDIO: If I Should Die Before I Wake "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" (1750):
"If I should die before I 'wake, / I pray the Lord my Soul to take."
PROSE: The House That Jack Built "This Is the House That Jack Built" (1755)
PROSE: The House That Jack Built
AUDIO: The House That Hoxx Built
AUDIO: Sound the Siren And I'll Come To You Comrade "Oh, whistle and I'll come to you, my lad" (1787)
AUDIO: Signal and I'll Come to You
TV: In the Forest of the Night "The Tyger" (1794):
"Tyger Tyger, burning bright / In the forests of the night"
PROSE: The Sorcerer's Apprentice "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1797)
PROSE: The Astronomer's Apprentice
TV: The Magician's Apprentice
AUDIO: Decline of the Ancient Mariner The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798)
AUDIO: The Satanic Mill And did those feet in ancient time (1804):
"And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic Mills?"
AUDIO: Mighty and Despair Ozymandias (1818):
"Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
PROSE: A Visit from Saint Nicholas "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (1823)
WC: A Visit from Prof. Summerfield
GAME: The Night Before Christmas "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (1823):
"'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."
AUDIO: The Night Before Christmas
WC: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
PROSE: Not a Creature Was Stirring
PROSE: All Snug in Their Beds "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (1823):
"The children were nestled all snug in their beds."
AUDIO: Nevermore "The Raven" (1845):
"Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”"
COMIC: Tooth and Claw In Memoriam A.H.H. (1850):
"Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw"
TV: Tooth and Claw
COMIC: Hungry Thirsty Roots "Goblin Market" (1862):
"Who knows upon what soil they fed / Their hungry thirsty roots?"
PROSE: ...And Eternity in an Hour "Auguries of Innocence" (pub. 1863):
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower / Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And Eternity in an hour"
TV: Something Borrowed "Something old, something new" (1870s)
PROSE: Something Borrowed
COMIC: Something Borrowed
POEM: Something Borrowed, Something Blue
PROSE: All Mimsy Were the Borogoves "Jabberwocky" (1871):
"All mimsy were the borogoves"
PROSE: A Bleak Midwinter "In the Bleak Midwinter" (1872)
AUDIO: In the Bleak Midwinter
PROSE: Our Bleak Midwinter
PROSE: The Hunting of the Slook The Hunting of the Snark (1876)
PROSE: White Man's Burden "The White Man's Burden" (1899)
AUDIO: The Boundless Sea "The Travelling Companion": (TBD)
"I turn my feet towards the boundless sea"
PROSE: There are Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden "There are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden" (1917)
AUDIO: Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden
PROSE: Falls the Shadow "The Hollow Men" (1925):
"Between the motion / And the act / Falls the Shadow"
PROSE: The Hollow Men "The Hollow Men" (1925)
POEM: Now We Are Six Hundred Now We Are Six (1927)
PROSE: Come Friendly Bombs... "Slough" (1937):
"Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough!"
COMIC: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night "Do not go gentle into that good night" (1951)

