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==Adaptations and other appearances==
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===Films===
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There are two Dr. Who feature films: ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', released in 1965 and ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' in 1966.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=2022-07-06 |title=Dr Who and the Daleks/ Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD review – retro Time Lord thrills |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/06/dr-who-and-the-daleks-daleks-invasion-earth-2150-ad-review-retro-time-lord-thrills |access-date=2025-03-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Both are retellings of existing television stories (specifically, the first two Dalek serials, ''[[The Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' respectively) with a larger budget and alterations to the series concept.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

In these films, [[Peter Cushing]] plays a human scientist<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 January 2009 |title=Matt Smith is the eleventh, and youngest, actor to play Doctor Who |work=News |publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group]] |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/celebritynews/4124547/Matt-Smith-is-the-eleventh-and-youngest-actor-to-play-Doctor-Who.html?image=4 |url-status=live |access-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003144211/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/celebritynews/4124547/Matt-Smith-is-the-eleventh-and-youngest-actor-to-play-Doctor-Who.html?image=4 |archive-date=3 October 2013}}</ref> named "Dr. Who" who travels with his granddaughter, niece, and other companions in a time machine he has invented. The [[Dr. Who (Dalek films)#Other appearances|Cushing version]] of the character reappears in both comic strips and a short story, the latter attempting to reconcile the film continuity with that of the series. In addition, several planned films were proposed, including a sequel, ''The Chase'', loosely based on the [[The Chase (Doctor Who)|original series story]], for the Cushing Doctor, plus [[List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films#Proposed films|many attempted television movie and big-screen productions]] to revive the original ''Doctor Who'' after the original series was cancelled.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

[[Paul McGann]] starred in [[Doctor Who (film)|the only television film]] as the [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]] of the Doctor. After the film, he continued the role in audio dramas and was confirmed as the eighth incarnation through flashback footage and a mini episode in the 2005 revival, effectively linking the two series and the television movie.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

In 2011, [[David Yates]] announced that he had started work with the BBC on a ''Doctor Who'' film, a project that would take three or more years to complete. Yates indicated that the film would take a different approach from ''Doctor Who'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dawtrey |first=Adam |date=14 November 2011 |title=Yates to direct bigscreen 'Doctor Who' |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/yates-to-direct-bigscreen-doctor-who-1118046098/ |url-status=live |access-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115192725/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118046098 |archive-date=15 November 2011}}</ref> although then showrunner [[Steven Moffat]] stated later that any such film would not be a reboot of the series and that a film should be made by the BBC team and star the current TV Doctor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sperling |first=Daniel |date=2 December 2011 |title='Doctor Who' Movie Will Not Be A Reboot Says Moffat |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a354022/doctor-who-movie-will-not-be-a-reboot-says-steven-moffat/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119155344/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/s7/doctor-who/news/a354022/doctor-who-movie-will-not-be-a-reboot-says-steven-moffat.html |archive-date=19 January 2012 |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=Digital Spy}}</ref>

===Spin-offs===
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''Doctor Who'' has appeared on stage numerous times. In the early 1970s, [[Trevor Martin]] played the role in ''Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday''. In the late 1980s, Jon Pertwee and Colin Baker both played the Doctor at different times during the run of a play titled ''Doctor Who&nbsp;– The Ultimate Adventure''. For two performances, while Pertwee was ill, [[David Banks (British actor)|David Banks]] (better known for playing [[Cybermen]]) played the Doctor. Other original plays have been staged as amateur productions, with other actors playing the Doctor, while [[Terry Nation]] wrote ''The Curse of the Daleks'', a stage play mounted in the late 1960s, but without the Doctor.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

A pilot episode ("[[A Girl's Best Friend]]") for a potential spin-off series, ''[[K-9 and Company]]'', aired in 1981, with [[Elisabeth Sladen]] reprising her role as companion [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[John Leeson]] as the voice of [[K9 (Doctor Who)|K9]], but was not picked up as a regular series. Concept art for an animated ''Doctor Who'' series was produced by animation company [[Nelvana]] in the 1980s, but the series was not produced.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=http://www.cbc.ca/planetofthedoctor/videos.html |title=The Planet of the Doctor, Part 6: Doctor Who & Culture II |date=2004 |type=Documentary |publisher=[[CBC Television]] |place=Toronto |access-date=9 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702214033/http://www.cbc.ca/planetofthedoctor/videos.html |archive-date=2 July 2009 |url-status=dead |format=[[QuickTime]] or [[Windows Media]] |people=Bailey, Shaun (Producer); Kalangis, Johnny (Director)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Planet of the Doctor |work=[[CBC Television]] |url=http://www.cbc.ca/planetofthedoctor/tb_gallery.html |access-date=9 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430203208/http://www.cbc.ca/planetofthedoctor/tb_gallery.html |archive-date=30 April 2008}}</ref>

