DW 09-01: The Magician's Apprentice (Part 1)

A Guide to Classic Who references in new Who.

Doctor Who series 9 episode 1 - On the last day of his life the Doctor is in hiding.

References

[OLD] - Things that first appeared in the classic series (or the film.)  Episode List.

For context, the following are also covered:

[1ST] -  The first appearance of things in Doctor Who series.

[NEW] - Things that first appeared previously in the new series.

[TW] - Things that first appeared previously in Torchwood.

[OTH] - Things from Other Doctor Who sources (Books, Comics, Audioplays, etc)

Ongoing References...

• [OLD] Sonic Screwdriver - The Doctor's favourite tool.  First appeared in "Fury of the Deep" (Season 5) and has been used off and on by various Doctor including the Ninth and Tenth.

• [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]  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.

• [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.  It is now called the UNified Intelligence Taskforce.  [Allies: UNIT]

• [OLD] The Master - Now called Missy, the Doctor's childhood friend and mortal enemy.  [Foes: The Master]

• [OLD]  Two hearts - The fact that the Doctor had two hearts was first noted in "Spearhead in Space" (Season 7) the Third Doctor's first story.  Previously it seemed that the First and Second Doctor only had one heart.  Since then it is usually implied that Time Lords always have two hearts (with early references being retroactively regarded as goofs) although some non-televised sources claim that Time Lords have only a single heart in their first body (or the number changes).  Other non-televised sources state that the First Doctor and his granddaughter Susan actually had two hearts.   In the new Who episode "Dalek" Henry Van Statten discovered that the Ninth Doctor had two hearts and in "Smith & Jones" Martha made the same discovery.  Having two hearts saved his life in "The Shakespeare Code."  Missy, being a Time Lord also has two hearts.

• [OLD]  Daleks - Popular villains from the time they appear in the First Doctor's second story (Season 1) and throughout the original series (see Foes: Daleks).  Thought destroyed during the Time War but at least two survived: the Metalron from "Dalek" and the Dalek Emperor from "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways" who recreated the Dalek race using human DNA.  Another group of Daleks who had been captured by the Timelords, imprisoned and cast into the Void managed to escape in "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday."

From prequels...

• [OTH] Karn - The Planet first appeared in the stage play "Doctor Who and the Dakeks: The Seven Keys to Doomsday" and was later reused by the same writer in  the Fourth Doctor story "The Brain of Morbius" (Season 13).  The Fourth Doctor notes that he was born near here (within a couple of billion miles).  The Doctor noted that there had once been a civilisation on the planet until Morbius and his armies destroyed it in an attempt to gain the Exiler of Life.  A gun ship containing the Eight Doctor crashed on Karn in the "The Day of the Doctor" prequel "The Night of the Doctor" and the prologue to this episode.  It is the home of the Sisterhood of Karn and the human Solon.

• [OLD] The Sisterhood of Karn - First appeared in the Fourth Doctor story "The Brain of Morbius" (Season 13).  The Sisterhood of Karn were protectors of The Sacred Flame which produced the Elixer of Life (which they share with the Time Lords).  They believed that the Time Lords were the only race that matched their mind power.  The Sisterhood briefly brought the Eighth Doctor back from the dead and gave him an elixer which would bring on his regeneration in the "The Day of the Doctor" prequel "The Night of the Doctor"  and the prologue to this episode.

• [NEW] Ohila - First appeared in the "The Day of the Doctor" prequel "The Night of the Doctor" and the prologue to this episode.  She was named in reference to Ohica from the Fourth Doctor story "The Brain of Morbius" (Season 13).

• [NEW] The Confession Dial - First appeared in he prologue to this episode, as an important but unnamed disc of unknown purpose.  The Doctor gave it to the Sisterhood of Karn and told them they knew who to deliver it to.

• [NEW] Sir Bors - First appeared in "The Doctor's Meditation."

• [NEW] Three weeks - A period covered by "The Doctor's Meditation."

• [NEW] A first class well with a visitor's center - Constructed in "The Doctor's Meditation."

This episode...

• [1ST] Clam drones - The first appearance of this weapon, however in the Fourth Doctor story "Genesis of the Daleks" (Season 12) giant clams - products of Davros's first experiments - were kept in caves below the Kaled dome.

•  [1ST] Hand mines - The first appearance of this weapon.

• [OLD] Mix of technologies - Echoes a previous conversation that the Doctor had, also on Skaro about the war between the Kaleds and the Thals in "Genesis of the Daleks." (Season 12)   Of course, reusing that conversation isn't a hint to anything, right?

SARAH: Same mixture of ancient and modern, though. 

DOCTOR: Yes. That's why I think this war's been going on for a very long time. They probably started out with the most modern equipment but no longer have the resources. They have to make do. 

HARRY: War of attrition, eh, only backwards. At this rate they're going to finish off with bows and arrows. 

DOCTOR: Well, it would explain the mixture of equipment.

