VORTEX
THE 2008 ARCHIVES
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ALL ABOUT...
Rose Tyler Played by: Billie Piper Rose Tyler met the Doctor when she was working in Hendricks department store when, in the course of defeating an enemy of course, blew the shop up! Then, a jobless, Rose meets him again when she finds him peering through the cat flap. Fast forward two series and Rose is sucked into a parallel universe. The Doctor has lost Rose forever... or so he thought.
When Donna loudly came into the
Partners in Time
Donna first met the Doctor when she suddenly appeared in the TARDIS! Donna thought she'd been kidnapped and set up by her friend Nerys. To make things worse... it was on her Wedding Day!
Donna is gobby! And she wants everyone to know it! In the Planet of the Ood, The Doctor told a guard that he would be in trouble! But not by the Timelord himself, but by a locked up Donna!
Donna thought she was just a office temp from Chiswick... but she became the most important woman in the whole universe... some planets still sing songs of Donna Noble.
Doctor's life
Donna was trying to find the Doctor again and they bumped into each other at Adipose Industries. Donna loves her family! We've met her mum Sylvia, her late dad Geoffrey and her grandad Wilf, who was a paper seller who'd already met the Doctor. Wilf was the only person Donna told about the Doctor. Donna can't ever see the Doctor again! She became part Timelord and it was killing her – the Doctor had no option to wipe her memory or she would die! If she ever remembers, her mind will burn up.
ALL ABOUT...
MULTI DOCTOR EPISODE
These episodes were originally to celebrate land mark anniversary episodes of Doctor Who. The first time the Doctor met himself was in The Three Doctors to celebrate the 10th anniversary, The Five Doctors was broadcast on Children in Need night for the 20th Anniversary and The Two Doctors for the 30th Anniversary. Time Crash was also screened on Children In Need and saw David Tennant meeting his boyhood Doctor Peter Davison. The Three Doctors dealt with an entire room of UNIT headquarters being transported to another planet, The Five Doctors featured many of the Doctors friends and enemies transported to Gallifrey. The Two Doctors saw the second and sixth incarnations meeting Sontarons in Spain.
ALL ABOUT... DAVROS
The evil creator of the Daleks Davros is a brilliant scientist and a master of robotics and cybernetics. ●
Davros first appeared in 1975 with Tom Baker in the story, Genesis of the Daleks ●
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Davros created the Daleksfrom mutated humanoid Kaleds. Davros took away all their emotions which led to Davros being killed by his creations in almost every story – yet he always reappears ●
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Davros has been played by Michael Wisher (1975), David Gooderson (1979), Terry Molloy (1984-86) and Julian Bleech (2008) ●
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Michael Wisher based his portrayal of Davros on the philosopher Bertrand Russell ●
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DAVID TENNANT was recently voted the coolest person on TV by Radio Times, but just...
WHY IS THE DOCTOR SO COOL? THE BRAINY SPECS... The Doctor doesn't even need glasses, he only wears them because he thinks they make him look brainy. The 5th Doctor had some too. In real life David Tennant wears contact lenses.
REGENERATION
THE TARDIS The TARDIS is the Doctor's time and space machine. TARDIS stands for Time and Relative Dimensions in Space. It is virtually Indestructable and it used to be able to disguise itself to it's surroundings but the mechanism got stuck and it remains a 1950s Police Box. Oh, and it's bigger on the inside!!!
Literally, the Doctor can become a new man. It's the time lords way of cheating death... The Doctor has changed his face 10 times!
THE SHOES The Doctor wears some cool clothes, none cooler than his shoes.... they're AWESOME!!! Matching smart and casual this cements the Doctor as a style icon!!
FRIENDS... What's cooler than friends? The Doctor has friends everywhere and in 2008 they all met up to help the Doctor take earth home. His memorable companions include his granddaughter Susan and her two school teachers to reporter Sarah Jane Smith and his most recent friends Martha, Rose and Donna!!
