The Case of Time and Space Part 3
Hey Cassettes! It's finally here, the last installment in our Doctor Who series. This week, we took a break from research and decided to discuss some of our favorite episodes from the reboot. There are SO MANY episodes that we love, we couldn't include them all. But, we know now that we want to do more Doctor Who episodes in the future.
So, grab some fish-fingers and custard and settle in, Whovians!
Important Episodes
Rose Season 1, Episode 1
In order to bring callbacks from the original show this debut episode of the new series featured the Nestene Consciousness and the Autons.
Aliens of London S1 E4
Rose has been gone 12 months, instead of hours, and her mom and Mickey are worried.
The monster prevalent in this episode are the Slitheen. These creatures want to take over the Earth and in order to do this they steal the skin of people (mostly powerful government people).
To create a distraction the Slitheen have a spaceship crash into the Thames after hitting Big Ben.
We meet for the first time, “Harriet Jones, MP, Flydale North”
MP is a member of Parliament.
Dalek S1 E6
The Doctor and Rose go to a Museum and proceed to the 53rd level down. There they find that the collector for the museum, Henry van Statten has a Dalek chained up
The discovery of the Dalek angers the Doctor because he thought he had destroyed the entire Dalek fleet.
The Empty Child S1 E9
When a strange cylinder crashes in 1941 during the London Blitz a plague of sorts begins where people begin becoming mummy-like and “grow” a gas mask on their face.
They do this after coming in contact with a Little Boy in a gas mask who continues to ask “Are you my mummy?”
We are introduced for the first time to Captain Jack Harkness.
The Parting of the Ways S1 E13
In order to save Earth from Daleks, the Doctor is willing to sacrifice himself. He attempts to save Rose by sending her back to Earth in the TARDIS and then locking the TARDIS doors so she cannot return to him. Seeing all of the Bad Wolf signs she decides she must go back to save him.
In order to get back in Rose, her boyfriend Mickey, and her mother Jackie take the TARDIS door off. They do this by using a truck to pry it off.
When they do this they release the heart of the TARDIS and Rose is able to save the day.
Since Rose has absorbed so much energy she is in danger of dying and so in order to save Rose the Doctor absorbs the Time Vortex energy into himself.
This is what causes him to regenerate into David Tennant as the Doctor.
“You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do what’s right, even when everyone else just runs away.”-Rose
The Christmas Invasion S2 E0
Doctor regenerates
Trees that spin
Sycorax want his regeneration energy and to enslave mankind
Santas with trombone and trumpet weapons
Doctor essentially in a coma state
Hand
Lion King Quote
School Reunion S2 E3
Set in a school the Krillitanes are using children to try to gain ultimate power.
This episode is significant because it brings back Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 from Classic Who.
“No. The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it’s a world or a relationship, everything has its time. And everything ends.”- Sarah Jane Smith
The Girl in the Fireplace S2 E4
Repair androids from the 51st century have ripped holes in time to stalk Madame De Pompador and harvest her brain.
The Impossible Planet/Satan Pit S2 E8 & E9
“The Beast” which is likened to the physical embodiment of Satan.
This is the first introduction of the Ood.
When they are being controlled by the Beast they have glowing red eyes.
It brings along the interesting concept that although the body may be scary, the scariest thing is the Beasts mind.
Love and Monsters S2 E10
This episode has the Doctor adjacent to the story and not center stage.
“When you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all… grow up. Get a job. Get married. Get a house. Have a kid, and that’s it. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It’s so much darker. And so much madder. And so much better.”- Elton Pope
Doomsday S2 E13
This is where we say goodbye to Rose after the Cyberman travel from the another universe and clash with the Daleks.
Runaway Bride Season 3 E0
Where we first meet Donna, she appears wearing a wedding dress in his TARDIS right after an emotional goodbye with Rose.
Smith & Jones Season 3 E1
The Judoon have abducted a human hospital in order to find a fugitive.
