Let’s be frank, Doctor Who is a show that is unafraid to poach ideas from other sources. The series always finds a way to put it’s own spin on things, but it has been going for nearly 60 years and sometimes the idea well can run a little dry. Planet of Evil’s aesthetic is heavily inspired by Forbidden Planet, The Brain of Morbius is Frankenstein in space and, to really hammer home this point, there’s an episode just straight up called A Christmas Carol. But, what if I was to tell you that there is a film franchise that so clearly took inspiration, as least in part, from a classic Doctor Who episode and has never once given credit for it? Don’t believe me? Let’s look at the evidence.