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00:00The entire premise of Doctor Who is that the Doctor can go anywhere at any time with the
00:04help of their magical flying cuboid, also known as the TARDIS, but let's be honest,
00:08it's much better to say magical flying cuboid. The show has such a vast cultural reach that
00:13its various heroes and villains sometimes appear in other shows, often played by the
00:18original actors to boot. I'm Ellie for Who Culture and this is 10 Doctor Who characters
00:23who appeared outside the show. 10. The Daleks in Big Fat Quiz of the Year
00:28The Big Fat Quiz of the Year has been a staple of British TV ever since the first one back
00:33in 2004. The idea of the show is that a group of comedians get together in December to answer
00:38questions about the year that was. Sometimes they answer them correctly, but most of the
00:43time they come up with silly answers to make people laugh. It's a simple formula, but one
00:47that usually works. In 2015, there was a special anniversary edition of the quiz, which is hosted
00:51by British comedian Jimmy Carr. A staple of the programme is Guest Question Askers, and
00:57on this occasion, that honour went to one of the universe's biggest villains. Carr introduced
01:02a Dalek to ask the show's final question, which was about best-selling media. This Dalek
01:07was of the iconic bronze design, which had been their main design since Doctor Who returned
01:11in 2005. Let's just forget about that whole Teletubby Daleks thing as well, you know? We'd
01:16gone. Out of my mind. Interestingly, one team partaking in the quiz included Jonathan Ross,
01:21who's a big Doctor Who fan, and also Warwick Davis, who played Porridge in Nightmare in Silver.
01:27Number 9. The Fourth Doctor in The Simpsons
01:30Considering how long both shows have been on TV, it's not a massive surprise that Doctor Who
01:35and The Simpsons have crossed paths a few times over the years. In a sequence poking fun at British
01:40culture from the episode Love is a Many Splintered Thing, the TARDIS materialises in the middle of the
01:45Houses of Parliament. Out steps Alfred Hitchcock, who proceeds to breakdance, while watch the
01:50Hoopals all the young dudes play in the background. Yep, that actually happened.
01:54The Time Lord, who has appeared most often in the realm of Springfield, is easily number four,
02:00who has turned up a bunch of times over the years. In the episode Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming,
02:04the Fourth Doctor is one of the esteemed representatives of television, convened after
02:09Bob threatens to destroy the medium. He then appears in a Treehouse of Horror segment,
02:14having been captured by the sci-fi-obsessed villain The Collector, who is actually comic book guy.
02:18He can also be seen signing autographs at a convention in the episode Mared to the Mob.
02:23Hopefully Tom Baker got some residuals for all of the uses of his image, but something tells me he
02:28probably didn't. Number 8. The Twelfth Doctor in Newzoids
02:32When it was announced that Peter Capaldi would be taking on the role of the Twelfth Doctor,
02:36there was some concern that his previous roles would affect how viewers saw him. One part in
02:41particular was singled out as being very un-Doctor-y, Capaldi's turn as swearaholic
02:45political spinmaster Malcolm Tucker in the thick of it. Tucker was conniving, underhanded,
02:51and just about the rudest person in television history. Basically, he was everything the good-hearted
02:55time traveller should never be. While Doctor Who itself never brought attention to Capaldi's past life
03:01as an icon of post-watershed television, another show did. Newzoids was a satirical sketch show that
03:07ran from 2015 to 2016, and depicted various celebrities as animated puppets. Capaldi's
03:13Twelfth Doctor likeness was used across the series, with a healthy serving of Malcolm Tucker's foul
03:17language thrown in for good measure. One highlight was a sketch where the Twelfth Doctor met the Twelfth
03:23Doctor. Both then travelled back in time to when Doctor Who was, quote,
03:26much simpler and cheaper. Cue a Dalek made of a bin, a whisk, and a plunger. Though Capaldi doesn't
03:32voice himself in Newzoids, the heightened riff on his famous Scottish tones work well for a
03:37ridiculous comedy show about talking puppets. 7. The Eleventh Doctor in Call the Midwife
03:43Can I just say, I absolutely love this particular sketch. I've seen it so many times. Since the
03:481980s, Comic Relief has hosted several telethons designed to raise money for good causes, usually
03:54by forcing celebrities to participate in criminally unfunny sketches and skits they are severely