Following the success of the 2005 series produced by Russell T Davies, the BBC commissioned Davies to produce a 13-part spin-off series titled ''[[Torchwood]]'' (an [[anagram]] of "Doctor Who"), set in modern-day [[Cardiff]] and investigating alien activities and crime. The series debuted on [[BBC Three]] on 22 October 2006.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Walker |first=Stephen James |title=Inside the Hub |publisher=[[Telos Publishing]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-84583-013-7 |location=Tolworth, Surrey |page=101 |author-link=Stephen James Walker}}</ref> [[John Barrowman]] reprised his role of [[Jack Harkness]] from the 2005 series of ''Doctor Who''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 October 2005 |title=Doctor Who spin-off made in Wales |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4349120.stm |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423184225/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4349120.stm |archive-date=23 April 2006}}</ref> Two other actresses who appeared in ''Doctor Who'' also star in the series: [[Eve Myles]] as [[Gwen Cooper]], who played the similarly named servant girl Gwyneth in the 2005 ''Doctor Who'' episode "[[The Unquiet Dead]]",<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 February 2006 |title=Team Torchwood |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/02/24/29846.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208082919/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/02/24/29846.shtml |archive-date=8 February 2007 |access-date=24 April 2006 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> and [[Naoko Mori]], who reprised her role as [[Toshiko Sato]], first seen in "[[Aliens of London]]". A second series of ''Torchwood'' aired in 2008; for three episodes, the cast was joined by Freema Agyeman reprising her ''Doctor Who'' role of [[Martha Jones]]. A third series was broadcast from 6 to 10 July 2009, and consisted of a single five-part story called ''Children of Earth'' which was set largely in London. A fourth series, ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day]]'' jointly produced by BBC Wales, BBC Worldwide and the American entertainment company Starz debuted in 2011. The series was predominantly set in the United States, though Wales remained part of the show's setting.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', starring [[Elisabeth Sladen]] who reprised her role as investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, was developed by [[CBBC]]; a special aired on New Year's Day 2007, and a full series began on 24 September 2007.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Russell T Davies creates new series for CBBC, starring Doctor Who's Sarah Jane Smith |date=14 September 2006 |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/09_september/14/sarah.shtml |access-date=14 September 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116040152/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/9_september/14/sarah.shtml |archive-date=16 November 2020}}</ref> A second series followed in 2008, featuring the return of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Daniel |date=1 December 2008 |title=Why is the Brigadier joining Sarah Jane? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2008/dec/01/sarah-jane-dr-who-brigadier |access-date=1 April 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilkes |first=Niel |date=28 September 2008 |title=Preview: Sontaran return in 'Sarah Jane' |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a131081/preview-sontaran-return-in-sarah-jane/ |access-date=1 April 2024 |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> A third in 2009 featured a crossover appearance from the main show by David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holmwood |first=Leigh |date=26 May 2009 |title=Doctor Who's David Tennant to appear in Sarah Jane Adventures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/may/26/david-tennant-doctor-who |access-date=1 April 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McEwan |first=Cameron K. |date=14 October 2009 |title=The Sarah Jane Adventures: Prisoner Of The Judoon Part One review |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-sarah-jane-adventures-prisoner-of-the-judoon-part-one-review/ |access-date=1 April 2024 |website=[[Den of Geek]]}}</ref> In 2010, a fourth season featured [[Matt Smith]] as the Eleventh Doctor alongside former companion actress [[Katy Manning]] reprising her role as [[Jo Grant]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Dan |date=27 October 2010 |title=Doctor Who: Matt Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/oct/27/doctor-who-matt-smith-sarah-jane-adventures |access-date=1 April 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> A final, three-story fifth series was transmitted in autumn 2011&nbsp;– uncompleted due to Sladen's death in early 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ling |first=Thomas |date=19 April 2020 |title=Doctor Who's Russell T Davies announces Sarah Jane Adventures goodbye story |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-whos-russell-t-davies-announces-sarah-jane-adventures-goodbye-story/ |access-date=1 April 2024 |website=[[Radio Times]]}}</ref>

An animated serial, ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'', aired alongside the 2007 series of ''Doctor Who'' as part of the children's television series ''[[Totally Doctor Who]]''. The serial featured the voices of series regulars David Tennant and [[Freema Agyeman]] but is not considered part of the 2007 series.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 January 2007 |title=Who's a Toon? |work=BBC Doctor Who website |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/01/26/40315.shtml |url-status=dead |access-date=26 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202125822/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/01/26/40315.shtml |archive-date=2 February 2007}}</ref> A second animated serial, ''[[Dreamland (Doctor Who)|Dreamland]]'', aired in six parts on the [[BBC Red Button]] service, and the official ''Doctor Who'' website in 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 October 2009 |title=Wire star set for Dr Who cartoon |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8300002.stm |url-status=live |access-date=6 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012045347/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8300002.stm |archive-date=12 October 2009}}</ref>

