A guide to classic Who references in new Who.
Doctor Who Series 14, episode 6 in which the Doctor and Ruby cosplay Bridgerton...
May contain spoilers for
"Rogue"
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.
1813 AD
- [REAL] The first appearance of this year, although it was noted in "Silver Nemesis" (Doctor Who (1963) season 25) it was one of the years the statue passed Earth. It occurs between:
- 1812 AD: they year of some of the events of "Greeks Bearing Gifts" (Torchwood (2006) series 1).
- 1814 AD: the year of the events of "Thin Ice" (Doctor Who (2005) series 10)
Bath, England
- [REAL] First onscreen appearance of this location.
Chuldur
- The first appearance of this shape-changing species.
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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] 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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| Psychic Earrings |
- [1ST] First appearance of these devices.
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| 1902 AD |
- The year that the Doctor and Leela visited in "Horror of Fang Rock" (Doctor Who (1963) season 15)
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| 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.
- It does all sorts of things.
- One of its weakens is deadlock seals.
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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. 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.
- It is "dimensionally transcendental" (bigger on the inside).
- Due to the failure of the chameleon circuit which should allow it to blend with its environment, it instead always looks like a shed (or a 1960s Police Box.)
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| The Duke's Late Mother |
- [1ST] The first painting of this character.
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| Psychic Paper |
- [NEW] An item usually used by the Doctor to create false identification for the Doctor. It first appeared in "The End of the World" (Doctor Who (2005) series 1).
- When it fails it sometimes reveals thoughts.
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| That New Boss |
- [NEW] Beep the Meep referred to "the boss" in "The Star Beast" (Doctor Who (2005) 60th Anniversary Special). However, this could be unrelated.
- [NEW] The second face Doctor from the new series, the tenth main Doctor.
- [NEW] The fifth face Doctor from the new series, the thirteenth main Doctor.
- [OLD] The first face of the Doctor to appear on Doctor Who.
- Two other actors have played this Doctor since.
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| The Doctor (The Scream of the Shalka Doctor) |
- [OTH] The doctor from a online animation in 2003. He was a possible Ninth Doctor before the show was renewed 2005. This is the first time the show has acknowledged his existence.
- He shares a face with Walter Simeon (from "The Snowmen" (Doctor Who (2005) Christmas Special 2002)), a form taken by The Great Intelligence.
- He also shares a face with "The Quite Handsome" the Tenth Doctor from the Comic Relief parody "Curse of the Fatal Death."
- [OLD] The fourth face of the Doctor to appear on Doctor Who.
- Some possible pre-First Doctor faces of the Doctor appeared during his run.
- This face is also a possible future Doctor who goes by the name "The Curator" ("The Day of the Doctor" (Doctor Who (2005) 50th Anniversary Special)).
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| The Doctor (The War Doctor) |
- [NEW] The face of the Doctor from between the Eighth and the Ninth Doctor to appear on Doctor Who. He appear in "The Name of the Doctor" (Doctor Who (2005) series 7) and "The Day of the Doctor" (Doctor Who (2005) 50th Anniversary Special). He is also called "The Warrior."
- [NEW] The fourth face Doctor from the new series, the twelfth main Doctor.
- He believes he got the face from a Roman called Caecilius from "The Fires of Pompeii" (Doctor Who (2005) series 4).
- The same face appeared on "Children of Earth" (Torchwood (2006) series 3) as John Frobisher.
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The Doctor (The Ninth Doctor)
- [NEW] The first face Doctor from the new series, the ninth main Doctor.
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| The Doctor (The Eleventh Doctor) |
- [NEW] The third face Doctor from the new series, the eleventh main Doctor.
The Doctor (The Fugitive Doctor)
- [NEW] A Doctor from before the First Doctor, possibly the one directly before him.
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| The Doctor (The Fourteenth Doctor) |
- [NEW] The sixth face Doctor from the new series, the fourteenth main Doctor.
- Shares a face with the Tenth Doctor (above.)
- [OLD] The third face of the Doctor to appear on Doctor Who.
- [OLD] The sixth main face of the Doctor to appear on Doctor Who.
- This was also the face of a Gallifreyan called Comander Maxil in "Arc of Infinity" (Doctor Who (2005) season 20).
- [OLD] The fifth main face of the Doctor to appear on Doctor Who.
- [OLD] The eighth face of the Doctor to appear on Doctor Who. He appeared in a one-off Doctor Who (1996) telemovie.
- [OLD] The second face of the Doctor to appear on Doctor Who.
- He shares a face with Ramón Salamander ("Enemy of the World" (Doctor Who (1963) season 5)).
- He also shares a face with an actor who played Robin Hood.
- [OLD] The seventh main face of the Doctor to appear on Doctor Who, and the last of the classic series.
- [OLD] The Home Planet of the Time Lords. Appeared in the original series; first appearing in Second Doctor story "The War Games" (Doctor Who (1963) season 6) and its name first said by the Third Doctor in "The Time Warrior" (Doctor Who (1963) season 11). It last appeared in the old series in The Five Doctors special and was mentioned as the Seventh Doctor's destination in the beginning of the Doctor Who (1996) movie. It was destroyed in the Time War (between the movie and the new series), but was restored in "Day of the Doctor" (Doctor Who (2005) 50 Anniversary Special).
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| Carla & Cherry Sunday |
- [NEW] Ruby's adopted mother and grandmother.
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| 2024 AD |
- The year of broadcast of the episode and Ruby's current year.
- Ruby and the Doctor visited an alternative timeline version of 2024 AD in "The Devil's Chord" (Doctor Who (2005) series 14). Ruby was stuck in a different alternative timeline that started that year.
- It comes before 2049, in which the Twelth Doctor, Clara and Courtney visit a moon in the events of "Kill the Moon" (Doctor Who (2005) series 9).
- 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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