A Guide to Classic Who references (and other references) in New Who including in Torchwood episodes.
Torchwood season 2 episode 10 (Story 23) in which the circus comes to town.
Warning: May contain Spoilers for
"From Out of the Rain"
References:
[OLD] - Things that first appeared in the classic Doctor Who series (or the film.) Episode List.
[No direct references to classic Who this time, sorry.]
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.
[No direct references to classic Who this time, sorry.]
[No direct references to classic Who this time, sorry.]
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] Captain Jack Harkness - Former Time Agent from the 51st century, 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 (2005) Series 1).
- [NEW] Torchwood - An organisation created by Queen Victoria after the events of "Tooth and Claw" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 2).. Torchwood-1 (London) was destroyed by the events of "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 2). This is Torchwood-3 (Cardiff), who first appeared in "Everything Changes" (Torchwood Series 1)
- [TW] Jack's immortality - In "Parting of the Ways" (Doctor Who (2005) series 1) he was killed by Daleks and resurrected by Rose/Bad Wolf and left in the future. He was revealed to be immortal in "Everything Changes" (Torchwood series 1)
- [TW] Owen Harper's lack of breath - Owen was shot and killed at the end of "Reset" (Torchwood series 2) and bought back to life (sort of) in "Dead Man Walking" (Torchwood series 2).
From this episode:
- [1ST] The Night Travellers - First appearance of this group.
The Time Crash blog was created to help New Who & Torchwood 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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