''[[Class (2016 TV series)|Class]]'', featuring students of Coal Hill School, was first aired on-line on BBC Three from 22 October 2016, as a series of eight 45 minute episodes, written by [[Patrick Ness]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Doctor Who Team |date=October 2015 |title=BBC Latest News&nbsp;– Doctor Who&nbsp;– Doctor Who Spin Off: Class |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/953c5b1f-3cc8-4db9-8184-f1b6567260f1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027033906/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/953c5b1f-3cc8-4db9-8184-f1b6567260f1 |archive-date=27 October 2019 |access-date=20 December 2019 |website=Doctor Who}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dowell |first=Ben |date=29 February 2016 |title=Doctor Who spin off Class begins filming in April 2016 and may feature Peter Capaldi |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-29/doctor-who-spin-off-class-to-start-filming-in-april-with-peter-capaldi-set-to-pop-up-in-new-show |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301094301/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-29/doctor-who-spin-off-class-to-start-filming-in-april-with-peter-capaldi-set-to-pop-up-in-new-show |archive-date=1 March 2016 |access-date=29 February 2016 |publisher=[[RadioTimes]]}}</ref> Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor appears in the show's first episode.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Three - Class, Series 1, For Tonight We Might Die |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p048h1s0#credits |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> The series was picked up by [[BBC America]] on 8 January 2016 and by [[BBC One]] a day later.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Friedlander |first=Whitney |date=8 January 2016 |title=BBC America Sets 'Doctor Who' Spinoff 'Class' for 2016 |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/class-doctor-who-spinoff-2016-prey-philip-glenister-1201675312/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817235036/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/class-doctor-who-spinoff-2016-prey-philip-glenister-1201675312/ |archive-date=17 August 2016 |access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> On 7 September 2017, BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh confirmed that the series had officially been cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeffrey |first=Morgan |date=7 September 2017 |title=BBC Three boss confirms Doctor Who spin-off Class is done: "It just didn't really land for us" |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a837477/bbc-three-class-doctor-who-spin-off-cancelled/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907215648/http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/class/news/a837477/bbc-three-class-doctor-who-spin-off-cancelled/ |archive-date=7 September 2017 |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=Digital Spy}}</ref>

On 27 January 2023, [[Russell T Davies]] confirmed via [[GQ]] that future ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs were in the works.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell T Davies confirms Doctor Who spin-offs: "Time for the next stage" |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-spin-offs-newsupdate/ |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Radio Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 January 2023 |title=Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies confirms return of spin-off shows |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a42691790/doctor-who-boss-confirms-return-spin-offs/ |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Digital Spy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 January 2023 |title=Russell T. Davies wants Edgar Wright to direct Doctor Who |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/russell-t-davies-nolly-doctor-who-interview-2023 |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=British GQ}}</ref> At [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in July 2024, Davies confirmed a new spin-off series, ''[[The War Between the Land and the Sea]]'', was in development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/doctor-who-spin-off-the-war-between-the-land-and-the-sea-announced-at-san-diego-comic-con|title=Doctor Who Spin-Off The War Between The Land And The Sea Announced at San Diego Comic-Con|last=Colbert|first=Isaiah|date=26 July 2024|accessdate=26 July 2024|work=[[IGN]]}}</ref> Davies wrote the spin-off with [[Pete McTighe]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/doctor-who-spinoff-the-war-between-the-land-and-the-sea-1236085079/|title='Doctor Who' Spinoff 'The War Between the Land and Sea' Announced, Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Star|last=Stephan|first=Katcy|date=26 July 2024|accessdate=26 July 2024|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> which will consist of five parts, and is set to be directed by [[Dylan Holmes Williams]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/doctor-who-spinoff-the-war-between-the-land-and-the-sea-disney-plus/|title='Doctor Who' Spin-Off 'The War Between the Land and the Sea' Heads to Disney+|last=Taylor|first=Drew|date=26 July 2024|accessdate=26 July 2024|work=[[The Wrap]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2024/07/26/doctor-who-news-disney-and-the-bbc-announce-spinoff-the-war-between-the-land-and-the-sea/|title='Doctor Who' News: 'The War Between The Land And The Sea' Spinoff On The Way|last=Berman|first=Marc|date=26 July 2024|accessdate=26 July 2024|work=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> [[Jemma Redgrave]] and Alexander Devrient are expected to reprise their roles from ''Doctor Who'' as [[Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]] and Colonel Ibrahim,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/news/doctor-who-spinoff-cast-gugu-mbatha-raw-russell-tovey-sea-devils-1235295969/|title=Doctor Who: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Russell Tovey Join Series Vets in War Between Land and Sea Spinoff|last=Mitovich|first=Matt Webb|date=26 July 2024|accessdate=26 July 2024|work=[[TVLine]]}}</ref> while [[Russell Tovey]] and [[Gugu Mbatha-Raw]], who portrayed characters in ''Doctor Who'', were cast as new characters. The series is expected to see the return of the [[Sea Devil (Doctor Who)|Sea Devils]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-spinoff-disney-bbc-1235959164/|title='Doctor Who' Spinoff Officially Happening at Disney, BBC|last1=Vlessing|first1=Etan|last2=Gajewski|first2=Ryan|date=26 July 2024|accessdate=26 July 2024|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

