Monday 6 December 2021

DW 13-06 Flux ch 6 The Vanquishers

 A guide to classic Who references in new Who.




Doctor Who Series 13, episode 5 in which the Doctor wraps up the Flux.


May contain spoilers for 
"The Vanquishers"

References

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

The following are also covered:
[NEW] - Things that first appeared in the new series.

Previously on Doctor Who...

The Ravengers (Swarm & Azure)
  • [NEW] The Ravengers are a brother (Swarm) and sister (Azure) aliens who know the Doctor, but are unknown to the Doctor and first appeared in  Doctor Who: Flux Chapter 1 ("The Halloween Apocalypse" (Doctor Who (2005) series 13).



The Doctor
  • [OLD] The main character of Doctor Who, classic series and new. Born on Gallifrey,  she is a Time Lord. Due to Time Lords' ability to regenerate this is the "Thirteen Doctor," although she's recently discovered she has a secret past.

The Ood
  • [NEW] Recurring race in the new series. Often bad guys due to the interference of outside forces. They first appeared in "The Impossible Planet" (Doctor Who (2005) series 2).



Fob Watch
  • [NEW] A biodata module, which appeared as part of Chameleon Arch in "The Family of Blood" (Doctor Who (2005) series 3), and later episodes.

Karvanista
  • [NEW] Karvanists, a Lupari and a former member of Division was pair-bonded to Dan, he first appeared in  Doctor Who: Flux Chapter 1 ("The Halloween Apocalypse" (Doctor Who (2005) series 13).

Lupari
  • [NEW] The Lupari, a species is pair-bounded to humans that first appeared in  Doctor Who: Flux Chapter 1 ("The Halloween Apocalypse" (Doctor Who (2005) series 13).


Kate Stewart
  • [NEW] The last known head of UNIT. First appeared in the non-BBC Doctor Who spin-off Downtime, and was introduced to the official series in "The Power of Three" (Doctor Who (2005) season 7).


Artron Energy
  • [OLD] Radiation associate with time travel.  Coordinator Engin stated that the Fourth Doctor must have a lot of stored artron energy to survive the near fatal attacks in the matrix in "The Deadly Assassin" (Doctor Who (1963) season 14).  The Fifth Doctor claimed there was a connection between artron energy and the TARDIS ("Four to Doomsday" (Doctor Who (1963) season 19)).  Rose's artron energy revived the dalek in "Dalek" (Doctor Who (2005) series 1) and Mickey's opened the Genesis Ark in "Doomsday" (Doctor Who Series 2).

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).

Division
  • [NEW] A secret organisation among the Time Lords which erased the Doctor's memory and gave her a new set of regenerations. They were first seen in "The Timeless Children" (Doctor Who (2005) series 12)

Rutans
  • [OLD] Appeared in "The Horror of Fang Rock" (Doctor Who (1963) season 15) in which they mentioned their war with the Sontarans.

The Daleks

Cybermen

    Weeping Angel
    • [NEW] Recurring race in the new series. First appeared in "Blink(Doctor Who (2005) series 3). The Doctor "became" one at the end of last episode.

    Lupari Shield
    • [NEW] The Lupari, a species is pair-bounded to humans that first appeared in  Doctor Who: Flux Chapter 1 ("The Halloween Apocalypse" (Doctor Who (2005) series 13). Because they were coming to Earth to save humans from the Flux, they developed spacecraft that were resistant to it.


    The Grand Serpent


    The Flux
    • [NEW] A universe destroying cloud that first appeared in  Doctor Who: Flux Chapter 1 ("The Halloween Apocalypse" (Doctor Who (2005) series 13.


    Atropos
    • [NEW] A city with a temple on the Planet Time. First appeared "War of the Sontatrans" (Doctor Who (2005) series 13).


    Passenger form

    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. 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).

    The Timeless Child




    - 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.

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