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

=== ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' ===

* In ''The Sword of Summer'' (2015), Magnus Chase is a ''Doctor Who'' fan and thinks the towers on Longfellow Bridge look like Daleks.

* In ''The Ship of the Dead'' (2017), the ship ''Big Banana'' was bigger on the inside and Magnus thought of it as a "bright yellow TARDIS".

* In Kate Gordon's ''Twenty-five Memories of Viggo MacDuff'' (2017), Jed moans to Connie Chase that the Beezus-juice "[[smell]]s like the [[fart]] of an [[Abzorbaloff]]", a reference to a scene from the episode ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'' in which the Abzorbaloff, having absorbed [[Bliss (Love & Monsters)|Bliss]], farts on her [[face]] as he allows her to tell [[Elton Pope]] that he really does not want to know where on the Abzorbaloff's body her face has been embedded.

== Comics ==

=== The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ===

* In ''Century: 1969'', the [[Second Doctor]] makes a cameo in the background. The comic strip of [[Karkus]] is visible in a bookshop on the same page. A [[Dalek]] appears to Mina Murray during a drug-induced hallucination sequence at Hyde Park.

* In the fourth and final volume of the series, ''Tempest'', the [[Dalek Fleet]] is shown launching an attack on a future Earth. Mina states that Earth had just ended its war against the {{w|Romulans|Romulans}} in 2160, inferring this to be the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]].

=== Sergio Bonelli Editore ===

=== Disney Comics ===

* [[Scrooge McDuck]] writer and artist {{iw|scrooge-mcduck|Don Rosa}} created ''{{iw|scrooge-mcduck|Ducktor Who}}'' and ''{{iw|scrooge-mcduck|Tardis for Sale}}'' in 2012 and 2015, where his version of Scrooge comes into possession of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and uses it to travel to his past, before selling it away at a "used TARDIS lot".

* In one 2018 Italian-produced comic story, a flashback panel to Flintheart Glomgold's scientists' numerous attempts to develop a working time machine feature the [[Fourth Doctor]] and the TARDIS among the crowd (as well as ''Back to the Future''’s Doc Brown and his DeLorean).

=== DC Comics ===

* In ''{{iw|dc|Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1 5}}'' (2015), Vandar the Stone's collections of time machines include [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] and [[the Master's TARDIS]].

=== Marvel ===

* In ''{{iw|marvel|All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol 1 6}}'' (2016), Miles Morales mentions ''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".

=== Archie Comics ===

=== IDW Publishing ===

* In ''{{iw|dc|Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1 5}}'' (2015), Vandar the Stone's collections of time machines include [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] and [[the Master's TARDIS]].

* The IDW ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' series — inspired by the [[Douglas Adams]] novel which reused concepts from his ''Doctor Who'' stories — has a number of references:

** ''The Interconnectedness of All Kings'' (2015): The time traveler Professor "Reg" Chronotis has a cameo appearance. He has the same appearance as [[Denis Carey]]'s portrayal of [[Salyavin|Chronotis]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''. (Issue 3)

** ''A Spoon Too Short'' (2016): Dirk Gently has a childhood memory of playing a card game with a [[Fourth Doctor]] toy. He also says, "That's the problem with Time Lords, you never know when to fold..." (Issue 1)

** ''The Salmon of Doubt'' (2016-2017):

*** Professor "Reg" Chronotis is a main character but has an inexplicably different appearance. (Issue 1)

*** [[Fixed point in time|Fixed points]] are mentioned. (Issue 2)

*** Sally Mills uses the phrase "Adventures in Space and Time". (Issue 8)

*** The Dirk of the BBC America universe hallucinates a [[Dalek]]. (Issue 8)

=== Dragon Ball Z Abridged ===

* In episode 33, when [https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Frieza#Frieza-Androids_Interlude Mecha Frieza] uses the [https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Supernova supernova attack] on [https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Trunks Trunks], he goes "[[Exterminate]]! Exterminate!", as [[Murray Gold]]'s ''Doctor Who'' music [[The Daleks (Dalek song)|"The Daleks"]] is heard.

* In episode 34, [https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Time_Machine Trunks' time machine] uses the same sound as [[the TARDIS]] as it goes back into the future, as another ''Doctor Who'' soundtrack [[The Doctor Forever|"The Doctor Forever"]] is heard. The time machine uses the TARDIS sound again in episode 60.

*In the episode WTFuture, the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is seen in the background and "[[Bad Wolf meme|Bad Wolf]]" is also graffitied on the wall. Future Edd also possesses a watch that resembles [[Jack Harkness]]'s [[Vortex manipulator]].

* In the webcomic's 8th soundtrack album release, ''AlterniaBound'' (2011), the song, Arisen Anew, themed around Aradia, The Maid of Time's, regeneration, uses an audio clip of the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s famous "[[Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey|Wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff]]" quote from the episode ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]''.

* The webcomic's main antagonist, Lord English, is a parody of [[The Doctor|the 4th Doctor]]. Additionally, his past-self, Caliborn, has theming based-around the number 11 and dresses like the 11th Doctor, including the suspenders and infamous bowtie.

=== ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' ===

* 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).

** The Dalek [[Extermination|exterminates]] the 10th Doctor, who [[regeneration|regenerates]] into the 4th Doctor.

** Doc Brown disses the Whovian fandom and the classic special effects.

** As the 10th Doctor regenerates into the 4th Doctor, he hears voices calling out "''Doctor''".

** The Doctor protests being called "''Doctor Who''", preferring "''the Doctor''".

** Doc Brown mentions the Doctor's numerous [[companion]]s.

** The Doctor mentions his infinite [[incarnation|number of me]][s].

** As the battle ends, it travels back in time to the beginning of the battle, and as the battle begins, the Doctor pulls out his [[sonic screwdriver]] to tune out.

* In the 2013 battle ''Bob Ross vs. Pablo Picasso'', the 4th Doctor appears on a channel of an old television in the middle of his end-verse.  

== Video games ==

=== ''Borderlands 2'' ===

=== ''Fallout New Vegas'' ===

* In the Z-43 Innovative Toxins Plant in one building, a man in a suit with a skeleton rather than a head says, "Hey, who turned out the lights?" referring to the episode ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]''.

* An NCR Emergency Radio Broadcast references The Doctor, and the BBC. ("Bravo Bravo Charlie, the Doctor is coming")

=== ''High School Story'' ===

* In the Quest It's a Winterful Life part 5, Nishan, when asking if anything unusual happened to your main character lately, asks if you have "met a handsome doctor in a blue booth?"

=== ''Terraria'' ===

=== ''Westerado'' ===

== Musicals ==

* During ''{{iw|meangirls|Where Do You Belong?}}'', a song from the {{iw|meangirls|Mean Girls (musical)|''Mean Girls'' musical}}, {{iw|meangirls|Mean Girls (musical)|Damian}} says the {{iw|meangirls|Mean Girls (musical)|mathletes}} are all "college applications and Doctor Who quotations".

== Footnotes ==