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00:00The entire premise of Doctor Who is that the Doctor can go anywhere at any time with the help
00:04of their magical flying cuboid, also known as the TARDIS, but let's be honest, it's much better to
00:09say magical flying cuboid. The show has such a vast cultural reach that its various heroes and
00:15villains sometimes appear in other shows, often played by the original actors to boot. I'm Ellie
00:20for Who Culture and this is 10 Doctor Who characters who appeared outside the show.
00:25Number 10. The Daleks in Big Fat Quiz of the Year. The Big Fat Quiz of the Year has been
00:30a staple of
00:31British TV ever since the first one back in 2004. The idea of the show is that a group of
00:36comedians
00:37get together in December to answer questions about the year that was. Sometimes they answer them
00:41correctly but most of the time they come up with silly answers to make people laugh. It's a simple
00:46formula but one that usually works. In 2015 there was a special anniversary edition of the quiz which
00:51is hosted by British comedian Jimmy Carr. A staple of the program is Guest Question Askers and on this
00:57occasion that honour went to one of the universe's biggest villains. Carr introduced a Dalek to ask
01:03the show's final question, which was about best-selling media. This Dalek was of the iconic bronze design
01:08which had been their main design since Doctor Who returned in 2005. Let's just forget about that whole
01:14Teletubby Daleks thing as well, you know? We'd just gone. Out of my mind. Interestingly, one team partaking in the
01:19quiz included Jonathan Ross, who's a big Doctor Who fan, and also Warwick Davis, who played Porridge
01:25in Nightmare in Silver. 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 and
01:35The Simpsons have crossed paths a few times over the years. In a sequence poking fun at British culture
01:40from the episode Love is a Many Splintered Thing, the TARDIS materialises in the middle of the Houses
01:45of Parliament. Out steps Alfred Hitchcock, who proceeds to breakdance, while watch the hooples
01:50all the young dudes play in the background. Yep, that actually happened. The Time Lord,
01:55who has appeared most often in the realm of Springfield, is easily number four, who has turned
02:00up a bunch of times over the years. In the episode Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming, the fourth Doctor is
02:05one of the esteemed representatives of television, convened after Bob threatens to destroy the medium.
02:11He then appears in a Treehouse of Horror segment, having been captured by the sci-fi obsessed villain
02:16The Collector, who is actually comic book guy. He can also be seen signing autographs at a convention
02:21in the episode Mared to the Mob. Hopefully Tom Baker got some residuals for all of the uses of his
02:26image, but something tells me he probably didn't. 8. The Twelfth Doctor in Newsoids
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
02:55hearted time traveller should never be. While Doctor Who itself never brought attention to
02:59Capaldi's past life as an icon of post-watershed television, another show did. Newsoids was a
03:06satirical sketch show that ran from 2015 to 2016, and depicted various celebrities as
03:11animated puppets. Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor likeness was used across the series, with a
03:16healthy serving of Malcolm Tucker's foul language thrown in for good measure. One highlight was a
03:20sketch where the Twelfth Doctor met the Twelfth Doctor. Both then travel back in time to when
03:25Doctor Who was, quote, much simpler and cheaper. Q a Dalek made of a bin, a whisk, and a plunger.
03:31Though Capaldi doesn't voice himself in Newsoids, the heightened riff on his famous Scottish tones
03:36work well for a ridiculous comedy show about talking puppets.
