Rubik's cube

A Rubik's cube was a toy that was popular on Earth in the 1980s.

History
Toshiko Sato had a Rubik's cube at her work station in the Hub which she could solve within a minute. Owen Harper would mess it up when she wasn't looking, but she would solve it each time, infuriating him. (PROSE: Another Life) Torchwood later found a part of a Rubik's cube in John Norris' carrier bag. (PROSE: Border Princes)

Luke Smith owned a Rubik's cube that he kept on his bedside table. (TV: The Nightmare Man)

In 2011, the Eleventh Doctor toyed around with a Rubik's cube he found in George's bedroom and was unable to solve it. (TV: Night Terrors) He later found one while in the hotel constructed on the prison ship and solved it. (TV: The God Complex)

In 2050, Starkey once fiddled with a Rubik's cube in his room in Gryffen Manor. (TV: Jaws of Orthrus)

Behind the scenes

 * In the video game The Last Dalek, which is not a valid source for in universe articles, an alien gearing system the Dalek can use to shoot in a different direction to that which it is facing is noted as bearing the inscription "© Erno Rubik".