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The long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who has been the subject of many parodies over the years.[1][2][3] Following are some of the notable Doctor Who parodies.
Books
[edit]- The Doctor and the Enterprise by Jean Airey. (New Media Press, 1985) ISBN 0-8095-8102-7, first serialized six issues of Enterprise, a Star Trek fanzine.[4][5]
- Doctor Whom: or ET Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Parodication by A. R. R. R. Roberts (Gollancz, 2006) ISBN 0-575-07928-2[6]
- Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse by James Goss, illustrated by Russell T. Davies (BBC Books/Ebury Publishing, 2017) ISBN 978-1-78594-271-6[7]
Comic books
[edit]- It's Even Bigger on the Inside by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett (Miwk Publishing, 2015) ISBN 978-1908630414[8]
- Whoah! Eight Years of Bizarre Cartoons from the Pages of Doctor Who Magazine by Jamie Lenman (Miwk Publishing, 2019) ISBN 978-1-908630-73-5[9]
Film shorts
[edit]- Do You Have a License to Save This Planet?, BBV Productions[3]
- "The Ballad of Russell and Julie", The Hillywood Show, made for the wrap party after David Tennant’s last episode[10][11]
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Daleks (2009), by Andrew Orton[1][12][13]
- Japanese Doctor Who (2014), by filmmaker Joshua Kahan[1]
- Reign of Turner (1989), by Steven Warren Hill, Jennifer Adams Kelley, and Robert Warnock[14]
- “The Silurian Disruption”, French and Saunders outtake included in The Curse of Fatal Death (VHS)[2]
Music
[edit]- "Doctorin' the Tardis" by the The Timelords (KLF Communications,1988, U.S. reissue 1991)[1][3]
- "I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas with a Dalek" by the The Go-Go's
Radio
[edit]- "Professxor Prune and the Electric Time Trousers" I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, series 7, episode 1–13 (BBC Radio 1 and 2, 1969)[15][16]
- "Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?", Whatever Happened to... by Adrian Mourby (BBC Radio, 1994)[3]
Short Stories
[edit]- "The Tardis at Pooh Corner" by Peter David, written 1983, published online 2002[3]
Television
[edit]- "Biology 101", Community, season 3, episode (NBC, 2011), introduces a fictious television, Inspector Spacetime, that is a parody of Tom Baker portraying Doctor Who[2][3][17][18]
- The Chaser’s War On Everything (ABC TV, 2006), spoof song in series one [2]
- "Christmas with the Doctor(s), Dead Ringers (BBC Two, 2005)[2][19][20]
- The Curse of the Fatal Death (BBC One, 1999) written by Stephen Moffat as a Comic Relief special[1][2][3][19][21]
- "Doctor Who", Tonight's the Night (BBC One, 2009), featured John Barrowman and David Tennant (BBC One, 2009)[22][23][24]
- "Doctor Who Meets The Nerd", Robot Chicken on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network, 2014)[2]
- Doctor Who Night (BBC, 1999), featured numerous parody sketches, including:[2]
- "The Kidnappers", David Walliams and Mark Gatiss[2]
- "The Pitch of Fear", David Walliams and Mark Gatiss[2]
- "The Web of Caves", David Walliams and Mark Gatiss[1][2]
- "The Eurostar", Dead Ringers (BBC Two), parody of Tom Baker[1][2]
- "Facing Thatchos", The Lenny Henry Show, series one (BBC One, 1984)[19]
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (BBC Red Button, 2013), created by Peter Davison for the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who[2]
- "Hello My Dalek", Crackerjack (BBC One, 1975)[19]
- It’s a Square World, season six, episode 3, featured Clive Dunn as (BBC, 1963)[25]
- "Pakistani Daleks", Q... (1974) by Spike Milligan[19]
- "Space / Time", Comic Relief (BBC One, 2011)[19]
- "Time Crash" Children in Need 2007 (BBC One and BBC Two, 2007)[19]
Video games
[edit]- Hugo II, Whodunit? (Gray Design Associates, 1991), features a secondary character called the Doctor who has a "sonar screwdriver"[26][27]
Web series
[edit]- Doctor Whore (2014), pornographic parody[28][29]
- How It Should Have Ended (HiShe)
- Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time, aka Inspector Spacetime (The Travis Richey Channel on YouTube, 2012), based the fictious Inspector Spacetime introduced on the television series Community[3][31][32][17]
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Booth, Paul. Playing Fans: Negotiating Fandom and Media in the Digital Age. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2017. p. 102–104. ISBN 9781609383190.
- Valdron, D. G. (1900). A Pirate's History of Doctor Who: the unauthorized stories. Fossil Cove Press. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-1-990860-24-9
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Rouner, Jef. "Top 10 Doctor Who Parody Videos". Houston Press. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Hyde, Eliza (21 June 2022). "Doctor Who: 10 Funny Parodies And Sketches". Game Rant. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hyland, Rachel (15 November 2013). "Classic Doctor Who: Parodies". Reactor. Tor Books. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Airey, Jean (1987). The Doctor and the Enterprise. Borgo Press. ISBN 978-0-8095-8102-3 – via Google Books.
- ^ Martinez, Mark. "TrekInk: Star Trek Doctor Who Christmas Special". TrekMovie.com. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Roberts, A. R. R. R. (14 June 2007). Doctor Whom: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Parodication. Gollancz. ISBN 978-0-575-07968-7 – via Google Books.
- ^ Yon, Mark (23 September 2017). "Now We Are Six Hundred". SFFWorld. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Wheeler, Ian (23 February 2015). "In Review: It's Even Bigger on The Inside". downthetubes.net. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Freeman, John (21 November 2014). "Doctor Whoah heads to GOSH". downthetubes.net. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Doctor Who Parody". The Hillywood Show. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Duarte, Monica (26 March 2020). "List of Doctor Who Parodies and Doctor Who Inspired Music". Temple of Geek. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Hickerson, Michael (25 June 2010). "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Daleks". Slice of SciFi. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Bernardin, Marc (23 June 2010). "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Daleks". Gizmodo. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Valdron, D. G. (1900). A Pirate's History of Doctor Who: the unauthorized stories. Fossil Cove Press. pp. 171–175. ISBN 978-1-990860-24-9 – via Google Books.
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- ^ a b Flood, Morgan (Fall 2016). "Why Do Americans Like Doctor Who? : Images of Britain in the American Consciousness". Forbes & Fifth vol. 9. University of Pittsburgh, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "The Sudden Emergence of Inspector Spacetime Fandom". Reactor. Tor Books. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g Baldock, James (24 March 2017). "No Doctor Who sketch in Comic Relief 2017? You can watch one of these instead". Metro. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Dead Ringers, Christmas Special 2005". BBC Two. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death". BBC Online. 18 December 2000. Archived from the original on 18 December 2000. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "David Tennant makes surprise return to the TARDIS!". Doctor Who. BBC One. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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- ^ Jowett, Lorna (30 June 2017). "Unruly Divergence: Parody and Comedy". Dancing with the Doctor: Dimensions of Gender in the Doctor Who Universe. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78672-146-4 – via Google Books.
- ^ Pixley, Andrew (12 May 2004). "Do You Want To Know A Secret?". Doctor Who Magazine (DWM Special Edition #7, "The Complete First Doctor"): 17. ISSN 0963-1275.
- ^ "Hugo II: Whodunit?". Hardcore Gaming 101. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "David P. Gray Interview". RGB Classic Games -. 31 March 2008. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Tyler, Josh (21 August 2014). "A Doctor Who Porn Parody Series Exists, Compare Casts". Cinemablend. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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- ^ a b "Videos". How It Should Have Ended. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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