Friday, 5 October 2018

DW New Year's Day Special 2010: The End of Time Part 2

A Guide to Classic Who references in new Who.


Doctor Who New Year's Day Special 2010 (Story 45 part 2) in which Gallifrey comes to visit.


Warning: May contain spoilers for

"The End of Time Part 2"


Timelines

"The End of Time Part 1" > The Doctor > "The Eleventh Hour"
"Day Five" (Torchwood) > Jack Harkness > "The New World" (Torchwood)
"The Gift Part 2" (The Sarah Jane Adventures) > Sarah Jane > "The Nightmare Man Part 1" (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
"Father's Day" > Rose > "Rose"
"The End of Time Part 1" > The Master > "The World And Time Enough"

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 that first appeared outside the television shows.


Ongoing References...


  • [OLD] Gallifrey - Homeworld of the Time Lords. It first appeared in "The War Games" (Doctor Who (1963) season 6). It wasn't named until "The Time Warrior" (Doctor Who (1963) season 11), but it is first mentioned in "The Sensorites" (Doctor Who (1963) season 1):
SUSAN: Grandfather and I don't come from Earth. Oh, it's ages since we've seen our planet. It's quite like Earth, but at night the sky is a burned orange, and the leaves on the trees are bright silver. 

  • [NEW] Time War - An event between the Doctor Who movie and the new series which destroyed the Daleks(ish) and wiped out almost all the Time Lords except the Doctor (and the Master).


  • [OLD]  The Time Lords - The time traveling ruling elite of Gallifrey.  It is noted here that they are not easy to come by.  This has probably always been true, however since the Time War they have been trapped outside the universe and then relegated to the end of time.  This would make them hard to find.

  • [OLD] The Master - The long term enemy of the Doctor.  See Foes: The Master.


  • [NEW]  Wilf - First appeared in "Voyage of the Damned" (Doctor Who (2005) Christmas Special 2007) and was revealed to be Donna's grandfather in "Partners in Crime"  (Doctor Who (2005) series 4). He last appeared in "Journey's End" (Doctor Who Series 4).

  • [NEW] Donna - The Doctor's companion this series, first appearing in  "The Runaway Bride" (Doctor Who (2005) 2006 Christmas Special), and joining the Doctor in "Partners in Crime"  (Doctor Who (2005) series 4). 


  • [OLD]  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 being unable to blend into its environment.

  • [OLD] The Time Vortex - The thing that you travel through when travelling in time.  It has often appeared in the opening credits and it had appeared a number of times in the old series, portrayed differently in different eras due to special effects limitations at the time.

  • [OLD]  Heartbeat of a Time Lord - Different to humans, due to the fact that Time Lords have two heart. This was first noted in "Spearhead in Space" (Doctor Who (1963) season 7) the Third Doctor's first story.  Previously it seemed that the First and Second Doctor only had one heart.  Since then it is usually implied that Time Lords always have two hearts (with early references being retroactively regarded as goofs) although some non-televised sources claim that Time Lords have only a single heart in their first body (or the number changes).  Other non-televised sources state that the First Doctor and his granddaughter Susan actually had two hearts.   In "Dalek" (Doctor Who (2005) series 1) Henry Van Statten discovered that the Ninth Doctor had two hearts and in "Smith & Jones" (Doctor Who (2005) series 3) Martha made the same discovery.  Having two hearts saved his life in "The Shakespeare Code" (Doctor Who (2005) series 3).

  • [OLD] The Doctor's Age - The Doctor's age came up a few times in the classic series, mostly with contradicting values, the last time he mentioned his age in the classic series the Doctor was 953.  Assuming "of time & space" means travelling in the TARDIS this could make him quite a bit older than that (some estimates put him at about 236 when he took the TARDIS.)  In "Aliens of London" (Doctor Who Series 1) he tells agrees with Rose's assumption that he's 900 years old, although that could be for simplicity's sake.




