Sunday, 30 April 2017

DW 10-03: Thin Ice

A Guide to Classic Who references in new Who.

 Doctor Who series 10 episode 3 in which Bill and the Doctor visit a frost fair.


Warning: May contain Spoilers for

"Thin Ice"


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.
[OTH] - Things from outside the series.

Ongoing References...



  • [OLD]  The TARDIS - The Doctor's time and space travel vehicle.  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 chameleon 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.   It is often implied to have a personality, which was given form in "The Doctor's Wife" where it's unreliability was discussed:
"You didn't always take me where I wanted to go." ~  The Doctor.
"No, but I always took you where you needed to go." ~ Idris (The TARDIS). 
"You did!" ~ The Doctor.

  • [OLD]  The Doctor - The central character of both series of Doctor Who.  This is the Twelfth Doctor, the thirteenth face he's had (leading to the comment about faces later in the episode).

  • [NEW]  Bill Potts - The Doctor's student and new companion ever since "The Pilot" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 10)

  • [NEW]  Nardole - River Song's assistant in the  "The Husbands of River Song" (Doctor Who (2005) 2015 Christmas Special).  His head was removed and used by the robot body of the Hydroflax.  When he appeared again in "The Return of  Doctor Mysterio" (Doctor Who (2005) 2016 Christmas Special). as the Doctor's new companion, Nardole noted:  "You cut me out of Hydroflax because you were worried you'd be lonely."  "The Pilot" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 10) suggests he now has a robot body.

  • [NEW]  The Vault - Has appeared or been mentioned ever since  "The Pilot" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 10).  The marking on it appear to be similar to High Gallifreyan.

This episode...

  • [NEW]  Frost Fair - In "A Good Man Goes to War" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 6) when Rory asked for River Song to join them at Demon's Run, River is returning from a frost fair with the Doctor and Stevie Wonder.  The frost fairs were held on the frozen river Thames during the "Little Ice Age" in the 17th to 19th century.  He also offered to take Clara to one in "The Caretaker" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 8).

  • [OLD]  Parallel Worlds - The TARDIS can travel to parallel worlds, accidently sending the Third Doctor to one in "Inferno" (Doctor Who (1963) Season 7) and accidently taking the Doctor, Rose and Mickey to one in "Rise of the Cybermen" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 2).

  • [OLD]  The Doctor's Age - In Doctor Who (1963), the Doctor claimed a variety of ages up to 953.  The Ninth Doctor claimed to be 900 ("Aliens of London" (Doctor Who (2005) series 1) and the Eleventh Doctor aged from 909 to 1103 in Doctor Who (2005) series 6 (according to his statement in "The Impossible Astronaut" (Doctor Who (2005) series 6).  He stated his age as 1200 in "A Town Called Mercy" (Doctor Who (2005) series 7) but upon meeting a new companion (in "The Bells of St John" (Doctor Who (2005) series 7) rounded down to 1000 age.  He then spends 900 years defending Trenzalor in "Time of the Doctor" (Doctor Who (2005) 2013 Christmas Special).  He regenerated soon after soon after that the Twelfth Doctor claimed to be 2000 ("Deep Breath" (Doctor Who (2005) series 8)).  He's since spent 24 years one night with River Song ("The Husbands of River Song" (Doctor Who (2005) 2015 Christmas Special) and according to university rumours has spent at least 50 or 70 years ("The Pilot" (Doctor Who (2005) series 10)).  His age is probably around 2175 - 2195,  (This doesn't include things like the 4.5 billion years he spent with his age being constantly recent in a confession dial ("Heaven Sent" (Doctor Who (2005) series 9)).

  • [NEW]  Psychic Paper - Used by the Doctor as fake ID, first appeared in ("The End of the World." (Doctor Who (2005) Series 1).



  • [OTH]  Search-Wise.net - A website used by Rose in "Rose" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 1) and by Mark Lynch in "Combat" (Torchwood Series 1).  In reality it is a fake search engine (although the site exists) created by a company external to the BBC to be used in a number of TV shows, including Eastenders (which did actually crossover with Doctor Who in the Doctor Who special "Dimensions in Time")  and Footballer's Wives.

  • [OLD]   Humans forgetting - Regularly mentioned (and sometimes explained) in new Who, it was also directly referenced in "Remembrance of the Daleks" (Doctor Who (1963) Season 25):
"Do you remember the Zygon gambit with the Loch Ness monster? Or the Yetis in the underground?" ~ The Doctor. 
"The what?" ~ Ace.
"Your species has the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched only by its ingenuity when trying to destroy itself." ~ The Doctor.

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~ 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.
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