Numerous other spin-off series have been created not by the BBC but by the respective owners of the characters and concepts. Such spin-offs include the novel and audio drama series ''[[Faction Paradox]]'', ''[[Iris Wildthyme]]'' and ''[[Bernice Summerfield]]''; as well as the made-for-video series ''[[P.R.O.B.E.]]''; the Australian-produced television series ''[[K9 (TV series)|K-9]]'', which aired a 26-episode first season on [[Disney XD (British & Irish TV channel)|Disney XD]];<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 April 2006 |title=Doctor Who dog K9 gets spin-off |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4939144.stm |url-status=live |access-date=26 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613221102/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4939144.stm |archive-date=13 June 2006}}</ref> and the audio spin-off ''Counter-Measures''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 October 2011 |title=New Doctor Who Spin off&nbsp;... Counter-Measures |url=http://bigfinish.com/news/New-Doctor-Who-Spin-off-Counter-Measures |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022061150/http://www.bigfinish.com/news/New-Doctor-Who-Spin-off-Counter-Measures |archive-date=22 October 2011 |access-date=26 October 2013 |publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]]}}</ref>

===Aftershows===
When the revived series of ''Doctor Who'' was brought back, an aftershow series was created by the BBC, titled ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''. There have been five aftershow series created, with the latest one titled ''[[Doctor Who: Unleashed]]'', which began airing from the 60th anniversary specials. Each series follows behind-the-scenes footage on the making of ''Doctor Who'' through clips and interviews with the cast, production crew and other people, including those who have participated in the television series in some manner. Each episode deals with a different topic, and in most cases refers to the ''Doctor Who'' episode that preceded it.

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! Series !! Episodes !! ''Doctor Who'' series !! First aired !! Last aired !! Narrator / Presenter
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| ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' || 87 || 1–6 || 26 March 2005 || 1 October 2011 || David Tennant (2005)<br />Simon Pegg (2005)<br />Mark Gatiss (2005–2006)<br />Anthony Head (2006–2010)<br />Noel Clarke (2009)<br />Alex Price (2010)<br />Russell Tovey (2010–2011)
|-
| ''[[Doctor Who Extra]]'' || 24 || 8–9 || 23 August 2014 || 5 December 2015 || Matt Botten<br />Rufus Hound<br />Matt Lucas<br />Charity Wakefield
|-
| ''[[Doctor Who: The Fan Show]]'' || 18 || 10 || 8 May 2015 || 3 August 2018 || Christel Dee (main host)<br />Luke Spillane (co-host)
|-
| ''[[Doctor Who Access All Areas]]'' || 10 || 11 || 13 October 2018 || 13 December 2018 || Yinka Bokinni
|-
| ''[[Doctor Who: Unleashed]]'' || {{tmpv|Doctor Who: Unleashed|Infobox television||num_episodes}}<!--Automatically updates with the article's infobox value--> || 14–15 || 17 November 2023 || present || Steffan Powell
|}

===Charity episodes and appearances===
In 1983, coinciding with the series' 20th anniversary, "[[The Five Doctors]]" was shown as part of the annual BBC ''[[Children in Need]]'' Appeal, however it was not a charity-based production, simply scheduled within the line-up of Friday 25 November 1983. This was the programme's first co-production with Australian broadcaster [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]].<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Five Doctors |title-link=The Five Doctors |year=1985 |type=Cover |publisher=BBC |id=BBC 2020 2}}</ref> At 90 minutes long it was the longest single episode of ''Doctor Who'' produced to date. It featured three of the first five Doctors, a new actor to replace the deceased William Hartnell, and unused footage to represent Tom Baker.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Five Doctors Serial 6K |url=http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_6k.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202002/http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_6k.htm |archive-date=29 October 2013 |access-date=24 October 2013 |publisher=drwhoguide.com}}</ref>

In 1993, for the franchise's 30th anniversary, another charity special, ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'', was produced for ''Children in Need'', featuring all the surviving actors who played the Doctor and a number of previous companions. It also featured a crossover with the soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'', the action taking place in the latter's [[Albert Square]] location and around [[Greenwich]]. The special was one of several special 3D programmes the BBC produced at the time, using a 3D system that made use of the [[Pulfrich effect]], requiring glasses with one darkened lens; the picture would look normal to those viewers who watched without the glasses.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

[[File:"Paddington Who", Paddington Bear, Royal Observatory - geograph.org.uk - 4282486.jpg|thumb|upright|''Doctor Who''-themed [[Paddington Bear]] statue at the Royal Observatory, [[London]], in 2014. Designed by the twelfth Doctor [[Peter Capaldi]], it was auctioned for the  [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC).]]
In 1999, another special, ''[[Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death]]'', was made for [[Comic Relief]] and later released on VHS. An affectionate [[parody]] of the television series, it was split into four segments, mimicking the traditional serial format, complete with [[cliffhanger]]s, and running down the same corridor several times when being chased (the version released on video was split into only two episodes).{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} In the story, the Doctor ([[Rowan Atkinson]]) encounters both [[Master (Doctor Who)|the Master]] ([[Jonathan Pryce]]) and the [[Dalek]]s. During the special, the Doctor is forced to regenerate several times, with his subsequent incarnations played by, in order, [[Richard E. Grant]], [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Hugh Grant]], and [[Joanna Lumley]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitbrook |first=James |date=22 March 2022 |title=We've Already Had Enough of Hugh Grant as Doctor Who's Doctor |url=https://gizmodo.com/hugh-grant-doctor-who-casting-curse-of-fatal-death-1848688997 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Gizmodo}}</ref> The script was written by [[Steven Moffat]], later to be head writer and executive producer of the revived series.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 May 2008 |title=Doctor Who guru Davies steps down |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7411177.stm |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215163911/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7411177.stm |archive-date=15 February 2009}}</ref>

