10 Even MORE Times Doctor Who Appeared In Other TV Shows
2. Call The Midwife
Call the Midwife is another long-running BBC show that chronicles the lives and times of a group of midwives working in a poor district of London.
It’s set during the 1950s and the 1960s, with the characters often commenting on the social phenomena of the day, including a certain sci-fi programme that made its debut around this time.
In the fourth episode of Series 8, Sister Monica Joan is sat watching a tiny black and white TV, and who’s that on the screen? None other than William Hartnell, the First Doctor!
Season 8 of Call the Midwife is set in 1964, so Doctor Who would've only been a few months old – the serial shown on the TV is The Aztecs, which started airing in May 1964.
It’s nice to see Sister Monica Joan jumping on the bandwagon so early, although there really wasn’t that much else to watch at the time!
Call the Midwife is very popular with certain Doctor Who characters too – Thirteenth Doctor companion Graham O'Brien once mentioned that he's seen every single episode.
Why is that not surprising in the slightest?