Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock was a "famous manufacturer of moving pictures" around Sarah Jane Smith's time. Sarah said she "supposed" she liked him. Among Hitchcock's films was The Trouble with Harry. According to the android Henry, the trouble with Harry was that he was dead. (PROSE: The Last Thing You Ever See)

The Fifth Doctor claimed to have given Hitchcock the inspiration for a technique in which the camera moved and zoomed at the same time, to which Tegan Jovanka expressed doubt. (AUDIO: Time in Office) The Eighth Doctor, alias John Smith, claimed to have been staff on Alfred Hitchcock Presents for a time. (PROSE: Mordieu)

James Stewart was noted for his performances in "Hitchockian thrillers". (PROSE: Interference - Book Two)

In 1962, Michael Brookhaven provided Hitchcock with the near finished shooting script for the 1998 thriller Mason House. Hitchcock was overworked at the time, so he gladly accepted the script and made the film. The 1998 Mason House became more successful because it was a remake. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

When Luke Tillyard first met Charley Pollard at King's Cross station, and she asked him for help and subsequently kissed him as a distraction for the others, he was reminded of femme fatales in Hitchcock films, but stopped struggling regardless, kissing her back. (PROSE: Salva Mea)

Behind the scenes
Alfred Hitchcock also directed The Birds. Jean Marsh had a small but significant role in the Hitchcock film, as Monica Barling.

Hitchcock was played by Toby Jones in the 2012 telefilm The Girl and by Roger Ashton-Griffiths in the 2014 film Grace of Monaco.

House of Silents, the first story in UNIT: Silenced, was heavily inspired by Hitchcock's.