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=== Marvel ===
=== Marvel ===
In ''{{iw|marvel|All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol 1 6}}'' released in 2016, Miles Morales references ''Doctor Who'' to Thor as an example in explaining how leaving the second Mjolnir will be found by future-Captain America and future-Thor and uses the phrase "timey-wimey stuff".
In ''{{iw|marvel|All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol 1 6}}'' released in 2016, Miles Morales references ''Doctor Who'' to Thor as an example in explaining how leaving the second Mjolnir will be found by future-Captain America and future-Thor and uses the phrase "timey-wimey stuff".
== Video games ==
=== ''Terraria'' ===
* There is a clothing set available to buy from the clothier on the day after a full moon called "The Doctor's set" which consists of a bow-tie and tweed jacket top along with dark blue pants, a reference to the Eleventh Doctor's outfit.
* A fez can be purchased from the Travelling Merchant for 3 gold and 50 silver. Its item description says, "Fezzes are cool", a reference to the Eleventh Doctor's affinity for fezzes.
=== ''Borderlands 2'' ===
* A random citizen will sometimes say "I'm missing the new episode of Constable What!", a parody of Doctor Who.
* After blowing up the dam in a mission, Jack will list four names of workers killed in the flooding, all of which are the names of the first four actors playing the Doctor in Doctor Who. These are William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, and Tom Baker.
* At the beginning of the game Claptrap is injured and states that he must find a Doctor, then turns away to say "Allons-y!", a catchphrase by the 10th Doctor.
* The NPCs constantly knocking on walls in Sanctuary seem to be doing so in a similar beat and fashion to the subliminally-controlled humans in the Doctor Who episode "The Sound of Drums." The Master also refers to Captain Jack Harkness as "Handsome Jack" in that episode.
* ECHOs found in Lynchwood bandits named 'John' and 'Barrowman' reference Doctor Who and Torchwood actor John Barrowman, who plays Jack Harkness.
* There is a skin for Maya called Rose Tailor, a play on Rose Tyler.
* In the Bloodshot Ramparts, there is a small platform aside a crane that has a teddy bear with a bow tie and 3-D glasses, referring to both the 10th and the 11th Doctor.
* Hyperion robots can often be heard uttering "Deleted!" which is a popular phrase of the Cybermen.
* In the character selection screen, CL4P-TP sometimes says, "I need to pee," which will trigger him to go into the outhouse. Said outhouse will then vanish, and pop back up, much in the same manner of the Doctor's TARDIS.
* The character Maya was given to the Order of the Impending Storm, a play off of the nickname Oncoming Storm, given to the Doctor by the Daleks.
* During the final mission in which you kill Handsome Jack. He has a pocket watch which reveals his true identity, similar to the Fob Watch owned by Time Lords.
* During the Quest “Fake Geek Guy” in Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep, Tiny Tina asks Mr. Torgue a question which is a clear reference to Doctor Who. The question she asks is: “In the 23rd episode of the 15th season of Blue Box Adventures. What is the name of the ship that abducts the Blue Box?”


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