Category:Fictional characters from the real world
Fictional characters from the real world are those fictional characters which have been referenced as fictional in the Doctor Who universe, which originated in works of fiction from the real world. For fictional characters that originated in the DWU, please see Category:Fictional characters.
Writing " . . . from the real world" articles
Fictional characters from the real world is a member of a category that organizes things within Doctor Who universe. As such it (or, if a subcategory, articles within it) must be written from that point of view. Care must be taken with articles or subcategories like this to ensure that we stress only what is known within the DWU.
Main body of article
Please remember that the main parts of articles within a DWU category should only give information that is actually provided in the story or stories concerned. For instance, an article about a song from the real world shouldn't state the writers of that song, its highest UK chart position or, generally, the year in which it debuted. Almost never is such information provided in a DWU source. Likewise, people from the real world usually are not given full birth and death dates or detailed career information in a DWU story. We don't know from a DWU source, for instance, even what the dates of Margaret Thatcher's prime ministership were. They could be different from that which obtained in the real world, especially given the presence of strictly fictional prime ministers, like Harriet Jones. While copying Wikipedia articles is not forbidden by our Manual of Style, it should be strictly avoided for subjects within the " . . . from the real world" categories. Limit yourself to only that information which can be seen or heard from the story concerned. Remember, all these articles will have a wikipediainfo link, anyway, allowing readers to easily access Wikipedia, if they so choose.
Behind-the-scenes sections
"Common knowledge" about subjects like these should only be given in the behind the scenes section, or, if brief, in an italicized section beneath the article proper. Information given in the behind-the-scenes section should be limited to only what is relevant to amplify the meaning of the main part of the article. For instance, the real world hosts of the television programme, What Not to Wear are relevant to the DWU article, because those presenters provided the voices of the hosts in the DWU version of What Not to Wear seen in Bad Wolf. However, their names should not be given in the main body of the article, because that fact is not established by the episode. Instead, the information is best included in the behind-the-scenes section. By contrast, Orlando Bloom's involvement in The Lord of the Rings and The Pirates of the Caribbean is completely irrelevant to the DWU — until and unless either of those facts are established by the DWU or he participates in a DWU production — and shouldn't be included in the behind-the-scenes section.
Subcategories
This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total.
C
D
- Disney characters (44 P)
E
- EastEnders characters (13 P)
F
S
- Santa Claus's reindeer (9 P)
V
- Voyager characters (3 P)
W
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 372 total.
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- Addams Family
- Andrew Aguecheek
- Ahab
- Aladdin
- Ali Baba
- Amy Pond (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)
- Angelo (Measure for Measure character)
- Antigonus
- Antonio (The Tempest – A Work in Progress)
- Apothecary (The True and Most Excellent Comedie of Romeo and Juliet)
- Ariel (The Rotting Deep)
- Ariel (The Tempest – A Work in Progress)
- Arkright (The House)
- Armitage (The Lovecraft Invasion)
- William Ashbless
- Asterix the Gaul
B
- Baba Yaga
- Bambi
- Bandersnatch
- Barbarella
- Vyvyan Basterd
- Norman Bates
- Jack Bauer
- Bawd (Pericles)
- Baymax
- Tracy Beaker
- Toby Belch
- Mr Bellamy
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- Travis Bickle
- Big Brother (fictional character)
- Biggles
- Billy Bunter
- Modesty Blaise
- Sexton Blake
- Blofeld
- Bluebell
- Bob the Builder
- James Bond
- Betty Boop
- Nick Bottom
- Benjamin Braddock
- Charlie Brown
- Doc Brown
- Charlie Bucket
- Bullseye (Disney character)
- Bumble (fictional character)
- Ricky Butcher
- Butterscotch (pony)
C
- Caliban
- Juliet Capulet
- Lady Capulet
- Capulet
- Thomas Carnacki
- Randolph Carter
- Eric Cartman
- Captain Caveman
- George Challenger
- Champion the Wonder Horse
- Chief Watchman (The True and Most Excellent Comedie of Romeo and Juliet)
- Le Chiffre
- Child Catcher
- The Chorus
- Cinderella (fictional character)
- Clown (Antony and Cleopatra)
- Columbine
- John Constantine
- Cordelia
- Cosette (fictional character)
- Cousin Itt
- Cow (Auteur and the Homeworld)
- Crazy Frog
- Crocodile (It's Behind You!)
- Lara Croft
- Curly Howard
D
F
G
- Walter Gabriel
- Gabriel (White Witch of Devil's End)
- Genie (Aladdin)
- Genie (It's Behind You!)
- First Gentleman (Pericles)
- Second Gentleman (Pericles)
- Gentlewoman (The True Tragedie of Macbeth)
- Ghost Rider
- Ghostface
- Chief ghoul
- Godzilla
- Goofy
- Grampy
- Grathnave
- Great Old One
- Green Giant
- Dawn Greenwood
- Grendel
- Grendel's mother
- Griffin (The Invisible Man)
- The Grinch
- Groovy Chick
- The Gruffalo (character)
- Lemuel Gulliver's father
H
K
L
M
- Mrs. Malaprop
- Malvolio
- Man Friday (character)
- Man in the moon
- Mang (fictional character)
- Manny the Mammoth
- Mario Brothers
- Super Mario
- Jane Marple
- John McClane
- Kenny McCormick
- Ronald McDonald
- Scrooge McDuck
- George McFly
- Marty McFly
- McGregor (fictional character)
- Lightning McQueen
- Medusa
- Ming the Merciless
- Mercutio
- Merodach
- Micah Clarke
- Mim (fictional character)