Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction writer who established Clarke's Law.

Brian Williams once called the Eleventh Doctor Arthur C. Clarke. (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

Behind the scenes
Also in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, Robot 1 and Robot 2 sang "Daisy Bell" when being deactivated by the Doctor, a reference to Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey.