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Post by matthewsee on Apr 1, 2006 22:21:29 GMT -5
I thought I might start a general thread on references to Doctor Who in other programs.
Although not an actual Doctor Who reference in itself the following programmes which I saw yesterday however is still of interest to Doctor Who fans:
In the season 9 finale of SG-1, Camelot a prop from the 1996 TV Movie can be seen. You will know what it is when you see it. This has probably has something to do with the fact that the Doctor Who TV movie and SG-1 both have the same Production Designer - Richard Hudolin.
In The New Avengers episode Gnaws the unseen monster turned out to be a giant rat in the sewers. Gnaws writer Dennis Spooner is a former Doctor Who story editor and this episode was shown in December 1976 two months before another giant rat was seen in Doctor Who in The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
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Post by neon on Apr 2, 2006 5:13:31 GMT -5
I thought I might start a general thread on references to Doctor Who in other programs. Although not an actual Doctor Who reference in itself the following programmes which I saw yesterday however is still of interest to Doctor Who fans: In the season 9 finale of SG-1, Camelot a prop from the 1996 TV Movie can be seen. You will know what it is when you see it. This has probably has something to do with the fact that the Doctor Who TV movie and SG-1 both have the same Production Designer - Richard Hudolin. In The New Avengers episode Gnaws the unseen monster turned out to be a giant rat in the sewers. Gnaws writer Dennis Spooner is a former Doctor Who story editor and this episode was shown in December 1976 two months before another giant rat was seen in Doctor Who in The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Their was once a reference to Doctor Who in East enders last Christmas when Sharon and Dennis are in hospital and their is a boy with a pan stuck on his head and his dad says "How many times you are not a dalek." I thought that was quite amusing! :-) |
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Post by lethbridgestewart on Apr 4, 2006 16:27:19 GMT -5
In The New Avengers episode Gnaws the unseen monster turned out to be a giant rat in the sewers. Gnaws writer Dennis Spooner is a former Doctor Who story editor and this episode was shown in December 1976 two months before another giant rat was seen in Doctor Who in The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Another reference to Who also appeared in The New Avengers. (I believe it was the episode entitled 'Target.') There's a Police Box on the lot used as a training exercise for the agents. The destruction of the Police Box was a tongue-in-cheek jab at the makers of Who, which aired opposite TNA back in the day.  |
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Post by lethbridgestewart on Apr 4, 2006 16:30:28 GMT -5
There's also of course the appearance of Tom's Doctor in three separate Simpsons episodes. |
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Post by lethbridgestewart on Apr 4, 2006 16:38:23 GMT -5
Ooh! One more that comes immediately to mind! The Show: Dave Allen at Large The sketch: A priest walks into the church and starts down the aisle. The baptismal fount begins to follow him and shrieks, "Exterminate! Exterminate!" Dave rushes into a confessional which dematerialises with the usual DW SFX. (Dave and Jon Pertwee were good friends.) |
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Post by lethbridgestewart on Apr 5, 2006 12:59:19 GMT -5
The Red Dwarf novel "Inifinity Welcomes Careful Drivers"
Early on in the book, Rimmer is about to take the Officer's Exam (again) and gets stumped by a mathematical question.
The line reads something like, "You'd have to be Doctor Who to figure that one out." (I'm paraphrasing, of course.)
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Post by matthewsee on Apr 7, 2006 22:33:19 GMT -5
Yeah I saw the earlier New Avengers episode also written by Dennis Spooner but did not before know the reason why.
Last night at my uni sci fi club saw the first five episodes of Life on Mars and episodes 4 and 5 is of interest to Doctor Who fans:
Mary Whitehouse (the Doctor's late enemy) is mentioned in Episode 4 and Doctor Who himself in Episode 5. Although neither 4 or 5 were written by co-creator Matthew Graham, he is now a writer on Doctor Who himself and noticed in the credits the script editor being Elwen Rowlands who also did script editing duties in last year's season of Doctor Who.
So I trust I have now given you a reason to watch Life On Mars if and when it comes on in your area.
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Post by matthewsee on May 4, 2006 22:23:08 GMT -5
Last night I saw Peter Davison as himself in the final Hardware episode Celebrity. (The episode description at TV.com describe him as a minor celebrity.)
Just as I thought as a result of his appearance there were Doctor Who references which began with Peter himself mentioning Doctor Who after thinking that Anne (Susan Earl) was trying to hum the Doctor Who theme only for her to ask was he in that. She mentioned him travelling in time and space after he left the cafe. Peter gives a picture of himself to Anne which he autographs. Later on she forged a message on his picture making people think it was written by him with the signature, "All my love, the Doctor."