Music[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to Performer
AUDIO: Glory to the Reborn King "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (1739):
"Glory to the newborn king"
N/A
PROSE: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
PROSE: The Cutty Wren "The Cutty Wren" (1776) N/A
PROSE: Twelve Doctors of Christmas "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (1780) N/A
PROSE: Ten Days of Christmas
PROSE: Twelve Angels Weeping "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (1780):
"Twelve drummers drumming"
PROSE: Auld Lang Syne "Auld Lang Syne" (1788)[9] N/A
AUDIO: Auld Lang Syne
PROSE: Auld Acquaintance "Auld Lang Syne" (1788):
"Should Old Acquaintance be forgot"
COMIC: Be Forgot
COMIC: Silent Knight "Silent Night" (1818) N/A
AUDIO: O Tannenbaum "O Tannenbaum" (1824) N/A
AUDIO: The Crooked Man "There Was a Crooked Man" (1826) N/A
TV: The Daleks' Master Plan
"The Feast of Steven"
"Good King Wenceslas" (1853):
"Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen…"
N/A
POEM: The Feast of Seven... Eight and Nine
AUDIO: Brightly Shone The Moon That Night "Good King Wenceslas" (1853):
"Brightly shone the moon that night, though the frost was cruel..."
PROSE: Ten Little Aliens "Ten Little Indians" (1868) N/A
PROSE: Deep and Dreamless Sleep "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (1868):
"Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by"
N/A
PROSE: The Silent Stars Go By
PROSE: The Hopes and Fears of All the Years "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (1868):
"The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight"
AUDIO: Goodbye Piccadilly "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" (1912):
"Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square"
Jack Judge
PROSE: Dream a Little Dream for Me "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (1931) Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
COMIC: As Time Goes By "As Time Goes By" (1931) Frances Williams
PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" (1931) Beatrice Lillie, written by Noël Coward
AUDIO: Better Watch Out "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (1934):
"You better watch out / you better not cry"
Harry Reser and His Band
AUDIO: I Went to a Marvellous Party "I Went to a Marvellous Party" (1939) Beatrice Lillie, written by Noël Coward
PROSE: The Little Drummer Boy "The Little Drummer Boy" (1941) Trapp Family[10]
AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men Fanfare for the Common Man (1942) Aaron Copland
COMIC: A Merry Little Christmas "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (1944) Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra
TV: Wild Blue Yonder "Wild Blue Yonder" (1947) N/A
TV: A Girl's Best Friend "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" (1949) Carol Channing
COMIC: Frosty the Snowdemon "Frosty the Snowman" (1950) Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys
PROSE: Walking Backwards for Christmas "I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas" (1956) Spike Milligan
PROSE: A Girl Called Doubt A Girl Called Dusty (1964) Dusty Springfield
AUDIO: A Spoonful of Mayhem "A Spoonful of Sugar" (1964) Julie Andrews
TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" (1965) Shirley Bassey
COMIC: Nowhere Man "Nowhere Man" (1965) The Beatles
COMIC: Secret Agent Man "Secret Agent Man" (1966) Johnny Rivers
COMIC: Bad Vibrations "Good Vibrations" (1966) The Beach Boys
PROSE: The Laughing Gnome "The Laughing Gnome" (1967) David Bowie
COMIC: A Little Help from My Friends "With a Little Help from My Friends" (1967) The Beatles
COMIC: Interstellar Overdrive "Interstellar Overdrive" (1967) Pink Floyd
COMIC: The Tragical History Tour "Magical Mystery Tour" (1967) The Beatles
PROSE: Missy's Magical Mystery Mission
AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968) The Rolling Stones
COMIC: Pinball Wizard "Pinball Wizard" (1969) The Who
AUDIO: Bang-Bang-a-Boom! "Boom Bang-a-Bang" (1969) Lulu
COMIC: Space Oddity "Space Oddity" (1969) David Bowie
PROSE: Stop the Pigeon "Stop That Pigeon" (1969) Paul Winchell
PROSE: The Men Who Sold the World "The Man Who Sold the World" (1970) David Bowie
COMIC: The Woman Who Sold the World
PROSE: Life on Mars on Mars "Life on Mars" (1971) David Bowie
PROSE: Hunky Dory Hunky Dory (1971) David Bowie
PROSE: A World of Pure Unimagination "Pure Imagination" (1971):
"A world of pure imagination"
Gene Wilder
COMIC: Stairway to Heaven "Stairway to Heaven" (1971) Led Zeppelin
AUDIO: Time in a Bottle "Time in a Bottle" (1973) Jim Croce
PROSE: Diamond Dogs "Diamond Dogs" (1974) David Bowie
AUDIO: Station to Station "Station to Station" (1976) David Bowie
AUDIO: The Year of the Bat "Year of the Cat" (1976) Al Stewart
COMIC: Anarchy in the UK "Anarchy in the U.K." (1976) Sex Pistols
TV: Arachnids in the UK
PROSE: No Future "God Save the Queen" (1977):
"There is no future in England's dreaming"
Sex Pistols
AUDIO: Police and Shreeves "Police and Thieves" (1977) Junior Murvin
PROSE: Another Girl, Another Planet "Another Girl, Another Planet" (1978) The Only Ones
TV: Delta and the Bannermen Echo & the Bunnymen (1978) N/A
PROSE: Do You Dream in Colour? "Do You Dream in Colour?" Bill Nelson
PROSE: Combat Rock Combat Rock (1982) The Clash
PROSE: Total Eclipse of the Heart "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (1983) Bonnie Tyler
COMIC: Where Nobody Knows Your Name "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" (1983) Gary Portnoy
TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (1983) Yes
COMIC: Crime After Crime "Time After Time" (1983) Cyndi Lauper
AUDIO: Together in Eclectic Dreams "Together in Electric Dreams" (1984) Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
TV: Last Christmas "Last Christmas" (1984) Wham!
PROSE: Loving the Alien "Loving the Alien (1985) David Bowie
PROSE: Fairy Tale of New New York "Fairytale of New York" (1987) The Pogues
AUDIO: Fairytale of Salzburg
PROSE: Time, Love and TARDIS Time, Love & Tenderness (1991) Michael Bolton
PROSE: Screamager "Screamager" (1993) Therapy?
PROSE: All I Want for Christmas "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (1994) Mariah Carey
PROSE: All I Want for Christmas