SONIC SCREWDRIVER The Doctor's trusty screwdriver can get him out of many tricky situations. It can open just about any door apart from a deadlock seal or wood. It can also scan brain waves, rejoin barbed wires and can also get money out of a cash machine!! If thats not cool... what is?
ALL ABOUT...
THE CULT OF SKARO The Cult of Skaro were created to think like the enemy. The Doctor thought they were just a myth, but he eventually met them after they emerged from the mysterious sphere in Torchwood Tower. The four Daleks were called Sec – the leader who had black armour, Caan, Jast, and Thay Sec evolved himself into a half-human mutant who the other three did not trust and eventually shot him. Jast and Thay were also killed by their human zombie-like Daleks leaving Caan who emergency temporal shifted into the Time War. He turned crazy and showed up trashed propheticising that one of the companions of the Doctor would die.
ALL ABOUT... A WAITRESS ON THE TITANIC FROM PLANET STO Played By: KYLIE MINOUGE Status: FRIEND Episode: VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED (2007) From the start, Astrid and the Doctor were inseperable over a tray of spilt drinks Fact: ASTRID IS AN ANAGRAM OF TARDIS
WHO KNOWS?
Q. Has the Doctor ever had any alien companions? A. Loads! There was Adric from Alzarius, Kamelion - a shape shifting robot and a timelady called Romana who regenerated just like the Doctor. Q. Who created K-9? A. K-9 was created by a professor in the year 5000 because he couldn't take his real dog into space. The Prof then gave it to the Doctor. There have been many versions of K-9, two of which he gave to Sarah Jane Smith, One to Romana and one to Leela. Q. When did Doctor Who begin? A. Doctor Who began on 23rd November 1963 making it the longest sci-fi series in the world.
ALL ABOUT... Real Name NOBODY KNOWS Species TIMELORD Home Planet GALLIFREY Distinguishing Features
The DOCTOR
TWO HEARTS, STOLE A TARDIS, CAN REGENERATE WHEN FATALLY WOUNDED Hobbies SAVING THE UNIVERSE
DALEK BEST BITS The Daleks are almost indestructible. Their armour is impenetrable – bullets melt before making it to them – and they have one of the most powerful guns in the universe. The Dalek's weak spot is their single eye – one shot at that will blind them. Watch out though because a blind Dalek is still dangerous and will shoot randomly about.
They were once the butt of all the jokes as the Daleks' lack of legs meant that for years stairs baffled them. But when they learnt to fly it meant that nothing could stop them.
! e t a n i m r e t x e
The Emperor Dalek was the God of all Daleks. At over 18 foot tall this was the most mighty of the Daleks. The Emperor was guarded by 4 black-topped Daleks. He met his end when along with the rest of the Daleks, he had the power of the Time Vortex poured into him. The Daleks can only be killed by extreme temperature, their own weapons or by self destruct. The Daleks appeared in the second Doctor Who story originally called The Mutants. The robot presenter of the Weakest Link was created by the Daleks who were in charge of the Game Station. But the Doctor and Captain Jack and adjusted Anne to kill the Daleks with her disintegration beam. However, she met her end at the end of the Daleks after taking out three of them. However PLOT HOLE WARNING: The disintegration beam turned out to be only a teleport so it was more a case of “out of sight and out of mind.�
ALL ABOUT... Professor YANA The Master in Disguise
The Master had hidden himself away from the Time War... with the ultimate disguise, making himself human. Prof Yana realises he's the Master when he opens up the Chamelion Arch – in the shape of his watch – an instantly turns evil again. The Master was shot dead by his assistant Chan/Tho, after he'd electrocuted. He stole the Doctor's TARDIS and regenerated inside taking the guise of Harry Saxon, UK Prime Minister. The Face of Boe's last words to the Doctor were “You Are Not Alone” which spell out YANA.
THINGS TO DO WITH A DEFEATED ENEMY
DALEK SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS
Ok granted, they'll be a bit big, but land of the giants and you'll be laughing!!
