List of references to other DWU media in live-action BBC stories

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Abslom Daak, a recurring character from the Doctor Who DWM comic stories, had a cameo in TV: Time Heist.

References to non-televised works in live-action BBC DWU stories can be few and far between, but over the years, writers have slipped in references to characters, places, and events which originated in media other than the parent show.

Although starting as early as the show's second season, with Terry Nation striving to maintain continuity between televised Dalek material and the Skarosian tyrants' solo appearances in printed media, this behaviour became more common with the advent of the 2005 series of the show, with writers having lived through, and even participated in the writing of, the novels, comics, and audio stories of the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s.

Doctor Who

Season 2

• The Dalek Invasion of Earth ^[+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1964). used the term "Dalekanium" to refer to the metal that comprises the casing of a Dalek. The term, spelled "Dalekenium", had first been used several months earlier in the comic The Humanoids ^[+]The Dalek Book (Dalek annual, Souvenir Press, 1964). in The Dalek Book. It would remain a frequently used term, both on television and in other media, through to the 21st century.

Season 4

• David Whitaker's The Power of the Daleks ^[+]David Whitaker, Doctor Who season 4 (BBC1, 1966). was set on the planet Vulcan, which first appeared two years earlier on a star chart in the comic Invasion of the Daleks ^[+]David Whitaker and Terry Nation, The Dalek Book (Dalek annual, Souvenir Press, 1964).. The comic was co-written by Whitaker and fellow television writer and Dalek creator Terry Nation.
• The Evil of the Daleks ^[+]David Whitaker, Doctor Who season 4 (BBC1, 1967).:
  • This story marks the first televised appearance of the Dalek Emperor, not counting their brief appearance in The Man from MI.5 ^[+]Alan Fennell, Thunderbirds crossover stories series 1 (ITV, 1966).. The Dalek Emperor also first appeared in Invasion of the Daleks. It was implied at the time that the two Emperors were the same individual, and later works would confirm this by identifying them as the Dalek Prime.
  • Although in his early appearances the Dalek Emperor operated a small and mobile casing, he had been shown to transition to a huge, static casing located in the Great Hall of the Dalek City for the sake of increased intelligence the year prior in The Secret of the Emperor ^[+]Brad Ashton and Terry Nation, The Dalek Outer Space Book (Dalek annuals, Panther Books, 1966)., a story printed in The Dalek Outer Space Book.

Season 6

• The War Games ^[+]Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke, Doctor Who season 6 (BBC1, 1969). introduces the Time Lords, a highly advanced civilisation who were the inventors of the TARDIS. The notion that the Doctor's TARDIS had been built by a highly advanced civilisation had earlier been spoken of by the First Doctor in the Doctor Who Annual 1966 short story Peril in Mechanistria ^[+]The Dr Who Annual 1966 (Doctor Who annual, 1965)..

Season 9

• In The Sea Devils ^[+]Malcolm Hulke, Doctor Who season 9 (BBC1, 1972)., the Third Doctor says that Horatio Nelson was a friend of his. The Second Doctor had met Nelson in the Doctor Who Annual 1968 short story H.M.S. Tardis ^[+]unclear authorship, The Dr Who Annual 1968 (World Distributors, 1967)..

Season 10

• Frontier in Space ^[+]Malcolm Hulke, Doctor Who season 10 (BBC1, 1973). featured a future Earth being ruled by a President of Earth. The title had first appeared in the DWU in a TV Century 21 short story, Battle in Space ^[+]TV Century 21 short stories (City Magazines, 1965)..
• The Dalek Supreme in Planet of the Daleks ^[+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 10 (BBC1, 1973). shares its black and gold colour scheme with the Dalek Leader from the comic strip Sub Zero ^[+]Dennis Hooper, TVA comic stories (Polystyle, 1972)., which predated the serial by a year.

Season 12

• In Robot ^[+]Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who season 12 (BBC1, 1974-1975)., Sarah Jane Smith berates Benton after he chases off K1, prompting him to reply: "The US Cavalry never got treated like this." Sarah previously called for the US Cavalry to fend off the Daleks during the audio segments meant for the live performance at Goodwood Motor Circuit on 18 May 1974. Robot began airing in December of that year. (In the novelisation, the line is less specific: "The US Cavalry never get treated like this.")
• Genesis of the Daleks ^[+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 12 (BBC1, 1975).:
  • The Fourth Doctor's recollection of the conclusion of the Dalek invasion of Earth fails to tally with the on-screen events of The Dalek Invasion of Earth ^[+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1964)., but references accounts of the invasion given in spin-off media:
    • Instead of a mere bomb collapsing their tunnelwork, he claims that the Daleks were defeated in part by the power of Earth's magnetic core, something shown in the theatrical film Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. ^[+]Milton Subotsky and David Whitaker, adapted from The Dalek Invasion of Earth (Terry Nation), Dalek films (1966).;
    • Instead of the mid-22nd century, the Doctor tells Davros that the invasion happened in 2000. The 1966 Target novelisation Doctor Who and the Crusaders ^[+]David Whitaker, adapted from The Crusade (David Whitaker), Target novelisations (Frederick Muller, 1966). mentioned the Dalek invasion as having happened in "the 21st century".
  • Additionally, while it conflicts with its event, the story does borrow some elements from the previous account of the creation of the Daleks given in the first The Daleks comic story, Genesis of Evil ^[+]unclear authorship, The Daleks comics (City Magazines, 1965).. Beyond the similarity of title, details present in both Geneses but not previously mentioned in (or even conflicting with) the account of the Daleks' origin in The Daleks ^[+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 1 (BBC tv, 1963-1964). include:
  • The Daleks' casings having been invented by one of the Daleks' humanoid ancestors before the actual Dalek mutants (instead of the Daleks having built them themselves after mutating).
    • The Daleks' ancestors having already been the aggressors in the war against the Thals, rather than initially innocent victims of warmongering, slave-driving Thals as suggested in the original Dalek story.
    • The Daleks' ancestor taking refuge in a bunker, and becoming one of the last survivors of the original Dalek race.
    • The Daleks vowing to conquer the rest of the universe almost immediately after being created and supplanting their makers.
  • Although interpreted by later lore as a once-normal-looking man who was disfigured in an explosion, Davros seems originally to have been intended to be a mutant himself; indeed, he would be identified as such by the Movellans in Destiny of the Daleks ^[+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 17 (BBC1, 1979).. His appearance recalls the humanoid Daleks of Genesis of Evil, with an enlarged, wrinkled forehead. The History of the Daleks would later point to the comics' humanoids as later descendants of the Kaleds at a later stage of mutation.
  • Davros creates the Dalek mutants by "accelerating the evolution" of the Kaleds. In a different pre-1975 account of the Daleks' origin, We are the Daleks! ^[+]Terry Nation, Radio Times short stories (1973)., also written by Terry Nation, he had already presented the Dalek mutants as the result of artificially accelerated evolution, that time of transplanted humans at the hands of the Halldons.

