Cultural references to the Doctor Who universe/2020s

Occasionally, elements of the Doctor Who universe are referenced in the broader popular culture. This page exists to throw a spotlight on some of these casual references made in television, comics, films and other media which happened during the 2020s.

Television

 * In the episode "Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men" (2020) of season 2 of, the character Frenchie wears a t-shirt featuring a cat version of the Thirteenth Doctor.
 * In (2020), Rahul Kohli wore a bowtie and tweed jacket as an homage for the creator Mike Flanagan, who is a fan of Doctor Who. The final episode has the line "It's not a ghost story. It's a love story," which is a quote from Hide.

Prose

 * In the novel (2020) by Susanna Clarke, a research paper is mentioned: ‘Timey-Wimey: Steven Moffat, Blink and J. W. Dunne’s theories of Time’, Journal of Space, Time and Everything, Volume 64: 42–68, University of Minnesota Press.

Video games

 * In a 2020 update to, Cosmic Ghost Rider mentiones a TV show with an orange wormhole with catchy electronic music. He also paraphrases the line "You see, people think time is a linear progression of cause to effect, when in reality it's more like a big ball of time--".