Pinocchio

Pinocchio was a fictional character made of wood that wanted to "fit in".
Susan Foreman compared herself to him, citing her want to be a "real live girl" as the reason behind her choice to attend Coal Hill School while visiting Earth 1963. (PROSE: )
Bernice Summerfield, who was being manipulated by the Seventh Doctor, said that she was tired of having her strings pulled like Pinocchio, whom she knew from a Disney film. (PROSE: )
The Eighth Doctor compared moving wooden puppets created using Cyber-Technology to Pinocchio. (AUDIO: )
When trapped aboard a submarine with a murderous Ice Warrior, Clara Oswald sarcastically remarked that keeping her spirits up by singing as Professor Grisenko suggested would only help "if this was Pinocchio". (TV: )
When in the 41st century, the Tenth Doctor referenced Pinocchio when he joked that Mark Seven would one day become a real boy, glad that that pop-culture reference was understood. (AUDIO: )
== Behind the scenes ==
=== Connections in screen adaptations ===
* Sarah Alexander and Warwick Davis appeared in the 1999 film, .
* The English-language dub of the 2002 featured the voices of David Suchet and John Cleese.
* Thomas Sangster, Tim Bentinck, Sean Barrett, and Teresa Gallagher appeared in the 2009 .
* David Bradley and Burn Gorman voiced characters in 's 2022 .
Category:Fictional characters from the real world
Category:Disney characters