Season 13

• The Brain of Morbius ^[+]Robin Bland, Doctor Who season 13 (BBC1, 1976). is set on Karn, which was first a setting in the stage play Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday.

Season 17

• Destiny of the Daleks ^[+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 17 (BBC1, 1979).:
  • This story features a Dalek lie detector, which first appeared in the comic story City of the Daleks ^[+]The Dalek Book (Dalek annuals, Souvenir Press, 1964)..
  • The Doctor uses his hat to block a Dalek's eyestalk, just as he did in the comic story The Trodos Ambush ^[+]Roger Noel Cook, TVC comic stories (1967)..

Season 19

• In Castrovalva ^[+]Christopher H. Bidmead, Doctor Who season 19 (BBC1, 1982)., the Doctor levitates himself, which he learned to do in a TV Comic story.

Season 22

• In Revelation of the Daleks ^[+]Eric Saward, Doctor Who season 22 (BBC1, 1985)., a Glass Dalek makes an appearance. A Dalek with glass casing first appeared in Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks ^[+]David Whitaker, adapted from The Daleks (Terry Nation), Target novelisations (Frederick Muller Ltd, 1964)..

Season 25

• In Remembrance of the Daleks ^[+]Ben Aaronovitch, Doctor Who season 25 (BBC1, 1988)., the casing used by Davros as Dalek Emperor has a spherical upper section, thus having a similar silhouette to the casing used by the original Dalek Emperor in the TV Century 21 Daleks comics. Indeed, at an early stage in planning of the storyline, Remembrance was planned to feature the Emperor in earnest.

30th Anniversary Special

• Dimensions in Time ^[+]John Nathan-Turner and David Roden, Doctor Who 30th anniversary special (BBC1, 1993). features a brief cameo by Zog from the stage play The Ultimate Adventure.

Series 1

The Number 22 to Putney Common appears in Rose.

• Rose ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).:
  • A London double decker bus resembling Iris Wildthyme's Celestial Omnibus, the Number 22 to Putney Common, can be glimpsed in the opening scenes. (This was retroactively made to be a reference, with designs of the Celestial Omnibus later on being heavily influenced by this one bus in Rose.)
  • The concept of a time war originated in the Doctor Who Magazine comic 4-D War ^[+]Alan Moore, DWM backup comic stories (Marvel Comics, 1981)., where Time Lords of the Dark Times fight in the Black Sun War. The concept would later become a major part of the War in Heaven of the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures, before eventually finding its way onto television in the form of the Last Great Time War, initially mentioned in Rose ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)..
  • In the Virgin New Adventures novel Lungbarrow ^[+]Marc Platt, adapted from Lungbarrow, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1997)., the Time Vortex is red when travelling forward in time and blue when travelling backwards. This idea was used again from Series 1 to 4 of the new series.
• UNIT officer Muriel Frost, who originated from the 1990 Doctor Who Magazine comic The Mark of Mandragora ^[+]Dan Abnett, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics, 1990-1991)., appears in Aliens of London ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)..
• Dalek ^[+]Robert Shearman, adapted from Jubilee (Robert Shearman), Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).:
  • This story is Robert Shearman's adaptation of his 2003 audio drama Jubilee ^[+]Robert Shearman, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2003).. This fact is referenced by the Jubilee Pizza boxes seen in the story.
  • Simmons' line "What are you going to do? Sucker me to the death?" is very similar to Abslom Daak's line "Whatcha gonna do now, big shot? Suck me to death?" from the comic story Nemesis of the Daleks.
• Kronkburgers, first eaten by soldiers of an alternate Roman Empire in the Doctor Who Magazine comic Doctor Who and the Iron Legion ^[+]Pat Mills and John Wagner, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics, 1979)., were sold on Satellite Five in The Long Game ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., and mentioned in dialogue by the Ninth Doctor.
• In Boom Town ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., Rose Tyler recalls her visit to Justicia from the BBC New Series Adventures novel The Monsters Inside ^[+]Stephen Cole, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2005)..
• Bad Wolf ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).:
  • The Anne Droid asked Rose a question about the planet Lucifer, which first appeared in the Virgin New Adventures novel Lucifer Rising ^[+]Jim Mortimore and Andy Lane, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1993)..
  • The Doctor's promise to "wipe every last stinking Dalek out of the sky" echoes Abslom Daak's promise to "kill every damned stinking Dalek in the galaxy" from his debut comic story.
• In The Parting of the Ways ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., the Doctor claims that ancient Dalek legends refer to him as the "Oncoming Storm", a title that was first applied to him in the novels Love and War ^[+]Paul Cornell, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1992). and Vampire Science ^[+]Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1997).. It would remain frequently used in subsequent years of televised and non-televised media alike.

Series 2

One such advert of Millingdale ice cream was seen on Victor Kennedy's copy of The Daily Telegraph. (TV: Love & Monsters).

