Cultural references to the Doctor Who universe/2010s: Difference between revisions

== Television ==

* The [[YouTube]] series ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' had a battle come out in 2012 with the title ''Doc Brown vs. Doctor Who'' in which the scientist Doctor Emmett Brown (played by MC Mr. Napkins) battles against the Doctor in both his 10th incarnation (played by Nice Peter) and his 4th incarnation (played by George Watsky) with cameos from Marty McFly (played by EpicLLOYD) and a [[Dalek]] (played by Matt Sherin (physical) and Dante Cimadamore (voice)). A number of references are made:

** The Doctors rap inside their respective TARDISes (which change interior as they change appearance).

* Marvel's {{wi|Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.}} has made a number of references to ''Doctor Who.'' In the episode ''The Hub'', a model TARDIS can be seen on top of a desk. In ''The Only Light in the Darkness'', when the agents are asked the first thing they would like to see if stranded on an island, Jemma Simmons responds "the TARDIS." In other episodes, a holographic Dalek head can be seen on the Holo-table, and an image of a Dalek is displayed on Leo Fitz's monitor. In the season 5 episode 'Together or Not at All', Jemma Simmons says 'Allons-y' (The [[Tenth Doctor]]'s catchphrase) in response to Leo Fitz saying 'Once more unto the breach' (William Shakespeare originally said this, but it is also something the Tenth Doctor says in ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'').

* In one episode of ''Orphan Black'', a picture of the TARDIS is seen in the background.

* In ''{{iw|youngjustice|Insecurity}}'', a March 2012 episode of ''{{iw|youngjustice|Young Justice}}'', a [[police box]], clearly looking like [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], is seen as one of the ends of a {{iw|youngjustice|Zeta-Beam}} conduit. A character enters the box and teleports to {{iw|youngjustice|the Cave}}, the main setting for the heroes of the series. The design of the police box is comparatively detailed. It looks like the TARDIS as seen in ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'', because it bears an "out of order" sign. It's unclear how [[Warner Bros.]] would have been able to use the police box design legally. The appearance was not clearly parodic nor was it even historically accurate. The scene was set in America and the DC universe had never previously established the existence of British police boxes in the United States.

* In the English dub for the 2011 anime ''Steins;Gate'', Makise Kurisu, while in a conference discussing the possibility of time travel, mentions that while the idea of travelling through time in a little blue box may be charming, it (time travel) is completely impossible. Daru, while looking at a time machine later in the series, makes reference to a "blue box."

* In 2016 animated Disney show {{wi|Milo Murphy's Law}} the main character is a fan of a show called ''Dr. Zone's Files'' which depicts an oddly dressed time-travelling alien and is said to be running for 50 years, going through various incarnations. In the 2017 feature-length special "Missing Milo", part of the plot concerns the [[Missing episode|recovery of ''Dr. Zone''{{'}}s missing black-and-white pilot episode]] from 1965.

* In Cartoon Network's {{wi|Regular Show}}, the 2015 Halloween Special, "Terror Tales of the Park V", has the character Pops dressed up as the Fourth Doctor. In the 2016 short "Robot Rap Battle", bronze robots resembling eyeless, legged Daleks are among the audience members attending the titular event.

=== DC Comics/Wildstorm ===

* In {{iw|dc|Blue Beetle Vol 10 9}}, {{iw|dc|Teri Magnus (Justice League 3000)|Teri Magnus}} is led by {{iw|dc|Nabu (Prime Earth)|Doctor Fate}} to the {{iw|dc|Tower of Fate}}. Upon arriving, Teri notices the tower is [[Dimensional transcendentalism|bigger on the inside]]. Then, she recalls the concept is named dimensional transcendentalism, "''just like on [[Doctor Who]]''", to which Doctor Fate responds "''Doctor who?''".

=== Marvel ===