Films[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
PROSE: The Blue Angel The Blue Angel (1930)
PROSE: The Scarlet Empress The Scarlet Empress (1934)
AUDIO: The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
PROSE: A Star is Reborn A Star is Born (1937)
AUDIO: A Star is Born
AUDIO: Invasion of the Body Stealers Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
PROSE: The Indestructible Man The Indestructible Man (1956)
COMIC: Attack of the 50ft Rory Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
COMIC: The Green, the Bad and the Ugly The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
PROSE: The Good, the Bad and the Alien
PROSE: Night of the Living Martian Night of the Living Dead (1968)
AUDIO: Anne of a Thousand Light Years Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
AUDIO: Blood on Santa's Claw The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
PROSE: A Town Called Eternity A Town Called Bastard (1971)
AUDIO: A Town Called Fortune
TV: A Town Called Mercy
AUDIO: Young Winston Young Winston (1972)
AUDIO: The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme The Devil in Miss Jones (1973)
AUDIO: The Cars That Ate London! The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
COMIC: Death Race Five Billion Death Race 2000 (1975)
AUDIO: Tsar Wars Star Wars (1977)
COMIC: The Doctor Strikes Back[11] The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
AUDIO: Escape from New New York Escape from New York (1981)
AUDIO: My Dinner with Andrew My Dinner with Andre (1981)
AUDIO: An Extraterrestrial Werewolf in Belgium An American Werewolf in London (1981)
AUDIO: An Alien Werewolf in London
TV: The Angels Take Manhattan The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
AUDIO: A Kill to a View A View to a Kill (1985)
PROSE: Return of the Living Dad The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
AUDIO: Rhys & Ianto's Excellent Barbecue Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
PROSE: Blind Fury Blind Fury (1989)
PROSE: The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
PROSE: Benny and Louise Thelma & Louise (1991)
AUDIO: My Own Private Wolfgang My Own Private Idaho (1991)
COMIC: Run, Doctor, Run Forrest Gump (1994):
"Run, Forrest, Run!"
TV: Brave-ish Heart Braveheart (1995)
PROSE: There's Something About Mary There's Something About Mary (1998)
PROSE: We Only Live Twice (But the City Is Not Enough) The World Is Not Enough (1999)
PROSE: Stakes on a Plane Snakes on a Plane (2006)
TV: Spyfall Skyfall (2012)
AUDIO: The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
PROSE: Match of the Day Match of the Day (1964-present)
PROSE: Match of the Deity
PROSE: The Man from DOCTO(R) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-68)
AUDIO: The Man From Gallifrey
PROSE: Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964-65)
TV: Lost in Time Lost in Space (1965-68)
GAME: Lost in Time
COMIC: Mission: Improbable Mission: Impossible (1966-73)
PROSE: Mission: Impractical
AUDIO: Mission Improbable
AUDIO: Regeneration Impossible
AUDIO: The Prisoner The Prisoner (1967)
AUDIO: Year of the Drex Olympics "The Year of the Sex Olympics" (1968)
TV: Smith and Jones Alias Smith and Jones (1971-73)
Alas Smith and Jones (1984-98)
TV: One Man and His Dog One Man and his Dog (1976-present)
AUDIO: Albie's Angels Charlie's Angels (1976-81)
COMIC: Project UFO Project U.F.O. (1978-79)
TV: Robot of Sherwood Robin of Sherwood (1984-86)
COMIC: Super Gran Super Gran (1985-87)
PROSE: Twin Piques Twin Peaks (1990-91)
AUDIO: Everybody Loves Irving Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005)
AUDIO: Everybody Loves Reagan
AUDIO: Midwinter Murders Midsomer Murders (1997-present)
AUDIO: Torchwood: SUV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999-present)
AUDIO: Max Warp Top Gear (2002-22)
COMIC: Strictly Fight Monsters Strictly Come Dancing (2004-present)
AUDIO: Come Die With Me Come Dine With Me (2005-present)
AUDIO: New Girl New Girl (2011-18)
AUDIO: The Haunting of Bryck Place The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)