• In The Christmas Invasion ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas special (BBC One, 2005)., the Doctor refers to Arthur Dent as a "nice man". Dent had written about encountering the Doctor in the Have You Seen This Man? ^[+]various authors, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005). section of the Who is Doctor Who? website.
• School Reunion ^[+]Toby Whithouse, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006).:
  • K9 Mark III is shown to have fallen into an irreparable state, at least, to Sarah Jane Smith's abilities. K9's fate had previously been shown in the short story Moving On and the audio Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre ^[+]Peter Anghelides, Sarah Jane Smith (Big Finish Productions, 2002)., though the latter story shows K9 being completely disassembled.
  • K9 Mark IV makes his debut at the end of the story. His existence was first revealed by the Eighth Doctor in the novel Interference - Book Two ^[+]Lawrence Miles, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1999)..
• In The Girl in the Fireplace ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006)., young Reinette asks what monsters have nightmares about and the Doctor responds, "Me." A similar exchange took place in the novel Love and War ^[+]Paul Cornell, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1992)..
• The two-parter Rise of the Cybermen ^[+]Tom MacRae, adapted from Spare Parts (Marc Platt), Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006). / The Age of Steel ^[+]Tom MacRae, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006). is loosely based on the audio story Spare Parts ^[+]Marc Platt, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2002)., with Marc Platt being thanked in the end credits of the story.
• The Satan Pit ^[+]Matt Jones, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006). mentions the existence of a Kaled God of War. The novel Father Time ^[+]Lance Parkin, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2001). had previously mentioned that the Klade (implied to be the future descendants of the Daleks, themselves offspring of the Kaleds) worshipped a God of War.
• Love & Monsters ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006). contained several adverts and posters for Millingdale ice cream. Millingdale ice cream was a fictitious brand of ice cream created for an in-universe website to coincide with the first few series of the 2005 revival of the series.
• Army of Ghosts ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006). hinges on the existence of "the Void", being the space between universes. Although the "dimensional divide" was first referenced on television in Inferno ^[+]Don Houghton, Doctor Who season 7 (BBC1, 1970)., it was the DWM comic story Voyager ^[+]Steve Parkhouse, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics UK, 1984). which first described what lay beyond the Doctor's universe with the name of "the Void" — and, incidentally, the first story to attempt to depict it visually.
• Doomsday ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006). includes the first televised reference to rels, a Dalek measurement of time. A Dalek unit called a "rel" was created in 1964's The Dalek Dictionary, where it measured "hydro-electricity"; it was first depicted as a unit of time in the film Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. ^[+]Milton Subotsky and David Whitaker, adapted from The Dalek Invasion of Earth (Terry Nation), Dalek films (1966)., and had since appeared in comics and audios.

Series 3

• Smith and Jones ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007).:
  • The Doctor mentions that he used to have a brother. The character of Irving Braxiatel, first introduced in the Virgin New Adventures, had previously been established as the Doctor's brother.
  • The Doctor mentions an encounter with Emmeline Pankhurst, someone he previously referenced meeting in the novel Casualties of War ^[+]Steve Emmerson, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2000)..
• The Shakespeare Code ^[+]Gareth Roberts, Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007).:
  • The episode was partially adapted from Gareth Roberts' Ninth Doctor comic story A Groatsworth of Wit.
  • The Doctor indicates that he is a fan of Harry Potter. He had previously been shown to possess the entire series of books in his TARDIS in the novel The Gallifrey Chronicles ^[+]Lance Parkin, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2005)..
• The Face of Boe's final message to the Doctor in Gridlock ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007). was reused from Davies' short story Meet the Doctor ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Annual 2006 (Panini UK, 2005). in the 2006 Doctor Who Annual.
• Paul Cornell's two-parter Human Nature ^[+]Paul Cornell, adapted from Human Nature (Paul Cornell), Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007). / The Family of Blood ^[+]Paul Cornell, adapted from Human Nature (Paul Cornell), Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007). is an adaptation of his Virgin New Adventures novel Human Nature ^[+]Paul Cornell, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995)..
• Steven Moffat's Blink ^[+]Steven Moffat, adapted from What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (Steven Moffat), Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007). is an adaptation of the short story What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Annual 2006 (Panini UK, 2005)., published two years earlier.
• The depiction of the Citadel of the Time Lords as a city encased in a huge crystalline dome originated in illustrations of Doctor Who Magazine's "Gallifreyan Guardian" feature, and was first seen in a narrative work in the comic story The Tides of Time ^[+]Steve Parkhouse, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics, 1982).. It was seen for the first time on television in a flashback in The Sound of Drums ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007)..
• In The Infinite Quest ^[+]Alan Barnes, CBBC (2007)., the Doctor mentions the Sabre-Toothed Gorillas as a potential threat outside the TARDIS; the Sabre-Toothed Gorillas had been introduced in the TV Comic story, aptly named The Sabre-Toothed Gorillas ^[+]TVC comic stories (1968)., as well as being mentioned in the short story A letter from the Master ^[+]A Letter from the Doctor short stories (Panini Comics, 2001)..

Series 4

• The Butler Institute, originally from the Virgin New Adventures novel Cat's Cradle: Warhead ^[+]Andrew Cartmel, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1992)., was briefly seen in The Poison Sky ^[+]Helen Raynor, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008)..
• In The Unicorn and the Wasp ^[+]Gareth Roberts, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008)., the Doctor displays the ability to tell what time period he is in by smelling the air around him. He previously did this in the audio The Eye of the Scorpion ^[+]Iain McLaughlin, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2001). and webcast Scream of the Shalka ^[+]Paul Cornell, BBCi animations (2003)..
• The Stolen Earth ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008).:
  • Although the final design of the Supreme Dalek only retains the three dome lights (in place of the typical two) as evidence of it, concept art proves that its design was influenced by the TV Century 21 Golden Emperor's, much like that of Davros's imperial casing in Remembrance of the Daleks ^[+]Ben Aaronovitch, Doctor Who season 25 (BBC1, 1988)..
  • Davros has a mechanical hand that replaced the one shot off in Revelation of the Daleks ^[+]Eric Saward, Doctor Who season 22 (BBC1, 1985).. He was first depicted this way in the audio play The Juggernauts ^[+]Scott Alan Woodard, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2005)..
  • The UNIT New York City Base appears, being a plot-relevant location. The details of the base, such as it being the primary UNIT base in New York, was something established in the short story UNIT's New York Operation Expansion ^[+]BBC webteam, U.N.I.T. (BBC, 2005)., which showed Major A Highway's ambition to shift UNIT's activities into a "pivotal single site operation".
  • The American version of UNIT had also been first mentioned in the novel Bullet Time ^[+]David A. McIntee, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2001)., and UNIT's previous amount of separate divisions were seen in the novel The Dying Days ^[+]Lance Parkin, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1997)..
• In Journey's End ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008)., the TARDIS is piloted by six people. This was the intended number, as revealed in the novel Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible ^[+]Marc Platt, adapted from Cat's Cradle (Marc Platt), Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1992)..
• The Space Agency, first featured in the TV21 Dalek prose story Fireball Surrenders! ^[+]TV Century 21 cover stories (City Magazines, 1965)., is mentioned in The Waters of Mars ^[+]Russell T Davies and Phil Ford, Doctor Who Autumn Special 2009 (BBC One, 2009)..
• The End of Time ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2009 and New Year Special 2010 (BBC One, 2009-2010).:
  • Henrietta Goodheart from the novel Beautiful Chaos ^[+]Gary Russell, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2008). is mentioned as Netty, a member of the Silver Cloak.
  • Rassilon's partisans intend to survive the Ultimate Sanction by becoming "beings of consciousness alone". The novel Alien Bodies ^[+]Lawrence Miles, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1997). was the first story to show this as a possibility for Time Lords, having been used by a similar purpose by the Celestis.
  • In a flashback to the creation of the Eye of Harmony in the novel Interference - Book One ^[+]Lawrence Miles, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1999)., the words Rassilon pronounced just before switching on the machinery, creating conventional time, were "For our children. For the sake of Gallifrey, and for time itself". At the end of Part 1, when setting in motion his plan to bring about the end of Time, he intones "For Gallifrey. For victory. For the end of time itself".

