DW Easter Special 2022: Legend of the Sea Devils

A guide to classic Who references in new Who.

Doctor Who  Easter Special 2022 in which the Doctor faces pirate Sea Devils in 19th century China.

May contain spoilers for 

"Legend of the Sea Devils"

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...

Sea Devils

• [OLD] A classic Who foe, who first appeared in "The Sea Devils" (Doctor Who (1963) Season 9). Like the Silurians, they're a lost race from the pre-Human history of Earth.
  

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).

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.

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).

Kynetic Hypercover

• [1ST] First mention of one of these.

The Doctor's Wife

• The First Doctor had a granddaughter and, so, possibly a wife. The TARDIS has also be refered to as the Doctor's wife.  She's also been married to:
• Queen Elisabeth ("Day of the Doctor" (Doctor Who (2005) 50th Anniversary Special)).
• Marilyn Monroe ("A Christmas Carol" (Doctor Who (2005) 2005 Christmas Special)).
• River Song ("The Wedding of River Song" (Doctor Who (2005) series 6)).

- 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.