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[[Martha Jones]]'s employment by [[UNIT]] was first mentioned in the ''Torchwood'' episode ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', in which she appeared, and ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky]]'' had a semi-sequel in the form of the ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' story ''[[The Last Sontaran]]''. ''[[The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End]]'' brought together cast members of three series. A number of more casual mentions have also taken place, such as Sarah Jane suggesting "[[Harry Sullivan|Harry]]" and "[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Alistair]]" as possible names for [[Luke Smith|Luke]] in ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]''. Likewise, Sarah's description of the origins of her [[coulrophobia]] in ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'' returns the viewer to the setting of ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]''. | [[Martha Jones]]'s employment by [[UNIT]] was first mentioned in the ''Torchwood'' episode ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', in which she appeared, and ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky]]'' had a semi-sequel in the form of the ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' story ''[[The Last Sontaran]]''. ''[[The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End]]'' brought together cast members of three series. A number of more casual mentions have also taken place, such as Sarah Jane suggesting "[[Harry Sullivan|Harry]]" and "[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Alistair]]" as possible names for [[Luke Smith|Luke]] in ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]''. Likewise, Sarah's description of the origins of her [[coulrophobia]] in ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'' returns the viewer to the setting of ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]''. | ||
While the universe appeared to divert when the events of [[TV]] ''[[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Torchwood: Miracle Day]]'' were not referenced in the Series 6 | While the universe appeared to divert when the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Torchwood: Miracle Day]]'' were not referenced in the Series 6 episode [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', further indications of it being a shared universe were enforced when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] noted that the [[Cybermen]] had risen naturally from [[Mondas]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts (audio story)|Spare Parts]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') [[Telos]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]'') [[Pete's World|Earth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'' / ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'') [[Planet 14]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') and [[Marinus]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The World Shapers (comic story)|The World Shapers]]'') effectively canonising all of these known instances of the Cybermen rising outside of the television stories. | ||
While such "crossovers" can be narratively insignificant, they nevertheless reinforce the notion of a single, shared universe. | While such "crossovers" can be narratively insignificant, they nevertheless reinforce the notion of a single, shared universe. | ||
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] also appeared in the [[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|first episode]] of the spin off series, ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]'', confirming the series as part of the same "universe" as ''Doctor Who''. | |||
== Other fictional universes == | == Other fictional universes == | ||