Series 5

• Victory of the Daleks ^[+]Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010). and subsequent stories establish that the Doctor and Winston Churchill are old friends. The novel Players ^[+]Terrance Dicks, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1999). in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures was actually the first story to depict the relationship in this way, and was reinforced by Churchill's cameo in The Shadow in the Glass ^[+]Justin Richards and Stephen Cole, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2001)..
• In Flesh and Stone ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010)., the Doctor describes himself as a complicated space-time event. In Steven Moffat's first-ever Doctor Who story, the Seventh Doctor short story Continuity Errors ^[+]Steven Moffat, Decalog 3: Consequences (Virgin Decalogs, 1996)., Professor Candy's research defined the Doctor as "a CSTE – a Complex Space-Time Event. In fact, I believe he is the most complex space-time event there has ever been anywhere".
• Vincent and the Doctor ^[+]Richard Curtis, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010).
  • Amy Pond mentions that the Doctor took her to Arcadia, a paradise planet first mentioned in the comic Profits of Doom! ^[+]Mike Collins, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics, 1986-1987). and featured in the novel Deceit ^[+]Peter Darvill-Evans, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1993)..
  • The Eleventh Doctor refers to having met Michelangelo and Pablo Picasso. The Sixth Doctor was shown to have a portrait of himself by Michelangelo in the comic Changes ^[+]Grant Morrison, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics, 1986). and a meeting between the Third Doctor and Picasso was mentioned in the novel The Scarlet Empress ^[+]Paul Magrs, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1998)..
• The Lodger ^[+]Gareth Roberts, adapted from The Lodger (Gareth Roberts), Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010). is an adaptation of the Doctor Who Magazine comic of the same name.
• At the opening of the Pandorica in (the aptly named) The Pandorica Opens ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010)., the Pandorica Alliance is mentioned to include Chelonians and Haemogoths. Chelonians originated in the Virgin New Adventures novel The Highest Science ^[+]Gareth Roberts, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1993)., while the Haemogoths had been mentioned in the BBC New Series Adventures novel The Forgotten Army ^[+]Brian Minchin, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2010)., published a few months prior.
• In The Big Bang ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010)., the Eleventh Doctor tells an Auton duplicate of Rory Williams that he, as an Auton, is vulnerable to heat and radio signals. This fact was first established in Operation Mannequin ^[+]BBC webteam, U.N.I.T. (BBC, 2005)., wherein Lt David Judd theorises that the Nestene Consciousness was weak to radio signals.

Series 6

• The Doctor's Wife ^[+]Neil Gaiman, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011). reveals that the TARDIS has the ability to archive old console rooms. This was a plot point in the comic Tesseract ^[+]Tony Lee, Doctor Who (2009) (IDW Publishing, 2010).. There is a contradiction between the two stories, as the Doctor is aware of this ability in the comic but unaware in the episode.
• Professor Arthur Candy, who first appeared in Steven Moffat's Decalog 3: Consequences short story Continuity Errors ^[+]Steven Moffat, Decalog 3: Consequences (Virgin Decalogs, 1996)., appears again in Moffat's television story Let's Kill Hitler ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011).. Furthermore, he meets River at Luna University, which was first mentioned in that short story.
• In Night Terrors ^[+]Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011)., the Doctor mentions Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday among the bedtime stories he knows. This references the stage play Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday, which was also later adapted into an audio story by Big Finish.

Series 7

• The Brig's daughter Kate Stewart, who first appeared in the 1995 home video Downtime ^[+]Marc Platt, Reeltime Pictures releases (Reeltime Pictures, 1995)., appears as a major recurring character in the series starting with The Power of Three ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2012)..
• The Great Detective ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2012 (BBC One, 2012). reveals that Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Strax live on Paternoster Row, hence why they are called the Paternoster Gang. This fact was first established in The Brilliant Book 2012 (published one year earlier).
• Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS ^[+]Steve Thompson, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2013). features the first televised depiction of the TARDIS library. The library had been visited many times in other media, beginning with the comic Changes ^[+]Grant Morrison, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics, 1986)..
• In Nightmare in Silver ^[+]Neil Gaiman, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2013)., the Doctor claims that the Time Lords invented chess. The idea that chess is not a human invention first appeared in the novel Dreams of Empire ^[+]Justin Richards, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1998). though in that case the Doctor admitted that he did not know the game's precise origin.

2013 specials

• Before regenerating in The Night of the Doctor ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Specials minisode (BBC One, 2004)., the Eighth Doctor recalls some of his audio-original companions, including Charley, C'rizz, Lucie Miller, Tamsin Drew, and Molly O'Sullivan.
• The Day of the Doctor ^[+]Steven Moffat, 50th Anniversary Specials (BBC One, 2013).:
  • The story features the Drylands (also known as the Outlands). This part of Gallifrey was first referenced in the novel The Eight Doctors ^[+]Terrance Dicks, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1997). and appeared in the audio stories Fractures ^[+]Stephen Cole, Gallifrey (Big Finish Productions, 2006). and Panacea ^[+]Alan Barnes, Gallifrey (Big Finish Productions, 2006)..
  • The story also prominently features the War Council of Gallifrey, first seen in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures as part of the War in Heaven. It is also referred to in dialogue as "Gallifrey High Command", a phrase first used in David Martin's The Adventures of K9 books from the 1980s.

