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''IT'S A SQUARE WORLD'' (1963) Probably the first televised ''Doctor Who'' spoof was on the Michael Bentine sketch show ''It's a Square World'' in December 1963, only a few weeks after the series first aired. Bentine's season finale, broadcast on New Year's Eve , featured Clive Dunn playing a scientist called Doctor Fotheringown ("Doctor Who?" / "No, not Doctor Who, Doctor Fotheringown!"), for which Dunn wore William Hartnell 's First Doctor costume and wig. The sketch, which was recorded on 16 December and 20 December 1963 , also featured Wilfred Brambell and Patrick Moore .1 "I'M GONNA SPEND MY CHRISTMAS WITH A DALEK" (1964) Perhaps one of the first parodies from ''Doctor Who'' was a song released the first Christmas after '' best-selling Christmas novelty single tried to turn the sinister Dalek s into another version of The Chipmunks . It was originally released as one of the many products fueling Dalekmania . However, as that craze fizzled out the song became largely forgotten, with snippets occasionally appearing only in ''Doctor Who'' anthological products. It finally resurfaced in its entirety on the October 2000 album, ''Who is Doctor Who''. {Link without Title} . ''CARRY ON SCREAMING'' (1966) In the spoof Horror Film '' Carry On Screaming '', one of the ''Carry On...'' Film Series , Kenneth Williams plays a scientist named "Dr Watt". At one point in the film another character responds to this name with the question "Doctor who?", to which Watt replies "No, Watt. Who's my cousin." PAKISTANI DALEK (1975) Spike Milligan 's television sketch show '' Q '' contained a memorable sketch in which a Dalek returns to its suburban home from a bad day at work and proceeds to exterminate things that irritate, including commuters on the tube, even demanding that his wife, in the trademark Dalek stacatto, to "Put dog in the Curry !" DANGERMOUSE In the British comedic action cartoon, " Dangermouse ", there is an episode where Penfold tries to remember the Doctor's name and Dangermouse himself keeps telling him the answer, " Doctor Who ". Penfold naturally mistakes DM's answer for a question and never remembers the Doctor's name, but does describe the Doctor as the one who travels in a phone booth. LENNY HENRY (1986) A sketch on '' The Lenny Henry Show '' featured Lenny Henry as the (newly regenerated) Doctor and Paula Tilbrook as Peri . The two land on Earth in the year 2010 and encounter the Cybermen and their leader "Thatchos" (a Cyberleader with a Margaret Thatcher wig and handbag); the Doctor's response is to "run up and down lots of corridors". This sketch was included as an extra on the video release of '' Doctor Who And The Curse Of Fatal Death ''. FRENCH & SAUNDERS A never-aired sketch filmed for '' French & Saunders '' was also included on the ''Curse of Fatal Death'' video release. In this sketch, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders play bored extras in Silurian costumes, during the filming of a ''Doctor Who'' serial. VICTORIA WOOD (1987) '' Victoria Wood As Seen On TV'' featured a brief sketch in which Jim Broadbent (later to appear in ''The Curse of Fatal Death'') appears as a Tom Baker -style Doctor and comes up against a villain called Crayola (Crayola is a type of crayon). ''THE REAL MCCOY'' '' The Real McCoy '', a BBC sketch show, featured a sketch using footage from the serial '' Earthshock ''. In a dubbed scene where the Fifth Doctor confronts the cyberleader, the two characters have broad West Indian accents. The Doctor tells the Cyberleader "You no look like no Dalek to me". This sketch was included as an "Easter Egg" on the DVD release of ''Earthshock''. ALF (1991) The story "Timing Is Everything!", in issue 38 of Marvel Comics ' '' ALF '' comic, featured ALF's encounter with a time traveller named "Doctor Whozonfirst", who resembled a Melmacian verson of the Fourth Doctor. THE CORRIDOR SKETCH (1991) ''The Corridor Sketch'' was made in 1991 by Reeltime Pictures . Its credits do not include a scriptwiter, but list "Cast & Crew" as gag writers and Kevin Davies as script editor. It was produced by Keith Barnfather . It takes the form of a Mockumentary , with Nicholas Briggs as a reporter visiting the set of ''Doctor Who'' on the first day of filming on 9 August 1963 (although the actual first day was on 20 August and what is being filmed appears to be the first episode of '' The Daleks ''). The sketch includes several references to popular stories about the early days of the show. For example, "Sidney Newbaum" ( Sydney Newman ) assures the interviewer there will be no Bug-eyed Monster s, at which point a Dalek wrapped in brown paper gets wheeled across the corridor. The sketch ends with the Director General Of The BBC (played by Nicholas Courtney ) predicting the series will last "twenty-six years, one week and six days". The credits then run over a reversed version of the theme tune. It appears as an extra on the ''The Beginning'' DVD box set, alongside the three 1999 ''Doctor Who Night'' Sketches . ''HARRY HILL'S FRUIT CORNER'' (1993) An episode of the radio series '' Harry Hill's Fruit Corner '' entitled "Lords and Ladies" featured Jon Pertwee playing a Time Lord and the character Nana Hill spoofing the role of Davros , creator of the Dalek s. "WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SUSAN FOREMAN?" (1994) "Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?" was a BBC Radio 4 comedy drama play, part of the series '' Whatever Happened To ..? '' The play followed a humorous account of Susan Foreman 's life after she departed from the TARDIS , and featured Jane Asher in the role of Susan and Andrew Sachs as Temmosus Skyedron, a Thal .2 VIZ MAGAZINE (1995) See Also: Doctor Poo The British adult spoof Comic Magazine '' Viz '' featured a one page comic strip, " Doctor Poo ", in 1995. It features the increasingly desperate attempts of Doctor Poo (looking like the Fourth Doctor , but with Jamie as a companion) to find a quiet place to defecate. ''THE SIMPSONS'' (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999) in the ''Simpsons'' episode " Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming "]] '' The Simpsons '' has briefly referred to ''Doctor Who'' at least five times. The Fourth Doctor (or Tom Baker in costume) made cameo appearances in the episodes " Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming " (as one of the "esteemed representatives of television"), " Mayored To The Mob " (at a science fiction convention) and " Treehouse Of Horror X " (in which he is kidnapped by the Comic Book Guy , along with Lucy Lawless and Yasmine Bleeth ). Tables resembling the TARDIS console appear briefly in " The Homer They Fall ", and in " Bart The Fink " the Comic Book Guy is seen wheeling a wheelbarrow full of tacos and saying, "These should provide adequate sustenance for the ''Doctor Who'' marathon." {Link without Title} . Along with the ''Saturday Night Live'' sketches mentioned Below , these brief references comprise virtually the whole of ''Doctor Who'' parody on American broadcast television, to date. THE FOURTH DOCTOR SELLS NEW ZEALAND INVESTMENTS (1996) In January 1996, Tom Baker did an advertisement for New Zealand television, spoofing his own portrayal of the Fourth Doctor and advising viewers to plan for their financial future. He points out how the audience does not "need a sonic screwdriver or a Gallifreyan time capsule" to figure out that New Zealand Superannuation Services are a reasonable way to make their future dreams realities. The 30-second spot licensed not just the Fourth Doctor's appearance, but the Console Room and a version of the show's Theme Music similar to that of the Seventh Doctor 's. It ended on a scene of the TARDIS amongst New Zealand sheep. ''TV OFFAL'' (1997) '' TV Offal '', a creation of Victor Lewis Smith had the Gay Dalek s as recurring characters. They came from the planet Maskaro and travelled in a flying portoloo known as the TURDIS. They also had pink livery and often sported handbags slung-over their plunger-arm, as well as distinctly un-Dalek-like phraseology such as "BITCH". Each episode ended with an aroused Dalek ejaculating (sometimes preceded by "I AM GOING TO EX-SPERMINATE!"), repeating in the metallic voice the phrase "WHITE WEE WEE!". In the pilot episode, dubbed clips from '' Destiny Of The