Since the return of ''Doctor Who'' in 2005, the franchise has produced two original "mini-episodes" to support Children in Need. The first, which aired in November 2005, was an [[Doctor Who: Children in Need|untitled seven-minute scene]] introducing [[David Tennant]] as the [[Tenth Doctor]]. It was followed in November 2007 by "[[Time Crash]]", a 7-minute scene that featured the Tenth Doctor meeting the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peter Davison]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Who Needs Another Doctor? |work=BBC News |date=21 November 2007|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/10/21/50016.shtml |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025112220/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/10/21/50016.shtml |archive-date=25 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A set of two mini-episodes, titled [[Space and Time (Doctor Who)|"Space" and "Time"]] respectively, were produced to support [[Comic Relief]]. They were aired during the [[Comic Relief#2011 event|Comic Relief 2011 event]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 March 2011 |title=Doctor Who For Comic Relief&nbsp;– Exclusive |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a306899/moffat-reveals-who-comic-relief-plot.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305215900/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a306899/moffat-reveals-who-comic-relief-plot.html |archive-date=5 March 2011 |access-date=6 March 2011 |website=[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]}}</ref> During ''[[Children in Need 2011]]'', an exclusively filmed segment showed the Doctor addressing the viewer, attempting to persuade them to purchase items of his clothing, which were going up for auction for Children in Need. ''[[Children in Need 2012]]'' featured the mini-episode "[[The Great Detective (Doctor Who)|The Great Detective]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 November 2012 |title=Doctor Who Mini Episode |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011h3sb |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116040155/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011h3sb |archive-date=16 November 2020 |access-date=18 December 2012 |publisher=BBC |format=Video}}</ref> In 2014, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] [[Peter Capaldi]] designed a ''Doctor Who''-themed [[Paddington Bear]] statue, which was located at the [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich|Royal Observatory]] in Greenwich (one of 50 placed around London), which was auctioned to raise funds for the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC).<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Paddington Bear Statues Have Taken Over London |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |access-date=25 November 2023|work=Condé Nast}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=50 Paddington Bear sculptures unveiled in London – gallery |url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2014/nov/03/paddington-bear-trail-sculptures-celebrities |date=3 November 2014 |access-date=25 November 2023 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

===Spoofs and cultural references===
{{Main|Doctor Who spoofs{{!}}''Doctor Who'' spoofs}}

''Doctor Who'' has been satirised and spoofed on many occasions by comedians including [[Spike Milligan]] (a Dalek invades his bathroom—Milligan, naked, hurls a soap sponge at it) and [[Lenny Henry]]. [[Jon Culshaw]] frequently impersonates the Fourth Doctor in the BBC ''[[Dead Ringers (series)|Dead Ringers]]'' series.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35uYgSYXtfA |title=Dead Ringers meets Doctor Who&nbsp;– Comedy Greats&nbsp;– BBC |publisher=BBC |year=2005 |time=0:00–1:30 |access-date=12 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223080400/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35uYgSYXtfA |archive-date=23 December 2015 |url-status=live |people=Mark Perry, Kevin Connelly and Phil Cornwell}}</ref> [[Doctor Who fandom|''Doctor Who'' fandom]] has also been lampooned on programs such as ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[The Chaser's War on Everything]]'', ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[American Dad!]]'', ''[[Futurama]]'', ''[[South Park]]'',
''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]'' as Inspector Spacetime, ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} As part of the 50th-anniversary programmes, former [[Fifth Doctor]] Peter Davison directed, wrote, and co-starred in the parody ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]'', which also starred two other former Doctors, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy, and had cameo appearances from cast and crew involved in the programme, including showrunner [[Steven Moffat]] and Doctors Paul McGann, David Tennant, and Matt Smith.<ref>"The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot", BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2013</ref>