Series 8

• In Into the Dalek ^[+]Phil Ford and Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014)., Clara Oswald is a teacher of Class 1C, which was identified as Barbara Wright's class number in the novelisation The Edge of Destruction ^[+]Nigel Robinson, adapted from The Edge of Destruction (David Whitaker), Target novelisations (Target Books, 1988)..
• In Robot of Sherwood ^[+]Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014)., the Doctor says he learned sword fighting from Richard the Lionheart, just as he had in the audio story Leviathan ^[+]Paul Finch, The Lost Stories (Big Finish Productions, 2010).. Although Richard had appeared in The Crusade ^[+]David Whitaker, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1965)., he was never shown practicing sword fighting with the Doctor in that story. The Doctor also mentions sword fighting with Errol Flynn. He had previously mentioned sparring with Flynn in the audio Hexagora ^[+]Paul Finch and from a story by Peter Ling and Hazel Adair, adapted from Hex, The Lost Stories (Big Finish Productions, 2011)..
• Abslom Daak, who first appeared in the Doctor Who Magazine comic Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer ^[+]Steve Moore, DWM backup comic stories (Marvel Comics, 1980)., was seen in the memories of the cyborg Psi in Time Heist ^[+]Steve Thompson, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014)..
• In Dark Water ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014)., the Hyperscape Body Swap Ticket from Doctor Who at the Proms can be seen in Clara's room.
• In Death in Heaven ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014)., Kate Stewart mentions her children. Her son Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart had appeared in Downtime ^[+]Marc Platt, Reeltime Pictures releases (Reeltime Pictures, 1995)..

Series 9

• The Magician's Apprentice ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 9 (BBC One, 2015). revealed that Missy had survived the events of Death in Heaven ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014)., a fact which had been foreshadowed by the Doctor Who Magazine short story The Secret Diary of the Master ^[+]James Stoker, 2015. the previous year.
• The Witch's Familiar ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 9 (BBC One, 2015).:
  • Missy mentions that the Doctor once fell into a nest of vampire monkeys. Vampire monkeys were featured in the comic story Tooth and Claw ^[+]Alan Barnes, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics UK, 1997)..
  • The Doctor says that "mercy" does not exist in the Daleks' vocabulary. He said the same thing in the comic Nemesis of the Daleks.
• In Before the Flood ^[+]Toby Whithouse, Doctor Who series 9 (BBC One, 2015)., the Twelfth Doctor thinks he is about to die and says "I've had a good innings". The Sixth Doctor said the same thing before regenerating in two conflicting stories, the novel Spiral Scratch ^[+]Gary Russell, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2005). and the audio The Brink of Death ^[+]Nicholas Briggs, The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure (Big Finish Productions, 2015)..
• The Girl Who Died ^[+]Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 9 (BBC One, 2015).:
  • The Doctor mentions the Velosians, who had first been mentioned in the audio Starlight Robbery ^[+]Matt Fitton, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2013).two years earlier. They went on to debut in Tales of the Dark Times in 2020.
  • The Doctor is seen carrying a Two Thousand Year Diary. The Twelfth Doctor had previously been shown to carry such a diary in The Daft Dimension ^[+]Lew Stringer, The Daft Dimension stories (Panini Comics, 2014)..
• In The Zygon Invasion ^[+]Peter Harness, Doctor Who series 9 (BBC One, 2015)., the Twelfth Doctor tells Petronella Osgood that he wears question mark underpants. The Eighth Doctor was the first Doctor to be shown to wear such undergarments in the comic The Glorious Dead ^[+]Scott Gray, DWM Comics (Panini Comics, 2000). and the novel Seeing I ^[+]Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1998)..
• In Hell Bent ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 9 (BBC One, 2015)., the Doctor tells Clara to "never eat pears". The Doctor's distaste for pears was first mentioned in the novel Human Nature ^[+]Paul Cornell, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995).. The televised adaptation originally contained that same reference, lifted directly from the novel, but the scene was deleted. The reference to pears survived in spin-off media with The Taking of Chelsea 426 ^[+]David Llewellyn, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2009). carrying it over, before Hell Bent became the first story to acknowledge this on screen.
• The Husbands of River Song ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2015 (BBC One, 2015).:
  • River Song uses a sonic trowel. A sonic trowel previously appeared in the 2005 novelThe Tree of Life ^[+]Mark Michalowski, Bernice Summerfield novels (Big Finish Productions, 2005)., in the possession of Bernice Summerfield.
  • While still pretending to be a simple surgeon, the Twelfth Doctor mentions that the real Doctor might be batting "giant robot fish from the Ninth Dimension". The Second Doctor sent the Arcturians to the Ninth Dimension in the 1967 short story Only a Matter of Time ^[+]The Dr Who Annual 1968 (Doctor Who annual, 1967)., from Doctor Who Annual 1968.

Series 10

• The colony planet in Smile ^[+]Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Doctor Who series 10 (BBC One, 2017)., though not named in dialogue, was identified in advertising and reference material around the time of the episode's release as Gliese 581d, a link eventually confirmed in a narrative work in the 2018 Doctor Who Annual. This planet had first been mentioned as a future human colony ten years earlier in All Snug in Their Beds ^[+]Scott Alan Woodard, Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas (Short Trips short stories, 2007)., a Fourth Doctor short story printed in Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas.
• In Thin Ice ^[+]Sarah Dollard, Doctor Who series 10 (BBC One, 2017)., the Twelfth Doctor says he has been to the Frost fair a few times before. The First Doctor visited the fair in the audio story Frostfire ^[+]Marc Platt, The Companion Chronicles (Big Finish Productions, 2007). and the Tenth Doctor did so in the short story The Frozen ^[+]Rupert Laight, Doctor Who web short stories (Doctor Who website, 2007)..
• In Extremis ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 10 (BBC One, 2017)., the Doctor expresses his distaste for Moby-Dick, something he previously did in the short story Sunday Afternoon, AD 848,988 ^[+]Paul Crilley, Short Trips: Destination Prague (Short Trips short stories, 2007)..
• In World Enough and Time ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 10 (BBC One, 2017)., Nardole asks the Doctor how he manages to use Venusian aikido, given that the martial art required five arms. While Venusian aikido was first used in the TV story Inferno ^[+]Don Houghton, Doctor Who season 7 (BBC1, 1970)., it was the 1994 Virgin Missing Adventures novel Venusian Lullaby ^[+]Paul Leonard, Virgin Missing Adventures (Virgin Books, 1994). which first featured five-armed Venusians, with the Virgin New Adventures novel First Frontier ^[+]David A. McIntee, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1994). making the connection between the art and the five-armed species a month before.
• When recalling the planets on which the Cybermen have originated in The Doctor Falls ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 10 (BBC One, 2017)., the Twelfth Doctor mentions Marinus, which had been revealed as a Cyberman origin planet in the Doctor Who Magazine comic The World Shapers ^[+]Grant Morrison, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics, 1987).. However, it also conflicts with that comic in that it mentions Marinus, Mondas, and Planet 14 as separate planets.
• Twice Upon a Time ^[+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 (BBC One, 2017).:
  • When the First and Twelfth Doctors meet, time freezes. The same thing happened when the First and Eighth Doctors met in the novel The Eight Doctors ^[+]Terrance Dicks, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1997)..
  • The First Doctor tells Bill Potts that his belief that good always prevails is why he left Gallifrey. The Eighth Doctor told Charley the same thing in the audio story The Stones of Venice ^[+]Paul Magrs, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2001)..

