The Fourteenth Doctor is Here! | BBC Children in Need 2023 | Doctor Who

[Richards]

Nah, he’s not part of that continuity. He’s like the Larry Niven James Bond.

Larry Niven is a science fiction author. I think you mean David Niven?

Johnathan

 

[Bagpuss]

Nah, he’s not part of that continuity. He’s like the Larry Niven James Bond.

I believe in the films are referenced in one episode of the new Doctor Who. So they are part of the continuity in a way.

 

[Morrus]

I believe in the films are referenced in one episode of the new Doctor Who. So they are part of the continuity in a way.

Well, there are two--Dr. Who and the Daleks, and Dalek's Invasion of Earth 2150 AD. The first one is a remake of the original Hartnell Dalek story, The Daleks.

However, they changed the story to make the main character a human inventor whose name actually is "Dr. Who" who made a time machine in his shed, not a time lord, and he fights the Daleks with his family (two granddaughters and a niece) plus a couple of others.

I think other than the exterior appearance of the TARDIS and the design of the Daleks themselves, there's not much to link it to the TV continuity.

 

[Echohawk]

I believe in the films are referenced in one episode of the new Doctor Who. So they are part of the continuity in a way.

I don't recall the movies being referenced in any TV episodes, but they are mentioned in the novelization of The Day of the Doctor, where they are treated as in-universe movies of the Doctor's exploits.

 

[Morrus]

I don't recall the movies being referenced in any TV episodes, but they are mentioned in the novelization of The Day of the Doctor, where they are treated as in-universe movies of the Doctor's exploits.

Oh, now that's hilarious! I love that explanation!

 

[delericho]

I don't recall the movies being referenced in any TV episodes, but they are mentioned in the novelization of The Day of the Doctor, where they are treated as in-universe movies of the Doctor's exploits.

I think Steven Moffat looked into including the posters for the films in UNIT headquarters for that episode, but there was a rights issue that prevented it from happening.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Or indeed Hugh Grant, Joanna Lumley, and everyone else who appears in that sketch!

Hugh Grant would have made an excellent Doctor

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Hugh Grant would have made an excellent Doctor

The Doctor Regenerates...

"What is this? Why am I an Oompa Loompa?"

 

[Morrus]

For those wondering what we're talking about it's the 2009 special for Red Nose Day with Rowan Atkinson, Richard E Grant, Hugh Grant, Jonathan Pryce and Joanna Lumley.

 

[Bedrockgames]

For those wondering what we're talking about it's the 2009 special for Red Nose Day with Rowan Atkinson, Richard E Grant, Hugh Grant, Jonathan Pryce and Joanna Lumley.

I love that they cast 'bob' in that