: John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin reinterpreted elements of the Doctor Syn story as his " No Quarter " fantasy sequence in Led Zeppelin's concert film The Song Remains the Same.

The new story features the heroic Doctor and his young sidekick protecting innocent villagers from corrupt government officials and soldiers.

In the Fifth Doctor story Resurrection of the Daleks, a small Dalek force aided by human mercenaries and Dalek duplicates liberates Davros ( now played by Terry Molloy, with a new mask designed by Stan Mitchell ) from his space station prison, needing his expertise to find an antidote for a Movellan-created virus that has all but wiped them out.

Davros emerges as " The Great Healer " of the funeral and cryogenic preservation centre Tranquil Repose on the planet Necros in the Sixth Doctor story Revelation of the Daleks, where he uses frozen bodies to engineer a new variety of Daleks loyal to him, distinguished from the original Daleks by their white and gold livery and slightly changed design.

The 2009 story The End of Time once again featured Gallifrey, which the Master releases from the Time Lock the Doctor had created to contain the war.

This theme is also explored in the Doctor Who story The Dæmons in 1971, where the local superstitions around a landmark known as The Devil's Hump prove to be based on reality, as aliens from the planet Dæmos have been affecting man's progress over the millennia and the Hump actually contains a spacecraft.

In Western culture, a letter written by St. Augustine of Hippo in 415 AD about a story of a dreamer, Doctor Gennadius, refers to lucid dreaming.

Commenting on this device, writer MaryAnn Johanson writes, " That could be happening throughout this story ... indeed, through the entire history of Doctor Who.

In the final story of season 15, The Invasion of Time, the Fourth Doctor conceded, " Not even the sonic screwdriver can get me out of this one.

Stories with the device used by the Second Doctor before the screwdriver's first on-screen appearance are plausible as the Doctor in that story indicates that the machine " never fails ", implying its successful use before that adventure.

* The More Short Trips short story " Special Weapons ", set late in season 24, indicates that the Seventh Doctor has a sonic screwdriver.

* In an untitled story by Gary Russell featured in the first issue of IDW Publishing's Doctor Who comic book ( published February 2008 ), the Tenth Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to destroy a sword and later sacrifices it in order to defeat a Sycorax hunter.

Big Finish Productions first used the Sontarans for their audio drama Heroes of Sontar-a 2011 Fifth Doctor story.

In Steven Moffat's short story " What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow " ( the basis for the Tenth Doctor episode " Blink "), the Ninth Doctor has a rooftop sword fight with two Sontarans in 21st century Istanbul, defeating them with the help of spy Sally Sparrow, apparently before the events of " Rose " in his personal timeline.

* Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A. D., a film adaptation of the second Doctor Who TV story to feature the Daleks.

Suspension of disbelief may be seen in enjoyment of many B-grade science fiction films and television series such as the early series of Doctor Who, where the audience willingly ignores low-budget props and occasional plot holes, in order to engage fully with the story — which may be the more so for those additions to its inherent outrageousness.

The 2005 Doctor Who short story " Set in Stone " revolved around the Doctor, Ian Chesterton, and Barbara Wright stealing the stone.

* The Doctor Who short story collection Short Trips: 2040 is set in the year 2040.

The actor Henry Ainley, a close friend of his father, was his godfather and Ainley's son Anthony appeared alongside Pertwee in the 1983 Doctor Who anniversary story The Five Doctors.

Troughton was the first Doctor to have his face appear in the opening titles of the show, and one of six Doctor Who actors to play two roles in the same story when he appeared as Salamander in The Enemy Of The World ( the others being William Hartnell in The Chase and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, Tom Baker in Meglos, Peter Davison in Arc of Infinity, David Tennant in Journey's End, and Matt Smith in " The Rebel Flesh "/" The Almost People ").

According to Steven H Silver, alternate history requires three things: 1 ) the story must have a point of divergence from the history of our world prior to the time at which the author is writing, 2 ) a change that would alter history as it is known, and 3 ) an examination of the ramifications of that change.

