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'''''The Halloween Apocalypse''''', prefixed with '''''Chapter One''''' in the [[title sequence]], was the opening episode of [[Series 13 (Doctor Who)|series 13]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It formed the first chapter of the six-part serial ''Doctor Who: Flux''. | '''''The Halloween Apocalypse''''', prefixed with '''''Chapter One''''' in the [[title sequence]], was the opening episode of [[Series 13 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 13]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It formed the first chapter of the six-part serial ''Doctor Who: Flux''. | ||
This chapter introduced [[the Flux]], a universe-breaking force which is bound for [[Earth]], as well as [[Swarm]], a figure from the Doctor's past, who escapes his confinement and frees his sister [[Azure]] from [[Anna (The Halloween Apocalypse)|her earthly life]]. [[Dan Lewis]] also makes his first appearance, and the Doctor is revealed to have been pursuing [[Karvanista]], the last living member of [[the Division]], the order which erased her memories of having been the [[Timeless Child]]. | This chapter introduced [[the Flux]], a universe-breaking force which is bound for [[Earth]], as well as [[Swarm]], a figure from the Doctor's past, who escapes his confinement and frees his sister [[Azure]] from [[Anna (The Halloween Apocalypse)|her earthly life]]. [[Dan Lewis]] also makes his first appearance, and the Doctor is revealed to have been pursuing [[Karvanista]], the last living member of [[the Division]], the order which erased her memories of having been the [[Timeless Child]]. | ||
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In Liverpool, [[2021]], a man named [[Dan Lewis]] leads a group of visitors around the [[Museum of Liverpool]], telling them about how great the city is. He is interrupted and escorted out by [[Diane (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Diane]], who tells him that he needs to stop pretending to be a [[tour guide]] because he could be permanently banned from the museum. He protests that he is making people happy, and they clarify where they will meet up for [[Halloween]] drinks. | In Liverpool, [[2021]], a man named [[Dan Lewis]] leads a group of visitors around the [[Museum of Liverpool]], telling them about how great the city is. He is interrupted and escorted out by [[Diane (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Diane]], who tells him that he needs to stop pretending to be a [[tour guide]] because he could be permanently banned from the museum. He protests that he is making people happy, and they clarify where they will meet up for [[Halloween]] drinks. | ||
A burst of sparks comes from the TARDIS console and the Doctor and Yaz wonder why it is not taking them to Earth. Before they can ponder this, the Doctor experiences a vision. Seeing a planetoid on the [[Burnished Rage battleground]], the Doctor watches two people, [[En Sentac]] and [[K-Toscs]], checking if a prisoner called [[Old Swarm|Swarm]] is still contained, as he has been since the dawn of the universe. Swarm awakes and taunts them before easily breaking free and killing them both, visibly renewing himself as he does so. He turns around and tells the Doctor "trick or treat". Shaken, the Doctor comes to as Yaz alerts her to a black liquid seemingly leaking from the TARDIS. She scans it with [[ | A burst of sparks comes from the TARDIS console and the Doctor and Yaz wonder why it is not taking them to Earth. Before they can ponder this, the Doctor experiences a vision. Seeing a planetoid on the [[Burnished Rage battleground]], the Doctor watches two people, [[En Sentac]] and [[K-Toscs]], checking if a prisoner called [[Old Swarm|Swarm]] is still contained, as he has been since the dawn of the universe. Swarm awakes and taunts them before easily breaking free and killing them both, visibly renewing himself as he does so. He turns around and tells the Doctor "trick or treat". Shaken, the Doctor comes to as Yaz alerts her to a black liquid seemingly leaking from the TARDIS. She scans it with [[Thirteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver|her sonic screwdriver]] and pretends that everything is fine. She sets the dateline for [[31 October]]. | ||
In Liverpool, Dan emerges from [[Jenning Street Food Bank]] and gives a box of food and some sweets to two people dressed in Halloween costumes. Inside, his co-worker [[Wilma (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Wilma]] offers to make up a box of food for him but he declines. Something dashes behind him as they talk but he does not see it. It scans them both as they lock up. | In Liverpool, Dan emerges from [[Jenning Street Food Bank]] and gives a box of food and some sweets to two people dressed in Halloween costumes. Inside, his co-worker [[Wilma (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Wilma]] offers to make up a box of food for him but he declines. Something dashes behind him as they talk but he does not see it. It scans them both as they lock up. | ||
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* Dan lives on [[Granger Street]] [[37 Granger Street|37]], [[Anfield (suburb)|Anfield]], [[Liverpool]], close to the [[Anfield (stadium)|football stadium]]. | * Dan lives on [[Granger Street]] [[37 Granger Street|37]], [[Anfield (suburb)|Anfield]], [[Liverpool]], close to the [[Anfield (stadium)|football stadium]]. | ||
* Dan arranges to meet Diane at the corner of [[Lark Lane]]. | * Dan arranges to meet Diane at the corner of [[Lark Lane]]. | ||
* According to the Doctor, | * According to the Doctor, she and Yaz have landed in the [[Jürgen Klopp|Klopp era]]. | ||
