DW 02-13: Doomsday (2 of 2)

A Guide to Classic Who references (and other references) in New Who episodes.

Doctor Who series 2, episode 13 (Story 21, part 2).  Cybermen vs Dalek.

May contain spoilers for:

"Army of Ghosts"

Viewing Order

• 01-01  "Rose" (Suggested viewing - introduction of characters.)
• Children in Need - "Born Again" or Christmas Special 2005 - "The Christmas Invasion" (Suggested viewing - reintroduction of character.)
• 02-05/06 "Rise of the Cybermen"/"The Age of Steel" (Introduction/Reintroduction of characters).

References

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

For context, the following are also coved:
[1ST] -  The first appearance of things in Doctor Who series.
[NEW] - Things that first appeared previously in the new series.
[NON] - Non-televised or other material that may not count.
[UNK] - Unknown, presumably new.

Previously...

The following things appeared in both episodes and so are listed again here, skip past to get to new information.

• [NEW]  Torchwood - Created by Queen Victoria in "Tooth & Claw": a secret organisation that reverse engineers found alien technology.
• [OLD]  Daleks - See: The Daleks.
• [OLD]  Cybermen - See: Cybermen for the old series version.  These models are from another universe and first appeared in "Rise of the Cybermen."

• [OLD]  The Void - "The Void" or "The White Void" was a location connected "The Land of Fiction" outside of real space in the Second Doctor story "The Mind Robber" where the normal rules of time and space didn't apply.  The Gateway was an almost white location between N-Space (normal space) and E-Space (exo-space) in "The Warrior's Gate" (Fourth Doctor).  It also was a plot point in "The Rise of the Cybermen."

This episode...

• [NEW]  The Time War - A war between the Time Lords and the Daleks, which lead to the total extinction of both races.  Except, obviously, the Doctor.  And a Dalek that ended up in Harry Van Statten's collection in 2012 ("Dalek").  And a Dalek Emperor who recreated the race from human DNA during the Fourth Great & Bountiful Human Empire.  And these guys who used a voidship to escape into the void.  This episode is also the first time he mentions fighting on the front line during the Fall of Arcadia.

• [1ST]  The Genesis Ark - First mention of this device.

• [NON]  Rels - The Rel is a Dalek measure of time, first used in the movie "Dr Who & the Daleks" (a movie adaptation of the first Doctor story "The Daleks" about a human called Doctor Who who builds a time machine.)  It was later brought into the Doctor Who universe proper by Doctor Who comics and audio books.  This seems to be the first reference in a televised in-universe episode.

• [OLD]  Cyber Leader - Mentioned by Mikey in the previous episode: Highest ranking Cyberman when the Cyber-Controller isn't around.  Appeared in Revenge of the Cybermen (Fourth Doctor), Earthshock, The Five Doctors (Fifth Doctor), Attack of the Cybermen, (Sixth Doctor), and the Silver Nemesis (Seventh Doctor).    Usually denoted by a black helmet or handlebars.  

• [OLD]  The Time Lords - The Doctor's race.  Known for their time travel and bigger-on-the-inside technology, usually seen in TARDISs.

• [OLD]  Polycarbide - The Seventh Doctor said the Daleks werw, ""little green blobs in bonded polycarbide armour" in "Remembrance of the Daleks."

• [OLD]  The Dalek Emperor - Rose is referring to the events of "The Parting of the Ways" however, the Dalek Emperor appeared in the Second Doctor story "The Evil of the Daleks."  Davros also sometimes assumed the role of as Dalek Emperor.

• [NEW]  Bad Wolf Bay - A reference to Rose becoming Bad Wolf and the series 1 arc word.

The 10 Rules to Doctor Who.

(Read the rules here.)

10.  The TARDIS is for arriving at the location of the story at the beginning of the episode and leaving at the end.  This is because Time Travel is the excuse for the story, not that the story is about.  Unless the episode is written by Steve Moffat, then it's definitely about Time Travel.

It's just for used for travel.  [1]

9.  No one can cross their own Time Stream, except when they do.

No one tries. [NA]

8.  There's no situation that can't be briefly defused by a non sequitur.

As usual.  [1]

7.  The Doctor is both the most serious and most frivolous person in the room - any room - at the same time.  And he does that without becoming insane.  Mostly.

As usual.  [1]

6.  The last episode of every series must contain the Master or at least one Dalek.  Every time.  However briefly.

Series final, Daleks appear.  [1]

5.  The main companion will be a young contemporary British female.  Although, to be

fair, almost everyone in the Universe is British and most things happen in contemporary London.

Rose is a young female contemporary companion. Jackie claims to be 40.  
  (Contemporary London setting.)   [1] 

4.  The more emotionless a species, cyborg or robot the more likely they are to be destroyed by emotions.  This is true of the Daleks.  It is particularly true of the Cybermen.

Daleks and Cybermen appear.  They were destroyed by each other and sucked into the void, emotions played no part.  [0]

3.  Even if the episode title contains the words "Dalek(s)" or "Cyberman/men" the presence of the Daleks and or Cybermen will at the beginning be treated as a mystery and their revelation a surprise.

Generic title, not spoilery.  The appearance of the Daleks and Cybermen is known.  [0]

2.  The nature of the threat will be revealed to the audience before the Doctor.  The truth behind the threat will be unknowable by the audience until it is explained by the Doctor.

The threat was explained the previous episode.  The Doctor explains the solution, though.  [1]

1.  The most dangerous creature in any situation is the last of its kind.  This sometimes also applies to aliens other than The Doctor.

The Doctor is the only last of his kind.  Torchwood thinks he's dangerous.  [.5]

Score:  5.5/9.

~ 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.