Schindler's story, retold by Holocaust survivor Poldek Pfefferberg, was the basis for Thomas Keneally's book Schindler's Ark ( the novel was published in America as Schindler's List ), which was adapted into the 1993 movie Schindler's List by Steven Spielberg.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 American adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas.

The Marvelous Orange Tree trick was used by the eponymous conjurer in Steven Millhauser's short story, " Eisenheim The Illusionist ", subsequently filmed as The Illusionist ( 2006 ), where a more complex variant is shown.

* In 1986, Steven Brust was a Guest of Honor at the Per Ardua Ad Astra science fiction convention in Toronto, and he contributed the Vlad Taltos short story " A Dream of Passion " to the convention chapbook.

* In the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can, directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the real story of Frank Abagnale, a con man who stole over $ 2. 5 million through forgery, imposture and other frauds, which are dramatized in the film.

At all our story meetings he would say, ' Hey, Steven, you always said you wanted to shoot musicals.

Steven Barnes's novelization of " Far Beyond the Stars " partners with Greg Cox's The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh ( Volume Two ) to tell us that the story " Far Beyond the Stars " — and, by extension, all of Star Trek itself — is the creation of 1950s writer Benny Russell.

The screenplay was written by Chris Columbus from a story by executive producer Steven Spielberg.

Steven Biel, an American cultural historian, notes the novelistic way in which Lord tells the story.

Author Steven Kent described the game as " infamous " within the industry, citing " primitive " graphics, " dull " gameplay, and a " disappointing story ".

" The dimensions were, while gimmicky, chosen delibertely to complement Steven T. Seagle's story, which revolved around tall buildings and, of course, feelings of " Vertigo.

In 2002, the story was adapted into a film directed by Steven Spielberg.

* The 2002 film Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg and with Tom Cruise as main actor, was based on the story.

The story follows Michael Steven Donovan, nicknamed " Blueberry ", a name he chose when fleeing from his Southern enemies ( which was inspired when he looked at a blueberry bush ), starting with his adventures as a lieutenant in the United States Cavalry shortly after the American Civil War.

* Hudson Hawk, story and screenplay by Bruce Willis, Robert Kraft, Steven E. de Souza, and Daniel Waters ( 1991 )

Kaspar Hauser is also referred to in Katharine Neville's novel The Magic Circle ( 1998 ), in Steven Millhauser's short story " Kaspar Hauser Speaks " ( published in The Knife Thrower and Other Stories, 1998 ), Jeffrey Eugenides's novel Middlesex ( 2002 ), Maggie Nelson's poem " Kaspar Hauser " ( 2003, itself a probable reference to the Herzog film ), and Lucie Brock-Broido's poem " Self-Portrait as Kaspar Hauser " ( published in Trouble in Mind, 2004 ).

* Moneyball ( with Steven Zaillian from a story by Stan Chervin, based on the book by Michael Lewis ) ( 2011 )

In 2002, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine producer Ira Steven Behr stated that unlike some plots, which originated from a single small idea, the creation of the Dominion villain and story arc was " very much thought out.

The film tells the story of the five friends-Jim, Chris (" Oz "), Kevin, Paul (" Finch "), and Steven (" Stifler ")-and their attempts to have the greatest summer party ever, as well as their antics in between.

* Cathay is the name of a short story by Steven Millhauser in his collection of short stories " in the penny arcade "

Duel is a 1971 television ( and later full-length theatrical ) film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Richard Matheson, based on his short story.

He was also attached to a remake of When Worlds Collide ( to be executive produced by Steven Spielberg ), a new big-screen adaptation of Flash Gordon, a swashbuckling adventure film called Airborn based on the novel, a romantic / adventure story called Big Love, and a remake of the French film Les Victimes.

*" What the Devil ", ( 1942 ), about two motorists menaced by a truck whose driver they cannot see, may have later inspired Steven Spielberg's TV movie Duel, adapted by Richard Matheson from his own short story.