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== Television == | == Television == | ||
[[File:Tracy Beaker Returns.JPG|right|thumb|A ''[[Doctor Who]]'' poster is seen in Toby's room. (''Tracy Beaker Returns'')]] | |||
* In the TV series {{wi|Tracy Beaker Returns}} (2010-2012) (which featured [[John Bell]], [[Richard Wisker]], [[Tracy Ann Oberman]], [[Holli Dempsey]], [[Michael Jayston]], [[Callum Gallaghan]] and [[Wayne Cater]]) Toby (one of the main characters) had a Doctor Who poster in his room. | |||
** It also gained a spin-off called ''The Dumping Ground'' (2013-present) (which has featured [[David Avery]], [[Simon Ludders]], [[Victoria Alcock]], [[Ian Reddington]], [[Michelle Collins]], [[Pik-Sen Lim]], [[Sheila Hancock]], [[Carmen Munroe]], [[Darren Morfitt]], [[Simon Rouse]], [[Chris Finch]], [[Kemi-Bo Jacobs]], [[Warwick Davis]], [[Geff Francis]], [[Nigel Planer]] and [[Louise Jameson]]). In the beginning of one episode, some of the kids were playing a game of Who Am I? and one of them (Ryan) was Doctor Who. Part of another episode was centred around answering questions based on a homemade scene based on Doctor Who. | |||
* The 13 May 2010 episode of ''[[CSI|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' is titled "{{iw|csi|Doctor Who}}." | * The 13 May 2010 episode of ''[[CSI|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' is titled "{{iw|csi|Doctor Who}}." | ||
* In the BBC sitcom {{wi|Miranda (TV series)|Miranda}} (featuring [[Tom Ellis]] as Gary Preston), in the episode "The Perfect Christmas" (2010), Miranda attempts to flirt with Dr. Gail (played by [[Adam Rayner]]) at her mum's Christmas party. After he explains that he recently moved to the area, Miranda jokingly responds with "in your TARDIS, Doctor?". | * In the BBC sitcom {{wi|Miranda (TV series)|Miranda}} (featuring [[Tom Ellis]] as Gary Preston), in the episode "The Perfect Christmas" (2010), Miranda attempts to flirt with Dr. Gail (played by [[Adam Rayner]]) at her mum's Christmas party. After he explains that he recently moved to the area, Miranda jokingly responds with "in your TARDIS, Doctor?". | ||
* In the 20 August 2010 episode of {{wi|Eureka}} on SyFy ("Stoned") Zane, while searching through government files mentions TARDIS blueprints as something he might be searching for. In the ''Eureka'' episode "Reprise" (2011), Zane call Jo's house as a TARDIS house, referring to how the house is bigger on the inside. | |||
* In an episode of South Park titled ''Funnybot'' (2011), the Germans build a robot designed to be funny in reaction to being labelled unfunny. This robot looks and speaks like a Dalek, it even has a plunger and is found going on murder sprees saying, "Exterminate!" | * In an episode of South Park titled ''Funnybot'' (2011), the Germans build a robot designed to be funny in reaction to being labelled unfunny. This robot looks and speaks like a Dalek, it even has a plunger and is found going on murder sprees saying, "Exterminate!" | ||
* Several episodes of ''Leverage'' reference ''Doctor Who''. In the episode "The 10 Li'l Grifters Job" (2011), one of the clients said she used to work at, "McGann, McCoy, and Baker". | * Several episodes of ''Leverage'' reference ''Doctor Who''. In the episode "The 10 Li'l Grifters Job" (2011), one of the clients said she used to work at, "McGann, McCoy, and Baker". | ||
* In the last episode of season two of {{wi|The Librarians (2014 TV series)|The Librarians}}, the Librarian talks about time travel and a cloth is lifted away by Cassandra Cillian to show the TARDIS as a broken down artefact in a room full of time travelling artefact such as the Delorean from ''[[Back to the Future]]''. | * In the last episode of season two of {{wi|The Librarians (2014 TV series)|The Librarians}}, the Librarian talks about time travel and a cloth is lifted away by Cassandra Cillian to show the TARDIS as a broken down artefact in a room full of time travelling artefact such as the Delorean from ''[[Back to the Future]]''. | ||