* [[Jón (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Jón]] and [[Anna (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Anna]] live in a isolated house in the [[Arctic Circle]]. | * [[Jón (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Jón]] and [[Anna (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Anna]] live in a isolated house in the [[Arctic Circle]]. | ||
* [[Inston-Vee Vinder]] is stationed at [[Observation Outpost Rose]] to observe the [[space]] in the [[Thoribus Section]]. As [[the Flux]] approaches, he zooms in on the [[Thoribus Trifecta]], seeing [[Thoribus Minor]] get destroyed. | * [[Inston-Vee Vinder]] is stationed at [[Observation Outpost Rose]] to observe the [[space]] in the [[Thoribus Section]]. As [[the Flux]] approaches, he zooms in on the [[Thoribus Trifecta]], seeing [[Thoribus Minor]] get destroyed. | ||
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=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* When Diane tells Dan he is not official at the Museum, he calls himself an "Official [[Scouse (Accent)|Scouse]]". | * When Diane tells Dan he is not official at the Museum, he calls himself an "Official [[Scouse (Accent)|Scouse]]". | ||
* Diane warns Dan that [[Alan (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Alan]] may ban him permanently if he keeps giving | * Diane warns Dan that [[Alan (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Alan]] may ban him permanently if he keeps giving unofficial tours. | ||
* {{Needham}} uses [[psychic connection]] to show himself to the Doctor and shows her both his encounter with [[En Sentac]] and [[K-Toscs]] on the [[Burnished Rage battleground]], how he escapes, and later confronts the Doctor herself in a [[mindscape]]. | * {{Needham}} uses [[psychic connection]] to show himself to the Doctor and shows her both his encounter with [[En Sentac]] and [[K-Toscs]] on the [[Burnished Rage battleground]], how he escapes, and later confronts the Doctor herself in a [[mindscape]]. | ||
* According to legend, Swarm has seemingly been imprisoned since "the [[Dawn of the Universe]]". | * According to legend, Swarm has seemingly been imprisoned since "the [[Dawn of the Universe]]". | ||
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* The Doctor uses leftover [[Hopper virus]] to deactivate the security on Karvanista's ship. | * The Doctor uses leftover [[Hopper virus]] to deactivate the security on Karvanista's ship. | ||
* Karvanista is on [[Species Recall]]. | * Karvanista is on [[Species Recall]]. | ||
* Yaz mentions the TARDIS' [[TARDIS force field|protective air bubble]]. | * Yaz mentions the TARDIS's [[TARDIS force field|protective air bubble]]. | ||
* The TARDIS [[Cloister Bell]] sounds off as the Flux appear. | * The TARDIS [[Cloister Bell]] sounds off as the Flux appear. | ||
* The Doctor uses [[The Doctor's hammer|her hammer]] to knock a hole in the [[TARDIS control console]] to unleash [[Vortex energy]] on the Flux. | * The Doctor uses [[The Doctor's hammer|her hammer]] to knock a hole in the [[TARDIS control console]] to unleash [[Vortex energy]] on the Flux. | ||
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=== Marketing === | === Marketing === | ||
* Unusually for ''Doctor Who'', the title for this [[story arc]], ''[[series 13 (Doctor Who)|Doctor Who: Flux]]'', is used in place of the regular [[Doctor Who logo|''Doctor Who'' logo]]. This was previously done with [[series 3 (Torchwood)|series 3]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'', headlined ''Torchwood: Miracle Day'', though this was [[Title cards/Torchwood#Series 3|an animation]] involving the chapter name as well, like "[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Day One]]". | * Unusually for ''Doctor Who'', the title for this [[story arc]], ''[[series 13 (Doctor Who 2005)|Doctor Who: Flux]]'', is used in place of the regular [[Doctor Who logo|''Doctor Who'' logo]]. This was previously done with [[series 3 (Torchwood)|series 3]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'', headlined ''Torchwood: Miracle Day'', though this was [[Title cards/Torchwood#Series 3|an animation]] involving the chapter name as well, like "[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Day One]]". | ||
* Though the [[title sequence]] gives this episode as ''Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse'', other sources have differed on the prefix, naming this episode ''Flux: The Halloween Apocalypse'' instead. | * Though the [[title sequence]] gives this episode as ''Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse'', other sources have differed on the prefix, naming this episode ''Flux: The Halloween Apocalypse'' instead. | ||
* This episode marked the first time a new [[BBC logo]] was used on screen since 2005. The new BBC logo was incorporated into the title sequence and the [[end credits]]. | * This episode marked the first time a new [[BBC logo]] was used on screen since 2005. The new BBC logo was incorporated into the title sequence and the [[end credits]]. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor mentions having [[Nitro-9]], an explosive invented by [[Ace]] | * The Doctor mentions having [[Nitro-9]], an explosive invented by [[Ace]] and seen consistently throughout her tenure as a [[companion]] of the [[Seventh Doctor]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Dragonfire (TV story)}}. The Doctor also alludes to the Seventh Doctor — and the [[Twelfth Doctor|Twelfth]] — when wondering if she "was Scottish" when she first set up the voice-activated handcuffs; the punchline that they are activated when she says "Relief", which it parses as "Release", suggests that she actually set them up as the [[Third Doctor]], who sometimes spoke with a faint, but noticeable lisp. | ||
