Laurel and Hardy (series)

Laurel and Hardy, otherwise stylised as Laurel & Hardy, is a series which began with a series of silent films, later sound films, starring the titular characters - Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy - portrayed by their real world counterparts. The series later gained appearances in various other pieces of media, such as DVD releases, and a comic strip published in TV Comic some years after the duo's real life death, the comics being created by Larry Harmon.

Crossovers
The series' TV Comic iteration gained some brief crossovers with the Doctor Who universe.

The first of these crossovers occurred in the board game TV Comic's Counter Game, published in the TV Comic Holiday Special 1968. Midway through the game, the Diddymen (from Diddymen) may stop to listen to Dr. Who playing his recorder. Shortly after, they may stop to lend Stanley a handkerchief. The following year, in the TV Comic Holiday Special 1969, the game Basil Brush goes Rent Collecting was released. Fairly late into the game, Basil Brush (from Basil Brush) may encounter Laurel & Hardy, who pay the month's rent in advance. Shortly after, Basil may have to travel back a few spaces to avoid "Tardis".

References to Laurel and Hardy in the Doctor Who universe
The TV story The Impossible Astronaut contains a scene in which the Eleventh Doctor dances alongside Laurel and Hardy to the song "Shine On, Harvest Moon". The footage of Laurel and Hardy used in the TV story was real world archive footage taken from the film The Flying Deuces, which is in the public domain.

Other connections
The 2018 biopic by BBC Films starred a number of actors who have appeared in DWU media, including Shirley Henderson, Stephanie Hyam, Richard Cant, Ella Kenion, Bentley Kalu, Daniel Fearn, Stewart Alexander and Conrad Asquith.