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* In an episode of Archer titled "Archer Vice:House Call", Archer asks how much the "stock" is worth in pounds. Cyril, confused, says that the weight is in kilograms and not in pounds. Archer then explains that he was talking about the currency called pounds but he gets interrupted by Malory. He then says "Exactly, as in 'Doctor Who' money." | * In an episode of Archer titled "Archer Vice:House Call", Archer asks how much the "stock" is worth in pounds. Cyril, confused, says that the weight is in kilograms and not in pounds. Archer then explains that he was talking about the currency called pounds but he gets interrupted by Malory. He then says "Exactly, as in 'Doctor Who' money." | ||
* "Green Courage", an episode of Fox Kids' children's action series ''{{iw|powerrangers|Power Rangers Lost Galaxy|Power Rangers Lost Galaxy}}'', featured an on-screen note claiming that a meteoroid field that had just collided with a planet was located at "ten zero eleven zero zero, by zero two from galactic zero," in the constellation of [[Kasterborous]]. In [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'', these coordinates are given as the location of [[Gallifrey]]. | * "Green Courage", an episode of Fox Kids' children's action series ''{{iw|powerrangers|Power Rangers Lost Galaxy|Power Rangers Lost Galaxy}}'', featured an on-screen note claiming that a meteoroid field that had just collided with a planet was located at "ten zero eleven zero zero, by zero two from galactic zero," in the constellation of [[Kasterborous]]. In [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'', these coordinates are given as the location of [[Gallifrey]]. | ||
* In an episode of ''Supergirl,'' Winn is required to quickly hack a computer and compares the situation to ''Doctor Who.'' | |||
* In "420", an episode of ''Family Guy'', Brian says that ever since weed was legalised "crime is down, productivity is up and the ratings for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is through the roof". Another episode, the ''Star Wars Episode IV'' spoof "Blue Harvest", incorporated footage from the Tom Baker-era opening credits in the scene in which the ''Millennium Falcon'' enters hyperspace. In "Meg Stinks", Peter loses his hand and says he can regenerate, regrowing his hand similar to The Tenth Doctor in The Christmas Invasion. Then, the disarmed hand regrows into another version of Peter, Journeys End. | * In "420", an episode of ''Family Guy'', Brian says that ever since weed was legalised "crime is down, productivity is up and the ratings for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is through the roof". Another episode, the ''Star Wars Episode IV'' spoof "Blue Harvest", incorporated footage from the Tom Baker-era opening credits in the scene in which the ''Millennium Falcon'' enters hyperspace. In "Meg Stinks", Peter loses his hand and says he can regenerate, regrowing his hand similar to The Tenth Doctor in The Christmas Invasion. Then, the disarmed hand regrows into another version of Peter, Journeys End. | ||
* Several episodes of the 2008 series {{wi|The Middleman (TV series)|The Middleman}} include references to ''Doctor Who''. In one episode a character is identified as "[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Lethbridge-Stewart]]". Only twelve episodes were produced, with the decision made not to produce a thirteenth. That episode, ''The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalpyse'', also contained several references to ''Doctor Who'', most notably having the Middleman recite the [[First Doctor]]'s farewell speech to [[Susan Foreman]] in ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' ("There must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties..."). The script for this unmade episode was performed by the cast in a "read through" at the 2009 San Diego ComicCon, and adapted into a graphic novel by Viper Comics, both with the Doctor's speech intact. Given the series' acknowledged debt to ''Doctor Who'', the fact that the lead character is never referred to by name, only as "the Middleman", is probably a reference to the fact that the Doctor's real name is never revealed. (The final episode, however, does reveal the Middleman's real name.) | * Several episodes of the 2008 series {{wi|The Middleman (TV series)|The Middleman}} include references to ''Doctor Who''. In one episode a character is identified as "[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Lethbridge-Stewart]]". Only twelve episodes were produced, with the decision made not to produce a thirteenth. That episode, ''The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalpyse'', also contained several references to ''Doctor Who'', most notably having the Middleman recite the [[First Doctor]]'s farewell speech to [[Susan Foreman]] in ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' ("There must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties..."). The script for this unmade episode was performed by the cast in a "read through" at the 2009 San Diego ComicCon, and adapted into a graphic novel by Viper Comics, both with the Doctor's speech intact. Given the series' acknowledged debt to ''Doctor Who'', the fact that the lead character is never referred to by name, only as "the Middleman", is probably a reference to the fact that the Doctor's real name is never revealed. (The final episode, however, does reveal the Middleman's real name.) | ||
