Doctor Who
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Doctor Who is a long-running British sci-fi show. Matt Groening claims to be a fan of Doctor Who. Each time The Doctor appears he is in his fourth incarnation who was portrayed in the real show by Tom Baker.
References to Doctor Who in The Simpsons
Episodes
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Season
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Episode number
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Episode name
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Reference
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7
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137
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"Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"
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A caricature-like version of the Doctor appears as a representative of television.
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143
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"Bart the Fink"
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Comic Book Guy states that he is watching a marathon of Doctor Who episodes.
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10
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212
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"Mayored to the Mob"
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Tom Baker appears in costume at Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, along with the TARDIS.
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250px
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11
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230
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"Treehouse of Horror X"
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Comic Book Guy, under the guise of The Collector, has the Doctor concealed in plastic, along with many other "geek" show characters. He introduces the Doctor as "Doctor Who", the character's common nickname.
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18
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391
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"Springfield Up"
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Homer mistakes Declan Desmond for the Doctor, when stating "Check with me in 8 years, Doctor Who, I'll be kicking your ass with a golden boot!".
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23
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495
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"Holidays of Future Passed"
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The robot policemen are very similar to the Daleks.
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503
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"Them, Robot"
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The robots smash through the glass room and surround Mr. Burns and Homer in similar fashion to the Cybermen in the Doctor Who episode "Rise of the Cybermen".
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24
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520
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"Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing"
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The TARDIS appears in the movie Love, Indubitably. Alfred Hitchcock then comes out of it.
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25
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542
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"Diggs"
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Two of the names on Diggs' arm cast are the TARDIS and Dalek #7.
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26
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556
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"Treehouse of Horror XXV"
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During "A Clockwork Yellow", one of the "nasties" put into the hat is "Tell Each 'Doctor Who' They're the Worst".
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Comics
Books
Games
References to The Simpsons in Doctor Who
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Series
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Episode name
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Reference
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2
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"Fear Her"
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After figuring out a way to get an alien to stop inhabiting a young girl, the Doctor exclaims "Everything's coming up Doctor!"
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2 (Sarah Jane Adventures)
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"Day of the Clown"
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One kid can be heard saying to this episodes villian, a clown, "Take a hike, Krusty!"
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4
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"Planet of the Ood"
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One of the Ood's programming functions is 'classic comedy'. An Ood Operations worker says "Ood, you've dropped something.", to which the Ood replies "D'oh!".
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2009 Specials
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"The End of Time"
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After the Doctor is rescued, he is strapped to a wheelchair. As he's pleading with his rescuers (the Vinvocci) to unstrap him, they wheel him down a flight of stairs. Halfway down, he shouts "Worst! Rescue! EVER!" very much in the manner of Comic Book Guy and his catchphrase.
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Doctor Who magazine comedy comic strips
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Party Animals
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In a spoof comic story, Bart Simpson makes a cameo in a crowd scene.
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Books
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Vampire Science
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Sam Jones says Lisa Simpson is her role model. She also says D'oh!
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Audio CD
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The Cuddlesome
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The Doctor is confronted with killer toys. Some of the toys can be heard saying "Ay Carumba!" and "Eat My Shorts!".
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Novel
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"GodEngine"
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Two Martian colonies are revealed to be named Springfield and Shelbyville"
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External links