There have also been [[Doctor Who in popular culture|many references to ''Doctor Who'' in popular culture]] and other science fiction, including ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' ("[[The Neutral Zone (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Neutral Zone]]")<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 April 2012 |title=Random Doctor Who References in American TV Shows |newspaper=Arcadia Pod |url=http://anamericanviewofbritishsciencefiction.com/2012/04/23/random-doctor-who-references-in-american-tv-shows/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817142304/http://anamericanviewofbritishsciencefiction.com/2012/04/23/random-doctor-who-references-in-american-tv-shows/ |archive-date=17 August 2013 |access-date=27 August 2013 |publisher=An American View of British Science Fiction}}</ref> and ''[[Leverage (American TV series)|Leverage]]''. In the [[Channel 4]] series ''[[Queer as Folk (British TV series)|Queer as Folk]]'' (created by later ''Doctor Who'' executive producer Russell T. Davies), the character of Vince was portrayed as an avid ''Doctor Who'' fan, with references appearing many times throughout in the form of clips from the programme. In a similar manner, the character of Oliver on ''[[Coupling (British TV series)|Coupling]]'' (created and written by Steven Moffat) is portrayed as a ''Doctor Who'' collector and enthusiast. References to ''Doctor Who'' have also appeared in the young adult fantasy novels ''[[Brisingr]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Paolini |first=Christopher |title=Brisingr (Hardcover) |date=20 September 2008 |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] |isbn=978-0-375-82672-6 |edition=1st |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/brisingrorsevenp00paol/page/204 204, 761] |chapter=Shadows of the Past |quote='Bending over, Eragon read, ''Adrift upon the sea of time, the lonely god wanders from shore to distant shore, upholding the laws of the stars above.''{{'}} and in acknowledgments 'Also, for those who understood the reference to a 'lonely god' when Eragon and Arya sitting around the campfire, my only excuse is that the Doctor can travel everywhere, even alternate realities. Hey, I'm a fan too!' |author-link=Christopher Paolini |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/brisingrorsevenp00paol/page/204}}</ref> and ''[[High Wizardry]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 March 2005 |title=Man in the Bar, the |url=http://www.youngwizards.com/ErrantryWiki/index.php/Man_In_The_Bar%2C_the |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516110815/http://www.youngwizards.com/ErrantryWiki/index.php/Man_In_The_Bar%2C_the |archive-date=16 May 2006 |access-date=5 July 2007 |website=The Errantry Concordance |publisher=[[Diane Duane]]}}</ref> the video game ''[[Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band]]'',{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} the [[Adult Swim]] comedy show ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', the ''Family Guy'' episodes "[[Blue Harvest]]" and "[[420 (Family Guy)|420]]", and the game ''[[RuneScape]]''. It has also been referenced in ''[[Destroy All Humans! 2]]'', by civilians in the game's variation of England,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Destroy All Humans! 2 |url=http://www.vgfacts.com/game/destroyallhumans2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116040410/https://www.vgfacts.com/game/destroyallhumans2/ |archive-date=16 November 2020 |access-date=21 March 2016 |website=vgfacts.com}}</ref> and multiple times throughout the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney |url=http://www.vgfacts.com/game/apollojusticeaceattorney/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311152016/http://www.vgfacts.com/game/apollojusticeaceattorney/ |archive-date=11 March 2016 |access-date=21 March 2016 |website=vgfacts.com}}</ref> It has been featured in ''[[Good Omens (TV series)|Good Omens]]'' through the first ''Doctor Who Annual''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Good Omens Star David Tennant Addresses Show's Doctor Who Reference (Exclusive) |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/good-omens-star-david-tennant-addresses-shows-doctor-who-reference-exclusive/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704044636/https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/good-omens-star-david-tennant-addresses-shows-doctor-who-reference-exclusive/ |archive-date=4 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=TV Shows |date=29 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

''Doctor Who'' has been a reference in several political cartoons, from a 1964 cartoon in the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' depicting [[Charles de Gaulle]] as a Dalek<ref>{{Cite news |last=Illingsworth |first=Leslie Gilbert |date=25 November 1964 |title=The Degaullek (France's leader, General De Gaulle, is caricatured as a Dalek) |work=Daily Mail |location=London |format=Reprint at the British Cartoon Archive |url=http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/06435 |url-status=live |access-date=15 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716062417/http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/06435 |archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref> to a 2008 edition of ''[[This Modern World]]'' by [[Tom Tomorrow]] in which the Tenth Doctor informs an incredulous character from 2003 that the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] will nominate [[Barack Obama|an African-American]] as its presidential candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2008 |title=This Modern World |url=https://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/10/doctor-who-in-this-modern-world/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315113407/https://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/10/doctor-who-in-this-modern-world/ |archive-date=15 March 2014 |access-date=15 March 2014 |website=The Week that Was |publisher=[[Tom Tomorrow]]}}</ref>

The word "TARDIS" is an entry in the ''[[Shorter Oxford English Dictionary]].''<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 September 2002 |title=The essence of the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' |url=http://www.askoxford.com/worldofwords/wordfrom/shorter/?view=uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510202311/http://www.askoxford.com/worldofwords/wordfrom/shorter/?view=uk |archive-date=10 May 2008 |access-date=15 May 2009}}</ref>

===Audio===
{{See also|List of Doctor Who audio releases{{!}}List of ''Doctor Who'' audio releases|List of Doctor Who audiobooks{{!}}List of ''Doctor Who'' audiobooks|List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish{{!}}List of ''Doctor Who'' audio plays by Big Finish}}

