TW 2-01: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

A Guide to Classic Who references (and other references) including in Torchwood episodes.

Torchwood series 2 episode 1 (Story 14):  Captain Jack Harkness returns to Torchwood 3.

Warning: May contain Spoilers for

"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"

Viewing Order:

• Follows "End of Days" (Torchwood 01-13) obviously, which ended with Jack running off.
• Follows "Utopia" (Doctor Who 03-11) and "The Sound of Drums"/"Last of the Timelords" (Doctor Who Series 3 episodes 12 & 13) in which Jack has adventures with Martha & the Doctor.

References:

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

For context, the following are also covered:

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

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

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

Ongoing References:

• [NEW]  Torchwood - An organisation created by Queen Victoria after the events of "Tooth and Claw" (Doctor Who 02-02).  Torchwood-1 (London) was destroyed by the events of "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday" (Doctor Who Series 2 episodes 12 & 13).  This is Torchwood-3 (Cardiff).

• [NEW]  Captain Jack Harkness - Former Time Agent, con-man and companion to the Tenth Doctor.  Head of Torchwood-3.  He was made immortal accidentally by the Bad Wolf entity (Rose Tyler) in "The Parting of the Ways" (Doctor Who Series 1 episode 13).

• [NEW] The Cardiff Rift - A spacial temporal rift, first mentioned in the new Who episode "The Unquiet Dead" (Doctor Who Series 1 episode 3).  It was later featured in the new Who episode "Boomtown" (Doctor Who Series 1 episode 11).  It is the reason for many of the strange events in Cardiff.

• [NEW]  Vortex manipulator - Standard issue wrist device for Time Agents.  It is used the mainly for time travel and transportation (functions the Doctor disabled on Jack's device), but also for projecting holograms, detecting life signs, controlling electronic devices and listening to radio.  It first appeared in "The Empty Child" (Doctor Who Series 1 episode 9).

From this episode:

• [1ST]  Blowfish alien - First appearance of this flashy alien.

• [1ST]  Captain John Hart - Ex-Time Agent and former partner of Jack.  There was also an unrelated Naval officer called Captain John Hart in the Third Doctor Story "The Sea Devils" (Season 9 story 3).

• [OLD]  Time Agent/The Time Agency - The Fourth Doctor was mistaken for a Time Agent in "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" (Doctor Who Season 14 story 6) by a 51st Century criminal.  When the Rose and the Doctor first met Jack in "The Empty Child" (Doctor Who Series 1 episode 9) he'd already left the Time Agency and mistook them for Time Agents.

• [OLD]  Rift storm - First mention of this phenomenon.

• [1ST]  Vegas Galaxies - First mention of these galaxies.

• [1ST]  Arcadian diamond - First mention of these gems, the rarest in the Damascene Cluster.

• [1ST]  Damascene Cluster - First mention of this star cluster.

• [1ST]  Gray - First mention of this character and the first appearance of his hand.

~ DUG.

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