Daleks '' were used instead. After the first (and only) series the estate of Terry Nation , creator of the Daleks, refused to renew the license. Later attempts at reviving the Gay Daleks as an animated series were also blocked. ''DOCTOR WHO AND THE CURSE OF FATAL DEATH'' (1999) See Also: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death An episode made for Comic Relief with celebrity appearances from Rowan Atkinson , Joanna Lumley , Hugh Grant , Richard E. Grant (later to appear in the webcast '' Scream Of The Shalka '') and Jim Broadbent as various incarnations of the Doctor and Jonathan Pryce as the Master . DOCTOR WHO NIGHT (1999) On November 13 1999 , BBC Two showed various ''Doctor Who''-related material interspersed with sketches and documentaries, under the title "Doctor Who Night". The night featured three sketches by writer Mark Gatiss , better known as a member of '' The League Of Gentlemen '', who went on to write the episode '' The Unquiet Dead '' in the 2005 series of ''Doctor Who''. These sketches were co-written and performed with David Walliams , later to be better known for his work on '' Little Britain ''. In "The Pitch of Fear", Walliams appears as Sydney Newman and Gatiss as fictional BBC executive "Mr Borusa " in a spoof about the early History Of ''Doctor Who'' , which also features ''Little Britain'''s Paul Putner . "The Web of Caves" sees Walliams and Putner as aliens trying to persuade the Doctor to defeat their schemes. The alien outlines a number of power mad schemes such as hollowing out the core of the Earth and replacing it with a motor. The Doctor dismisses them all contemptuously and in a rather bored fashion. In "The Kidnappers", Walliams abducts Peter Davison for Gatiss.
''DEAD RINGERS'' (2000–) One of the most prolific sources of ''Doctor Who''-related satire in recent years has been the radio and television programme '' Dead Ringers ''. This is primarily due to comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw and writer Nev Fountain , both of whom are ''Doctor Who'' fans. Culshaw often impersonates Tom Baker in character as the Fourth Doctor . In the radio programme, Culshaw often made live phone calls as the Doctor to everyday locations such as a hotel or DIY store, or to ''Doctor Who'' celebrities, and taped the unscripted responses. Culshaw's "Doctor" has telephoned four of the "real" Doctors — Tom Baker, Peter Davison , Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy . This prompted the bemused (and apparently confused) McCoy to ask the classic question: "Have you been in the pub?" When Culshaw phoned Tom Baker himself and stated that he "was the Doctor", Baker replied, "But there must be some mistake...''I'm'' the Doctor..." Baker had previously worked with Culshaw and was aware of his impression but not when the call would come, if at all, so his reaction was genuine. On the other hand, McCoy has said that his reaction was faked, as he had been warned immediately before the call took place. When the programme moved to television, a now-visible Culshaw (in costume) was placed into mundane situations, such as the Fourth Doctor visiting a tanning salon. Though the Fourth Doctor was overwhelmingly the Doctor most imitated in the programme from 2000–2004, other Doctors also received treatment by the cast. With the coming of the 2005 series of ''Doctor Who'', ''Dead Ringers'' added the most recent incarnations of the Doctor to its repertoire. In the 2005 ''Dead Ringers'' Christmas special, broadcast shortly before '' The Christmas Invasion '', Culshaw impersonated both the Fourth and Tenth Doctors, while the Second, Seventh and Ninth Doctors were impersonated by Mark Perry , Kevin Connelly and Phil Cornwell , respectively. KIT KAT ADVERTISEMENT (2001) A 2001 advertising campaign for Kit Kat chocolates showed British celebrities doing things which were contrary to their popular images (for example, football player Roy Keane doing needlepoint). The final shot of the advertisement had Daleks following a group of Hare Krishna devotees, chanting "Peace and love!" The advertisement concluded with the Kit Kat slogan "Have a break, have a Kit Kat," implying that the Daleks were