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* In {{wi|House of Anubis}} (which featured [[Mina Anwar]], [[Paul Antony-Barber]] and [[Rodger Barclay]]), the character {{iw|houseofanubis|Alfie Lewis}} had a 12" remote control Dalek and 2 12" figures in his bedroom; one was of a new series Cyberman and the other was of [[Dalek Sec]] as a [[Human-Dalek]] after he had merged with [[Diagoras]]. | * In {{wi|House of Anubis}} (which featured [[Mina Anwar]], [[Paul Antony-Barber]] and [[Rodger Barclay]]), the character {{iw|houseofanubis|Alfie Lewis}} had a 12" remote control Dalek and 2 12" figures in his bedroom; one was of a new series Cyberman and the other was of [[Dalek Sec]] as a [[Human-Dalek]] after he had merged with [[Diagoras]]. | ||
* The {{wi|iCarly}} episode ''{{iw|icarly|iPear Store}}'' introduces the character {{iw|icarly|Trey}} as a romantic interest for {{iw|icarly|Carly|the titular character}}, and then has the two go into a brief rendition of the "{{w|Who's on First?}}" sketch after Trey reveals that he's going to watch a ''Doctor Who'' marathon on television. | * The {{wi|iCarly}} episode ''{{iw|icarly|iPear Store}}'' introduces the character {{iw|icarly|Trey}} as a romantic interest for {{iw|icarly|Carly|the titular character}}, and then has the two go into a brief rendition of the "{{w|Who's on First?}}" sketch after Trey reveals that he's going to watch a ''Doctor Who'' marathon on television. | ||
* | * In one episode of {{wi|Orphan Black}}, a picture of the TARDIS is seen in the background. | ||
* In the American comedy {{wi|See Dad Run}} (2012-2014), Joe (one of the main characters) was going to a sci-fi convention to meet his hero the [[Time Lord]], an inter-galactic dimension jumper who travels in a cosmic elevator and wears a bowtie. | |||
* ''Phineas and Ferb'' (in which [[Thomas Sangster]] voiced Ferb) made several references to ''Doctor Who'', one example being a [[dimensionally transcendental]] room made possible by "a little British sci-fi technology" in "Mission Marvel" (2012). | * ''Phineas and Ferb'' (in which [[Thomas Sangster]] voiced Ferb) made several references to ''Doctor Who'', one example being a [[dimensionally transcendental]] room made possible by "a little British sci-fi technology" in "Mission Marvel" (2012). | ||
* 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 ''{{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. | ||
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* Near the conclusion of the {{iw|arrow|Finish Line|2017 finale of ''The Flash''}}, {{iw|arrow|Cisco Ramone}} makes a request over a walkie-talkie to "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow". | * Near the conclusion of the {{iw|arrow|Finish Line|2017 finale of ''The Flash''}}, {{iw|arrow|Cisco Ramone}} makes a request over a walkie-talkie to "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow". | ||
* In the {{wi|Lucifer (TV series)|Lucifer}} episode "The One with the Baby Carrot", Lucifer (played by [[Tom Ellis]]) is called "Doctor Who" by a comedian due to his British accent. | * In the {{wi|Lucifer (TV series)|Lucifer}} episode "The One with the Baby Carrot", Lucifer (played by [[Tom Ellis]]) is called "Doctor Who" by a comedian due to his British accent. | ||
* In the {{wi|Rick & Morty}} episode "The Rickchurian | * In the {{wi|Rick & Morty}} episode "The Rickchurian Mortydate" (2017), when a character says that Rick isn't a god, he responds "you don't know what I am, or what I can do! I'm ''Doctor Who'' in this motherf*cker!" | ||
* In the {{wi|Bob's Burgers}} episode ''Tweentrepreneurs'', Mr. Frond mentions that he once had a thriving {{w|Etsy}} store that sold hand-knitted ''Doctor Who'' scarves, until he received a cease and desist letter. | * In the {{wi|Bob's Burgers}} episode ''Tweentrepreneurs'', Mr. Frond mentions that he once had a thriving {{w|Etsy}} store that sold hand-knitted ''Doctor Who'' scarves, until he received a cease and desist letter. | ||