ALL ABOUT...
Dalek Sec Mutant Episodes: Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks (2007)
Info: Dalek Sec was the leader of the Cult of Skaro – it was their purpose to think as the enemy and so Sec sacrificed himself to become the next generation of Dalek. Part Human & Part Dalek, he mixed his DNA with Mr Diegoras (albeit forceably) and the hybrid was born. However the other three Daleks did not trust their leader – especially when he collaborated with the Doctor – and shot him.
FACT:
The Actor who played Sec had to sit through 4 hours of make up to get all the prosthetics to become the oneeyed tentacled mutant.
ALL ABOUT... Donna Noble Episodes: RUNAWAY BRIDE (2006) & SERIES 4 (2008) Played by: CATHERINE TATE Status: FRIEND Appeared in TARDIS at Christmas on her wedding day. Met up with the Doctor again then became part time lord, but the power was killing her so she had her memory wiped by the Doctor to save her life.
ALL ABOUT... THE VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED
The Titanic crashed into the TARDIS as the Doctor had his shields down – as he was repairing the TARDIS after the Master had butchered it into a paradox machine. The Titanic was crashing to earth on the instruction of Mr Max Capricorn, owner of Capricorn Cruiseliners. The company had failed so Max ordered the ship to be crashed into earth, thus he could get the board of directors executed for criminal negelegence while it would appear he had perished on the ship – but he would have survived the crash due to his shielding.
ALL ABOUT...
The Sontarons The Sontarons are a military-minded, 5 foot short potato headed race of clones.
The Sontarons have only one weakness, on the back of their necks is a probic vent which they breathe and feed through, one swift knock to that and they're out!
1973: The Doctor and Sarah Jane face up with Commander Linx in medieval times on her first trip with the Doctor 1975: On an uninhabited Earth the Doctor does battle with Styre 1978: The Doctor returns to Gallifrey, where he finds it over run with Sontarons 1985: The Sontarons have the Second and Sixth Doctors to answer to in Spain 2008: The Sontarons use cars to try and create clone feed gas... except this means suffocating everyone on earth!
ALL ABOUT...
Jenny The Doctor's Daughter The Doctor's DNA was replicated and turned into a generated anomaly - Jenny Jenny was born to be a soldier Just like her dad, Jenny is a timelord – she has two hearts Jenny was shot and died... but brought back to life ether by her timelord regenerations or by the Source acting on her Played by : Gerogia Moffet, real life daughter of Peter Davison, The Fifth Doctor
ALL ABOUT... Agatha Christie Episode: The Unicorn and the Wasp Agatha Christie was one of the greatest mystery writers of all time... her books are just as popular today as they were then and continue to be re-told in countless TV and movie adaptations. Christie's most famous works are the detective characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Agatha met the Doctor just before she mysteriously disappeared for several days. Agatha actually wrote a book called “The Unicorn and the Wasp”, whether it is based on her adventures with the Doctor and a giant shape changing wasp – we shall never know.
The TARDIS is designed to be flown by 6 pilots
Midnight was the 50th story of the revamped series – hence the shuttle bus being number 50
Only the Second Doctor – Patrick Troughton – starred in all 3 of the multi doctor episodes The Three, Five and Two Doctors
(DID) (you) [kNOW)
Paul McGann played the Doctor for the least TV air-time – in just one TV Movie
Tom Baker was the longest serving Doctor from 1975-81
The TV Movie reveals that the Doctor was halfhuman... on his mother's side
ALL ABOUT... The Hoix We know very little about this vicious monster. We first saw the Doctor facing up with one at the start of “Love and Monsters.� The Hoix love nothing more than eating which explains why the Doctor tries to tempt it with a pork chop. The Hoix returned in an episode of Torchwood where Owen tries to tempt it with a pack of cigarettes Originally the Hoix had no name until Russel T. Davies thought up the name at the last minute
ALL ABOUT... Chip Cassandra, half human and half trampoline created a clone to be her servant and tend her moisturising needs. When Cassandra began taking over people's bodies she eventually found herself inside Chip – whose clone body couldn't cope and Chip started dying. The Doctor took Cassandra/ Chip to the past, she died in her own arms when she was still humanoid. Chip was the last person to tell Cassandra she was beautiful all those years ago
FACT: The Doctor Who theme was the first to be made totally on electronic instruments and devices...
