A Guide to Classic Who references (and other references) in New Who including in Torchwood episodes.
Torchwood series 2 episode 12 (Story 25 part 1) in which things go boom.
Warning: May contain Spoilers for
"Fragments"
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] 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 Three (Cardiff), who first appeared in "Everything Changes" (Torchwood Series 1), this episode features the first appearance of the 1899 and 1999 versions of the teams.
- [NEW] Captain Jack Harkness - Former Time Agent from the 51st century, con-man and companion to the Tenth Doctor. Head of Torchwood Three. He was made immortal accidentally by the Bad Wolf entity (Rose Tyler) in "The Parting of the Ways" (Doctor Who (2005) 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 has since been shown in Torchwood and Doctor Who (2005) to be able to return from the dead.
- [OLD] The Doctor - If you need this explained why are you here?
- [OLD] UNIT - An military organisation which first appeared in "Invasion" (Second Doctor story.)
- [TW] Retcon - A drug that Torchwood Three uses to remove civilian's memories of events. It was used on Gwen in "Everything Changes" (Torchwood Series 1). It is made of Compound B67 "Retcon," which was found in the blood of victims in "They Keep Killing Suzie" (Torchwood Series 1).
- [TW] Weevils - An alien race that has slipped through the rift and infest Cardiff.
From this episode:
- [OLD] 1999 - Jack being given the Torchwood Three occured at the same time as events in the Doctor Who movie.
- [1ST] Psychic locket - First appearance of this item.
- [1ST] Sonic Modulator - First appearance of this item.
- [1ST] Tarot girl - First appeared (later than here) in "Dead Men Walking" (Torchwood series 2).
- [NEW] Torchwood Institute, London - Also known as Torchwood One, appeared (and was destroyed) in "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 2). It was located at Canary Wharf.
- [TW] Lisa - Ianto's girlfriend, Lisa Hallet, from their time at Torchwood One. While neither character appeared in the episode, Lisa was partially converted into a Cyberman during the events of "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 2). She appeared in the "Cyberwoman" Torchwood (Series 1).
- [TW] Pteranodon - Torchwood Three's pet, seen off and on since "Everything Changes" (Torchwood Series 1).
- [OLD] The Meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs - Was actual a space freighter sent to Earth by the Cybermen ("Earthshock" (Doctor Who (1963) season 19). This is the first reference to Jack having visited this period.
- [NEW] Brain alien thing - First appearance of this creature.
- [TW] Captain John Hart - Ex-Time Agent and former partner of Jack. First appeared in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" Torchwood (Series 2).
- [TW] Gray - First mentioned (and hand first seen) in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" Torchwood (Series 2) and later appeared in flashback in "Adam" Torchwood (Series 2).
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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