10 Times Doctor Who Appeared In Video Games
Time and Relative Dimensions in... Video Games?
Doctor Who is probably one of the most world-renowned exports of British popular culture, up there with other cultural gems like Robin Hood, Harry Potter, and Sherlock Holmes. He's been on and off-screens, gallivanting about the known and unknown universe for the better part of fifty years across the old and new generations of the show.
Naturally, such a popular cultural export has appeared in a huge range of media. Indeed, the BBC have released a huge stream of Who-themed media, from books, to audio dramas, to comics, and some Doctor Who video games too. However, that doesn't mean our favourite Time Lord is restricted to in-house projects.
Whether it's in an easter egg, subtle reference, or more obvious copy, Doctor Who references have appeared in a monumental range of video games over the years. It has been quoted, TARDISes have been found or stolen away, and in some cases the Doctor themselves (or a carbon copy) shows up to interfere in an occasional game. This list collects just a few titles that bear some homage to the legendary science fiction show.
10. Krieg Quotes The Doctors - Borderlands 2
Borderlands 2 is a melting pot of so many pop culture references, there is a section of the game's wiki dedicated solely to explaining them all. Everything from classic literary epic Paradise Lost, to Moby Dick, to the Dark Knight is fair game to Gearbox, but there's plenty of highlights from Britain's beloved time traveller too.
Krieg seems to be channelling several iterations of the Doctor directly; when he wins a duel between players, Krieg shouts "You were fantastic, so was I." Fans of the show will instantly recognise this as a direct callback to the departing lines of Christopher Eccleston's Doctor, which he spoke to Rose just before regenerating:
"Rose... before I go, I just want to tell you, you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And do you know what? So was I!"
Further quotes include the line "I don't want to go!" if downed in combat, again a reference to the last words of David Tennant's run as the Tenth Doctor, as well as a slight misquote of "It's the end... but the meat has been prepared". This references the last words of Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor, who said:
"It's the end... but the moment has been prepared for."