Top 5...
Epic Episodes
5. BAD WOLF/ THE PARTING OF THE WAYS The Doctor, Rose and Cpt. Jack are forced into taking part in some sadistic game show aboard the Game Station previously known as Satellite 5. After Rose is 'killed' Jack and the Doctor storm up to Floor 500 where the controller is... but she's not really in control, her masters are the Daleks, and they've got Rose. One rescue later, the Doctor knows he's beat so he sends Rose home but she's having none of that! Rose takes the power of the heart of the TARDIS into her mind, flies to the Doctor's rescue, defeats all the Daleks and even brings Jack back to life making him immortal. But the power is killing her so he takes the power off her making himself regenerate in the process.
4. ARMY OF GHOSTS/ DOOMSDAY Daleks vs. Cybermen... the ultimate battle Whovians had been waiting years for and when the parallel universe Cybermen broke through the void(ironically following the Daleks making that same trip in the Void sphere along with their Genesis Ark – containing millions of Daleks. The Cybermen ask for an alliance as “together they could up grade the universe.” However the Daleks refuse, thus declaring war. The only way to stop the slaughter of everything on Earth is to open up the void sucking all Daleks and Cybermen into the space between the universes, some people call it hell. Unfortunately Rose is also dragged along with them and she's apart from the Doctor for ever – trapped on parallel Earth.
3. UTOPIA/ THE SOUND OF DRUMS/ THE LAST OF THE TIMELORDS On Utopia, the Master nicks the TARDIS but Captain Jack, Martha and the Doctor are chasing behind with Jack's vortex manipulator. Back on Earth he's become the Prime Minister – Harry Saxon and soon he and his metal friends The Toclafane (who turn out to be the mutated Utopians) have decimated the population and enslaved the planet. The Master renders the Doctor helpless, turning him into his 900 year old self and Jack's in chains so it's up to Martha to trek the world for a whole year to spread the word of the Doctor. In the end it's Harry's wife who proves his downfall shooting him and leaving him dead.
2. THE VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED The TARDIS and the Titanic have had a crash and rather than swapping insurance details, the Doctor goes for a look on the ship. In a Christmas episode that's ten minutes short of a movie and with an all star cast led by Kylie Minouge, the Titanic was actually a spaceship from the planet Sto based on the original ship. However the ship is soon in trouble thanks to it's evil owner Max Capricorn. Astrid sacrifices herself to end Max's plan. But the ship is still on a collision course so it's up to the Doctor to steer it from hitting Buckingham Palace.
1. THE STOLEN EARTH/JOURNEY'S END
This story was essentially the beginning of the end of David Tennant and Co. It's the last ever series finale of David Tennant's era. This is the last time we'll properly see Jack, Martha, Donna, Mickey, Jackie, Sarah-Jane and more importantly Rose. She's back which is bad, this means that Rose has somehow found a way between the two universes. Now, while this means that the Doctor will see Rose again, it does mean that it could mean the end of the universe. And just to add even more trouble, the Daleks have stolen the earth and hidden it a second out of kilter with the rest of the universe. The Daleks are planning to use the stolen planets as a Reality Bomb. In the end it's up to the Doctor/Donna to defeat the Daleks, with the Doctor's mind and her personality – she quickly finds a way to get the planets home, but it's the other half of the timelord mulitiplication – the human Doctor who commits genocide killing every last Dalek. But Earth is left behind, so it's up to the Doctor to get it home, with a little help from his friends. Sarah Jane, Mickey, Jack and Martha are dropped off on Earth, Jackie, Rose are returned to parallel Earth along with the half-human Doctor who will age along with her. Donna is still part timelord, and it is killing her and if the Doctor doesn't do something she'll burn up and he's forced to be lonely again, returning a memory-wiped Donna back to her family.
