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« on: October 05, 2010, 09:34:02 pm » |
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Just found this on Memory Alpha (yes I am a Star Trek fan as well) http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Doctor_WhoIt kind of got me thinking about other places I've seen or heard references to DW on TV or in films. This thread is the result. I thought it could be a place where we come to have those OMG moments that I know I feel when I notice DW reference somewhere unexpected. So we've got the Star Trek ones in the link ... Also coming quickly to mind was Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory (Season 1 Ep 7) who claims to get up every Saturday morning at the same time to watch Doctor Who on BBC America. On this occasion he can't watch the beginning because Penny is asleep on the sofa and he says 'I'll watch the last 24 minutes of Doctor Who, although at this point it's more like Doctor Why Bother.' Anyone else got any? I'm sure you have. Share below
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« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2010, 09:46:14 pm » |
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I'm not sure if this counts but our very own RTD wrote a wonderful series called Queer as Folk before he joined Doctor Who and that was shamelessly littered with Doctor Who references. Additionally, another 'before they were famous' was a really funny show by Little Britain stars Matt Lucas & David Walliams called Rock Profiles which, again (because Walliams is a massive Who fan) featured loads of little DW references.
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« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2010, 09:49:15 pm » |
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Oh yes they count - I haven't seen either but I will be going off to do a bit of research into them now
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« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2010, 09:52:39 pm » |
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Queer as Folk will make you smile as it really echoes Rusty's style of writing. Its a bit 18+ in places but it also it really is funny and touching.
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« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2010, 10:04:57 pm » |
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Poprockgeek that is a brilliant find I've thought of another Who reference - I am sure there is one tucked away in The Simpsons
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« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2010, 10:22:57 pm » |
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Bound to be at least one mention/reference in The Simpsons - fairly certain I've seen a Simpsonised version of the Fourth Doctor. My desktop is Simpsonised Eleven & co but they haven't featured on the show (yet!)
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"He is ever after only one thing: power. And also helmets with horns ... he's really into those."
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« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2010, 05:30:33 am » |
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Warehouse 13 and Eureka both mentioned the show this year.
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« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2010, 09:11:21 am » |
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Ooh is that Season 2 of Warehouse 13? I'm only 2 episodes into S2 so it will give me something to listen out for. I did clock Claudia saying 'Allons-y' in episode 2 though
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"He is ever after only one thing: power. And also helmets with horns ... he's really into those."
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« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2010, 01:21:52 pm » |
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This'll give me something to do when I'm watching TV in the evenings. It'll certainly make reviewing more fun
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« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2010, 02:57:51 pm » |
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I've actually already been doing it on Twitter (not just with DW though) - don't know why I didn't think of putting it on here before.
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« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2010, 08:38:45 pm » |
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Just watching an old episode of Inspector George Gently (Gently in the Night) on Alibi and during an interview a suspect was asked to list what was on the TV as he gave watching TV as his alibi - guess what was on peeps? Yes you've guessed it - Doctor Who. Reminds me that in the episode that was on BBC1 on Sunday Sept 26th (Gently Evil) a family are shown watching what is clearly a Dalek episode of DW & the daughter/granddaughter mentions the Daleks again later when she is interviewed.
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« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2010, 09:24:11 pm » |
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@poprockgeek (sorry, I can't quote on my phone) The mention on W13 is the Allonsy one, on Eureka it was Zane asking if they wanted the TARDIS blueprints while he was hacking a top secret site...like the TARDIS would have blueprints lol
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« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2010, 10:13:42 pm » |
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Ah cool. A friend of mine suggested I watch Eureka so it's on my never ending list - might just have jumped up it a bit due to a DW reference
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« Reply #14 on: October 06, 2010, 10:13:58 pm » |
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Is there even enough paper in all time-space to blueprint the TARDIS? haha
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« Reply #15 on: October 06, 2010, 10:16:55 pm » |
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And surely by the time you'd got it all down on paper it would've all changed anyway!!!
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« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2010, 10:29:11 pm » |
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And surely by the time you'd got it all down on paper it would've all changed anyway!!! Good point I think the lesson in all this is that even if you had all the paper in existence, you could never blueprint the TARDIS
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« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2010, 10:55:41 pm » |
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In the show "Better off Ted" theres a Dalek in the warehouse: In "Blue Harvest" The Star Wars Family Guy Special, there is a reference: The Simpson's one mentioned above:
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« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2010, 11:28:50 pm » |
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There was quite a good sketch on Harry And Paul last night where it showed what Doctor Who would have been like if it was made on ITV in the 70s with the cast of On The Buses. Unfortunately it was the only remotely amusing thing in the show, so I don't think I'll be bothering to see if they use the idea again next week.
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« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2010, 05:13:26 am » |
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"Saturday Night Live"- one sketch had Paris Hilton dressing up with various sci-fi inspired accessories including a Fourth Doctor scarf.
Of course, there are all those "Dead Ringers" sketches I saw on YouTube with costumed impressions and spoofs of the various Doctors, and Torchwood.
There were a few references to Doctor Who on the BBC's "Life on Mars," fitting in with the theme of different eras meeting!
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