This is where we meet the young doctor-in-training Martha Jones, his next companion.
Blink S3 E10
One of the most referred to episodes with the weeping angels as the monster.
Remember “Blink and you’re dead. They are fast, faster than you can believe. Don’t turn your back, don’t look away, and don’t blink. Good luck.”
The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Timelords S3 E12 & E13
The return of The Master as he becomes the new prime minister and uses cyborgs to take over the world.
Fires of Pompeii S4 E2
Both Peter Capaldi and Karen Gillan make appearances in this episode and later become Doctor and companion respectively.
The episode centers around the natural disaster of Pompeii.
It stresses the explanation that the doctor cannot prevent all historic events.
The Doctor’s Daughter S4 E6
Through DNA extraction, the Doctor now has a daughter.
Jenny is played by David Tennant’s now wife, Georgia Moffat.
Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead S4 E8 & E9
We meet River Song for the first time, and face the Vashta Narada.
Beware of the shadows and make sure that those close to you do not have two shadows.
Midnight S4 E10
An old-style sci-fi episode that takes place in a single location without sets and special effects, a psychological thriller of an episode.
Though the Doctor has Donna as a companion they split for this episode. It is up to just the Doctor to save those around him.
The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End S4 E12 &E13
All of the doctor’s companions band together to save the earth from the Daleks.
This is the end of Donna, arguably one of the best companions.
Davros: “This is my final victory Doctor, I have shown you yourself.”
The Doctor just before wiping Donna’s mind: “I just want you know there are worlds out there safe in the sky because of her. And there are people living in the light and singing songs of Donna Noble a thousand million light years away. They will never forget her. While she can never remember. But for one moment, one shining moment, she was the most important woman in the whole wide universe.”
The End of Time Part 1 & 2
David Tennant’s last episodes.
Where he famously said “I don’t want to go”
The Master returns, and Donna’s grandfather contacts The Doctor.
The Master turns everyone on earth into a likeness of himself.
This episode also shows the Time Lords of Gallifrey as a main antagonist.
The Ood are a primary creature in this episode.
The Eleventh Hour S5 E1
The beginning of Matt Smith and his companion Amy.
We also first see the crack in Amy’s wall which has ties to later episodes.
The Hungry Earth S5 E8
This episode brought back the Silurians, a race from the old show.
Vincent and The Doctor S5 E10
Amy tries to save Vincent Van Gogh by showing him how much he means to the present world.
The Impossible Astronaut S6 E1
The Doctor’s death.
The Doctor’s Wife S6 E4
Tardis comes to life and takes a human woman form.
Doctor: “You never took me where I wanted to go.”
Sexy: “No…. But I always took you where you needed to go.”
Let’s Kill Hitler S6 E8
This episode reveals that Amy and Rory were childhood friends of River Song without knowing it; they travel to the 1940s to assassinate Hitler.
Closing Time S6 E12
One of two episodes that featured Craig played by James Corden.
The Time of the Doctor
We say Goodbye to Matt Smith.
“We all change when you think about it. We’re all different all through our lives. And that’s okay, that’s good. You’ve got to keep moving. As long as you remember all the people that you used to be. I will not forget one line of this, not one day. I swear. I will always remember when the Doctor was me.”
The Girl Who Died/The Woman Who Lived S9 E5 & E6
Maisie Williams guest appearance as a young Viking girl who becomes immortal.
The Zygon Invasion/The Zygon Inversion S9 E7 & 8
Peace between the Zygons and humans is at stake after the Zygons had been permitted to live on the Earth
The Doctor brings them together and has them choose between two boxes
One box kills the Zygons OR kills the humans.
The other box either normalizes the Zygons or makes it so they can never change form again.
The Doctor will not tell them which box does what.
Extremis S10 E6
Veritas-the deadly truth.
Everyone is a simulation of themselves and therefore when they find this out they commit suicide.
The Doctor realizes that he is a simulation but knows that the sunglasses can still record and sends himself an email with the recording to know what is coming.