"Everywhere we go. Two words, following us. Bad Wolf." Doctor Who returned to our screens with an almighty vengeance back in 2005 and it wasted no time in planting the seeds of what soon became one of the biggest mysteries in TV history. As well as the menagerie of malevolent monsters that our honourable heroes were facing on a weekly basis, they also had to contend with the persistent presence of two ominous words - Bad Wolf - that has continued to haunt them throughout their first string of adventures and beyond. But just what did it mean, and where did it come from?! As it turns out, it was Rose Tyler all along (who knew?!), but the fandom went into an unprecedented overdrive as the conundrum deepened and every reappearance of the ominous phrase added yet another cog of outlandish theorising to the whimsical wheel of speculation. "Bad Wolf" was popping up all over the shop - and then some - in Series 1 and it's been no stranger to the Whoniverse since, either. Have you spotted all of the references, though? Here's a definitive round up of every 'Bad Wolf' Easter egg ever, from subliminal posters to gratuitous graffiti and everything else in between. Every single atom of your existence and Bad Wolf divides them. Not pompous at all, then! Let's start at the beginning...
Dan Butler is the Doctor Who Editor at WhatCulture.com. When he isn't writing his own articles or editing other people's, he can be found trawling the internet for gifs of Steven Moffat laughing. Contact him via dan.butler@whatculture.co.uk.
