DW 60th Anniversary Special #3: The Giggle

   A guide to classic Who references in new Who.

Doctor Who  BBC Anniversary Special #3 in which the Doctor and Donna face the Toymaker...

May contain spoilers for 

"The Giggle"

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

The following are also covered:

[1ST] - Things that first appeared in this episode.

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

[REAL] - Things that first appeared in outside the series itself.

[OTH] - Things that first appeared in outside the series itself.

Previously on Doctor Who...

The (Celetial) Toymaker

• [OLD] Immortals posing as a god, which the Doctor met in "The Celestal Toymaker" (Doctor Who (1963) season 3). 

The Doctor

• [OLD]  The main character of Doctor Who, classic series and new. Born on Gallifrey, he is a Time Lord. Due to Time Lords' ability to regenerate this is the "Fourteenth Doctor."

Donna

• [NEW] One of the Tenth Doctor's companions 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).  Donna saved the universe (at a terrible cost) in "Journey's End" (Doctor Who (2005) series 4). when she accidentally took in the mind of the Doctor, becoming "the DoctorDonna" allowing her to defeat the Daleks. However, since a human mind can't contain that much information she was doomed to die, so she was able to remove it in  "The Star Beast" (Doctor Who (2005) 60th Anniversary Special #1).

UNIT

• [OLD] First appeared in the classic series, and has regularly appeared in the new series, as well as appearing in Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Adventures. It was closed down some time between "The Zygon Inversion" (Doctor Who Series 9) and "Resolution" (Doctor Who New Year's Day Special 2019 by the events of "Survivors of the Flux" (Doctor Who Series 13: Flux).

Wilf

• [NEW] 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).

Kate Stewart

• [OTH] Kate Stewart. The current head of UNIT (see below). First appeared in the non-BBC Doctor Who spin-off Downtime (pictured) and was introduced to the official series in "The Power of Three" (Doctor Who (2005) series 7). Her father was The Brigadier, a long time member of the organisation.

Melanie "Mel" Bush

• [OLD] A companion of the Sixth & Seventh Doctors. She last appeared in "Power of the Doctor" (Doctor Who (2005) 2022 BBC Centenary Special). 

Archangel Network

• [NEW] A mobile phone network which the Master (as Harold Saxon) designed and used to mind control Britain into voting for him as PM.

Trinity Wells

• [NEW]  A journalist who regularly appeared in Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures and early Doctor Who (2005).

Sabalom Glitz

• [OLD] A character who appear in "Trial of a Time Lord" (Doctor Who (1963) season 23) and "Dragonfire" (Doctor Who (1963) season 24).

Zingo

• [1ST] A thing you get a lift off.

The First Doctor

• [OLD] The original Doctor. Or not (See "The Timeless Children" (Doctor Who (2005) series 12))

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 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 (a feature TARDISes should have). Other Time Lords have their own TARDISes.

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). In "The Planet of the Ood" (Doctor Who Series 4) Donna and the Doctor freed them from slavery.

Davros

• [OLD] Davros - Creator of the Daleks, Davros (Foes: Davros) first appeared in "Genesis of the Daleks" Doctor Who (1963) Season 12 and then every Dalek based story after that in the classic series making him a major foes of the Doctor.  He reappeared in "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" (Doctor Who (2005) series 4) having been rescued from the Time War by Dalek Caan. He appeared as a young boy in "The Magician's Apprentice"/"The Witch's Familar" Doctor Who (2005) series 9) where the Twelfth Doctor yelled "Exterminate" at him before saving him from a minefield. This short appears to have occured before the injuries that disfigured and crippled him.

The Adipose

• [NEW] Adipose - First appeared in "Partners in Crime" (Doctor Who Series 4), the episode in which Donna rejoined the Doctor.

The Daleks

• [OLD] The main enemy of the Doctor. The Daleks first appeared in the classic series and have regularly appeared in the new series. This Doctor and her companions faced a Dalek in "Resolution," "Revolution of the Daleks," and "Eve of the Daleks" (Doctor Who New Year's Day Special 2019, 2020 & 2022). They also appeared briefly in a couple of episodes of Series 13: Flux and "Power of the Doctor" (Doctor Who (2005) 2022 BBC Centenary Special). Donna met them in "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" (Doctor Who (2005) series 4). 

Salt

• [NEW] See events of the previous episode.

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). 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)). The previous Doctor built her version in "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" (Doctor Who (2015) series 11).

Time Lords

• [OLD]  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. They have two hearts.

Amy Pond

• [NEW] The Eleventh Doctor's companion from series 5 to 7.

Weeping Angel

• [NEW] Recurring race in the new series. First appeared in "Blink" (Doctor Who (2005) series 3).