The earliest ''Doctor Who''–related audio release was a 21-minute narrated abridgement of the First Doctor television story ''[[The Chase (Doctor Who)|The Chase]]'' released in 1966.  Ten years later, the first original Doctor Who audio was released on [[LP record]]; ''[[Doctor Who and the Pescatons]]'' featuring the Fourth Doctor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who – Doctor Who & The Pescatons/Doctor Who Sound Affects ''[sic]'' |url=http://recordstoreday.co.uk/exclusive-releases/rsd-2017/doctor-who/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807095122/https://recordstoreday.co.uk/exclusive-releases/rsd-2017/doctor-who/ |archive-date=7 August 2018 |access-date=6 March 2021 |website=[[Record Store Day]]}}</ref> The first commercially available audiobook was an abridged reading of the Fourth Doctor story ''[[State of Decay (Doctor Who)|State of Decay]]'' in 1981. In 1988, during a hiatus in the television show, ''[[Slipback]]'', the first radio drama, was transmitted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genesis of the Daleks & Slipback |url=http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.asp?1 |access-date=6 March 2021 |publisher=Timelash – The TARDIS Library}}</ref>

Since 1999, [[Big Finish Productions]] has released several different series of Doctor Who audios on CD.  The earliest of these featured the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, with Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor joining the line in 2001. Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor began appearing for Big Finish in 2012.<ref name="WildernessY">{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Steve |date=23 November 2023 |title=Doctor Who's wilderness years: How fans kept the flame alive after it was cancelled in 1989 |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/doctor-whos-wilderness-years-cancelled-1989-092337657.html |access-date=13 May 2024 |website=[[Yahoo! Entertainment]]}}</ref>  Along with the main range, adventures of the First, Second and Third Doctors have been produced in both limited cast and full cast formats, as well as audiobooks. The 2013 series ''[[Destiny of the Doctor]]'', produced as part of the series' 50th-anniversary celebrations, marked the first time Big Finish created stories (in this case audiobooks) featuring the Doctors from the revived show.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Along with this, in May 2016, the Tenth Doctor, David Tennant, appeared alongside Catherine Tate in a collection of three audio adventures,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures - Coming May 16th 2016! - News - Big Finish |url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-the-tenth-doctor-adventures-coming-may-16th-2016 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=bigfinish.com}}</ref> before receiving his own range.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who - The Tenth Doctor Adventures - Ranges |url=https://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/v/doctor-who---the-tenth-doctor-adventures |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=[[Big Finish Productions]]}}</ref><ref name="WildernessY" /> In August 2020, Big Finish announced a new series of audios beginning release in May 2021, featuring [[Christopher Eccleston]] reprising his role as the [[Ninth Doctor]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christopher Eccleston returns to Doctor Who – News – Big Finish |url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/christopher-eccleston-returns-to-doctor-who |access-date=6 March 2021 |website=[[Big Finish Productions]]}}</ref><ref name="WildernessY" />

The main range, ''[[Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures]]'', holds the ''[[Guinness World Record]]'' for the longest-running science fiction audio play series.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 April 2021 |title=Longest running science fiction audio play series |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/652735-longest-running-science-fiction-audio-play-series |access-date=17 May 2021 |website=Guinness World Records}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-monthly-adventures-guinness-world-records-newsupdate/ |title=Doctor Who monthly audio range from Big Finish lands Guinness World Records title |last=Cremona |first=Patrick |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=26 April 2021 |accessdate=23 May 2024 }}</ref> In 2020 Big Finish revealed that ''The Monthly Adventures'' would come to an end in favor of individual box sets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who Relaunch Plans Revealed by Big Finish |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/doctor-who-big-finish-relaunch-2022/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=TV Shows|date=29 May 2021 }}</ref>

In 2022, [[BBC Sounds]] began airing ''Doctor Who: Redacted'', a podcast written by [[Juno Dawson]] and starring [[Charlie Craggs]] and [[Jodie Whittaker]]. The podcast focuses on a trio of friends who host a paranormal conspiracy podcast, "The Blue Box Files", and end up getting involved in much more than they expected.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hogan |first=Micahel |date=29 April 2022 |title='Very gay, very trans': the incredible Doctor Who spin-off that's breathing new life into the franchise |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/29/doctor-who-redacted-transgender-podcast |access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fullerton |first=Huw |date=8 April 2022 |title=Jodie Whittaker to star in new Doctor Who audio drama spin-off |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/jodie-whittaker-doctor-who-redacted-audio-drama-newsupdate/ |access-date=20 May 2022 |website=RadioTimes}}</ref> The podcast was later renewed for a second series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weiss |first=Josh |date=8 April 2022 |title=Brilliant! Jodie Whittaker back for more Time Lord hijinks in podcast spinoff 'Doctor Who: Redacted' |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/jodie-whittaker-doctor-who-redacted-podcast |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=[[SyFy]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Books===
{{See also|List of Doctor Who novelisations{{!}}List of ''Doctor Who'' novelisations|List of Doctor Who anthologies (2009–present){{!}}List of ''Doctor Who'' anthologies (2009–present)|Eighth Doctor Adventures{{!}}''Eighth Doctor Adventures''|Past Doctor Adventures{{!}}''Past Doctor Adventures''|New Series Adventures{{!}}''New Series Adventures''}}

