"Only Fools and Horses with green skin and claws" was a description Maria Jackson gave to her father, Alan, of the Slitheen family. (TV: The Lost Boy)
Rose Tyler once described her father as "a bit of a Del-boy", referencing one of the lead characters in the show. (TV: Father's Day)
Lucie Miller fondly recalled how the series often played on British television on Christmas. (AUDIO: Death in Blackpool)
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- Only Fools and Horses was a BBC comedy which ran from 1981 to 2003. Actors who have had prominent roles in this series and Doctor Who include John Challis, Roger Lloyd Pack, Tessa Peake-Jones and Sue Holderness.
- Donald Bisset, Roger Brierley, Angela Bruce, Nicholas Courtney, David Daker, James Ellis, Robert Glenister, Michael Jayston, Colin Jeavons, Rosalind Lloyd, Philip McGough, Roy Marsden, Derek Martin, Derek Newark, Daniel Peacock, Christopher Ryan, Joan Sims, Geoffrey Toone and Peter Woodthorpe all made guest appearances in the series.
- Jim Broadbent, Denis Lill and Wanda Ventham had recurring roles in the series.
- In the episode "Dates", Raquel tells Del that she played a "lizard person" in Doctor Who.