03:397. 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,
04:05the 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, the partner
04:22of the pregnant woman says he, quote, wants a doctor and presses a button on the wall. You can see
04:28where this is going, right? Cue the TARDIS materialising in the room. Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor
04:33sticks his head out, introduces himself, and then claims the woman's kids will become a monster
04:37known as Jedward. Oh God, Doctor, save us! Who cares if it's a fixed point? It's hardly the greatest
04:43sketch in the world, but you can't judge something too harshly when it's for charity. And it's always
04:48good to see the Eleventh Doctor, even if he is clearly stood in front of a green screen. Also, fun
04:53fact
04:53for you as someone who does watch Call the Midwife. The lovable character sister Monica Joan is a very
04:58big fan of Doctor Who and has been seen on numerous occasions getting very excited about watching it on
05:04her brand new television. 6. Canine in American Dad
05:08Who'd have thought that of all the characters in a show about all of time and space, one of the
05:13most
05:13enduring would be a little robot dog? Canine was part of the fourth Doctor's entourage and travelled
05:19alongside his master in several classic adventures. He returned to the show alongside Sarah Jane Smith
05:24in 2006 and played a key role in her spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures. In between keeping the
05:29universe safe and fetching Sarah Jane the morning paper, Canine has also found time to appear in an
05:34American animated sitcom. In the episode of American Dad, called Hayley Was a Girl Scout, Stan gets
05:40involved with a troop of the titular cookie sellers, and they build a robot to enter the National Robotics
05:45convention. The contest is modelled after a dog trial, so of course it features a cameo from the
05:50goodest boy in the whole galaxy. Canine's ultra-brief appearance in this episode betrays creator Seth
05:56McFarlane's deep-seated nerdiness. This is the guy who made his own Star Trek spoof. Of course he was
06:01going to cram a Doctor Who reference 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 across several
06:13strands of media throughout the decade. He appeared in numerous TV shows on multiple different networks,
06:18including the BBC, he had his own video game, and he released a bunch of singles, one of which made
06:24it
06:24to number 14 in the UK charts. Roland Ratt the series was a show hosted by the hand-operated Rodent,
06:30which featured several famous faces as guest stars. Serving as the continuity announcer for this
06:35program on one occasion in 1986 was Colin Baker, in full costume as the Sixth Doctor. Well, I didn't see
06:42that coming. The Doctor begins by claiming that of all the creatures in the universe, Roland is by
06:47far the slimiest. He doesn't seem happy at all to be working for a grime-dwelling beast, which is
06:51entirely fair, let's be honest. After the episode ends, Baker, who has fallen asleep, introduces the
06:57next show 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, honestly.
07:07Number 4. The Daleks in 2D TV
07:10As the most recognisable baddies in the whole Hooniverse, 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 Russell
07:31T.
07:31Davis. They can also be found in 2D TV, a British animated sketch show that ran for five series,
07:37between 2001 and 2004. It specialised in sending up UK pop culture, so it only made sense that
07:44Doctor 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 with
08:05some reality stars when their fashion choices get critiqued by Trini and Susanna. Interestingly,
08:10Trini and Susanna later appeared in robot form in the Doctor Who episode Bad Wolf. Maybe Russell
08:16T. Davis got the ideas from watching 2D TV? Who knows?
08:20Number 3. The Tenth Doctor in Extras
08:22Following the success of The Office, the UK version, not the US one, Ricky Gervais and Stephen
08:27Merchant's next big project was Extras, a show about a jobbing actor who just can't get that lucky
08:33break. Main character Andy Millman gets work on a number of different shows, and runs into his
08:38fair share of famous faces along the way. In the Extras Christmas special, which also served as its
08:43finale, he lands the role of a lifetime, a giant slug called Schlong, in an episode of Doctor Who.
08:49After angrily telling his agent he'll never play an alien on Doctor Who, that's exactly what ends up
08:53happening. Though this particular episode may be fictional, one thing that is real is David Tennant,
08:59who appears in character as the Tenth Doctor. The Time Lord is able to defeat his slimy opponent by
09:04throwing a handful of salt over him, which Andy sells with all the enthusiasm of a guy reflecting
09:09on what life choices led him to this moment. Ricky Gervais has never appeared in Doctor Who
09:14in the real world. Maybe this experience scarred him for life.
09:18Number 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 by
09:27kids up and down the land when Disney Time launched in 1961. It was a compilation show
09:33that broadcast 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, and attracted some big
09:45guest stars along the way. Various celebrities were brought in to provide links between the clips,
09:49and they didn't always have something to do with the House of Mouse. TV presenter Noel Edmonds got the gig,
09:54as did Philip Schofield. And on the August bank holiday in 1975, Tom Baker also appeared on the
10:01show in character as the Fourth Doctor. Landing in his TARDIS, Baker, who had only just begun his
10:06stint as the Fourth Doctor, chatted in between excerpts from Clock Cleaners, Bedknobs and Broomsticks,
10:12and The Jungle Book, among others. Neatly, this appearance tied into the next episode of Doctor Who,
10:17with the Doctor receiving a note from the Brigadier requesting some aid against the Zygons.
10:21Now that's how you do cross-promotion. Number 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
10:32when
10:32it was revamped in the early 21st century. Although nobody's been fired from Doctor Who for punching
10:37a producer. 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 sci-fi
10:48characters 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
11:25has been cut from the version of the episode on BBC iPlayer, presumably due to rights issues.
11:30Or maybe the Daleks exterminated it out of shame. One of the two.
11:34And that concludes our list. But for some more subtle Doctor Who easter eggs and references in other
11:40TV shows, then check out our video covering just that. In the meantime, I've been Ellie for Who
11:45Culture, and in the words of Riversong herself, goodbye, sweeties.
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