Are You Being Served?
Are You Being Served? was a British 1970s sitcom which was set in a fictional department store. It had a theme song, (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"page":"11","ed":"2007 edition","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"}, Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"page":"14","ed":"2011 edition","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"}) which included the line "first floor perfumery". (TV: Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"])
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Are You Being Served? originated in the 1970s. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"page":"11","ed":"2007 edition","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"}, Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"page":"14","ed":"2011 edition","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"})
Tom thought people roaming the streets in the 1970s looked like they were in Get Carter or Are You Being Served?. (PROSE: Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"])
The Tenth Doctor quoted the opening lines to the show's theme song — (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"page":"11","ed":"2007 edition","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"}, Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"page":"14","ed":"2011 edition","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"}) "first floor perfumery" — as he exited the elevator at the top of the Empire State Building. (TV: Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"])
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In a parallel universe, actors from Are You Being Served? were hypnotised by Beep the Meep. (COMIC: TV Action! [+]Loading...["TV Action! (comic story)"])
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In addition to the Tenth Doctor's quoting of the theme song of the show in Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], the Fourth Doctor quotes more of the theme tune in the audio story Legacy of Death [+]Loading...["Legacy of Death (audio story)"].
Trevor Bannister, Frank Thornton, Nicholas Smith, Wendy Richard and Kenneth Waller were all regulars in the series. Guest actors included Jimmy Mac, John D. Collins, Joanna Lumley, Norman Mitchell, James Copeland, Donald Morley, Eiji Kusuhara, Michael Attwell, John Ringham, Peter Greene, Ahmed Khalil, Ron Tarr, Jean Challis, Donald Hewlett, Donald Bisset, Ian Collier, Jennifer Lonsdale, Rex Robinson, Maureen Lane, Renu Setna, Martin Cochrane, Nicholas McArdle, Kristopher Kum, John Baker, Ken Barker and Imogen Bickford-Smith.
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