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*[[Wikipedia:Barbara Hambly|Barbara Hambly]]'s ''[[Star Trek]]'' novel ''[[Wikipedia:Ishmael_(Star_Trek)|Ishmael]]'' contains a number of references to ''Doctor Who'' and a cameo appearance of the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]]. | *In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Paolini Christopher Paolini's] novel, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisingr Brisingr], a reference is made to a 'lonely god' who's 'adrift on the seas of time.' Paolini later admitted in the acknowledgements to be a massive Dr Who fan and that he believes the Doctor might have visited his world of Alaghesia at some point. | ||
*In the High Wizardry series, a [http://www.youngwizards.com/ErrantryWiki/index.php/Man_In_The_Bar%2C_the 'Mysterious Stranger'] helps the protaganist out of a sticky situation, who seems oddly familiar. | |||
*[[Wikipedia:Barbara Hambly|Barbara Hambly]]'s ''[[Star Trek]]'' novel ''[[Wikipedia:Ishmael_(Star_Trek)|Ishmael]]'' contains a number of references to ''Doctor Who'' and a cameo appearance of the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]]. | |||
*Lady [[Jennifer Buckingham]] from ''[[The War Games]]'' appears in the second volume of [[Kim Newman]]'s crossover-intensive ''[[Wikipedia:Anno Dracula|Anno Dracula]]'' universe. [[Charles Beauregard]], the hero of several ''Anno Dracula'' stories, is referred to in ''[[All-Consuming Fire]]''. One of Newman's books in the [[Wikipedia:Dark Future|Dark Future]] series makes references to an alternative timeline, ultra-nationalist pro-English version of the ''Doctor Who'' television series in which the Doctor makes visits to famous events in English history while fighting off extraterrestrial threats to the Crown. Newman's ''Life's Lottery'', a playful exploration of the concept of [[alternate universe]]s, references ''[[Inferno]]'' in some detail (and a character fantasises somewhat colourfully about [[Jo Grant]]). | *Lady [[Jennifer Buckingham]] from ''[[The War Games]]'' appears in the second volume of [[Kim Newman]]'s crossover-intensive ''[[Wikipedia:Anno Dracula|Anno Dracula]]'' universe. [[Charles Beauregard]], the hero of several ''Anno Dracula'' stories, is referred to in ''[[All-Consuming Fire]]''. One of Newman's books in the [[Wikipedia:Dark Future|Dark Future]] series makes references to an alternative timeline, ultra-nationalist pro-English version of the ''Doctor Who'' television series in which the Doctor makes visits to famous events in English history while fighting off extraterrestrial threats to the Crown. Newman's ''Life's Lottery'', a playful exploration of the concept of [[alternate universe]]s, references ''[[Inferno]]'' in some detail (and a character fantasises somewhat colourfully about [[Jo Grant]]). | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Michael Moorcock|Michael Moorcock]], an admirer of ''Doctor Who'', had "Doctor Who" and a Dalek appear, amongst many other fictional characters, in his ''[[Wikipedia:The Condition of Muzak|The Condition of Muzak]]''. | *[[Wikipedia:Michael Moorcock|Michael Moorcock]], an admirer of ''Doctor Who'', had "Doctor Who" and a Dalek appear, amongst many other fictional characters, in his ''[[Wikipedia:The Condition of Muzak|The Condition of Muzak]]''. | ||
