A Guide to Classic Who references (and other references) including in Torchwood episodes.
Torchwood series 2 episode 2 (Story 15): Captain Jack Harkness & Torchwood-3 investigate a break-in gone wrong.
Warning: May contain Spoilers for
"Sleeper"
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.
[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 series 2).. Torchwood-1 (London) was destroyed by the events of "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday" (Doctor Who series 2). This is Torchwood-3 (Cardiff), first appearing in "Everything Changes" (the first episode of Torchwood.)
- [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 Doctor Who episode "The Parting of the Ways."
- [TW] Weevils - A race that has appear regularly in Cardiff. One or more appeared in many Torchwood Season 1 episodes, including "Everything Changes" (the first episode.)
From this episode:
- [1ST] Sub-Etheric Resonator - First mention of this device.
- [OLD] A Mind Probe - In the Third Doctor story "Frontier in Space" (Doctor Who Season 10) a human mind probe was used on the Doctor. He claimed that stupidity was the best defence again one. There was a plan to use a Gallifreyan mind probe on the Castellan in "The Five Doctors." Fortunately for him he was shot before it could happen.
- [1ST] Cell 114 - First appearance of these sleeper agents.
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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
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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
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