ALL ABOUT... TORCHWOOD: Cardiff TORCHWOOD are a organisation, to defend the Earth against alien threats. It was set up by Queen Victoria after her encounter with the Doctor. There were once four bases: London (Torchwood Tower), Glasgow and one that went missing. This is the story of Cardiff.
CAPTAIN JACK HARKNESS Former companion of the Doctor joined in 1880, while waiting for the Time Lord to return. He turned the organisation around after the horrific events at Torchwood Tower.
GWEN COOPER Former police officer who got caught up in Torchwood business while on juty and was then later asked to join.
TOSHIKO SATO
DR OWEN HARPER
Torchwood's techincal girl in the know. She makes gadgets for Torchwood. She died when she was shot by Jack's brother.
Torchwood's medical officer who mainly dealt with dissections of aliens. He was killed, the brought back to life by the glove, becoming king of the weevils. He was killed for good when he was trapped inside a power station going into meltdown.
IANTO JONES Desperate to join he began as the base's butler, but was soon trusted as a full member of Torchwood.
HAVING AN OOD TIME!!! The Ood are a Race of Alien slaves that communicate telepathically but can talk to humans with a white communicator ball in their hands. The Ood are born with a secondary brain which they hold in their hands, making them vulnerable. This is replaced with the communicator ball – which then makes them slaves, unable to disobey orders. This also makes them trusting of everyone. Red Eye is a disease that the Ood contract that turns them rabid and the once helpful and trusted servants turn to wild killers. Their eyes turn red and the communicator ball becomes a weapon – electrocuting everyone who gets in their way. Some people thought that it was unfair that the Ood were subjected to slavery. They set up a campaign called “Friends of the Ood” who worked their way into Ood Operations to sabotage and eventually free the Ood.
Ood Sigma wore blue instead of grey and was Mr Halpen's personal assistant. Mr Halpen was the head of Ood Operations and was responsible for the imprisonment of the Ood as slaves. Sigma had been plotting against Halpen, poisoning his hair tonic which then turned him into an Ood. Sigma knew that if he had to experience his life as an Ood, he would know the error of his ways. After the Doctor saved the Ood from slavery, the Ood were returned to their snowy home planet: the Ood sphere. The Ood were telepathically connected to a giant shared brain – which was shielded. The Doctor removed the shields so that they could sing and be free.
ALL ABOUT...
K-9 Mark
IV
K9 Mark IV was created by the Doctor to replace K9 III who was blown up in Deffrey Vale School. The Doctor gave K9 IV to Sarah Jane to help her defend the Earth. K9 is now protecting a Black Hole far out in space from destroying Earth. K9 IV helped Sarah Jane when Mr Smith turned evil and then again to help Earth return home.
ALL ABOUT... The Face of Boe The Face of Boe is a giant head in a tank. He is said to be hundreds of years old, some say thousands. He was one of the special guests aboard Platform One and in a later episode aboard Satellite 5 it was revealed he was pregnant. The Doctor later visited him in hospital where he told him that when he died he would tell him his great secret.. the next time they met. That secret was “You Are Not Alone”
DID YOU KNOW... CAPTAIN JACK'S NICKNAME AT SCHOOL WAS THE FACE OF BOE
ALL ABOUT... GALLIFREY Gallifrey is the Doctor's home planet. The Skies were burnt orange and the grass was silver. It was home to the mightiest and noblest race in the universe. Gallifrey was lost in the last great time war between the Gallifreyan Time Lords and the Daleks (the only people capable of time travel). Gallifrey and it's people were destroyed.
The Glass Dome of the Citadel on Gallifrey
Children of Gallifrey are taken from their families at the age of eight, to the academy and to the temporal schizom where they look into the time vortex...
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