Postman Pat (series)

Postman Pat, also known as Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service in its sixth - eighth series, is a stop motion children's television series created by John Cunliffe which was produced by Woodland Animations. The first 13-episode series aired on BBC One, while its second series aired on Children's BBC on BBC 1, and its third - eighth series aired on CBeebies. The series also aired on ABC Kids.

The series stars the titular Postman Pat and his black and white cat Jess, who live in the fictional village of Greendale, with the titular character operating as a postman.

Crossover
The series briefly crossed over with the Doctor Who universe in the 1998 BBC promotional video Future Generations, which featured a young boy travelling through the settings of several series, including Postman Pat and Doctor Who.

Partway through the promo, after the boy walks through the garden from The Herbs, he enters Greendale, where Postman Pat (accompanied by his cat Jess) asks the boy to deliver a package to Bagpuss & Co. (from Bagpuss), to which the boy obliges, with Pat referring to him as a "nice young man".

References to Postman Pat in the DWU
Postman Pat is referenced by Starkey upon meeting a real postman called Patrick in the K9 series 1 episode The Last Oak Tree.

References to the DWU in Postman Pat
In the 2014 film, one of Postman Pat's replacements both looks and behaves like a Dalek, although they were not explicitly named.

Cast connections
Carole Boyd provided the voices for the children and female characters from 1991 right up until the conclusion of the franchise in 2017.

, released in 2014 featured Jim Broadbent and David Tennant among its voice cast.

Miscellaneous connections
Postman Pat was included on the CD "Themes from Children's BBC", alongside Doctor Who.