Radio shows[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
PROSE: Just a Minute... Just a Minute (1967-present)
AUDIO: The Hesitation Deviation Just a Minute (1967-present):
"Panel game in which the contestants are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition on any subject that comes up on the cards"

Comics and publications[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
PROSE: Keeping up with the Joneses Keeping Up with the Joneses (1913-38)
COMIC: Tales from the TARDIS (series) Tales from the Crypt (1951-55)
AUDIO: Tales from the TARDIS: Volume One / Two
AUDIO: Tales from the TARDIS
AUDIO: Tales from the Vault
COMIC: Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS (series)
AUDIO: Tales from New Earth
WC: Doctors Assemble! The Avengers (1964)
"Avengers Assemble"
PROSE: Countdown to TV Action Countdown / TV Action
COMIC: TV Action! TV Action
AUDIO: The Bekdel Test Dykes to Watch Out For (1983-2008):
The Bechdel test
PROSE: Echoes of Future Past Echo of Futurepast (1984-86)

Games[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
PROSE: Goths and Robbers Cops and robbers
AUDIO: He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not "He loves me... he loves me not"
AUDIO: Doctors and Dragons Dungeons & Dragons (1974)
COMIC: Space Invaders! Space Invaders (1978)
AUDIO: Grand Theft Cosmos Grand Theft Auto (1997)
PROSE: Grand Theft Planet!

Artworks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
TV: Angel of the North Angel of the North (1998)
PROSE: The Sleep of Reason The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (c. 1799)
COMIC: The Scream The Scream (1893)
PROSE: The Persistence of Memory The Persistence of Memory (1931)
AUDIO: The Persistence of Dreams

Non-fiction literature[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
PROSE: The War of Art The Art of War (5th century BC)
PROSE: The War of Art
PROSE: Parallel Lives Parallel Lives (2nd century)
AUDIO: The Starship of Theseus Parallel Lives: "Life of Theseus" (2nd century)
"The ship wherein Theseus and the youth of Athens returned from Crete…"
AUDIO: The Secret History Secret History (c. 550)
AUDIO: Occam's Razor Philosophia Christiana de Anima (1649)
"Novacula occami"[12]
PROSE: Categorical Imperative Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785)
"The categorical imperative, which declares the action to be objectively necessary without referring to any end in view… holds as an apodictic practical principle."
AUDIO: How The Other Half Lives How the Other Half Lives (1890)
AUDIO: How to Win Planets and Influence People How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
AUDIO: Ghost in the Machine The Concept of Mind (1947):
"Now the dogma of the Ghost in the Machine does just this."
PROSE: Ghost in the Machine
AUDIO: I Was Churchill's Double I Was Monty's Double (1954)
AUDIO: Hidden Persuaders The Hidden Persuaders (1957)
COMIC: Escape into Alcatraz Escape from Alcatraz (1963)
PROSE: Resurrection of the Author "The Death of the Author" (1967)
AUDIO: String Theory "Dual models and relativistic quantum strings" (1974):
"in the framework of the string theory"
PROSE: Lepidoptery for Beginners For Beginners (1976)[13]
A Brief History of Time Lords A Brief History of Time (1988)
PROSE: What Has Happened to the Magic of 'Doctor Who'? "Television Review of 'The Deadly Assassin'" (1976):
"WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE MAGIC OF DOCTOR WHO?"
AUDIO: The High Price of Parking The High Cost of Free Parking (2005)

Religious and legal texts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
PROSE: Decalog Book of Exodus: "Decalogue"
COMIC: Love Thy Neighbor Book of Leviticus:
"thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself"
AUDIO: Shadow of Death Book of Psalms:
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil"
PROSE: All Flesh is Grass Book of Isaiah:
"All flesh is grass"
PROSE: The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind Book of Hosea:
"For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind"
PROSE: Three Wise Men Gospel of Matthew:
"Three Wise Men"
PROSE: Blessed Are the Peacemakers Gospel of Matthew:
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
COMIC: Physician, Heal Thyself Gospel of Luke:
"Physician, heal thyself"
PROSE: The Prodigal Sun Gospel of Luke:
"Parable of the Prodigal Son"
AUDIO: The Root of All Evil First Epistle to Timothy:
"for the root of all evils is the love of money"
PROSE: The Roots of Evil
PROSE: The Roots of Evil
AUDIO: The Book of Kells Book of Kells (c. 800)
COMIC: Mortal Beloved Book of Common Prayer (1549):
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today..."
COMIC: Official Secrets Official Secrets Act (1889)
AUDIO: Freedom of Information Freedom of Information Act (1967)