* The guns owned by [[En Sentac]] and [[K-Toscs]] are the same model as that owned by [[Gat]], | * The guns owned by [[En Sentac]] and [[K-Toscs]] are the same model as that owned by [[Gat]], another member of [[the Division]], as seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)}}. Similar guns would be seen in the [[Fugitive Doctor]] and company's use in the flashbacks in [[TV]]: {{cs|Once ,Upon Time (TV story)}}. | ||
* After [[Regeneration|renewing]], the [[ | * After [[Regeneration|renewing]], the [[Younger Swarm]] declares that he has been "renewed", a term previously landed upon by the [[Second Doctor]] to describe [[First Doctor's renewal|his regeneration from the First Doctor]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}}. Swarm more precisely exults in being renewed "at last", echoing the newly-recorporated [[Tremas Master]]'s cry of "a new body, at last" in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Keeper of Traken (TV story)}}. | ||
* The Doctor mentions having attended numerous [[Liverpool F.C.]] [[football]] matches. | * The Doctor mentions having attended numerous [[Liverpool F.C.]] [[football]] matches. The [[Eighth Doctor]] attended one in the course of [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Something Inside (audio story)}}, and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] was shown to have an affinity with the game in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Lodger (TV story)}} and [[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}}. | ||
* Yaz chastises the Doctor for still keeping secrets from her | * Yaz chastises the Doctor for still keeping secrets from her, previously a point of friction n [[TV]]: {{cs|Spyfall (TV story)}} and [[TV]]: {{cs|Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)}}. | ||
* The Doctor mentions [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] and [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]]'s departure | * The Doctor mentions [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] and [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]]'s departure, which occurred at the end of [[TV]]: {{cs|Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)}}. | ||
* The Doctor uses leftover [[hopper virus]] particles to help deactivate parts of [[Karvanista's ship]]. | * The Doctor uses leftover [[hopper virus]] particles to help deactivate parts of [[Karvanista's ship]]. The hopper virus was a plot point in [[TV]]: {{cs|Orphan 55 (TV story)}}. | ||
* The Doctor is interested in learning more about [[the Division]]. | * The Doctor is interested in learning more about [[the Division]]. [[TV]]: {{cs|The Timeless Children (TV story)}} depicted her being forced by the [[Spy Master]] to confront her origins as a mind-wiped version of the [[Timeless Child]]. Swarm also comments on the mind-wipe, otherwise treating the present-day Doctor as the same person as his [[Fugitive Doctor|old foe]], much to her confusion. | ||
* Paraphrasing the words of the [[Ninth Doctor]] in his first metting with [[Rose Tyler]], the Thirteenth Doctor says | * Paraphrasing the words of the [[Ninth Doctor]] in his first metting with [[Rose Tyler]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}, the Thirteenth Doctor says "Nice to meet you, Dan. Run for your life." upon meeting Dan. | ||
* The Doctor smashes part of the TARDIS in order to release [[vortex energy]], implicitly from the [[heart of the TARDIS]], as a last resort. ([[TV]]: ' | * The Doctor smashes part of the TARDIS in order to release [[vortex energy]], implicitly from the [[heart of the TARDIS]], as a last resort. This was previously seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|Boom Town (TV story)}} and [[TV]]: {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}}. | ||
* The crossing of the TARDIS's vortex energy would later be clarified by [[Tecteun (Once, Upon Time)|Tecteun]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Survivors of the Flux (TV story)}} to have "disrupted" the Flux just as it "came into existence", causing it to have temporal effects as well as spatial. It also damaged the TARDIS itself, as seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|War of the Sontarans (TV story)}} onwards and referenced in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Meet the Crew (feature)}}. This and the damage done to the [[Web of Time]] by the Flux harming the [[Temple of Atropos]] would eventually force the Doctor to activate the [[TARDIS self-reset]], precipitating the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Eve of the Daleks (TV story)}}. | |||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
==== DVD and Blu-ray release ==== | ==== DVD and Blu-ray release ==== | ||
* ''The Halloween Apocalypse'' was released, together with the five other episodes of ''Doctor Who: Flux'', on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1/A on [[15 February (releases)|15 February]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]], in region 2/B on [[24 January (releases)|24 January]] 2022 and in region 4/B on [[16 March (releases)|16 March]] 2022. | |||
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Doctor who flux steelbook.jpg|Series 13 - Steelbook cover | Doctor who flux steelbook.jpg|Series 13 - Steelbook cover | ||
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=== Digital releases === | |||
* In the United Kingdom, this story is available on [[BBC iPlayer]]. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
