The long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who has been the subject of many parodies over the years. Following are some of the notable Doctor Who parodies.
Books
- The Doctor and the Enterprise by Jean Airey. (New Media Press, 1985) , first serialized six issues of Enterprise, a Star Trek fanzine.
- Doctor Whom: or ET Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Parodication by A. R. R. R. Roberts (Gollancz, 2006)
- Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse by James Goss, illustrated by Russell T. Davies (BBC Books/Ebury Publishing, 2017)
Comic books
- It's Even Bigger on the Inside by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett (Miwk Publishing, 2015)
- Whoah! Eight Years of Bizarre Cartoons from the Pages of Doctor Who Magazine by Jamie Lenman (Miwk Publishing, 2019)
Film shorts
- Do You Have a License to Save This Planet?, BBV Productions
- "The Ballad of Russell and Julie", The Hillywood Show, made for the wrap party after David Tennant's last episode
- HitchhikerâÂÂs Guide to the Daleks (2009), by Andrew Orton'
- Japanese Doctor Who (2014), by filmmaker Joshua Kahan'
- Reign of Turner (1989), by Steven Warren Hill, Jennifer Adams Kelley, and Robert Warnock
- âÂÂThe Silurian DisruptionâÂÂ, French and Saunders outtake included in The Curse of Fatal Death (VHS)
Music
Radio
Short stories
- "The Tardis at Pooh Corner" by Peter David, written 1983, published online 2002
Television
- "Biology 101", Community, season 3, episode (NBC, 2011), introduces a fictitious television, Inspector Spacetime, that is a parody of Tom Baker portraying Doctor Who
- The ChaserâÂÂs War On Everything (ABC TV, 2006), spoof song in series one
- "Christmas with the Doctor(s), Dead Ringers (BBC Two, 2005)'
- The Curse of the Fatal Death (BBC One, 1999) written by Stephen Moffat as a Comic Relief special
- "Doctor Who", Tonight's the Night (BBC One, 2009), featured John Barrowman and David Tennant (BBC One, 2009)
- "Doctor Who Meets The Nerd", Robot Chicken on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network, 2014)'
- Doctor Who Night (BBC, 1999), featured numerous parody sketches, including:
- "The Kidnappers", David Walliams and Mark Gatiss
- "The Pitch of Fear", David Walliams and Mark Gatiss
- "The Web of Caves", David Walliams and Mark Gatiss
- "The Eurostar", Dead Ringers (BBC Two), parody of Tom Baker
- "Facing Thatchos", The Lenny Henry Show, series one (BBC One, 1984)
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (BBC Red Button, 2013), created by Peter Davison for the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who
- "Hello My Dalek", Crackerjack (BBC One, 1975)
- It's a Square World, season six, episode 3, featured Clive Dunn as (BBC, 1963)
- "Pakistani Daleks", Q... (1974) by Spike Milligan
- "Space / Time", Comic Relief (BBC One, 2011)
- "Time Crash" Children in Need 2007 (BBC One and BBC Two, 2007)
- "Doctor Time Space and the Continuums", ', season 3, episode 11b "Operation: U.N.C.O.O.L." (Cartoon Network, 2004)
Video games
- Hugo II, Whodunit? (Gray Design Associates, 1991), features a secondary character called the Doctor who has a "sonar screwdriver"
Web series
Further reading
- Booth, Paul. Playing Fans: Negotiating Fandom and Media in the Digital Age. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2017. p. 102âÂÂ104. .
- Valdron, D. G. (1900). A Pirate's History of Doctor Who: the unauthorized stories. Fossil Cove Press. pp. 170âÂÂ171.
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