Disney (in-universe)

Disney was a film studio.

The Second Doctor explained to Ben Jackson and Polly Wright that, in the early half of the 20th century, Disney filmed live-action footage when making their animated films so the animators could use the footage as a guide. (PROSE: Dying in the Sun)

Disney made a film which featured the character Pinocchio. (PROSE: Birthright)

Harry Sullivan remembered a Disney film based on Arthurian legend, in which one woman transformed into a pink dragon. (PROSE: Wolfsbane)

They also made a film with Pixar called Tangled. (PROSE: Low/Profile)

Rory Williams liked "a good Disney". Both he and the Doctor had seen a Disney film in which a character named Stitch said, "No one gets left behind." (PROSE: The Glamour Chase)

In 1881 the Twelfth Doctor mentioned the film Frozen. (TV: Empress of Mars)

In the 21st century, Owen Harper compared Gwen Cooper's naivety to a Disney moment. (TV: Random Shoes)

Disney opened amusement parks. The First Doctor and Susan Foreman visited the decaying ruins of EuroDisney in France which, by 2134, had become the location of a feudal state called Urrozdinee. (PROSE: Urrozdinee)

speculated that watching Disney films would be a part of a prisoner's rehabilitation at Stormcage Containment Facility. (COMIC: The Master Plan)

A song called "A Whole New World" was also something that Missy associated with Disney. (COMIC: The Master Plan)

Behind the scenes

 * In 1975, the BBC and the real-life Walt Disney Company coproduced a crossover between Doctor Who and their annual holiday special Disney Time: Disney Time 1975, where the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) introduced various clips from Disney productions.
 * Their TV channels, Disney Channel and Disney XD, aired K9 and, in the US, reruns of Doctor Who itself.
 * Since 2022, Disney has an exclusive licence for distributing future Doctor Who episodes outside of the UK through its Disney+ streaming platform.