Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland was the title of a book by Lewis Carroll from Earth , as well as the general name by which the book and its sequel , " Through the Looking - Glass " , were collectively known . The titular character of the book was inspired by Alice Liddell , Lewis Carroll ' s neighbour in Oxford . ( PROSE : " The Wildthyme Effect " ) The Sixth Doctor met the fictional protagonist of the book in the Land of Fiction . ( AUDIO : " Legend of the Cybermen " ) The first edition of " Alice ' s Adventures in Wonderland " was published by MacMillan on 4 July 1865 . ( PROSE : " The Brakespeare Voyage " ) References . In 1866 , Edward Waterfield owned a first edition of " Alice in Wonderland " . ( PROSE : " The Evil of the Daleks " ) In the 1970s , when the Meercock s took the forms of characters from Earth literature , one of them became " Alice in Wonderland ' s " White Rabbit . ( PROSE : " Verdigris " ) The Third Doctor thought to himself , " As Alice once said ' This gets curiouser and curiouser , ' " while being escorted by guards into the complex where the Gemini Plan was being carried out . ( COMIC : " Gemini Plan " ) Harry Sullivan , upon seeing that K1 had grown to giant size , quoted Alice , " Curiouser and curiouser " , with the Fourth Doctor rejoining , " Said Alice " . ( TV : " Robot " ) The Fourth Doctor misquoted " Alice in Wonderland " when coming to after being scanned in the Kraal Disorientation Centre , combining the Dormouse ' s story about three sisters living at the bottom of a treacle - well with " Three Sisters " by Anton Chekhov . ( TV : " The Android Invasion " ) The Fourth Doctor compared Biroc to the Cheshire Cat . ( TV : " Warriors ' Gate " ) The Fifth Doctor once declared that like Alice , he tried to believe three impossible things before breakfast . ( TV : " The Five Doctors " ) Erimem tried to read " Alice in Wonderland " when she wanted to learn how to read English . ( AUDIO : " The Axis of Insanity " ) Peri Brown had been reading an omnibus edition of " Alice in Wonderland " aboard the Doctor ' s TARDIS before accidentally activating the Doctor ' s personal reality warp . The device transported her to a world largely based on the book , with herself cast as Alice . ( COMIC : " Salad Daze " ) When the Seventh Doctor told Ace that he didn ' t know why the Cloister Bell was ringing , she replied , " You don ' t know much , and that ' s a fact . " The Doctor recognised the quote from the Duchess in " Alice ' s Adventures in Wonderland " . ( PROSE : " " ) On a later occasion when she was disoriented , Ace compared her situation to that of Alice . ( PROSE : " Lucifer Rising " ) When the Eighth Doctor was infected by Zagreus , the Doctor ' s TARDIS gave him hints and aid through a copy of " The Alice Compendium " from the Doctor ' s library . The TARDIS also manifested a variety of environments and avatars to help him , among which was the story ' s forest and Cheshire Cat , who confronted the Doctor with a version of the story ' s " drink me " puzzle . An evil avatar of the TARDIS , manifested by Zagreus , later summoned a Jabberwock from the book to attack the Doctor . ( AUDIO : " Zagreus " ) When the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler were accidentally shrunk by the TARDIS ' micromodulator switch , the Doctor noted that it was just like " Alice in Wonderland " . ( COMIC : " Which Switch ? " ) The dimensional interface override was also known as the " Alice in Wonderland circuit " . Its failure caused the Doctor and Donna Noble to grow in size . ( COMIC : " The Alice in Wonderland Circuit " ) River Song referenced the story of " Alice in Wonderland " . According to her version , Alice fell down a black hole . ( AUDIO : " The Boundless Sea " ) The Twelfth Doctor uttered " Curiouser and curiouser " when a Mumbai police officer asked him about the artefact . ( COMIC : " The Swords of Kali " )