The Timeless Children (TV story): Difference between revisions

* The Master and his army of CyberMasters mimic the rallying speech of [[Rassilon]] at the end of the [[Last Great Time War]], as seen in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''.

* The Master reveals the truth of the [[Timeless Child]], which had previously been mentioned in ''[[The Ghost Monument (TV story)|The Ghost Monument]]'', ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'', and ''[[Can You Hear Me? (TV story)|Can You Hear Me?]]''.  

* Graham and Yaz wear [[Cyber-body|Cyber-bodies]] to disguise themselves as Cyber-Warriors, similar to the gambit [[Eregous Bates|Bates]] and [[Lintus Stratton|Stratton]] attempted on [[Telos]] in ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''.

* The Doctor sees the "Fugitive" Doctor within the Matrix, whom she had encountered in ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]''.

* The Master recalls fleeing from [[Borusa]], who first appeared in ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', when they were young.

* The Master double-crosses Ashad and kills him as he had done to a [[Cyber-Leader]] on the [[Death Zone]] in ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''.

* The Master names his Time Lord-converted Cybermen under his command the "[[CyberMaster]]s". Previously, {{Simm|n=he}} transformed humanity into what he dubbed the "[[Master Race]]" in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. Before that, {{Jacobi|n=he}} named himself "[[Cyber-Master]]" while posing as a converted Cybermen. in ''[[Master of Worlds (audio story)|Master of Worlds]]''.

** Incidentally, [[Karl (Silver Nemesis)|Karl]] believed the Cybermen to be "the [[master race]]" in ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]''.  

* The Doctor's memories used to overwhelm the Matrix are of:

** The [[Spy Master]] from ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]''.

** Ashad and his [[Cyberguard]]s from ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]''.

** [[Gat]], the "Fugitive" Doctor and [[Captain]] [[Jack Harkness]] from ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]''.

** A [[Dreg]] from ''[[Orphan 55 (TV story)|Orphan 55]]''.

** The [[reconnaissance scout]] [[Dalek (Resolution)|Dalek]] from ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]''.

** The [[Solitract]] as [[Grace O'Brien]] and Team TARDIS in the fjord ([[TV]]: ''[[It Takes You Away (TV story)|It Takes You Away]]'')

** A [[Morax (species)|Morax]] and herself chained down in ''[[The Witchfinders (TV story)|The Witchfinders]]''.

** [[Umbreen and Prem's wedding]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|Demons of the Punjab]]'')

** A [[Kerb!am Man]] from ''[[Kerblam! (TV story)|Kerblam!]]''.

** [[Rosa Parks]] who she met in ''[[Rosa (TV story)|Rosa]]''.  

** The TARDIS and [[remnant]]s on [[Desolation]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ghost Monument (TV story)|The Ghost Monument]]'')

** Herself choosing an outfit from ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]''.

** [[Davros]] from ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]''.

** The [[Sycorax leader]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')

** [[Donna Noble]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'')

** A [[Slitheen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'')

** The [[Abzorbaloff]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'')

** [[River Song]] ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')

** [[Wilfred Mott]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')

** [[Clara Oswald]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'')

** [[Bill Potts]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]'')

** An [[Ood]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'')

** The [[Twelfth Doctor]] from ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'', ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'' and ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'',

** The [[Eleventh Doctor]] from ''[[The Almost People (TV story)|The Almost People]]'', ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'', and ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]''.

** The [[Sixth Doctor]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'', ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'')

** The [[Fifth Doctor]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'', ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'', ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'')

** {{Delgado|c}} ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'')

** [[Scaroth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'')

** [[The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)|Seven of the faces]] seen during the [[mindbending]] battle against [[Morbius]] in ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]''.

** Brendan from ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]''.

* The Doctor seeks to uphold the rule "No humans on Gallifrey", echoing her reason for leaving behind [[Sarah Jane Smith]] in ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]''.

* The Doctor returns her companions home in a TARDIS while she prepares to sacrifice herself to destroy some of her oldest enemies. Similarly, the Ninth Doctor sent Rose Tyler home in the TARDIS as he confronted the [[Dalek Emperor (The Parting of the Ways)|Dalek Emperor]] and his [[Dalek of human origin|human-converted Daleks]] in ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]''.

* The Doctor is prepared to sacrifice herself using a weapon that cannot be remotely detonated, only for Ko Sharmus to take her place. Previously, the Tenth Doctor planned to sacrifice himself to destroy the [[Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet]] with an [[atmospheric converter]], but [[Luke Rattigan]] used a [[Sontaran]] teleporter to switch places with him in ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]''. Before this in ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', the Ninth Doctor offered to light the [[match]] which would stop the [[Gelth]] for the sake of [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]], who silently refused. Earlier still, [[Orcini]], despite the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s protests, chose to hand detonate a bomb to destroy Davros' [[Imperial Dalek|Daleks]] in ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]''.  

* The Doctor once again steals [[TARDIS 2 (The Timeless Children)|a TARDIS]] in order to run away from Gallifrey much like ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', and ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]''.  

* The Doctor responds to being ambushed by the [[Judoon]] aboard her TARDIS by repeatedly exclaiming "what?", as the Tenth Doctor had previously done when caught by surprise aboard his TARDIS, as seen in ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'', and ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''.  

* The Cybermen use [[transmat]]s. as they had in ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', and ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]''.  

* The Master is once again instrumental in creating a new race of Cybermen, much like ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]''/ ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'' and ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]''.