Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini was a famous magician on Earth. He met the Doctor and taught him how to contract the muscles, which helped the Doctor escape from the Eight Legs on Metebelis III. (DW: Planet of the Spiders)

In Area 51, when the Doctor, Cassie, and Jimmy were trapped on a 'table', the Doctor manages to break away from the hand cuffs, and turn off the Amnesia gas. This is a trick taught to him by Houdini. (DW: Dreamland (TV story))

The Eleventh Doctor, in 16th century Venice, into an underground cellar, and meets five female Vampires. He notices they can disappear and reappear. He says it is like a trick by Houdini.(DW: Vampires of Venice)