Two Peas In A Pod

Doctor Whooves: "Lamont Pranceton, wealthy young colt-about-town!"

The Shadow: "You know my secret identity? I hope you're one of Marego Lane's friends."

Doctor Whooves: "Ah, not exactly. They call me the Doctor."

The Shadow: "Doctor who?"

Doctor Whooves: "In the ponyverse it's Whooves, actually, but on any other day you'd have been spot on."

The Shadow: "I'm afraid I don't follow."

Doctor Whooves: "Oh, it's not important. I'm a big fan of yours, you know. Granted, I don't much care for guns, brutish things, but we both have a shared disdain for evil."  

The Shadow: "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. As you sow evil, so shall you reap evil."

Doctor Whooves: "My thinking exactly! Mind showing me around the city? You see, I was separated from my traveling companion and I'm a bit lost. You may have noticed I'm not from around here."

The Shadow: "Yes, The Shadow knows! Hmhmhmhahahahaha!"

Has anyone else ever noticed how the 4th Doctor looks like an eccentric British grandmother's attic exploded and magically dressed The Shadow? It's not just the clothes either, their faces are similar, too. And they both prefer to rely on cunning and psychological warfare before resorting to violence, although one of the things I always loved about The Shadow was that he never hesitated to kill a villain that didn't come quietly or let it stain his conscience, unlike the Doctor and most every other hero. Never understood that trope. I mean, if someone has done something so horrible that they deserve to be put away for life, why not just kill them? Evidently they're beyond help, just line them up in front of a firing squad and use the surplus taxpayer money to do something useful like cure cancer or plant some forests.

Rambling aside, I'd be amazed if whoever picked out the 4th Doctor's outfit wasn't a Shadow fan. I think if the Doctor combined his off-putting grin with The Shadow's chilling laugh, they'd have some military-grade psyche warfare on their hooves.