In the Babylon 5 episode " A Voice in the Wilderness, Part I", the Centauri Ambassador, Londo Mollari refers to the song as further evidence of the incomprehensible nature of human culture. In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode " Intervention", Giles performs a ritual with elements similar to the Hokey-pokey. Buffy remarks: "I know this ritual! The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the hokey-pokey and turn themselves around." After the ritual, she adds, "And that's what it's all about." a b Synnot, Siobhan (23 December 2013). "Interview: Saul Metzstein on the Doctor Who Christmas special". The Scotsman . Retrieved 4 January 2013.

Richard E Grant and Tom Ward to Star in the Christmas Special". BBC. 6 August 2012 . Retrieved 31 December 2012. The 1947 British film Frieda features a group of dancers in a dance hall singing and performing the hokey cokey.

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In the Pee-wee's Playhouse episode "Party", Pee-wee Herman and his playhouse visitors perform this dance. The Doctor visits the Latimer family's pond. He realises that the Great Intelligence, the entity controlling a man called Dr Simeon since he was a boy and the snowmen, is using the old governess' body as a DNA blueprint to form an ice creature that will retain its form and not melt. While Clara puts Francesca to bed, the frozen body of the governess breaks into the house. The Doctor tries fleeing with Clara, but Clara is mortally wounded by the ice governess, which is also shattered before Simeon can get the blueprint. He has directed many pop videos, for singers who include Britney Spears, [1] Toto and Band Aid. [2] Education [ edit ] Walker-Arnott, Ellie (18 December 2012). "Matt Smith: "Richard E Grant was born to be a Doctor Who villain" ". Radio Times . Retrieved 18 December 2012.

In the video game Constructor (1997), the Thief in the Pawn Shop can be heard mentioning a computer called the "Hokey Cokey 2000".

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Prime Confirms Time For Doctor Who Christmas Special". Throng. 14 December 2012. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013 . Retrieved 26 March 2013. a b Alix Strauss, Britney Spears: An Unauthorized Biography (St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2014), p. 53 Goldstein, Jessica M. (23 October 2018). " 'Britney Spears wanted to be a star': An oral history of '...Baby One More Time' ". EW.com . Retrieved 24 July 2023. Known as the "hokey pokey", it became popular in the US in the 1950s. Its originator in the US is debatable: At the time, rumours were rife that this was Ian Dury messing around, and whilst those have persisted to an extent, there is - as "Sweeping the Nation" blog mentioned some days ago - little evidence to suggest this is the case. Given that Dury has now no longer been with us for some time, one would have hoped that if he had anything to do with the four Snowmen singles which were issued, we'd know something about it by now. Jona Lewie was another rumoured contributor to the project, which seems more realistic. Lewie wasn't above making novelty records, having issued "Seaside Shuffle" under the name Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs in the seventies, and the gruffness of the voice also isn't laughably far away from his normal vocal stylings.

McAlpine, Fraser (March 2012). "Fraser's Phrases: The Curious History of the 'Hokey Cokey' ". BBC America . Retrieved 29 November 2018.The video and those costume looks shamelessly cheap! However, at least the snow in the street actually looks real and the chances are it was filmed in real snow, given the winter we endured in 1981. The kids and the granny looking out of her window are all having a lot of fun, at least!

EMI Gold released a Monsta Mash CD featuring the "Monsta Hokey Cokey" written and produced by Steve Deakin-Davies of "The Ambition Company". Martinovic, Paul (1 September 2012). "Steven Moffat thanks press and fans for saving 'Doctor Who' surprise". Digital Spy . Retrieved 30 December 2012. a b Laughlin, Andrew (2 January 2013). " 'Doctor Who – The Snowmen' boosts Christmas iPlayer". Digital Spy . Retrieved 2 January 2013. The highlight of the video is the Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer break at 1:21 which a snowman plays on a cheap Casio keyboard using his carrot nose - genius! Smith, Caroline L. (1872). American Home Book of Indoor Games, Recreations & Occupations. American home book of indoor games. Boston: Lee & Shepard. pp.156–157. hdl: 2027/hvd.hn287l.

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Lloyd, John; John Mitchinson (2007-08-07). The Book of General Ignorance. Random House Digital, Inc. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-307-39491-0. Lewis, David (25 December 2012). " 'Doctor Who': 'The Snowmen' review". CultBox . Retrieved 29 March 2013. The Doctor welcomes his new companion Clara to his redesigned TARDIS. The idea behind the redesign was to make the TARDIS look more like a machine again. In addition to the three prequel mini-episodes, the cast also filmed an additional promotional video, "Songtaran Carols," which the BBC uploaded during the days leading up to the broadcast. The video featured Starkey singing modified versions of several Christmas songs in character as Strax as his castmates look on, before everyone breaks character and begins laughing. [48] Broadcast and reception [ edit ]