having a break from their habitual killing. The Daleks' use in this advert was brought to an end by the estate of Terry Nation, who had not been aware of the usage. The advertising agency had mistakenly believed that the creatures were in the public domain. ''DO YOU HAVE A LICENCE TO SAVE THIS PLANET?'' (2001) This BBV production starred Sylvester McCoy as the Foot Doctor doing battle against the Krynoids , Sontaran s, and Auton s. It also satirised elements of the Seventh Doctor's tenure, including his incarnation's penchant for spoon-playing and his regeneration scene in '' Time And The Rani ''. The title was a reference to how BBV had never obtained a license from the BBC to produce official ''Doctor Who'' tie-in material and therefore had create works that only narrowly avoided infringing the BBC's intellectual property rights. ''DALEK SURVIVAL GUIDE'' (2002) ''Dalek Survival Guide'' was a humorous book published by BBC Books and written by Justin Richards , Nicholas Briggs (who provides voice acting for the Dalek s in the 2005 series), Stephen Cole , Jacqueline Rayner and Mike Tucker . Parodying the The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbooks , the ''Dalek Survival Guide'' gives wry hints such as how Daleks work, how to recognise different Dalek Variants , "How to survive enforced captivity with a Dalek" and "What to do if you see a Dalek". ''SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE'' (2002, 2005) The March 16 2002 episode of '' Saturday Night Live '' featured Sir Ian McKellen — then famous for his roles in the '' X-Men '' and '' Lord Of The Rings '' movies — in a sketch about a Public Access Television programme titled "Kevin and Richie's Comic Book Zone". In it, McKellen plays a pizza parlour manager with a knack for genre impersonations, who crashes Kevin and Richie's show dressed in costume as the Fourth Doctor . The hosts deride his choice of subject and quickly ask him to try his hand at other English-accented characters, leading to McKellen mimicking his own performances in the genre. The February 5 2005 episode featured Paris Hilton in a spoof advertisement for a Phone Sex line for science fiction and fantasy fans. At the sketch's conclusion, Hilton dons a Tom Baker-style scarf and floppy hat and mentions ''Doctor Who'', the TARDIS , Dalek s and "extermination" {Link without Title} . Both are notable for being rare inclusions of ''Doctor Who'' in American popular culture. The comparatively limited fashion in which ''Doctor Who'' has penetrated the American cultural consciousness (as opposed to '' Star Trek '') may account for why SNL did not satirise the series' specific concepts, but merely incorporated it as part of a parody of Fandom in general. ''CHEWIN' THE FAT'' (2005) In a sketch from the 2005 Hogmanay edition of the BBC Scotland comedy series '' Chewin' The Fat '', the character Ronald Villiers ("the world's worst actor") acts as an army soldier sent into a metal building to take on the Daleks. Villiers, however, keeps on messing up his lines and throwing in various ad-libs relating to ''Doctor Who''. After repeatedly failing to understand that the production crew are going to superimpose a Dalek onto the scene in the post-production stage, Villiers is thrown off set, but not before telling them that "All the Doctor Who's after Sylvester McCoy were rubbish anyway". ''NEBULOUS'' (2005, 2006) The BBC Radio 4 comedy series '' Nebulous '' written by Graham Duff , directed by Nicholas Briggs and starring Mark Gatiss parodies many elements of ''Doctor Who''. The titular character Professor Nebulous is very Doctorish character, and the organisation K.E.N.T. echos ''Doctor Who'''s UNIT . The first episode "The Night of the Vegetarians" has a Cactus villain reminiscent of '' Meglos '', the second episode "The Lovely Invasion" is clearly based on '' The Claws Of Axos '' with a race of beautiful aliens arriving on Earth and the recurring villain Doctor Klench brings to mind the Master , even going as far as carrying around his miniaturised victims (still living) with him. FOOTNOTES SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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