* In an episode of ''Supergirl'', Winn is required to quickly hack a computer and compares the situation to ''Doctor Who''. In the second episode of the series, Alex Danvers uses the codenames "Greyhound" and "Trap" in reference to the code names used by UNIT in Day of the Daleks. | * In an episode of ''Supergirl'', Winn is required to quickly hack a computer and compares the situation to ''Doctor Who''. In the second episode of the series, Alex Danvers uses the codenames "Greyhound" and "Trap" in reference to the code names used by UNIT in Day of the Daleks. | ||
* The {{wi|Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race}} episode "Hello and Dubai" features a robot heavily resembling a Dalek, called the "Tennis Menace". It shoots tennis balls at players and shouts "PARTICIPATE!". | * The {{wi|Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race}} episode "Hello and Dubai" features a robot heavily resembling a Dalek, called the "Tennis Menace". It shoots tennis balls at players and shouts "PARTICIPATE!". | ||
* In ''Criminal Minds'' season 8 episode 23, Penelope Garcia, the BAU teams technical analyst, tells the team that she "found something stranger than a time-travelling police box". One episode shows Garcia and Dr. Reid dressed as the Eleventh and Fourth Doctors. In another, Reid defends ''Doctor Who'' after comparisons with ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' calling it "Bill & Ted's Excellent Ripoff" | * In ''Criminal Minds'' season 8 episode 23, Penelope Garcia, the BAU teams technical analyst, tells the team that she "found something stranger than a time-travelling police box". One episode shows Garcia and Dr. Reid dressed as the Eleventh and Fourth Doctors. In another, Reid defends ''Doctor Who'' after comparisons with ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' calling it "Bill & Ted's Excellent Ripoff" | ||
* In an episode of ABC Family's {{wi|The Fosters}}, Callie and Mariana are at a party. At one point, Mariana is talking to a girl in a room that has black light. Graffiti is seen glowing on the wall behind the girls and right between their heads are the words "[[Bad Wolf meme|Bad Wolf]]" printed above a non-detailed drawing of what appears to be the TARDIS. | * In an episode of ABC Family's {{wi|The Fosters}}, Callie and Mariana are at a party. At one point, Mariana is talking to a girl in a room that has black light. Graffiti is seen glowing on the wall behind the girls and right between their heads are the words "[[Bad Wolf meme|Bad Wolf]]" printed above a non-detailed drawing of what appears to be the TARDIS. | ||
* In ''{{iw|orville|New Dimensions}}'', a 2017 episode of ''{{iw|orville|The Orville}}'', {{iw|orville|Ed Mercer|Captain Ed Mercer}} uses "[[The Doctor's TARDIS|Doctor Who's phone booth]]" as an analog to a "quantum bubble" which will theoretically preserve a [[shuttle]]'s interior dimensions while its exterior dimensions are compressed. | * In ''{{iw|orville|New Dimensions}}'', a 2017 episode of ''{{iw|orville|The Orville}}'', {{iw|orville|Ed Mercer|Captain Ed Mercer}} uses "[[The Doctor's TARDIS|Doctor Who's phone booth]]" as an analog to a "quantum bubble" which will theoretically preserve a [[shuttle]]'s interior dimensions while its exterior dimensions are compressed. | ||
* The 2017 sitcom ''One Day At A Time'' references ''Doctor Who'' in its second series. In the episode ''Locked Down'', teenage daughter Elena and her friend Syd are preparing to attend [[Comic Con]], dressed as the Fourth Doctor and the TARDIS respectively. The episodes includes jokes about Doctor Who, and the TARDIS costume is later used as a hiding place by another character. | * The 2017 sitcom ''One Day At A Time'' references ''Doctor Who'' in its second series. In the episode ''Locked Down'', teenage daughter Elena and her friend Syd are preparing to attend [[Comic Con]], dressed as the Fourth Doctor and the TARDIS respectively. The episodes includes jokes about Doctor Who, and the TARDIS costume is later used as a hiding place by another character. | ||