Clara

• [NEW] The Eleventh and Twelfth Doctor's companion from series 7 to 9. She was killed by a Raven.

Bill

• [NEW] The Twelfth Doctor's companion in (Doctor Who (2005) series 10).

Cybermen

• [OLD] The cybermen were foe of the Doctor from the classic series who have frequently appeared in the new series, although Donna never met any herself.

The Flux

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

The Master

• [OLD]  An enemy snd childhood friend of the Doctor, first introducted in the classic series. Like The Doctor and other Time Lords the Master can regenerate. This version was first seen in "Spyfall, part 1" (Doctor Who (2005) series 12). and last seen on Gallifrey when it was destroyed in "The Timeless Children" (Doctor Who Series 12). They have frequently died and returned.

The One Who Waits

• [1ST] Presumably the first cryptic reference to this being. Or another reference to The Boss.

Regeneration

• [OLD] A Timelord technique for escaping death. (See: Background: Regeneration). In new Who along with the Doctor, the Master and multiple other Timelords, the human River Song also regenerated.

The Fifteenth Doctor

• [1ST] The Next Doctor.

Bi-generation

• [1ST] There's no such thing. Bi-generation is supposed to be a myth.

The Guardians (of Time)

• [OLD] Immortals posing as gods, two of which, the Black Guardian and the White Guardian tried to gain access to The Key to Time (with Guardians appearing in the first and last story of that arc/season "The Ribos Operation" and "The Armageddon Factor" (Doctor Who (1963) season 16) and also appear in The Black Guardian trilogy the "Mawdryn Undead", "Terminus" and "Enlightenment" (Doctor Who (1963) season 20)). The Eternals called them the Enlighteners. 

Fluid Links

• [OLD] Part of the TARDIS which the Doctor claimed was out of Mercury as an excuse to explore the Dalek city in "The Daleks" (Doctor Who (1963) season 1).

"Put on Trial"

• [OLD] The Sixth Doctor was put on trial in "Trial of a Time Lord" (Doctor Who (1963) season 23).

"Exile"

• [OLD] The Time Lords forced the regeneration of the Second Doctor and exiled the new Third Doctor to Earth.

"Key to Time"

• [OLD] The McGuffin from Doctor Who (1963) season 16.

Logopolis

• [OLD] The events of "Logopolis" (Doctor Who (1963)) season  18)

Adric

• [OLD] A companion to the Fourth and Fifth Doctors who was killed in a Cyber-men attempt to destroy Earth.

River Song

• [NEW] The Doctor's wife.

Sarah Jane

• [OLD] Companion of the Third and Fourth Doctor. Also main character in Sarah Jane Adventures.

Rose Tyler

• [NEW] Rose - Former companion of the Doctor.  Her first appearance was in "Rose" (Doctor Who (2005) series 1), although she did make an earlier appearance in "Father's Day" (Doctor Who (2005) series 1).  She remained the Doctor's companion until "Doomsday" (Doctor Who (2005) Series 2) where she became stuck on a parallel Earth.  She's been reappearing since "Partners in Crime"  (Doctor Who (2005) series 4) and last appeared in this timeline in "Midnight"  (Doctor Who (2005) series 4) and in a alternate timeline in "Turn Left"  (Doctor Who (2005) series 4).

The Time War

• [NEW] An event that occured between the Doctor Who (1995) telemovie and the new series (Doctor Who (2005)).

Pandorica

• [NEW] A device used to trap the Eleventh Doctor.

Mavic Chen

• [OLD] In "The Dalek's Masterplan" (Doctor Who (1963) season 3) the Guardian of the Solar System in the 41 Century who betrayed it and worked with the Daleks.

Gods of Ragnarok

• [OLD] Appeared in "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" (Doctor Who (1963) season 25).

Shaun Temple

• [NEW] Donna's husband. First appeared as Donna's fiance in The End of Time (Part 1)  (Doctor Who (2005) Christmas Special 2010). His marriage to her appeared in "The End of Time (Part 2)" (Doctor Who (2005) New Year's Day Special 2010).

Sylvia Noble

• [NEW] Donna's mother. First appeared in "The Runaway Bride" (Doctor Who (2005) 2006 Christmas Special). Very dismissive of her daughter and her abilities, but also deeply protective of her. One of the people aware that the Donna remembering the Doctor will kill her.

Rose Noble

• [NEW] Donna's daughter who first appearanced in the previous episode ("The Star Beast" Doctor Who (2005) 60th Anniversary Special #1). The name comes from Rose Tyler, the companion of the Ninth and Tenth Doctors, who Donna met.

Warrior Queen of the Felooth

• [1ST] First mention of this monarch.

- DUG.

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