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===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>