10 Doctor Who Characters Who Appeared Outside The Show
7. The Eleventh Doctor In Call The Midwife
Since the 1980s, Comic Relief has hosted several telethons designed to raise money for good causes, usually by forcing celebrities to participate in criminally unfunny sketches and skits they are severely underqualified for.
A classic Comic Relief trait is to mash-up popular TV shows. In 2013, the show One Born Every Minute crossed over with Call the Midwife, a drama about a maternity unit in post-war Britain.
After the old-timey nurses make a complete hash of delivering the child, the partner of the pregnant woman says he “wants a Doctor” and presses a button on the wall. You can see where this is going.
Cue the TARDIS materialising in the room. Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor sticks his head out, introduces himself, and then claims the woman's kids will become a monster known as Jedward. Oh god, Doctor, save us! Who cares if it's a fixed point!
It's hardly the greatest sketch in the world, but you can’t judge something too harshly when it’s for charity. And it's always good to see the Eleventh Doctor – even if he is clearly stood in front of a green screen.