Pimp My Ride

The Eleventh Doctor once referred to the process of transforming Bessie into a monster truck as a Pimp My Ride makeover. (COMIC: What He Wants...)
On discovering the Sea Devils had augmented Ji-Hun's pirate ship with advanced technology, the Thirteenth Doctor remarked, "You really pimped his ride." She wondered if people "still used" that expression. Yasmin Khan reminded her they were in 1807, long before people would. (TV: Legend of the Sea Devils)
== Behind the scenes ==
Pimp My Ride was a television programme that involved changing old cars into something completely new.
This would have already been an antiquated reference in 2022, when Sea Devils was broadcast, showing that the Thirteenth Doctor is out of touch with 21st century popular culture, while also bringing levity as an out-of-place anachronism for that episode's 19th century setting.
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