Monday 21 November 2016

Class 01-06: Detained (A)

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



Class series 1, episode 6 (story 5A) in which the gang are put in detention.



Warning: May contain Spoilers for

"Detained"


Viewing Order:


References:

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

For context, the following are also covered:
[1ST] - Things that appear for the first time in this episode.
[NEW] - Things that first appeared previously in the new Doctor Who series.
[CLASS] - Things that first appeared previously in the Class.

Ongoing References:



  • [CLASS]  Tear in space and time - First appeared in "For Tonight We Might Die" (Class Series 1).  The Doctor was only able to partially seal it and warning it would attract weirdness.  Rifts have previously appeared in E-Space in "The Warrior's Gate" (Doctor Who Season 18), in Cardiff ("The Unquiet Deadand "Boomtown" (Doctor Who Series 1)"Utopia" (Doctor Who Series 3), most of Torchwood Series 1 & Series 2) and Amy Pond's bedroom and all of space ("The Eleventh Hour" (Doctor Who Series 5)).

  • [1ST]  Miss Quill's punishment - An Arn, first mentioned in "For Tonight We Might Die" (Class series 1), was put into Miss Quill's head as punishment for her time as a freedom fighter/terrorist.  The Arn bonded her to one Rhodian (Charlie) who she must protect.


  • [CLASS]  Not human (Rhodia) - Charlie Smith is an alien, as first mentioned in "For Tonight We Might Die" (Class Series 1).






  • [CLASS]  Shadow Kin - First appeared in "For Tonight We Might Die" (Class series 1).  April has a connection to them.


From this Episode:


  • [CLASS]  Shadow - "The Underneath" or the Realm of the Shadow Kin ppeared previously in "Co-Owners of a Lonely Heart" and "Brave-ish Heart" (Class Season 1) in which April, Ram and their fathers visited it.  It is, obviously, the home of the Shadow Kin, which April has a connection to.

  • [OLD]  The Doctor - The central character of both series of Doctor Who.  The Twelfth Doctor in "For Tonight We Might Die" (Class series 1).


~ DUG.

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