DW 03-13: Last of the Time Lords (Part 3)

A Guide to Classic Who references (and other references) in new Who.

Doctor Who Series 3 episode 13 (Story 31 part 3): One Year Later...

Warning: May contain Spoilers for 

"Last of the Time Lords"

Ongoing References...

• [OLD] The Master - The long term enemy of the Doctor.  See Foes: The Master.
• [OLD] The Doctor - The main character.  Real name: unknown; actual age: unclear.  Status as a Medical Doctor:  Undetermined.  He is a Time Lord from the Planet Gallifrey.
• [OLD] Gallifrey - Home of the Time Lords.
• [OLD] UNIT - A paramilitary force, set up after the invasion of the London Underground by robot Yeti controlled by the Great Intelligence.  Called United Nations Intelligence Taskforce in the classic series and initially in the new series of Doctor Who until the real world UN complained.  Is now called the UNified Intelligence Taskforce.
• [OLD]  The TARDIS - The Doctor's time and space travel vechicle.  TARDIS stands for Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space.  Like a lot of Time Lord technology it is "bigger on the inside."  The Doctor stole his Tardis when fleeing Gallifrey.  It is an older model ("Type 40") and unreliable, often ending up in the wrong location and the chamleon circuit - designed to make the Tardis appear inconspicuous in any surroundings it appears has failed so it always appears as a police telephone box from 1960s England.

From Part One & Two...

• [NEW] Captain Jack Harkness - First appeared in the Ninth Doctor episode "The Empty Child" and joined him and Rose as a companion in "The Doctor Dances."  He last appeared with the Doctor in "Parting of the Ways"  Since then he has been the head of Torchwood Three in "Torchwood."  In the series 1 final of Torchwood, the Jack hears the TARDIS arriving and runs to meet it.
• [NEW] Drumbeat - First mentioned by the Master (as Professor Yana) in "Utopia."
• [TW]  Jack's immortality - When Jack last appeared in Doctor Who ("Parting of the Ways") he was killed by Daleks and resurrected by Rose/Bad Wolf and left in the future.  He was revealed to be immortal in the Torchwood episode "Everything Changes."
• [NEW] Toclafane - Never before shown because, as shown, the Master made them up.
• [NEW] Vortex Manipulators - A wrist-worn device used for time travel (and other functions) by Time Agents, including Jack Harkness.
• [OLD] Regeneration - A process that allows Time Lords to cheat death, the main example being the Doctor.  The only regeneration of the Master previously shown was in "Utopia" (he was usually shown stealing bodies having used up his regenerations.
• [NEW]  Hand in the Jar - The Doctor's hand from "The Christmas Invasion."
• [NEW] The Face of Boe - From the Silver Devestration, the Face of Boe is the oldest known being in the Isop Galaxy, the last of the Boekind.  He appeared in three episodes: "The End of the World," "New Earth" and "Gridlock" and met the Doctor in all three (fullfilling his prophecy made in "New Earth" of meeting the Doctor three times.)  In "Gridlock" he told the Doctor "You are not alone."

This episode...

• [OLD] Sol:3 - Another name for Earth (The third planet from Sol (the Sun)).  Coordinator Engin, a Gallifreyan Archivist used the term in "The Deadly Assasin." (Season 14).

• [OLD] Sea Devils - First appeared in the Third Doctor story "The Sea Devils" (Season 9); the Master appeared with them in that story.  These cousins of the Silurians also appeared in the Fifth Doctor story "Warriors of the Deep" (Season 21).

• [OLD] Axon - Home of Axos and the Axons, from "The Claws of Axos" (Season 8) which featured the Master.

• [1ST] Medusa cascade - The first mention of this place.

• [1ST] Braccatolian space - The first mention of this place.

• [OLD] Isomorphic controls - In "Pyramids of Mars" (Season 13) the Fourth Doctor told Sutekh that the TARDIS controls were isomorphic, although many other episodes show otherwise, including these series of three.

• [NEW] Absorb the Time Vortex - A reference to Rose in "Parting of the Ways."  The Master wasn't in that episode and 

• [1ST] Black hole converter - First mention of this doomsday device.

~ DUG.

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The Time Crash blog was created to help New Who fans understand Classic Who references - and to know if something isn't a reference but a new idea.  If there's a reference I missed or a subject that you feel needs more explaining, please comment.