DW 11-08: Witchfinders

A guide to classic Who references in new Who.

Doctor Who series 11 episode 8 in which the Doctor and friends meet James I.

May contain spoilers for 

"Witchfinder"

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.

Psychic Paper

• [NEW] An item usually used by the Doctor to create false identification for the Doctor.  It first appeared in "The End of the World" (Doctor Who (2005) series 1).

Sonic Screwdriver

• [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. She built her current version in "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" (Doctor Who (2015) series 11).

The TARDIS

• [OLD] 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 second-hand 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).

This episode...

Elizabeth I

• [OLD] In the first episode of the First Doctor serial "The Chase" (Doctor Who (1963) season 2) the Doctor fixes the Time Space Visualiser from the Moroks' Space Museum ("The Space Museum" (Doctor Who (1963) season 2), allowing then companion Barbara Wright to view Queen Elisabeth I's court. The Third Doctor ("The Mind of Evil" (Doctor Who (1963) season 8) mentions sharing a cell with Sir Walter Raleigh after Raleigh got into some trouble with Queen Elizabeth.  She was at the theatre in "The Shakespeare Code" (Doctor Who (2005) series 3), the Tenth Doctot mentioned meeting her in "The End of Time Part 1" (Doctor Who (2005) series 4) and married her in "The Day of the Doctor" (Doctor Who (2005) 50th Anniversary Special).

Harry Houdini

• [OLD] Harry Houdini - An actual person, who has been named dropped as having taught escape tricks to the Doctor and some of his companion: Ben Jackson (Second Doctor companion) in "The Highlanders" (Doctor Who (1963) season 4), the Third Doctor in "Planet of the Spiders" (Doctor Who (1963) season 11), the Fourth Doctor in "Revenge of the Cybermen" (Doctor Who (1963) season 12), and the Tenth Doctor "Dreamland" (Doctor Who (2005) animation).

Morax

• [1ST] First appearance of this warrior race.

~ 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.