DW 11-02: The Ghost Monument

A guide to classic Who references in new Who.

Doctor Who series 11 episode 2 in which the Doctor and friends cross a planet.

May contain spoilers for 

"The Ghost Monument"

References

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

The following are also covered:

[1ST] - The first appearance of this thing.

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

Ongoing References...

The Doctor

• [OLD] The main character of Doctor Who, classic series and new. This is the Thirteen Doctor. As noted in the episode, she is a member of an alien race.

The Ghost Monument

• [OLD] The TARDIS, The Doctor's time and space travel vehicle.  It stands for Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space.  Like a lot of the Doctor's race's technology, it is "bigger on the inside."  The Doctor stole her Tardis when fleeing her homeworld.  It is an older model ("Type 40") and unreliable, often ending up in the wrong location, and being unable to blend into its environment (a feature TARDISes should have). The Doctor lost it at the end of "Twice Upon A Time" (Doctor Who (2005) Christmas Special 2017). It has a translator circuit which usually translates alien languages for the characters.

Sonic

• [OLD] The Doctor's favourite tool: the sonic screwdriver. First shown to be used by the Second Doctor in "Fury of the Deep" (Doctor Who (1963) season 5), it has been used almost constantly since. While it has been destroyed a couple of times and replaced it has been implied to be the same device rebuilt ("Day of the Doctor" (Doctor Who (2015) 50th Anniversary Special). Although Doctor has suggested he initially built it ("The Doctor Dances"  (Doctor Who (2015) series 1) & "A Christmas Carol"  (Doctor Who (2015) Christmas Special 2010), this is the first time we've seen her build one.  It's been said to be self-repairing "A Christmas Carol"  (Doctor Who (2015) Christmas Special 2010) and on at least one occasion the repaired it for him ("The Eleventh Hour"  (Doctor Who (2015) series 5)). She built her current version in "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" (Doctor Who (2015) series 11).

This episode...

Desolation

• [1ST] Probably the first appearance of this planet.

Rally of the Twelve Galaxies

• [1ST] First appearance of this competition.

Albarian/Albar

• [1ST] First appearance of this race/first mention of this planet.

Muxteran

• [1ST] First appearance of this race.

Althusian cigar

• [1ST] First appearance of this item.

Venusian Akido/Karate

• [OLD] The Third Doctor used this martial art regularly:
•  "Inferno"  (Doctor Who (1963) season 7)
• "Colony in Space" (Doctor Who (1963) season 8)
• "The Mutants" (Doctor Who (1963) season 9)
• "The Green Death" (Doctor Who (1963) season 10)
• "The Time Warrior" (Doctor Who (1963) season 11)

Sarah Jane Smith seemed to have picked it up from the Third Doctor "A Girl's Best Friend" (K-9 & Company).  The Twelfth Doctor has shown the knowledge of this martial art in:

• "The Robots of Sherwood" (Doctor Who (2005) series 8)
• "The World & Time Enough" (Doctor Who (2005) series 10)

The Stenza

• [NEW] Appeared previously in "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" (Doctor Who (2015) series 11).

~ DUG.

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