Breakfast Topic: What pop figures deserve an Easter egg in WoW?

Just this past year, I've fallen in love with a television show called Dr. Who. For all of you who do not know what the show is about, it first aired in the 1960s, and it is about an alien who can change his face and goes traveling through time and space with a human girl in a spaceship that looks like a blue box that is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. If that turns you off based the level of geekiness from that last sentence, don't worry -- it gets a lot worse.
But as I learned more about the history of the show, I always ended up asking myself, "Where is my Time Lord in WoW?" We are all aware of the fact that Blizzard is not afraid to put popular references in WoW, with Lady LaLa and Haris Pilton -- but why not put in a well-respected science fiction character? The thing that kills me is that there is an excellent place to put the Good Doctor into WoW that makes it seem natural: the Caverns of Time. It would seem like a great fit, a place where heroes can witness significant events and fight to correct them.
What about you guys -- who think should get a nod from Blizzard? Do you stop and ask why there are not five teenaged NPCs running around fighting monsters in five different-colored outfits? Or do you think that adding more and more of these fourth wall-breaking nods ruins the game, similar to what people say that Harrison Jones did to Uldum?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 11)
eman.yomon Feb 12th 2011 8:05AM
I want to see a character from A Song of Ice and Fire referenced. I don't care if it's some baker's boy mentioned in passing. There needs to be ASoIaF reference!
Gendou Feb 12th 2011 8:16AM
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=7766
Rusty Wings Feb 12th 2011 8:20AM
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=17109
eman.yomon Feb 12th 2011 8:20AM
Thank you my good sir.
Aerie Feb 12th 2011 8:23AM
I too am missing the Dr. Who reference in WoW! But, I replied to this commenter to point out that the Gnome, hiding in the gardens in Stormwind Keep that works for SI:7, who you helped to spy on a meeting, is called Tyrion... ;)
There's also a potential Cersei reference, but it's pretty vague.
joshbuddha Feb 12th 2011 9:44AM
I felt they missed a real chance at a great Song reference chance in Northrend, could've had an NPC who sent you to Northrend named Ned Stark and given you a quest called Winter is Coming.
Vinoth Feb 12th 2011 9:54AM
How about someone from the show LOST - Maybe my fav. John Locke :D
Joker Feb 12th 2011 10:15AM
By good doctor I hope you mean Doctor Daniel Jackson, and in Uldum.
Or Doctor Gregory House (Forsaken).
Or even the creator of the yodeling potato, Doctor Danko (Forsaken).
And not Dr. Who.
LynMars Feb 12th 2011 10:44AM
@Vinoth: There's a LOST reference in Sholozar Basin; it's not a person, but a hatch in the lake, with numbers when you mouseover.
Tortus Feb 12th 2011 11:01AM
I actually had Doc. Brown pop into my head first. Wasn't until reading these comments that Dr. Who even occured to me.
phoenixxx73 Feb 12th 2011 11:45AM
There are actually quite a few Doctor Who references in the game.. the whole Skybox from the Maly raid is one of them
Sometimes all you need to do is piece it all together
Like so... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sMzZSjnrJY
HellfireGamer Feb 12th 2011 5:34PM
If they want to include a doctor who refrence it needs to be in the CoT. Period.
Smapdor Feb 12th 2011 8:05AM
Doctor Who is awesome. That being said, it is always 'Doctor' and never "Dr'.
Gendou Feb 12th 2011 8:17AM
http://www.wowhead.com/item=35116
xyna Feb 12th 2011 8:28AM
Still! I wanna see some quest named like "Doctor not Dr."
Xano Feb 12th 2011 8:40AM
Heh, the guild I am in is called "The Time Lords" on Mug'thol US Horde. Come visit us sometime, seed poster (unless it IS someone in the guild rofl)
philbert Feb 12th 2011 9:16AM
My wife and I's personal guild on Bonechewer-H is called :D
philbert Feb 12th 2011 9:17AM
Ugh comment fail! Our guild is called Dalek Exterminators
Almoderate Feb 12th 2011 1:08PM
My toon:
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/terokkar/marthajones/simple
My husband's toon:
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/terokkar/thedoc/simple
But yes, an official NPC would be nice. Perhaps a "blue box" device similar to the Direbrew Remote that will port me to the Caverns of Time...
Additionally... I see a View Askew reference ("Chasing Amy") but no Jay and Silent Bob. :(
Noselacri Feb 12th 2011 8:09AM
Adding a quest or some NPC's doesn't break the fourth wall. It might for some RP people, but a majority play the game to have a good time.
The problem with Uldum is that half the zone was an Indiana Jones reference. A little excessive. Fun, but over the top.
If they had reeled it in a little and shortened the questline, adding more story to the tol'vir and titans it would've been better.
That being said, where is my demon with an irrational fear of bunnies? Or my witch that likes to flay people in the woods? I'd like these things please.