DW 14-05 Dot & Bubble

   A guide to classic Who references in new Who.

Doctor Who Series 14, episode 5 in which the Doctor and Ruby appear in socials.

May contain spoilers for 

"Dot & Bubble"

[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.

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

[REAL] - Things that first appeared in reality.

Dot and Bubble

• [1ST] First appearance of this powerful anti-gav psychocombination device.

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).
  

Finetime

• [1ST] First appeance of this city.

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).

Monster

• [1ST] First appearance of this creature.

The Wild Woods

• [1ST] First appearance of this wilderness area.

Penny Pepper-Bean

• First appearance of this person, or is it? She seems familiar to the Doctor & Ruby.

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)). It has a variety of powers."
• This may be the first time it's caused silence.
• This may be the first time it's be plugged into a mixing desk, but is similar to it's use in the space station in "The Space Babies" (Doctor Who (2005) series 14).

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.
• It's a voodoo magic box.

~ DUG.

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