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Revision as of 17:45, 10 January 2007


Summary

The Doctor and Rose arrive in the highlands of Scotland in 1879 in time to meet Queen Victoria. They accompany her to the Torchwood Estate where they must face a band of warrior monks and a werewolf.

Cast & Characters

Cast

Cast notes

Notes

Influences

Ratings

  • Tooth and Claw - 8.9m viewers (42.3%)

Location Filming

Cultural References

  • The Doctor identifies himself as "Doctor James McCrimmon of the township of Balamory" - Balamory is the setting of a CBeebies television program which although designed for pre-school children has gained a cult following in the UK. This town, however, is not entirely fictional - the children's TV show is filmed in an actual village called Balamory.

Continuity

  • When Rose first encounters the wolf in its human form it says it can see the wolf in her and that she is "burning like the Sun", a reference to her transformation in The Parting of the Ways
  • It is revealed at the very end of this episode that Queen Victoria founded the Torchwood Institute, taking the name from the estate, with a remit to investigate paranormal events such as the werewolf in this episode. The Torchwood Institute has previously been referenced in Bad Wolf and was seen in action in The Christmas Invasion. The Institute is to form the basis of a spin off series entitled Torchwood
  • The Doctor once again seems suprised by what appears on his psychic paper. It may just be that he allowed his mind to wander as Captain Jack did in The Empty Child or it may be that someone else is manipulating the paper as the Face of Boe was able to do in New Earth
  • Werewolves also appear in the stories Wolfsbane and Kursaal
  • The Doctor introduces himself as "Doctor James McCrimmon", a reference to his past Scottish companion Jamie McCrimmon.
  • The Seventh Doctor also foiled the plans of an alien who wanted to assassinate Queen Victoria in the episode Ghost Light.

Discontinuity

  • Both the Doctor and Rose are knighted in this episode, becoming Sir Doctor of the TARDIS and Dame Rose of the Powell Estate. Dame Commanders of the British Empire are not traditionally dubbed with a sword, and the formal names of a knight and a dame do not include a location. Also, as the Doctor told the Queen his name was James McCrimmon, she would have knighted him as such, not as "Sir Doctor".

Quotes

"Yeah ... but - a Werewolf!" - Rose Tyler

Story Arcs

Torchwood Arc

Similar stories

References

Caesar crossing the Rubicon

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