Kate O'Mara got a mention.
Given Peter's appearance and mention of Doctor Who, it could be possible that the leading character Mike (Martin Freeman, later to become Arthur Dent in the Hitchhiker movie) being on a wheelchair might be a take on Davros especially a scene of the wheelchairbound Mike getting on a machine that elevates him to an item in the hardware shop.
The episode and the series itself ends with discussion about Doctor Who. Mike asked what is Doctor Who's first name in which he get the response "Chris". Doctor Chris Who. The episode originally aired in the UK on April 11 2004, three weeks after Chris Eccleston was announced as the new Doctor.
Then came the question "Who is your favourite Doctor Who?" Rex (Ken Morley) answered "Roger Moore" but Steve (Ryan Cartwright) says he was a Bond not a Who.
The discussion about Doctor Who then continues over the closing credits.
This is the first time that I have seen a non-Who show ending with a discussion about Doctor Who. That is definitely not something you see every day.
The episode itself was very fun.
I have now seen all the Hardware episodes and I almost did not see any of it.
Until yesterday I had forgotten that Outpost Gallifrey had reported on Peter's appearance on Hardware; I only decided to see the series itself on the morning prior to its debut on the ABC later at night. Peter and Doctor Who references in the last episode was just serendipitous.
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Post by The Thinker on May 20, 2006 5:36:05 GMT -5
Apart from Tom's Doctor on the Simpsons, I haven't seen any refwrences to Doctor Who in any other piece of fiction. However what I think would be good is on this program called 'The Last Detective', which features Peter Davison, is if when Davison's character goes by there's a TARDIS style Police Box on a corner somewhere as an in joke. Can anyone else suggest potenial references as well as been and done ones?
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Post by matthewsee on Jun 12, 2006 1:44:49 GMT -5
Doctor Who got mentioned in The Einstein Factor (it is a game show which test contestants on their special subject) last night, when contestant David Maurice with his special subject on Blackadder was asked for his first question on which Doctor Who actor played Captain Rum. He says "Pass" and answer was Tom Baker. He did not know the answer. Tsk. Tsk. Ultimately David lost out at the end coming a dismal last. While answering the Captain Rum question correctly would not have made a difference in the overall outcome, the fact that it was his first question as far as I am concerned it was really the beginning of the end for him in the game.
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Post by Massimo on Jun 12, 2006 5:29:53 GMT -5
In "Star Trek: TNG" episode "The Neutral Zone" while Councellor Troi is researching in old archives the names of the actors who played Doctors 1 to 6 pop up. No sure if it counts as a reference but it's at least an homage. In Buffy, in a 6th season episode Andrew tells Spike that he watched Doctor Who. |
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Post by matthewsee on Jul 21, 2006 22:07:38 GMT -5
Here is a heads-up for Australian viewers:
If you had seen the end of Collectors last night on the ABC in its preview for next week you would know that there is another collection of Doctor Who in its next program on Friday July 28 8pm.
For those you didn't see it what was shown included a black Dalek, a Tom Baker toy and the sonic screwdriver from the new series. Also shown but not Doctor Who was Vicky Pollard dolls from Little Britain.
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Post by matthewsee on Jul 28, 2006 23:04:36 GMT -5
In the aforementioned Collectors on the Australian ABC, collector Edwin Patterson had a very impressive Doctor Who collection and people in the streets were asked what this mysterious object was. The mysterious object was that of the TARDIS key. No one in the streets figured out what it was and amazing how none of them noticed the Doctor Who BBC imprint on it.
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Post by matthewsee on Jul 29, 2006 22:41:35 GMT -5
In the Get Smart episode The Day Smart Turned Chicken which I got to see again for the first time in many years this morning came an interesting line that is definite interest to Who fans and therefore I have submitted the following to TV.com which thankfully was accepted: www.tv.com/get-smart/the-day-smart-turned-chicken/episode/34197/summary.html "Doctor Who When Max asked Mrs Dawson to see Doctor Fish she replied "Doctor who?" Doctor Who is the name of the BBC science fiction TV show and at the time of the airing of this Get Smart episode, it had been on in the UK for a couple of years but it would not be on the US until years later. So Mrs Dawson saying "Doctor who?" is a remarkable coincidence." |
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Post by thevalyard01 on Jul 31, 2006 13:34:49 GMT -5
In The Simpsons the cominc book guy left a shop with a load of food and said "This should provide adequate substance for the Doctor Who marathon"
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