Scooby Doo

Scooby Doo was a popular animated television character introduced in 1969 and featured in many TV series and films (both animated and live action) into the 21st century. Scooby Doo was a talking dog who joined a group off teenage amateur sleuths as they solved mysteries, often with a supernatural connection.

Larry Nightingale, upon visiting Wester Drumlins for the first time, compared the spooky mansion to "Scooby Doo's house". (DW: Blink) The members of Torchwood 3 also cited the character (TW: Meat).

Behind the scenes
The original (and so far only) voice of Fred Jones, Frank Welker, was considered to voice several aliens in the American series had the 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie been successful.