Scooby-Doo (franchise)

Scooby-Doo is an American animated television franchise created by Hanna-Barbera. This comedic mystery series follows the exploits of four teenagers; Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Shaggy Rogers, and their canine companion, the titular character, as they travel around in their van, the Mystery Machine, bumping into and solving mysteries. Once solved, the group typically discovers that the perpetrator of the mystery is a disguised person who seeks to exploit a local legend or myth for personal gain.

The franchise began in 1969 with the premiere of the original television series,, before being retuned and spun-off into multiple other incarnations, not just through television series, but also through films, comics, and various other media. The overwhelming, award-winning success of the original shows has cemented them and their characters within the cultural zeitgeist, with the franchise continuing to enjoy a strong following over five decades later.

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Cast
As Scooby-Doo is an American franchise which consists mostly of animated media, and a primarily North American voice cast, it is perhaps hard to be surprised that any genuine cast connections between it and the DWU are few and far between.

The majority of cast connections come in the somewhat indirect form of characters from other franchises who appeared adjacent with Doctor Who characters and elements in LEGO Dimensions. Such actors who have had a multitude of roles across the Scooby-verse, and thus too numerous to count, include Dan Castellaneta, John DiMaggio, Robin Atkin Downes, Tom Kane, Bumper Robinson, Roger Craig Smith, Tara Strong, Kari Wahlgren, Hynden Walch, and Travis Willingham.

Another American-based voice actor with a loose DWU connection is Rachael MacFarlane, who acted opposite David Tennant's Tenth Doctor in the Family Guy skit, Doctor Who Farted; MacFarlane voiced a few minor characters in the television series,.

Slightly more substantial connections do exist, however.

In a single rare example of an American actor with a televised DWU connection, Wayne Knight, who played Brian Friedkin in three episodes of Torchwood: Miracle Day, voiced the Amazing Krudski in.

Brian Cox, who portrayed Sydney Newman in An Adventure in Space and Time, and provided the voice the Ood Elder in The End of Time, voiced the green dragon in.

Nick Frost, who played Santa Claus in Last Christmas, voiced Merlin in.

Ricky Gervais, who played Andy Millman in Extras: The Special, voiced himself in the episode, Ollie Ollie In-Come Free!

Simon Cowell, who appeared as himself in Looking for Pudsey, appeared also as himself in the animated theatrical film,

Furthermore, Rowan Atkinson, who played the alternate Ninth Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death, appeared in the 2002 live-action film, as the villainous Emile Mondavarious.