Series 11

• In The Ghost Monument ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 11 (BBC One, 2018)., the Thirteenth Doctor says she knew Pythagoras, whom the Fourth Doctor mentions knowing in the audio The Labyrinth of Buda Castle ^[+]Eddie Robson, The Fourth Doctor Adventures (Big Finish Productions, 2016). and the comic Gaze of the Medusa ^[+]Gordon Rennie and Emma Beeby, Titan Comics (2016)..
• In Rosa ^[+]Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 11 (BBC One, 2018)., the Doctor mentions knowing Elvis Presley. The Doctor's friendship with Elvis was previously referenced in the novel Ghosts of India ^[+]Mark Morris, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2008). and video game Blood of the Cybermen ^[+]Phil Ford, The Adventure Games (BBC Wales Interactive, 2010)..
• In Arachnids in the UK ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 11 (BBC One, 2018)., the Doctor refers to an encounter with Amelia Earhart. Such an encounter was first mentioned in the novel Seeing I ^[+]Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1998)..
• In The Tsuranga Conundrum ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 11 (BBC One, 2018)., the Doctor says she loves the musical Hamilton and had seen all 900 casts. The Doctor's fondness for the musical had previously been explored in the comic story The Long Con ^[+]Andrew James, Titan SDCC exclusive (Titan Comics, 2016). in which the Second, Tenth and Eleventh Doctors attended a performance of Hamilton.
• In The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 11 (BBC One, 2018)., the Doctor summons the TARDIS with the sonic screwdriver, which the War Doctor first did in the audio The Thousand Worlds ^[+]Nicholas Briggs, Only the Monstrous (The War Doctor, Big Finish Productions, 2015)..
• In Resolution ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who New Year Special 2019 (BBC One, 2019)., the reconnaissance scout variant of Dalek was introduced. A similar concept — a hitherto unseen type of Dalek specialised to "spy out the land for an imminent full-scale invasion", which also arrived on Earth — was seen in the 1966 short story Have Daleks Invaded Scotland? ^[+]Simon Bucks, 21 stories (City Magazines, 1966).. Dalek reconnaissance missions were also cited in the Dalek Survival Guide.

Series 12

• Spyfall ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020).:
  • It is mentioned that Graham O'Brien hailed from Essex. This hometown was first mentioned in Graham's character profile on the official Doctor Who website and hinted at in the novel The Good Doctor ^[+]Juno Dawson, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2018). (though the former is non-narrative, meaning it is not treated as a valid source on this wiki).
  • The Doctor makes repairs to the TARDIS that drain the rainforest floor. The TARDIS had been shown to contain a rainforest in the audio story No Place Like Home ^[+]Iain McLaughlin, Big Finish DWM originals (Big Finish Productions, 2003)..
• In Fugitive of the Judoon ^[+]Vinay Patel and Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020)., Ruth Clayton calls the leader of the Judoon "Daddy Rhinoform". The Sixth Doctor referred to the Judoon as "rhinoform bipeds" in the audio drama Judoon in Chains ^[+]Simon Barnard and Paul Morris, Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume One (Classic Doctors, New Monsters, Big Finish Productions, 2016)..
• In Praxeus ^[+]Pete McTighe and Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020)., the Doctor mentions a "talking cat in Ontario". Talking cats, Gallifreyan in origin, were first mentioned in The Legacy of Gallifrey ^[+]Gary Russell, DWM prose stories (Marvel Comics, 1985).. The BBC America website corroborated the connection.
• In Can You Hear Me? ^[+]Charlene James and Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020)., the Doctor mentions that the TARDIS has a jacuzzi, which was depicted in the prelude to the novel Tragedy Day.
• The Timeless Children ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020).:
  • The actor for Rassilon was cast to resemble Don Warrington, who played Rassilon in the audio story Zagreus ^[+]Alan Barnes and Gary Russell, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2003)..
  • Dialogue in the same scene suggests that the founders of Gallifrey knowingly restricted Time Lord regeneration to a maximum of twelve renewals, an idea first made explicit in Zagreus, albeit now attributed to Tecteun.
• Revolution of the Daleks ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who New Year Special 2021 (BBC One, 2021). marked the televised introduction of a Dalek death squad, which first appeared in the Dalek Survival Guide ^[+]Justin Richards, et al., BBC Books (2002)..

