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Toshiko Sato compared the hole in the skeleton of a 19th century soldier to "that bit in Alien where that thing bursts out of John Hurt". (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts)

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John hurt — John Hurt. (WC: Strax Saves the Day)

Whilst introducing The Day of the Doctor to an unseen audience, Strax mentioned that John Hurt returned to the role of the Doctor. (WC: Strax Saves the Day)

v • e Alien

Species	Xenomorphs (Ovomorphs • Facehuggers • Chestbursters) Humanity • Life-spores

Organisations	Weyland-Yutani Corporation

Films	Alien • Aliens • Blade Runner • Alien vs Predator

Cast	John Hurt • Paul McGann

Elements	Ventilation shafts • Hive resin

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2011 Christmas special	The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

Series 7	Asylum of the Daleks • Dinosaurs on a Spaceship • A Town Called Mercy • The Power of Three • The Angels Take Manhattan • The Snowmen • The Bells of Saint John • The Rings of Akhaten • Cold War • Hide • Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS • The Crimson Horror • Nightmare in Silver • The Name of the Doctor

2013 specials	The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who • The Day of the Doctor

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2015 Christmas special	The Husbands of River Song

Series 10	The Pilot • Smile

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2022 specials	The Power of the Doctor

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Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks

An Unearthly Child • The Daleks • The War Games • The Auton Invasion • Planet of the Spiders • State of Decay • Time Flight • Arc of Infinity • Mawdryn Undead • The Day of the Doctor

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Decalog 3: Consequences • Lungbarrow

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The Infinity Doctors • Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016 • Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021 • Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024 • Walking in Eternity

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Land of the Dead • Stones of Venice

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Faction Paradox

Novels	The Book of the War • Erasing Sherlock • Against Nature • Head of State

Anthologies	Burning with Optimism's Flame (Office Politics • All the Fun of the Fear) • The Book of the Enemy (We Are the Enemy)

Iris Wildthyme

Television	Iris Wildthyme & the Many-Tentacled Menace

Prose	Marked for Life • Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus • Iris Wildthyme's Old Flames • The Fabulously Priceless Baubles of the Dalek Supreme • The Maestro of Doom • The Mauve Autodidact • The Gilded Utensils • The Extremely Lively Planet • Iris Wildthyme's Seven of Thirteen • Iris Wildthyme's Goldfinger • Iris Wildthyme's Fabric of Time Itself (MIAOW) • Iris Wildthme's Wheezing, Groaning Enigma • The Perennial Miss Wildthyme • Iris: Abroad • Wild Thymes on the 22 • Iris Wildthyme of Mars

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Never the Bride • Something Borrowed • Conjugal Rites • Hell's Belles

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Issues

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Monthly	500 • 578 • Doctor Who Magazine Issue 599 • 600 • 879 • 1,000 • 100,000

Other

The Doctor Who Yearbook 1995 • The Daleks

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2006	200 • 218 (Goodbye, Sarah Jane) • 299 • 333

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Stories

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Prose	The Confounding Case of the Planetary Prankster • The Pernicious Plots of the Big Game Hunter • The Dangerous Dilemma of the Dream Doorway • Assassin on the Railroads • The Curious Case of the Weirdling Woods

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