03:59underqualified for. Now, a classic Comic Relief trait is to mash up popular TV shows, and in 2013,
04:06the show One Born Every Minute crossed over with Call the Midwife, a drama about a maternity unit in
04:12post-war Britain, which is brilliant, by the way, and also, fun fact, stars Paul McGann's brother,
04:17Stephen McGann. After the old-timey nurses make a complete hash of delivering the child,
04:21the partner of the pregnant woman says he, quote, wants a doctor, and presses a button on
04:26the wall. You can see where this is going, right? Cue the TARDIS materialising in the room. Matt
04:32Smith's Eleventh Doctor sticks his head out, introduces himself, and then claims the woman's
04:36kids will become a monster known as Jedward. Oh God, Doctor, save us! Who cares if it's a fixed
04:42point? It's hardly the greatest sketch in the world, but you can't judge something too harshly
04:46when it's for charity. And it's always good to see the Eleventh Doctor, even if he is clearly stood
04:51in front of a green screen. Also, fun fact for you, as someone who does watch Call the Midwife,
04:55the lovable character Sister Monica Joan is a very big fan of Doctor Who, and has been seen on
05:00numerous occasions getting very excited about watching it on her brand new television.
05:06Number 6, Canine in American Dad. Who'd have thought that of all the characters in a show about
05:11all of time and space? One of the most enduring would be a little robot dog. Canine was part of
05:17the fourth Doctor's entourage, and travelled alongside his master in several classic adventures.
05:22He returned to the show alongside Sarah Jane Smith in 2006, and played a key role in her spin-off,
05:27The Sarah Jane Adventures. In between keeping the universe safe and fetching Sarah Jane the morning
05:31paper, Canine has also found time to appear in an American animated sitcom. In the episode of
05:37American Dad, called Hayley, was a Girl Scout, Stan gets involved with a troop of the titular cookie
05:42sellers, and they build a robot to enter the National Robotics Convention. The contest is modelled
05:46after a dog trial, so of course it features a cameo from the goodest boy in the whole galaxy.
05:52Canine's ultra-brief appearance in this episode betrays creator Seth MacFarlane's deep-seated
05:57nerdiness. This is the guy who made his own Star Trek spoof. Of course he was going to cram a Doctor Who
06:02reference into one of his shows. 5. The Sixth Doctor in Roland Ratt
06:07Brits who grew up in the 1980s will probably remember Roland Ratt, a puppet who appeared
06:12across several strands of media throughout the decade. He appeared in numerous TV shows on
06:17multiple different networks, including the BBC, he had his own video game, and he released a bunch
06:22of singles, one of which made it to number 14 in the UK charts. Roland Ratt the series was a show
06:28hosted by the hand-operated rodent, which featured several famous faces as guest stars.
06:33Serving as the continuity announcer for this programme on one occasion in 1986 was Colin
06:39Baker, in full costume as the Sixth Doctor. Well, I didn't see that coming. The Doctor begins
06:43by claiming that of all the creatures in the universe, Roland is by far the slimiest. He
06:48doesn't seem happy at all to be working for a grime-dwelling beast, which is entirely fair,
06:52let's be honest. After the episode ends, Baker, who has fallen asleep, introduces the next
06:57show on the schedule, which just so happens to be Doctor Who. Reggie Ratt pops up and calls the
07:02show rubbish, which Baker responds to by trying to shoot him with a laser. It's utter madness,
07:07honestly. Number 4. The Daleks in 2D TV
07:10As the most recognisable baddies in the whole Who-niverse, and across television in general,
07:16the Daleks have either appeared in or been parodied in dozens of TV shows and movies since
07:21they debuted in 1963. They can be found in the background of Futurama, as a toy in Rugrats,
07:26and in various forms in the show Queer as Folk, which may or may not have been written by
07:31Russell T. Davis. They can also be found in 2D TV, a British animated sketch show that ran for five
07:37series between 2001 and 2004. It specialised in sending up UK pop culture, so it only made sense
07:44that Doctor Who got a mention. In a segment called Galaxy Idol, a spoof of American slash pop idol,
07:50a panel of judges, including the fourth Doctor, see, there he is again, give their thoughts on the
07:55singing abilities of a group of aliens. A Dalek gives its best rendition of Halfway Up the Stairs,
08:00before getting dissed by Simon Cowell. In the same series, Scarrow's Finest have another run-in
08:05with some reality stars when their fashion choices get critiqued by Trini and Susanna.
08:10Interestingly, Trini and Susanna later appeared in robot form in the Doctor Who episode Bad Wolf.
08:15Maybe Russell T. Davis got the ideas from watching 2D TV? Who knows?
08:19Number 3. The 10th Doctor in Extras.
08:23Following the success of The Office, the UK version, not the US one, Ricky Gervais and
08:27Steven Merchant's next big project was Extras, a show about a jobbing actor who just can't get
08:32that lucky break. Main character Andy Millman gets work on a number of different shows,
08:37and runs into his fair share of famous faces along the way. In the Extras Christmas special,
08:42which also served as its finale, he lands the role of a lifetime, a giant slug called Schlong,
08:47in an episode of Doctor Who. After angrily telling his agent he'll never play an alien
08:51on Doctor Who, that's exactly what ends up happening. Though this particular episode may
08:55be fictional, one thing that is real is David Tennant, who appears in character as the 10th Doctor.
09:01The Time Lord is able to defeat his slimy opponent by throwing a handful of salt over him,
09:06which Andy sells with all the enthusiasm of a guy reflecting on what life choices led him to
09:11this moment. Ricky Gervais has never appeared in Doctor Who in the real world. Maybe this experience
09:16scarred him for life. Number 2. The Fourth Doctor in Disney Time
09:21The early days of British TV weren't anything to shout home about, so imagine the excitement felt
09:27by kids up and down the land when Disney Time launched in 1961. It was a compilation show that
09:33broadcast edited clips from Disney movies free on television, which was a revelation at the time.
09:38The programme proved so popular that it ran in some form or another until 1998,
09:43and attracted some big guest stars along the way. Various celebrities were brought in to provide
09:48links between the clips, and they didn't always have something to do with the House of Mouse.
09:52TV presenter Noel Edmonds got the gig, as did Philip Schofield, and on the August Bank holiday
09:57in 1975, Tom Baker also appeared on the show in character as the Fourth Doctor. Landing in his TARDIS,
10:05Baker, who had only just begun his stint as the Fourth Doctor, chatted in between excerpts from
10:09clock cleaners, bed knobs and broomsticks, and the Jungle Book, among others. Neatly,
10:14this appearance tied into the next episode of Doctor Who, with the Doctor receiving a note from
10:18the Brigadier requesting some aid against the Zygons. Now that's how you do cross-promotion.
10:24Number 1. The Cybermen in Top Gear
10:26Much like Doctor Who, Top Gear was a long-running BBC show that was given a new lease of life when it
10:32was revamped in the early 21st century. Although nobody's been fired from Doctor Who for punching a
10:37producer, yet. In one of its first series, Back from the Grave, the motoring show held a gimmicky
10:42race to determine who was the master of the universe. The segment consisted of several famous
10:48sci-fi characters doing laps in a car to see who could do it the fastest, with Darth Vader,
10:53Ming the Merciless, and a Klingon all getting some screen time. And Doctor Who was very well
10:58represented as well. A Cyberman and a Dalek are in the initial lineup, but the Mondasian killing
11:03machine's lap gets interrupted when the TARDIS materialises in the middle of the track. And it's
11:08only blooming Colin Baker at the controls, appearing on TV as the sixth Doctor almost 20 years after he
11:14was first cast. Unfortunately, when the Dalek gets a go, it can't fit into the car. It handles this
11:20situation by exterminating all the contestants. Flippin' hell, talk about sore loser. This segment has been
11:26cut from the version of the episode on BBC iPlayer, presumably due to rights issues. Or maybe the Daleks
11:32exterminated it out of shame. One of the two.
11:35And that concludes our list. But for some more subtle Doctor Who easter eggs and references in
11:40other TV shows, then check out our video covering just that. In the meantime, I've been Ellie for
11:45Who Culture, and in the words of Riversong herself, goodbye, sweeties.
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