''Doctor Who'' books have been published from the mid-sixties through to the present day. From 1965 to 1991 the books published were primarily novelised adaptations of broadcast episodes; beginning in 1991 an extensive line of original fiction was launched, the [[Virgin New Adventures]] and [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]. Since the relaunch of the programme in 2005, a new range of novels has been published by [[BBC Books]]. Numerous non-fiction books about the series, including guidebooks and critical studies, have also been published,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} and a dedicated ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' (''DWM'') with newsstand circulation has been published regularly since 1979: ''DWM'' is recognised by ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as the longest running TV tie-in magazine, celebrating 40 years of continuous publication on 11 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/11/doctor-who-50th-anniversary-the-time-lord's-world-records-53100|title=Doctor Who 50th anniversary: The Time Lord's world records|work=Guinness World Records|date=22 November 2013 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> This is published by Panini, as is the ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' magazine for younger fans.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/03/29/30790.shtml|title=''Doctor Who Adventures'': New magazine for younger viewers launches|work=BBC News |date=20 March 2006 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref>

===Video games===
{{See also|List of Doctor Who video games{{!}}List of ''Doctor Who'' video games}}

Numerous ''Doctor Who'' [[video games]] have been created from the mid-80s through to the present day. A ''Doctor Who'' game was planned for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] but never released.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 1994 |title=News: Diddly-Dum, De Diddly-Dum... |url=https://archive.org/stream/mean-machines-sega-magazine-22#page/n10/mode/2up |magazine=[[Mean Machines Sega]] |publisher=[[EMAP]] |issue=21 |pages=10–11}}</ref> One of the recent ones is a [[match-3]] game released in November 2013 for [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], Amazon App Store and [[Facebook]] called ''[[Doctor Who: Legacy]]''. It has been constantly updated since its release and features all the Doctors as playable characters as well as over 100 companions.<ref>[http://toucharcade.com/2015/02/17/doctor-who-legacy-keeps-getting-updated-as-10th-anniversary-of-dr-who-show-approaches/ 'Doctor Who: Legacy' Keeps Getting Updated as 10th Anniversary of 'Dr. Who' Show Approaches] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219202531/http://toucharcade.com/2015/02/17/doctor-who-legacy-keeps-getting-updated-as-10th-anniversary-of-dr-who-show-approaches/ |date=19 February 2015 }}. Retrieved 26 February 2015.</ref>

Another video game instalment is [[Lego Dimensions]] – in which Doctor Who is one of the many "Level Packs" in the game. The pack contains the Twelfth Doctor (who can reincarnate into the others), K9, the TARDIS and a Victorian London adventure level area. The game and pack released in November 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 July 2015 |title=All the Doctor Whos are in Lego Dimensions|work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/all-the-doctor-whos-are-in-lego-dimensions |access-date=27 September 2023}}</ref>

''Doctor Who: Battle of Time'' was a digital collectible card game developed by [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]] and released for iOS and Android.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TGT |date=10 August 2018 |title=Bandai Namco soft launches Doctor Who: Battle of Time |url=https://www.thegallifreytimes.com/news/bandai-namco-soft-launches-doctor-who/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823134831/https://www.thegallifreytimes.com/news/bandai-namco-soft-launches-doctor-who/ |archive-date=23 August 2021 |access-date=22 August 2021 |publisher=thegallifreytimes.com}}</ref> It was soft-launched on 30 May 2018 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Thailand, but was shut down on 26 November of that same year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Iain |date=8 November 2018 |title=Bandai Namco shuts down soft-launched title Doctor Who: Battle of Time |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/news/69427/bandai-namco-shut-down-soft-launched-doctor-who-game/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823134522/https://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/news/69427/bandai-namco-shut-down-soft-launched-doctor-who-game/ |archive-date=23 August 2021 |access-date=22 August 2021 |publisher=[[Pocket Gamer]]}}</ref>

''Doctor Who Infinity'' was released on [[Steam (service)|Steam]] on 7 August 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who Infinity on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/725370/Doctor_Who_Infinity/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922211749/https://store.steampowered.com/app/725370/Doctor_Who_Infinity/ |archive-date=22 September 2018 |access-date=25 April 2019 |website=STEAM Store}}</ref> It was nominated for "Best Start-up" at [[The Independent Game Developers' Association]] Awards 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stephenson |first=Suzi |date=19 September 2018 |title=TIGA Announces Games Industry Awards 2018 Finalists |url=https://tiga.org/news/tiga-announces-games-industry-awards-2018-finalists |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425140519/https://tiga.org/news/tiga-announces-games-industry-awards-2018-finalists |archive-date=25 April 2019 |access-date=25 April 2019 |website=TIGA |publisher=[[Independent Games Developers Association]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 Winners |url=https://tiga.org/awards/2018-winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425143701/https://tiga.org/awards/2018-winners |archive-date=25 April 2019 |access-date=25 April 2019 |website=TIGA |publisher=[[Independent Games Developers Association]]}}</ref>