DW 09-02: The Witch's Familar (Part 2)

A Guide to Classic Who references in new Who.

Doctor Who series 9 episode 2 - The Doctor is trapped in the heart of the Dalek city.

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.

Ongoing References...

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

• [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]  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] Gallifrey - Homeworld of the Time Lords.  Mentioned a couple of times - and even shown on screen (in "The War Games" (Season 6) and "The Three Doctors" (Season 10)) but not named until "The Time Warrior." (Season 11)  In the new series Gallifrey has been missing due the the Time War, although the Doctor saved it in "The Day of the Doctor," discovered it was trapped in another dimension in "Time of the Doctor" and has been told be Missy (not the most reliable testimony) that it has returns ("Death in Heaven"), although it wasn't at the coordinates she gave.

From Part 1...

• [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] 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]  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.

• [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."

• [OLD] Supreme Dalek - A number of Daleks in positions of authority has been refered 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 him 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] 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 thier 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.

• [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] 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.

• [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.)

• [NEW] Black Dalek - This Dalek matches the design of Dalek Sec, the leader of the Cult of Skaro and commander of the forced 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)

• [NEW]  Colony Saarf - The first known appearance of this serpent colony was the previous episode.

•  [NEW] Hand mines - The first appearance of this weapon the previous episode.

• [NEW] The Confession Dial - First appeared in hthe 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.  It was said to be the Doctor's will (of sorts) to be delivered to his best friend (Missy) on the day before he died.  It is said that it would not open until he died.

• [NEW] Sonic sunglasses - First appeared in the previous episode, but this is the first time they've been noted to be a sonic device.  Not nearly as easy to turn into merchandise as a sonic screwdriver.  Although the Doctor usually only uses a sonic screwdriver, other sonic devices have appeared: Jack's sonic blasters ("The Empty Child"); Sarah Jane's sonic lipstick (The Sarah Jane Adventures); Amy's sonic probe "The Girl Who Waited"); the Doctor's sonic cane ("Let's Kill Hitler") and the Paternostra Gang's sonic hatpin, gauntlets and lorgnette ("Deep Breath").

This episode...

• [OLD] The Fourth Doctor - After the regeneration of the Third Doctor in "The Planet of the Spiders" (Season 11) he took on this form until "Logopolis" (Season 18) and appeared again in "The Five Doctors" (in previously unused footage from "Shada.")

• [OLD] The First Doctor - The earliest Doctor.  He appeared in this form from the first episode of Doctor Who "An Unearthly Child," (Season 1) until the end of the serial "The Tenth Planet" (Season 4).  He later made guest appearances in "The Three Doctors" (Season 10) and (recast and reused footage) in "The Five Doctors").

• [1ST] Teleporter - First appearance of this device, although teleportation technology - often called Transmat devices - were often used in classic who and appeared in "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways."  In "Asylum of the Daleks" the Doctor bragged of his pin-point accuracy with teleportation.

• [1ST] Android assasins - The first appearance of this non-appearing hunters.

• [1ST] Vampire monkeys - First appearance of these creatures.  Unless you count Varney's minions in the DWM comic strip "Tooth and Claw" but I wouldn't.

• [OLD] Davros's most evil, irredeemable act - Davros still appears to be watching old episodes of Doctor Who on his various view screens.  The one behind him appears to show "The Stolen Earth" or another new Who episode, while the one behind the Doctor is still showing "Genesis of the Daleks" (Season 12).  This means that Davros is talking while Doctor Who is on.

• [1ST] Dark star alloy - In "Warrior's Gate" (Season 18) the Fourth Doctor, Romana and Adric arrived on a ship with a hull made of dwarf star alloy - with molecules compacted under huge gravitational forces - Romana claims it is the manacles made of it are only thing that will hold Time Sensitives.  The Tenth Doctor uses manacles forged in the heart of a Dwarf Star to chain a member of the Family of Blood.  The Eleventh Doctor is kept in a dwarf star alloy cell in "Day of the Moon."  It's not clear how dark star alloy differs from dwarf star alloy.

• [1ST] The Master's Daughter - First suggestion that the Master may have a child.

• [OLD] Inside a Dalek - The technique of hiding in a Dalek shell was used in the first Dalek story "The Daleks" (Season 1) when Ian Chesterton did it.  One of the Clara-shards called Oswin Oswald was turned into a Daleks without her knowledge. ("Asylum of the Daleks.")

• "Look upon you with my own eyes." - Not a Doctor Who reference.

• [NEW] Regeneration energy - This use of regeneration energy to heal is fairly new, with the Doctor healing River's broken arm in "The Angels Take Manhattan."  In "Mawdryn Undead" (Season 20), the Fifth Doctor was asked to give up his remaining regenerations to heal the mutants and River used up all of her remaining regenerations to save the Doctor in "Let's Kill Hitler."

• [OLD] Hybrid Daleks - Hybridised Daleks have appeared before.  Davros made Daleks from humans some in "Revelation of the Daleks" (Season 22) and the Emperor did the same for "The Parting of the Ways."  Dalek Sec hydridised himself with a human giving himself a humanoid body.  This is the first mention of hybridising Daleks with Time Lords.

• [OLD] Fleeing Gallifrey - Why the Doctor fled Gallifrey has never been made clear.  In "An Unearthly Child" (Season 1) the First Doctor is shown to be hiding on Earth with his granddaughter Susan.  It isn't until the final Second Doctor story "The War Games" (Season 6) that he again encounters the Time Lord who punishing him for interfering with the history of other planets and breaking the Laws of Time - although that could be a reference to his actions after leaving Gallifrey.  Although the Fourth Doctor becomes President ("The Deadly Assassin" (Season 14)) he still continues to repeatedly flee Gallifrey and his responsibilities.  In Remembrance of the Daleks (Season 25) the Doctor returns to Earth (possibly centuries (from his perspective) after leaving "An Unearthly Child" (Season 1) - and after returning many times, including an extended period of exile) to recover the Hand of Omega, a device he left behind in the first episode, leading some to connect this object with his fleeing Gallifrey.  This the first reference to the prophecy of a hybrid race, although Missy seems to be aware of it, too.

• [NEW] Mercy - Not the first Dalek to know of the concept of mercy ("The Big Bang").

• [OLD] Hostile Action Dispersal System - Seemingly similar to the HADS, the Hostile Action Displacement System, an automated system that causes the TARDIS to dematerialise when it is attacked and to relocate and repair in a safe place when hostile actions ceased.  The Second Doctor remembered to set it in "The Krotons" (Season 6) and the Eleventh Doctor lost the TARDIS because of it in "Cold War."

~ DUG.

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Missy just doesn't get ongoing television.

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.