Quotations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
AUDIO: Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated "Divorced, beheaded, died; Divorced, beheaded, survived" (?)
AUDIO: Peace in Our Time Neville Chamberlain (1938):
"Peace for our time"[14]
AUDIO: Their Finest Hour Winston Churchill (1940):
"This was their finest hour"
AUDIO: Human Conflict Winston Churchill (1940):
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
COMIC: They Think It's All Over Kenneth Wolstenholme (1966):
"They think it's all over! It is now!"
PROSE: One Small Step... Neil Armstrong (1969):
"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
AUDIO: The Memory Cheats John Nathan-Turner (1980s)[15]

Sayings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
COMIC: A Stitch in Time "A stitch in time saves nine"
COMIC: A Glitch in Time
COMIC: A Stitch in Time
PROSE: The Eyes Have It "The ayes have it"
AUDIO: Damned If You Do "Damned if you do and damned if you don't"
AUDIO: Damned If You Don't
AUDIO: The Devil You Know "Better the devil you know than the devil you don't"
PROSE: The Evil and the Deep Black Sky "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"
COMIC: By Hook or By Crook "By Hook or By Crook"
TV: The Rescue: "Desperate Measures" "Desperate times call for desperate measures"
AUDIO: Desperate Measures
TV: Flesh and Stone "Flesh and bone"
PROSE: God Send Me Well to Keep "God send me well to keep"
AUDIO: Here There Be Monsters "Here be Dragons" (or similar)
COMIC: Land of the Blind "In the land/kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king"
AUDIO: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Kingdom of the Blind
PROSE: The Kingdom of the Blind
PROSE: Life After Queth "Life after death"
TV: A Girl's Best Friend "Man's best Friend"
PROSE: Interesting Times "May you live in interesting times"
PROSE: Mutually Assured Survival "Mutually assured destruction"
PROSE: Mutually Assured Domination
AUDIO: Mutually Assured Destruction
AUDIO: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish "Penny wise and pound foolish"
PROSE: See No Evil Three wise monkeys:
"see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"
COMIC: Hear No Evil
AUDIO: See No Evil
COMIC: Weapons of Past Destruction "Weapon of mass destruction"

Events[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Reference to
AUDIO: The Bonfires of the Vanities Bonfire of the vanities (1947)
AUDIO: Women's Day Off 1975 Icelandic women's strike (aka "Women's Day Off")

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. The man in the iron mask is real figure from history, but this term was seemingly popularised by Alexandre Dumas in this novel.
  2. In the film adaptation, the famous phrase was uttered by Dorothy when she clicks her heels to return home to Kansas. In the original novel, however, the quote appears earlier, in a conversation with the Scarecrow, with phrase used to return home instead being "Take me home to Aunt Em!"
  3. Each tale in the collection is styled "The [profession]'s Tale"
  4. While earlier versions of the story exist, it was given this title in Charles Perrault's version.
  5. Added to One Thousand and One Nights in the 18th century translation by Antoine Galland.
  6. The earliest known version "The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean" was published in 1734, but it is the 1807 edition which introduces commonly used title in "The History of Jack and the Bean Stalk"
  7. Which in turn is inspired by Troilus and Criseyde. In the case of the The Shakespeare Notebooks story, it is clearly referencing the Shakespeare play.
  8. While Snow White was originally published in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm, the 1912 play was the first to use "and the Seven Dwarfs" in the title, further popularised by the 1937 film of the same name.
  9. first recorded by Robbie Burns, but in reality much older.
  10. Originally composed by Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941, the Trapp Family were the first to make a recording of the song in 1951
  11. Originally published without a title before The Empire Strikes Back was released, later republications postdating the film gave the comic this title.
  12. The principle of Occam's razor was attributed to Occam centuries after his death, first in Libert Froidmont's work here.
  13. The English language For Beginners series began with Marx for Beginners in 1976, which was a translation of the Spanish language version Marx para principiantes in 1972, itself a sequel to Cuba para principiantes (1960).
  14. Commonly misquoted as "peace in our time", which is itself from a passage from "Da pacem Domine" in the Book of Common Prayer.
  15. Ding!: "The Memory Cheats?" by Ayd Instone. "It’s a phrase that came from the producer of the programme throughout the 1980s, John Nathan Turner, who had the arduous task of updating the programme for the new decade."
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