The Kinks was a music group from the 1960s.
The Seventh Doctor recalled once fighting the Bandrils on Waterloo Bridge, "with that chap from the Kinks". The Doctor had trouble remembering his name. (AUDIO: The Quantum Possibility Engine)
When the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond were going to 1963, the Doctor mentioned the Kinks in the list of cool things about that year. (GAME: City of the Daleks)
Deborah admitted to Fitz Kreiner that the sound of whale song being played was "not the Kinks or the Who." (PROSE: The Space Age)
Eleanor Woods' boss Graham claimed that the Kinks' new album was much better than the Beatles' new album and really underrated. (PROSE: Visiting Hours)
Father Martin described himself as "a new-fangled trendy priest, out go the hymn books, in come the Beatles and the Kinks." (PROSE: Do You Dream in Colour?)