• [OLD] Davros - Creator of the Daleks, Davros (Foes: Davros) first appeared in "Genesis of the Daleks" (Season 12) and then every Dalek based story after that in the classic series making him a major foes of the Doctor.  He reappeared in "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" having been rescued from the Time War by Dalek Caan.  He refused to be rescued by the Doctor in "Journey's End" appearing to die in the Dalek Crucible when it exploded.  Davros, however, has never been very good at dying but appears to be attempting it one more time.

• [NEW] The Maldovarium - The 52nd Century marketplace where River Song purchased a vortex manipulator from Dorium Maldovar ("The Pandorica Opens"), where the Headless Monks purchased security codes from Dorium Maldovar ("A Good Man Goes to War - Prequel") which lead to him closing his bar, only to be taken away by Madam Kovarian and Colonel Manton Runaway ("A Good Man Goes to War.").  The Doctor later mentions getting his longest running companion Handles from there.

• [1ST]  Colony Saarf - The first know appearance of this serpent colony.

• [NEW]  The Ood - First appeared in "The Impossible Planet"/"The Satan Pit" as members of a slave race.  They later gained freedom in "Planet of the Ood," primarily due to the actions of Ood Sigma who later appeared in "The Waters of Mars" and "The End of Time Part 1."  Another Ood was a puppet of House in "The Doctor's Wife" and another accidently ended up as Rory Willians and Amy Pond's housekeeper in "Pond Life."  Like most Ood seen in the series these have had their hindbrain removed and replaced with translator globes.

• [NEW]  The Hath - A race who seem to send a lot of time in space-bars (two appeared in the bar Jack was visiting in "The End of Time Part 2" and according to the record search by the Atraxi (in "The Eleventh Hour"), came to Earth some time in the past (possibly in a threatening manner.)  They later attempted to colonise Messaline in cooperation with humans before this went wrong. ("The Doctor's Daughter")

• [TW] Homoformatus piscis - A race better known by the racist epithet "Blowfish."  Appeared in two Torchwood episodes "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and "Fragments."  They were part of the Alliance in "The Pandorica Opens" (set in 102AD).  A wax replica head of one appears in "Nightmare in Silver."

• [NEW] The Kahler - Human looking aliens, with unique green facial patterns which can be used to identify them, as we are doing here.  Two members of this race appeared in "A Town Called Mercy."

• [NEW] The Sycrax - They first appeared in "The Christmas Invasion" and the Doctor gave their name to Shakespeare ("The Shakespeare Code") which he later used in "The Tempest."

• [NEW] The Shadow Proclamation - First invoked by the Doctor in "Rose" and again in "Fear Her" this group first appeared in "The Stolen Earth" before being cited again by the Doctor in "The Eleventh Hour."  This member of the Shadow Proclamation appeared in "The Stolen Earth."

• [NEW] The Judoon - A mercenary police force who appeared in "Smith & Jones" as security at the Shadow Proclamation in "The Stolen Earth," at the bar in "The End of Time," as part of the Alliance in "The Pandorica Opens," as a part of the Doctor's army in "A Good Man Goes to War" (one was also mentioned in the episode's prequel).  One of the photographs of victims in "The God Complex" was a Judoon.

• [OLD] Davros's robot hand - Davros lost his hand in gun related incident in "Revelation of the Daleks." (Season 22)

• [1ST] The cloister wars... the moon and the President's wife... little girl - First mention of any of these.  The Doctor was shown as a little boy in "Listen."

• [OLD] Atlantis - Sometime after 1968 the Second Doctor discovers Atlantis and a scientist's plan to drain the oceans of the world so it is once again above sea-level.  The Doctor ends up flooding Atlantis to stop the plan (which the scientist admits may cause the Earth to blow up.)  The episodes end with the Atlanteans making plans for new Atlantis.  (Season 4's "The Underwater Menace.")

• [OLD] Atlantis - Mentioned to the Master by Azal. (Season 8's "The Daemon").

AZAL: I shall appear but once more, so be warned. There is danger. My race destroys its failures. Remember Atlantis.

• [OLD] Atlantis - The Master travels back in time to gain the Crystal of Kronos from which he frees Kronos, a creature from outside of time, and orders it to destroy Atlantis before fleeing in his TARDIS. (Season 9's "The Time Monster")

• [NEW]  Vortex Manipulators - A wrist-worn device used for time travel (and other functions) by Time Agents, including Jack Harkness. River Song was also a regular user.

• [OLD] Bowtie - The Second Doctor regularly wore one, and the Third from time to time, but it was a defining feature of the Eleventh Doctor.

• [OLD] Long Scarf - A defining feature of the Fourth Doctor.

• [OLD]  Dalek Homeworld -Skaro, first seen in the second First Doctor story "The Daleks," (Season 1) the Second Doctor story "The Evil of the Daleks" (Season 4) and (much earlier in its history) in the Fourth Doctor story "Genesis of the Daleks." (Season 12)  It was destroyed by the Seventh Doctor in "Remembrance of the Daleks" (Season 25) and he was returning from it in the telemovie.  It later appeared in "Asylum of the Daleks."

