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)
When Kurt McDonald said "to me" while moving his daughter's bed, the Ninth Doctor quoted the Chuckle Brothers by replying "to you". After being met with silence, the Doctor was disappointed that nobody else in the room was a fan. (AUDIO: Girl, Deconstructed)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- 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.
- The writers of The Vardan Invasion of Mirth were inspired in part by the Chuckle Brothers, while working out Teddy Baxter's double act routines with Stan and with Steven. (BFX: The Vardan Invasion of Mirth)