  • [OLD]  Daleks - Classic Doctor Who villain (see Daleks).


  • [OLD] Sonic Screwdriver - The Doctor's favourite tool.  First appeared in "Fury of the Deep" (Doctor Who (1963) season 5) and has been used off and on by various Doctor including the Ninth and Tenth.


    Donna's Flashbacks...

    • [NEW] Pyrovillian -  A reference to the events of "Fires of Pompeii" (Doctor Who Series 4).


    • [NEW] Space Wasp - A reference to the events of "The Unicorn & the Wasp" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 4).

    • [NEW] Racnoss - A reference to the events of "The Runaway Bride" (Doctor Who (2005) Christmas Special 2006)

    • [NEW] Ood - A reference to the events of "Planet of the Ood" (Doctor Who (2005) series 4)

    Last episode...


    • [1ST]  President Rassilon - An important figure in Time Lord history, and architect and engineer, sometimes considered the first Time Lord: according to "The Deadly Assassin" (Doctor Who (1963) season 14) Rassilon led the battle agains the Great Vampires according to "State of Decay" (Doctor Who (1963) season 18) and was rumoured to know the secret of immortality, but trapped any of those who sort it in his tomb ("The Five Doctors" 25th Anniversary Special).  His appearance here suggest that possibly during the Time War he returned from the dead and became Lord High President.



    • [NEW] The Sound of Drums - First mentioned in "The Sound of Drums" (Doctor Who (2005) season 3).




    • [NEW] Vinvocci - The first appearance of this race was last episode.

    • [NEW] The Woman - Possibly the first appearance of this character was last episode.

    This episode...

    • [1ST] The Moment - First mention of this.

    • [NEW] UN Protocols - Previously, in "Robot" (Doctor Who (1963) season 12), the UK held the Destructor Codes for the world's atomic arsenal, however, it was revealed in "World War Three" (Doctor Who series 1):
    HARRIET: Well, there's nothing like that in here. Nuclear strikes do need a release code, yes, but it's kept secret by the United Nations.

    • [NEW] Meta-crisis - The partial regeneration, creation of a human replica of the Doctor and the creation of the Doctor Donna from "Journey's End" (Doctor Who Series 4).

    • [1ST] The Untempered Schism - First appearance of this gap in the fabric of reality from which can be seen the whole of the Time Vortex.

    • [NEW] Knock Four Times - A prediction made by Carmen in "Planet of the Dead" (Doctor Who (2005) Easter Special 2008).

    • [1ST] White Point Star - First mention of this object.

    • [NEW]  The Weeping Angels of Old - Villains who first appeared in "Blink" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 3).

    • The events of the Time War:
      • [1ST] The Skaro Degredations - First mention of these. Skaro was the home world of the Daleks, already a mutant version of the population, so who knows what is considered a degradation in that case.
      • [1ST] The Horde of Travesties - First mention of this, another group of abominations.
      • [NEW] The Nightmare Child - Dalek Caan apparently flew into the jaws of this to save Davros from the Time War, as mentioned in "The Stolen Earth" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 4)
      • [1ST] The Could've Been King - First mention of this, with a name that suggests changing timelines.
      • [1ST] His Army of Meanwhiles and Neverweres - First mention of these, with names that suggest changing timelines.





    • [NEW]  The Judoon - A race of space police who appeared in "Smith & Jones" (Doctor Who (2005) series 3) and "The Stolen Earth" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 4).




     ~ DUG.
    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.

    "The End of Time Part 1" > The Doctor > "The Eleventh Hour"
    "Day Five" (Torchwood) > Jack Harkness > "The New World" (Torchwood)
    "The Gift Part 2" (The Sarah Jane Adventures) > Sarah Jane > "The Nightmare Man Part 1" (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
    "Father's Day" > Rose > "Rose"
    "The End of Time Part 1" > The Master > "The World And Time Enough"

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