• [OLD] Sonic-less - The Doctor's sonic screwdriver was destroyed in the Fifth Doctor story "The Visitation" (Season 19) leading to an extended period without one (on screen, anyway).  It is noted by his companion Nyssa in "Snakedance" (Season 20) that he hasn't replaced it and the Sixth Doctor is not shown using one.  During the classic series, the Seventh also remains sonic-less, but he does use one in the telemovie.  In this period the Master faces the Doctor in at least six stories in this period despite Missy's claim here.

• [OLD] Dalek Slaves - The Daleks have used humans as slaves before, such as the mechanically augmented Robomen from "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" (Season 2), the human-pig hybrids from "Daleks in Manhattan"/"Evolution of the Daleks."  This forehead eyestalk was first seen in "Asylum of the Daleks" and later reappeared in "Time of the Doctor."

• [OLD] "If you had created a virus in your laboratory..." - A line of dialogue from the Fourth Doctor in "Genesis of the Daleks." (Season 12)

• [OLD] "I'm not here as your prisoner, Davros.." - A line of dialogue from the Fifth Doctor in "Resurrection of the Daleks." (Season 21)

• [OLD]"Unimaginable power! Unlimited rice pudding!" - A line of dialogue from the Seventh Doctor in "Remembrance of the Daleks." (Season 25)

• [OLD] "Everything we saw. Everything we lost." - A line of dialogue from the Tenth Doctor in "The Stolen Earth."

• [OLD] "But did you bother to tell anyone they might be eating their own relatives?" -  A line of dialogue from the Sixth Doctor in "Revelation of the Daleks." (Season 22)

• [OLD] "If someone who knew the future pointed out a child to you, and told you that that child would grow up totally evil, to be a ruthless dictator who would destroy millions of lives, could you then kill that child?" - A line of dialogue from the Fourth Doctor in "Genesis of the Daleks."(Season 12)

• [OLD] Dalek City - The city looks similar to a previously shown Dalek city.

• [OLD] Rebuilt it - As noted, the Seventh Doctor caused Skaro to be destroyed in "Remembrance of the Daleks" (Season 25) but he later visited it in the telemovie and again in "Asylum of the Daleks."  Some of it could be time travel, but rebuilding it works too.

• [OLD] Original Daleks - The silver-and-blue Dalek here appears to be one of those from the Doctor's first meeting with the Daleks in the serial "The Daleks" (Season 1) and their second appearance in "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" (Season 2).  One of these Daleks also appeared on display in the Space Museum in "The Space Museum" (Season 2) but that serial ended with new models appearing.

• [NEW] Bronze Daleks - The standard Dalek for the new series, with the first appearing on screen in "Dalek" and in almost every story since.  This model has been shown to date back to the Time War, emerging from the Genesis Ark, a Time Lord created prison dating from the Time War and also appearing in scenes from the Time War in the minisode "The Last Day" and the anniversary special "Day of the Doctor."

• [NEW] Black Dalek - This Dalek matches the design of Dalek Sec, the leader of the Cult of Skaro and commander of the forces that emerged from the Genesis Ark.  Another black Dalek, like this one, appeared in "Asylum of the Daleks."  Some all-black Daleks had previously appeared in "Frontier in Space." (Season 10)

• [OLD] Supreme Dalek - A number of Daleks in positions of authority has been referred to as the Supreme Daleks or something similar, from the Supreme Controller in the second Dalek story "The Invasion of Earth" (Season 2) to the Supreme Dalek (some of these were members of the Dalek's Supreme Council, some sole leaders of the Daleks or a Dalek faction).  Most were similar to the standard Daleks with different colour schemes (often black with silver or gold.)  This specifically designed red-and-gold model first appeared as the Supreme Dalek in "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End." In "Victory of the Daleks" the white New Paradigm Dalek was designated Supreme, one was part of the Alliance in "The Pandorica Opens," the dying Dalek that the Doctor took the eyestalk from in "The Wedding of River Song" was a white New Paradigm Dalek, as was one of the Daleks on the asylum planet in "Asylum of the Daleks."

• [OLD] Special Weapons Dalek - This large weaponed Dalek model was used by the Imperial Daleks against the Renegade Daleks and presumably killed with the other Imperial Daleks when Skaro was destroyed in "Remembrance of the Daleks" (Season 25).  One was also on the asylum planet in "Asylum of the Daleks."

• [OLD] A grey-black Dalek - One of the standard Daleks from "Day of the Daleks" (Season 9) until the end of the classic era.  (This is the middle Dalek on the raised area.)

• [OLD] An Imperial Guard Dalek - The black helmeted Daleks from "Evil of the Daleks." (Season 4).  Even in new Who, Imperial Guard Daleks have darker helmets than the standard model.

~ DUG.

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