From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Muppets were popular characters on 20th and 21st century Earth.

Mentions and references

• The Doctor joked that the Muppet Cookie Monster was an alien. (NSA: Winner Takes All)
• Excited about visiting 1979 (the TARDIS had actually materialised in 1879), the Doctor enthused to Rose that, among other great events of that year, The Muppet Movie had come out in 1979. (The Doctor had set the TARDIS to materialise in that year.) (DW: Tooth and Claw)
• A doll of the Muppet character Tutter was on Donna Noble's desk at H.C. Clements. (DW: The Runaway Bride)

Referenced

• In the Veterinarian's Hospital sketch from the episode of the Muppet Show Andy Williams hosted:

Nurse Janice: Who, doctor?

Dr. Bob: It's not who doctor, it's Doctor Who. That's another show.

• The Pigs in Space comic in The Muppet Show Annual 1978 features a food fight with several sci-fi references. Amongst them, a robot can be seen exclaiming "Egg-sterminate!", a pun on "Ex-term-inate!", the battle cry of the Doctor's cyborg enemies, the Daleks.
• The booklet for the 2009 HeroesCon in Charlotte, North Carolina, featured a Doctor Who-themed cover with Dr. Bunsen Honeydew drssed as the Fourth Doctor and Beaker as his companion dressed as Romana standing in front of the TARDIS. The artwork was provided by Roger Langridge, writer and artist for The Muppet Show Comic Book; Langridge is also a former illustrator for Doctor Who Magazine.^[1]

Behind the Scenes

Trivia

On November 23 1986, Ludo from Labyrinth appeared on a talk show to help promote Labyrinth, on that same show Colin Baker appeared, at the end of the show Colin Baker (representing Doctor Who) cut a birthday cake for the series' 23rd birthday, surrounded by the cast and guests of the show, including Ludo, who all sung "23 today".

• The book Doctor Who: Regenerations (which goes into great detail about the production of the 1996 Doctor WHo TV novie) stated that Tim Curry (weho played Long John Silver in the Muppet movie, Muppet Treasure Island.) turned down the role of the Eighth Doctor. It also states that most the actors turned down the role as they either weren't too interested, or were unavailable. Since both the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie and Muppet Treasure Island entered production around the same time, it could be possible that scheduling conflicts with Muppet Treasure Island forced Tim Curry to turn down the role of the Eighth Doctor.

Cast, crew and others overlap

• Douglas Adams
• Rowan Atkinson
• Michael Attwell
• Annette Badland
• Tim Barker
• John Barrowman
• Timothy Bateson
• Geoffrey Bayldon
• Robert Beatty
• Ailsa Berk
• Honor Blackman
• David Bulbeck
• Peter Burroughs
• Michael Caine
• Navin Chowdhry
• John Cleese
• Tim Condren
• Graham Crowden
• Ken Dodd
• Christopher Eccleston
• Tracey Eddon
• David Forman
• Stephen Fry
• Stephen Garlick
• Mark Gatiss
• Richard E. Grant
• Sheila Hancock
• Tom Hanks
• Peter Hawkins
• Pee-Wee Herman
• Derek Jacobi
• Michael Kilgarriff
• Burt Kwouk
• Phyllida Law
• Hus Levant
• Hugh Lloyd
• Joanna Lumley
• Fulton MacKay
• Steven Mackintosh
• Jean Marsh
• Kylie Minogue
• Leonard Nimoy
• Barack Obama
• John Owens
• Geoffrey Palmer
• Victor Pemberton
• Courtney Pine
• Nigel Plaskitt
• Hugh Quarshie
• Shane Rimmer
• Eric Roberts
• Michael Robbins
• Ricco Ross
• Deep Roy
• Cyril Shaps
• Steven Spielberg
• Hugh Spight
• Elizabeth Spriggs
• Gordon Sterne
• Zoë Wanamaker
• Orson Welles
• Richard Wilson

External Links

Wikipedia has a more detailed and comprehensive article on

Muppet

• Doctor Who at the Muppet Wiki

Footnotes

From Muppet Wiki

Tutter

Tutter in "Mouse Party"

Tutter (born Tutter T. Tutter) is a blue mouse who lives in the Big Blue House with Bear. Tutter now lives in his mousehole, but for a time, he was raised by his Grandma Flutter, according to "The Big Little Visitor." Bear has baby pictures of him, so it's not known exactly when he moved into the Big Blue House.

Tutter knows a lot about cheese and enjoys eating it, talking about it and reading about it. Because of his small size, Tutter sometimes needs Bear to help him reach high places. This sometimes upsets Tutter, but he normally accepts this help with an endearing "Thank you, Bear."

Tutter has a large family. Besides his Grandma Flutter, who has taught him many things, he also has cousins, aunts and uncles (although his parents have never been seen nor mentioned). Many of his relatives are seen in "The Tutter Family Reunion." In the fourth season of the program, Tutter began attending Mouse School, taught by Miss Maxwell.

When Tutter is annoyed or upset about something, he will sometimes start shouting names of cheeses as if they were epithets. Another favorite saying of Tutter's is "Oh, hickory dickory!" (after the mouse who went up the clock.) One reason Tutter gets so upset is that he tends to focus a lot on cleaning and doing chores (a la Boober Fraggle). He likes to do these things perfectly and gets upset sometimes when they don't seem to be working out.

Tutter also has a tendency to worry and fret, another similarity to Boober Fraggle. He sometimes keeps his problems to himself, but generally finds that talking to his friends, or Bear, helps. Another characteristic of Tutter is that he has big dreams and thinks big about himself, but often finds himself at a loss when asked to describe what's unique or special about him.

Tutter is sometimes seen sleeping with a stuffed kitty.

Notable episodes

• "Mouse Party" - Bear and the kids of the Big Blue House throw a birthday party for Tutter. Tutter performs the song "When I'm Older" expressing his hopes and dreams for the future. The events of this episode were later used for the stage-show "Bear in the Big Blue House Live: Surprise Party."
• "The Big Little Visitor" - Tutter prepares for a visit from his Grandma Flutter, but learns he doesn't have to go out of his way to impress her.
• "That Healing Feeling" - Tutter sprains his tail and fears having to visit Doc Hogg.
• "The Tutter Family Reunion" - Tutter's entire extended family comes over to the Big Blue House for their family reunion.
• "Step by Step" and "First Day at Mouse School" - Tutter prepares for going to school and then begins attending classes. Many other fourth season episodes also focus heavily on Tutter and his involvement in Mouse School.
• "The View from You" - Tutter struggles with a school project that requires him to share his point of view with his class.
• "Tutter's First Big Sleepover Bash" - Tutter holds his first sleepover at the Big Blue House, with Ojo and all of his classmates from Mouse School.