Series 13

• Once, Upon Time ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 13 (BBC One, 2021).:
  • This story features the Siege of Atropos in which the Time Lords capture the Ravagers and allow the Mouri to control Time. This event is part of the anchoring of the thread that was first established in the novels Christmas on a Rational Planet ^[+]Lawrence Miles, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1996). and The Book of the War ^[+]Lawrence Miles, et al., Faction Paradox novels (Mad Norwegian Press, 2002)..
  • A Weeping Angel emerges from Yasmin Khan's phone. The Angels had previously attempted to escape via mobile phone in the game The Lonely Assassins ^[+]Amelia Chung, Priya Kulasagaran, Rebecca Hee and Gavin Collinson, Maze Theory (2021)..
• In Village of the Angels ^[+]Chris Chibnall and Maxine Alderton, Doctor Who series 13 (BBC One and BBC America, 2021)., Weeping Angels demonstrate an ability to hide inside solid rock, which they previously did in the audio Fallen Angels ^[+]Phil Mulryne, Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume One (Classic Doctors, New Monsters, Big Finish Productions, 2016)..
• In The Vanquishers ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 13 (BBC One and BBC America, 2021)., the Doctor encounters the embodiment of Time. The Virgin New Adventures had established that Time was a sentient being, specifically an Eternal. However, the episode conflicts with the novels since the Doctor says she had always wondered what Time looks like even though the Seventh Doctor had met Time in Lungbarrow ^[+]Marc Platt, adapted from Lungbarrow, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1997)..
• In Eve of the Daleks ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who New Year Special 2022 (BBC One, 2022)., the Doctor remarks that she has not seen so much gunpowder since 1605. She and Yasmin Khan had witnessed Guy Fawkes' attempted destruction of Parliament in the short story Black Powder ^[+]Joy Wilkinson, Doctor Who Magazine prose stories (2021).. The First Doctor also became involved with these events in the novel The Plotters ^[+]Gareth Roberts, Virgin Missing Adventures (Virgin Books, 1996)., as had the Eleventh Doctor in the video game The Gunpowder Plot ^[+]Phil Ford, The Adventure Games (BBC Wales Interactive, 2011).. However, since all three stories conflcit with one another, the episode is most likely referencing Black Powder.
• The Power of the Doctor ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who Centenary Special 2022 (BBC One, 2022).:
  • This story refers to Ace parting ways with the Doctor due to a falling out between them. While no details are given in the episode, a falling out did occur in the novel Love and War ^[+]Paul Cornell, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1992)..
  • The story also reveals that aspects of the Doctor's previous incarnations continue to exist in their mind after regeneration, something that had previously been explored in the novel Timewyrm: Revelation ^[+]Paul Cornell, adapted from Total Eclipse, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1991). and audio drama Zagreus ^[+]Alan Barnes and Gary Russell, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2003).. The concept is also prominent with the Big Finish character known as "the Eleven" (and other incarnations of the Time Lord) whose previous incarnations are retained following regeneration and frequently manifest and influence the actions of their successors.
  • The story also features a Type 75 TARDIS, which first appeared in the short story Going Once, Going Twice ^[+]Jayce Black, The Book of the Peace (Faction Paradox, 2018)..
  • Additionally, the story also features the Holo-Doctor, who debuted in the Seventh Doctor novel Infinite Requiem ^[+]Daniel Blythe, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995)..
  • Although not named as such, the story features the first televised retro-regeneration. The Doctor and other Time Lords had been subject to this concept numerous times in other media. Examples include the novels State of Change ^[+]Christopher Bulis, Virgin Missing Adventures (Virgin Books, 1994). and Sky Pirates! ^[+]Dave Stone, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995)., the comic The Fountains of Forever ^[+]Nick Abadzis, Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor (Titan Comics, 2015). and the audio The Lost Magic ^[+]Cavan Scott, New Series Adventures Audio (BBC Worldwide, 2017)..

2023 specials

• Destination: Skaro ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who (BBC One, 2023).:
  • Castavillian suggests several anagrams for Kaled, one of which is Klade. The Klade are humanoid descendants of the Daleks, first mentioned in the novel The Infinity Doctors ^[+]Lance Parkin, BBC Books (1998). and later featured in the novel Father Time ^[+]Lance Parkin, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2001). and the comic Miranda ^[+]Lance Parkin, Comeuppance Comics (2003)..
  • Davros identifies the Dalek's gunstick as a "ruby ray blaster"; the game TARDIS Teaser ^[+]Justin Richards and Gareth Roberts, Doctor Who Annual 2006 (Panini UK, 2005)., released in Doctor Who Annual 2006, established that some Dalek flying saucers were equipped with ruby ray lasers.
• During the “adventurer continues section” of The Daleks in Colour ^[+]Terry Nation, adapted from The Daleks (Terry Nation), Doctor Who season 1 (BBC Four, 2023)., a colourised clip from The Daleks' Master Plan ^[+]Terry Nation and Dennis Spooner, Doctor Who season 3 (BBC1, 1965-1966). is a scene showing the Red Dalek Leader. This seems to be a reference to the novelisations of the story, Mission to the Unknown ^[+]John Peel, adapted from The Daleks' Master Plan and Mission to the Unknown (TV story), Target novelisations (Target Books, 1989). and The Mutation of Time ^[+]John Peel, adapted from The Daleks' Master Plan (Terry Nation and Dennis Spooner), Target novelisations (Target Books, 1989)., which add the Red Dalek Leader into the text in the place of an unnamed silver Dalek who commands the mission.
• The Star Beast ^[+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Doctor Who and the Star Beast (Pat Mills and John Wagner), Doctor Who 2023 specials (BBC One, 2023). is an adaptation of the Doctor Who Magazine comic of the same name.
• The Giggle ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who 2023 specials (BBC One and Disney+, 2023).
  • Kate Lethbridge-Stewart mentions having fought the Yetis, referencing her debut in the straight-to-video film Downtime ^[+]Marc Platt, Reeltime Pictures releases (Reeltime Pictures, 1995)..
  • The Fifteenth Doctor refers to the death of Sarah Jane Smith, which was first established in the Doctor Who: Lockdown! webcast Farewell, Sarah Jane ^[+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who: Lockdown! (YouTube, 2020)..

Torchwood

• Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang ^[+]Chris Chibnall, Torchwood series 2 (BBC Two, 2008). refers to an Arcadian diamond, which originates on the planet Arcadia from the novel Deceit ^[+]Peter Darvill-Evans, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1993)..
• After Freema Agyeman was cast in The Carrie Diaries, which featured a character called Samantha Jones, Torchwood script editor Gary Russell mentioned in a tweet that the alias used by Agyeman's character, Martha Jones, in the television story Reset ^[+]J. C. Wilsher, Torchwood series 2 (BBC Three, 2008)., was a deliberate reference to the Eighth Doctor's companion Sam Jones.
• John Frobisher from Children of Earth was named after Frobisher, a Sixth Doctor companion in the Doctor Who Magazine comics. (REF: DWMSE 39)

The Sarah Jane Adventures

The UNIT file on Sarah Jane Smith in TV: The Lost Boy, copied over from PROSE: UNIT History: Fighting the unknown.

