A guide to classic Who references in new Who.
Doctor Who Series 14, episode 3 in which the Doctor steps on a landmine...
May contain spoilers for
"Boom"
The following are also covered:
[1ST] - Things that first appeared in this episode.
[OTH] - Things that first appeared in outside the series itself.
[REAL] - Things that first appeared in reality.
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| Kastorians 3 |
- [1ST] First appearance of this planet.
- [1ST] The Kastorions - The first non-appearance of this species.
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| 5087 AD |
- [1ST] First story set in this his year, the year occurs between:
- [NEW] 5037 AD where the Doctor, Rose and Mickey visited on the SS Madam de Pompador ("The Girl in the Fireplace" (Doctor Who (2005) series 2).
- [NEW] 5123 AD in which River Song applied to study archaeology at Luna University ("Let's Kill Hitler" (Doctor Who (2005) series 6).
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| Clerics |
- [NEW] Religious soldiers appeared in "The Time of the Angels"/"Flesh and Stone" (Doctor Who (2005) series 5), "A Good Man Goes to War" (Doctor Who (2005) series 6), and "Time of the Doctor" (Doctor Who (2005) Christmas Special 2013).
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| Villengard Automated Ambulance Unit |
- [1ST] The first appearance of this device, and presumably the first appearance of it's interface.
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| Smartmine |
- [1ST] The first appearance of this weapon.
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| The Villengard Corporation |
- [NEW] Villengard was a planet that manufactured weapons, including the Sonic Blaster used by Jack Harkness ("The Doctor Dances" (Doctor Who (2005) series 1)). The Doctor claims to have turned its weapons factories into a banana grove. The ruins of Villengard appeared in "Twice Upon A Time" (Doctor Who (2005) Christmas Special 2017).
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| 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 had their own TARDISes.
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| The Doctor |
- [OLD] The main character of Doctor Who, classic series and new. Due to Time Lords' ability to regenerate this is the "Fifteenth Doctor," although he has recently learnt there were more before the First Doctor. The Fifteenth Doctor first appeared in "The Giggle" (Doctor Who (2005) 60th Anniversary Special #3).
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| Ruby Sunday |
- [NEW] The Doctor's new companion, who first appeared in the previous episode, "The Church on Ruby Road" (Doctor Who (2005) Christmas Special 2023).
- [NEW] Her next of kin - Ruby was abandoned and adopted and doesn't know her parents.
- [NEW] Snow - Ruby reminiscing has previously produced snow (in reference to the day she was born) in "Space Babies" and "The Devil's Chord" (Doctor Who (2005) series 14).
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| The Moon and the President's Wife |
- [NEW] A story from the Doctor's past.
- First mentioned by Missy in "The Magician's Apprentice" (Doctor Who (2005) series 9), "Since the Cloister Wars. Since the night he stole the moon and the President's wife. Since he was a little girl. One of those was a lie -- can you guess which one?"
- The Doctor denied it in "Hell Bent" (Doctor Who (2005) series 9), "Ah, well, that was a lie put about by the Shabogans. It was the President's daughter. I didn't steal the moon, I lost it."
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| Vacwm Drones |
- [1ST] The first appearance of these weapons.
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| Time Lords |
- [OLD] The time traveling ruling elite of Gallifrey who have the ability to regenerate.
- [NEW] Last of the Time Lords - It was revealed in "The Timeless Children" (Doctor Who (2005) series 12) that they had all been cyber-converted, except The Master (who died in "The Power of the Doctor" (Doctor Who (2005) BBC Centenary Special) and the Doctor.
- [OLD] Two Hearts - They have two hearts.
- [OLD] Titles - They do use titles a lot instead of names, such as The Doctor, The Master, The Rani, The General, The Corsair. Others use proper names, such as Susan, Rassilon and Romana.
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| Fish Fingers and Custard |
- [NEW] A favourite food combination created by the Eleventh Doctor.
- 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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