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Here we go! A thread of Doctor Who fun fact!
I would like to thank the internet for most of the information here, especially IMDB and The Tardis Wikia!
You can check the Tardis Wikia with a lot of fun facts about the show here tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Wh…
You can check the Tardis Wikia with a lot of fun facts about the show here tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Wh…
Also some of those things are “basic” but are still fun facts haha
Susan’s real name is Arkytior. This name means rose in High Gallifreyan 
Bow tie sales increased 94% in a store after series 6 premiered
The actor William Russell who plays one of the first companions, Ian Chesterton, is the father of Alfie Enoch
When River lived as Mels, she used the surname Zucker
Rosa Park asteroid is real
Freema Agyeman appeared as minor character Adeola Oshodi before becoming Martha Jones. It is canon that Martha and Adeola are cousins.
The Doctor's first regeneration was supposed to be like a really bad LSD trip
Hugh Grant, Benedict Cumberbatch and Bill Nighy are some people that turned down the role of The Doctor
The Tardis song was created by dragging keys across the bass strings of an old piano and played the resulting backwards
The Weeping Angels are based on the children's game What's the time, Mr Wolf?
The Eleventh Doctor claimed to have a doctorate in cheesemaking
In 2009 a Dalek was found submerged in a Pond. telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandr…
Auton duplicate Rory had quite a life. According to The Brilliant Book 2011 he assisted King Harold in the Battle of Hastings during the Norman conquest of England, befriended Samuel Pepys and even saved his daughter during the Great Fire of London
He became the inspiration for political cartoonists during the 19th century and released many anti-Hitler leaflets with the message, "DON'T LISTEN TO HITLER. HE'S RUBBISH".
Wendy Padbury, who played the second Doctor's companion Zoe Heriot, is the agent that discovered Matt Smith
Due to containing dangerous asbestos they couldn't find authentic WWII gas masks so, for "The Empty Child" they used parts from cans of baked beans
Some Vote Saxon posters can be seen in a episode of Torchwood
Russell T. Davies wanted Kate Winslet to play River Song
Clara is technically the first companion the Doctor is known to have ever encountered due to the events of Listen. Wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.
After being trapped in the past Amy became a famous author. You can buy her book, Summer Falls. Here is a copy of mine, in brazilian portuguese!
Missy's appearance is based upon that of the Julie Andrews version of Mary Poppins
The Doctor’s species “Time Lord” was first introduced only in 1969 with season 6 episode called The War Games
Our lovely home Gallifrey wasn’t mentioned by name until 1973 on the episode The Time Warrior with the 3rd Doctor. In New Who the name Gallifrey was mentioned for the first time only in The Runaway Bride, the season 2 Christmas episode
In the original script of The Time Warrior, Gallifrey was written Galfrey
Jamie was not suppose to become a companion but the production liked Frazer Hines so they rewrote the ending of The Highlanders to bring Jamie aboard the TARDIS; He later became the longest-running companion appearing in 116 episodes
In New Who Clara is the longest-running companion, with 40 episodes
The Beatles made a cameo in 1965
Captain Jack Harkness was the first openly LGBT+ character in Doctor Who
Those who watched Torchwood know this: Jack Harkness is not the real name of the Time Agent.
The 4th Doctor and Romana II sold computers in 1979
The Seventh Doctor's hat belonged to Sylvester McCoy
Amy is the Doctor’s Mother-in-law twice. She is the mother of the Doctor’s wife River and accidentally gets married to Henry VIII, who is the father of queen Elizabeth I, marrys that the 10th Doctor in The Day of the Doctor.
In 1881, Vastra visited Egypt and was mistaken for a god
Bill and her love interest Heather names are a tribute to William Hartnell, who was often known as Bill, and his wife, Heather.
Doctor Who and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are probably in the same universe. According to BBC official Doctor Who website, there is a copy of the book in the Library as seen in Silence in the Library
There is a lot of references in both places. You can check more here tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Hitch…
There are around 400 unique monsters/aliens/villains throughout the series
Billie Piper was a teen pop singer before becoming an actress. Doctor Who was not the first time she meet aliens, as it can be seen in the classic Because We Want To video
The 4th Doctor scarf is long because they never told the costume maker the length of it so, instead of choosing some yarns and making a normal-size scarf she just knitted all the wool she had been given
This is a classic one: David Tennant is married with Georgia Moffett, who played the Doctor’s daughter Jenny in season 4 and is also Peter Davison real life daughter! They are also known as the best couple in twitter/instagram
Karen Gillan and Caitlin Blackwood are cousins
The TARDIS swimming pool is was first introduced Classic Who!
According to Peter Capaldi, the twelfth Doctor’s costume was inspired by David Bowie.
Clara’s original name was Jasmine. The name was changed as a tribute to Elisabeth Sladen, who’s middle name was Clara, after she died.
In Human Nature the human Doctor say that his parents names were Verity and Sydney, the name of the creators of Doctor Who
The Weeping Angels are played by real actresses
Spotify and Doctor Who can make you feel like a time traveler by creating a playlist os a selected year!
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doctorwho.withspotify.com
David Tennant used to be David McDonald until he legally changed his name
After Vincent and The Doctor broadcast in the UK, a special announcement broadcasting a suicide prevention number was made.
Originally the TARDIS would have a different appearance in each episode in order to blend but it was too expensive so they just stick if the blue box
In the lates 1980 Paramount Pictures proposed a Doctor Who movie with Michael Jackson
Death of The Doctor is a The Sarah Jane Adventures with Sarah Jane, the 11th Doctor and Jo Grant <3
Peter Capaldi fanart was published in the Doctor Who International Fan Club Magazine
Torchwood is an anagram of Doctor Who that was created to protect the episodes for being stolen. Later, Russell T. Davies would use the name as the title of Jack Harkness Spin-off
Amy and Rory adopted a boy named Anthony Brian Williams. There is a never filmed extra episode where he meets his grandad, Bryan
Steven Moffat posted a Doctor Who theory in a news group in 1995. He later made it canon in season 6
A lot of things changed in the universe in the episode The Big Bang Two such as penguins that lived in the River Nile
Colin Baker, Peter Capaldi and Karen Gillan were in the show as different characters before being cast in the main cast
Peter Capaldi really plays the guitar
The Daleks were based on the Nazis
This line was said about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows four months before the book was released
When he was 13, David Tennant wrote in a school essay that he was convinced he was going to play the part of the Doctor on TV
The words Dalek and Tardis were incluted in the Oxford English Dictionary
Peter Capaldi used to be in a punk band with Craig Ferguson
Tom Baker trained to become a Roman Catholic monk and Sylvester McCoy trained to become a priest when they were teens
Mickey original name was Muggsy
Verity Lambert, Doctor Who's first producer, was both the youngest and only woman producer in the BBC's drama department
Ironically, Peter Davison hated celery
Jodie Whittaker os the shortest Doctor
And that's all for now! What did you guys think?
