Arthur Dent

The Tenth Doctor, while wearing pyjamas, felt "very Arthur Dent", adding "now, there was a nice man." (TV: The Christmas Invasion) Dent was imprisoned on Shada. (WC: Shada)

Behind the scenes

 * The webcast illustration of Shada's interior contains Arthur Dent and Zaphod Beeblebrox from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as a nod to Douglas Adams.
 * On the website "Who is Doctor Who", Arthur Dent says that the Ninth Doctor lay down in front of a bulldozer in front of his house, calling him 'rather odd'.
 * In the recent sequel to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, And Another Thing..., Arthur Dent compares the destruction of Earth to special effects on early Doctor Who.