• Invasion of the Bane ^[+]Gareth Roberts and Russell T Davies, The Sarah Jane Adventures New Year Special 2007 (BBC One, 2007). features Bubble Shock!, which is similar in both name and concept to Bubbleshake from the novel The Highest Science ^[+]Gareth Roberts, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1993)..
• In Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? ^[+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1 (CBBC, 2007)., Sarah Jane mentions that there was "Graske activity on Earth a few years ago", referencing the video game Attack of the Graske ^[+]Gareth Roberts, BBC Red Button (2005)..
• The Lost Boy ^[+]Phil Ford, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1 (CBBC, 2007).:
  • The UNIT file on Sarah Jane Smith is comprised of text copied exactly from UNIT History: Fighting the unknown ^[+]BBC webteam, U.N.I.T. (BBC, 2005). from the U.N.I.T. website - this also, in turn, references the UNIT dating controversy, as it is referenced in the text of the story.
  • The story also features the appearance of an unnamed "Chief Inspector". In Gary Russell's novelisation, this inspector's name was given as Robert Lines, a policeman who had appeared several times in author Russell's novels and short stories.
• The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith ^[+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 2 (CBBC, 2008). features the deaths of Sarah Jane's parents in a car crash. The fact that they died in a car crash was first established by The Roving Reporter ^[+]Kevin W. Parker, DWM short stories (Marvel Comics UK, 1992)., a fictional biography of Sarah Jane published in the 1992 Doctor Who Magazine Holiday Special. However, some details differ, such as the year of the crash and her parents' names.
• The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith ^[+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 3 (BBC One, 2009).:
  • Clyde Langer mentions that Sarah Jane's aunt had died before he met her. Lavinia Smith's death had been mentioned in the novel Millennium Shock ^[+]Justin Richards, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1999). and the audio Comeback ^[+]Terrance Dicks, Sarah Jane Smith (Big Finish Productions, 2002)., although the two accounts give contradictory dates.
  • The Trickster creates a time trap, trapping characters inside a single looped second of time. A time trap previously appeared in the The Adventures of K9 novel K9 and the Time Trap ^[+]Dave Martin, The Adventures of K9 (Sparrow Books, 1980)., described in much the same way; there, Omega's anti-matter universe was described as such a trap.
• The Raxacoricofallapatorian villains of the story The Gift ^[+]Rupert Laight, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 3 (BBC One, 2009)., the Blathereen, first appeared in the BBC New Series Adventures novel The Monsters Inside ^[+]Stephen Cole, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2005)..
• In Death of the Doctor ^[+]Russell T Davies, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 4 (CBBC, 2010)., it is mentioned that Liz Shaw is working for UNIT on the Moon, which was established in the novel Eternity Weeps ^[+]Jim Mortimore, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1997).. However, it also conflicts with her death in the same story.

Class

• The Coal Hill School Roll of Honours Board includes the names A. Okehurst, J. Gibson, and D. Hatcher, who all perished in the events of the Telos Doctor Who novella Time and Relative ^[+]Kim Newman, Telos Doctor Who novellas (Telos Publishing, 2001)..

Tales of the TARDIS

• In Vengeance on Varos ^[+]Phil Collinson, Tales of the TARDIS tales of the tardis (BBC iPlayer, 2023)., Peri Brown mentions that she is from Fell's Point, which was established in the audio story The Reaping ^[+]Joseph Lidster, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2006)..
• In The Three Doctors ^[+]Phil Ford, Tales of the TARDIS (BBC iPlayer, 2023)., Clyde mentions the UNIT space station from the audio story In Memory Alone ^[+]Matt Fitton, Silenced (UNIT: The New Series, Big Finish Productions, 2016)..
• In The Time Meddler ^[+]Phil Ford, Tales of the TARDIS tales of the tardis (BBC iPlayer, 2023)., Steven Taylor mentions that he became a King after leaving the Doctor, as depicted in the audio drama The War To End All Wars ^[+]Simon Guerrier, The Companion Chronicles (Big Finish Productions, 2014)..

Mini-sodes

• In Ian Chesterton: An Introduction ^[+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW., the home video reconstruction of The Crusade ^[+]David Whitaker, Doctor Who season 2 (BBC1, 1965)., Ian Chesterton recalls two untelevised adventures. The first involves the talking stones of Tyron, mentioned in the parent story's novelisation, Doctor Who and the Crusaders ^[+]David Whitaker, adapted from The Crusade (David Whitaker), Target novelisations (Frederick Muller, 1966)., and the second is his witnessing of the Salem witch trials, depicted in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel The Witch Hunters ^[+]Error: code 1 - data table empty..
• In Liberty Hall ^[+]Karen Davies, Doctor Who DVD short film (2009)., Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart mentions being with the Doctor in Malebolgia in 2003, which are references to the audio story Minuet in Hell ^[+]Alan W. Lear and Gary Russell, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2001).. He also mentions Gordon and Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, who are his family members in the independently produced Downtime ^[+]Marc Platt, Reeltime Pictures releases (Reeltime Pictures, 1995)..
• In The Eternal Mystery ^[+]Pete McTighe, The Eternal Mystery - The Collection Season 22 Announcement Trailer (Doctor Who: The Collection mini-episodes, YouTube, 2022)., references are made to the death of Yrcanos and Peri Brown resuming her travels with the Sixth Doctor, both of which occurred in the audio story The Widow's Assassin ^[+]Nev Fountain, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2014).. However, there is a contradiction as Rex says the Queen vanished "just after" the King's death, ignoring the five-year gap between the two events from the audio.
• In Meet Doom - the Universe's Greatest Assassin! ^[+]Doom's Day series (2023)., Doom reveals that she works for the Lesser Order of Oberon from the Time Lord Victorious series.

Other

There have been times when a reference to other DWU media was meant to appear in a live-action story but did not for various reasons. These include:

• The never-produced The Dark Dimension ^[+]Adrian Rigelsford, Unproduced Doctor Who TV stories. would have featured a character named Summerfield who would be an alternate universe version of Bernice Summerfield from the Virgin New Adventures. Ace's name would be revealed as Dorothy McShane, just as it was in the novels.
• Planet of the Dead ^[+]Russell T Davies and Gareth Roberts, Doctor Who Easter Special 2009 (BBC One, 2009). would have featured the Chelonians from the Virgin New Adventures and Virgin Missing Adventures. However, the heat of the Dubai desert was thought to be far too intense for an actor in a turtle-like costume to endure.
• The Mad Woman in the Attic ^[+]Joseph Lidster, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 3 (BBC One, 2009). was to have featured a clip from Downtime ^[+]Marc Platt, Reeltime Pictures releases (Reeltime Pictures, 1995). but Reeltime Pictures refused permission.
• The Day of the Doctor ^[+]Steven Moffat, 50th Anniversary Specials (BBC One, 2013). originally had Kate Stewart walk past posters for the Peter Cushing films while noting the need to screen the Doctor's associates. However, the production team could not afford the rights to the posters. This scene does appear in the novelisation.