* In {{wi|The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)|The Goldbergs}}, among the pop culture-related t-shirts Adam Goldberg is seen wearing throughout the series is a black shirt bearing the ''Doctor Who'' "[[Doctor Who logo#1973-1980|diamond logo]]". | * In {{wi|The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)|The Goldbergs}}, among the pop culture-related t-shirts Adam Goldberg is seen wearing throughout the series is a black shirt bearing the ''Doctor Who'' "[[Doctor Who logo#1973-1980|diamond logo]]". | ||
* In the 2019 continuation of the 1996 TV show ''The Demon Headmaster'' (which both featured [[Terrence Hardiman]]), the Prime Minister said "Exterminate" when he saw the robot Tyler had created. | |||
=== ''The Big Bang Theory'' === | === ''The Big Bang Theory'' === | ||
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=== ''Community'' === | === ''Community'' === | ||
* In the American comedy {{wi|Community (TV series)|Community}}, the character {{iw|community-sitcom|Abed Nadir}} compares himself to various science fiction characters in "Critical Film Studies" (2011), including [[K9]], while describing himself as a dispassionate observer of those around him. | * In the American comedy {{wi|Community (TV series)|Community}}, the character {{iw|community-sitcom|Abed Nadir}} compares himself to various science fiction characters in "Critical Film Studies" (2011), including [[K9]], while describing himself as a dispassionate observer of those around him. | ||
* Starting in "Biology 101" (2011), ''Community'' would make frequent references to the fictional TV show ''[[Inspector Spacetime]]'', an obvious parody of ''Doctor Who''. A British programme, ''Inspector Spacetime'' is said to be the oldest sci-fi show on television, dating from 1962, centring around "The Inspector" and his companion, who travel through time and space in a red telephone booth. The main recurring villains are mechanical Dalek-like creatures named Blorgons, and a brief glimpse of the opening credit sequence is strikingly similar to the ''Doctor Who'' credits from the Ninth/Tenth Doctor era. In an episode of season four, Abed wears a TARDIS shirt, indicating that he was also a fan of the real ''Who''. | * Starting in "Biology 101" (2011), ''Community'' would make frequent references to the fictional TV show ''[[Inspector Spacetime]]'', an obvious parody of ''Doctor Who''. A British programme, ''Inspector Spacetime'' is said to be the oldest sci-fi show on television, dating from 1962, centring around "The Inspector" and his companion, who travel through time and space in a red telephone booth. The main recurring villains are mechanical Dalek-like creatures named Blorgons, and a brief glimpse of the opening credit sequence is strikingly similar to the ''Doctor Who'' credits from the Ninth/Tenth Doctor era. | ||
* In an episode of season four, Abed wears a TARDIS shirt, indicating that he was also a fan of the real ''Who''. | |||
=== ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' === | === ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' === | ||
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* Dr. Hooves is among several background characters to take centre stage in the series' 100th episode, "Slice of Life", where his scientific background is explored. | * Dr. Hooves is among several background characters to take centre stage in the series' 100th episode, "Slice of Life", where his scientific background is explored. | ||
* In "A Royal Problem", he has a bad dream about [[Weeping Angel|a statue]]. | * In "A Royal Problem", he has a bad dream about [[Weeping Angel|a statue]]. | ||
== ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' == | |||
* 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]]''). | |||
** Another episode sees the team hunted down by a killer robot, not too dissimilar to a Dalek. In one scene, this robot uses the phrase "exterminate". | |||
=== ''Good Omens'' === | === ''Good Omens'' === | ||
