Star Wars Star Wars was a popular science fiction film series from Earth . The Sixth Doctor and Frobisher attended the American premiere of the first film at Mann ' s Chinese Theatre in May 1977 . Frobisher appreciated the original film and was aware of its place in culture , but the Doctor claimed to prefer the Special Editions . He also thought the actor who played Tarkin looked familiar , and seemed to remember meeting his granddaughter . ( PROSE : " " ) References . Tegan Jovanka contemptuously referred to her former companion Nyssa ' s servo robot Loki as R2 - D2 . ( AUDIO : " Cobwebs " ) Flip Jackson compared the Valeyard to Darth Vader . The Sixth Doctor expressed surprise at her reference , not having thought she liked " Star Wars , " to which she replied she loved Jar Jar Binks . ( AUDIO : " Stage Fright " ) When the Sixth Doctor told Flip that Transmission was an artificial planetoid , she compared it to the Death Star . The Doctor expressed the hope that it was " not quite so ominous " . ( AUDIO : " The Fourth Wall " ) Returned to her old haunts in Perivale in 1989 , Ace learned from Ange that their mutual friend Flo married a " brain - dead plumber " whom they had nicknamed " Darth Vader . " ( TV : " Survival " ) Ace compared the hymnal skein to the Force . The Seventh Doctor agreed that it was a useful analogy . ( PROSE : " Hymn of the City " ) Sam Jones had " Star Wars " toy s as a child . ( PROSE : " Alien Bodies " ) Izzy Sinclair had a Darth Vader poster on her bedroom wall in the TARDIS . ( COMIC : " Beautiful Freak " ) The Tenth Doctor told Martha Jones that Jar Jar Binks ' clan were " . . . good people . . . very hospitable . " ( PROSE : " Forever Autumn " ) Alex ' s mum didn ' t like the hood on his coat , and compared him to " one of those little things in " Star Wars " " , which Alex identified as Jawa s . He said she never learned their names , no matter how many times you told her . ( PROSE : " Do You Smell Carrots ? " ) Both Mr Grantham and Clyde Langer made reference to the series , the latter comparing himself to Luke Smith ' s mentor , like Obi - Wan Kenobi . ( TV : " Warriors of Kudlak " ) Clyde called Luke his " young padawan " , when stating he had much to learn about humour . ( TV : " Prisoner of the Judoon " ) Clyde said that he did a school history project on the Battle of Waterloo because his teacher had not allowed him to do one on the Battle of Hoth . ( TV : " The Last Sontaran " ) At the end of a holographic communication left to Jack Harkness in 2008 , another Time Agent , John Hart mockingly said " Help me , Obi - Wan Kenobi , you ' re my only hope " . ( TV : " Kiss Kiss , Bang Bang " ) In 2008 , Zeynep asked Ianto Jones if he had seen " Star Wars " . ( AUDIO : " Fall to Earth " ) The Tenth Doctor once said that ventilation ducts never seemed to work out as a means of escape , just like in " Star Wars " . ( TV : " Dreamland " ) The Eleventh Doctor once compared himself to " the little green one out of " Star Wars " " and proceeded to play with an imaginary lightsaber , but incorrectly named him Gandalf . ( TV : " Meanwhile in the TARDIS " ) Amy Pond cried out " Help me , Obi Wan ! " upon seeing a hologram of herself . ( PROSE : " The King ' s Dragon " ) When the Twelfth Doctor and Clara landed at San Diego Comic - Con a child was present , cosplaying as the " Star Wars " character Boba Fett . ( COMIC : " Selfie " ) A homeless man , who was an eyewitness to the arrival of one of the metalkind arrived on Earth , established his perception of what robot s were like from " Star Wars " , which he explained when he told Sarah Jane Smith and Rani Chandra the creature could not be a robot . ( TV : " Sky " ) Fitz Kreiner mentioned that he had seen all nine " Star Wars " films at a cinema in the 2040s . ( PROSE : " The Last Resort " ) Hex described the control centre of Ranulph Fiennes Bunker as a cross between Buckingham Palace and the Death Star . ( AUDIO : " The Word Lord " ) Bernice Summerfield compared The Empire State to the Death Star . ( AUDIO : " The Empire State " ) Anji Kapoor considered recounting the tale of Jabba the Hutt and Han Solo to Jamon de la Rocas , recalling the tale after her boyfriend Dave Young made her watch " Star Wars " . ( PROSE : " The Slow Empire " ) While on Skaro in the 27th century , Bernice Summerfield described the Seventh Doctor as " the worst Yoda ever " . ( AUDIO : " The Lights of Skaro " ) Ianto Jones owned a " Star Wars " duvet with a Wookiee pillow which he lent to Yvonne Hartman when she stayed at his place for a night . ( AUDIO : " Through the Ruins " ) Behind the scenes . " Star Wars " happened . In the BBC New Series Adventures novel " Forever Autumn " , the Tenth Doctor states that Jar Jar Binks and his clan are good people , that George Lucas received telepathic messages and mistook them for his own ideas , and that he would be " " way " off the mark " by Episode 9 , implying that some ( if not all ) of " Star Wars " is real . Although Lucas will not be making it , there will be an Episode IX . In " Supremacy of the Cybermen " the Ninth Doctor claims the TARDIS made the Kessel Run . Coincidentally , in the " " episode " " , the Father mentions the Laws of Time .