Did you spot new Doctor Who reference in BBC's Trust Me?

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BBC One's conspiracy thriller Trust Me continues to keep fans on their toes by sliding in some fun references to Doctor Who.

The two shows are going to be forever linked since Jodie Whittaker originally starred as a fake doctor in Trust Me before leaving the medical thriller to play The Doctor in the Beeb's wibbly, wobbly, timey, wimey sci- fi institution.

Trust Me writer Dan Sefton poked fun at Whittaker's departure earlier in the second series by shoehorning in several references to Doctor Who in his completely new story about a serial killer let loose on a hospital ward.

Eagle-eyed fans probably spotted toy figures of the Tenth Doctor and the Moxx of Balhoon at dearly departed patient Danny's (Elliot Cooper) bedside stand, along with Doctor Who books and a mug from the series.

This week, viewers might have missed the Easter eggs if they blinked. Only those paying very close attention would have noticed the screensaver was a TARDIS on the tablet Danny left behind for Jamie (Alfred Enoch).

Jamie was desperate to figure out the passcode so he could read Danny's logs about the hospital's mysterious deaths. After lots of failed attempts, he finally used the numerical equivalent of 'T-A-R-D-I-S' on the keypad to get in!

Some viewers loved the cheeky nod to Doctor Who:

Prior to the series airing, Sefton told the Radio Times that he wanted these Easter eggs to catch viewers attention while also playing a pivotal role in how Alfred Enoch's character Jamie unravels the murder plot.

"I was kind of like, this is going to wind a couple of people up," he admitted. "But the little Doctor Who nods do continue a little bit longer, so it becomes part of the plot."

There's another fun wrinkle as well since Alfred Enoch's father is the legendary actor William Russell, who played William Hartnell's companion Ian Chesterton in Doctor Who back in the '60s.

The meta references in Trust Me are practically folding in on themselves, at this point!

Trust Me continues next Tuesday (April 30) at 9pm on BBC One.

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