Tooth and Claw ( TV story ) Tooth and Claw was the second episode of the second series of BBC Wales " Doctor Who " . " Tardisode 2 " serves as its prologue . Written very quickly by Russell T Davies , ( PCOM : " Tooth and Claw " ) it nonetheless had a significant impact upon the mythology of the " Doctor Who " universe . It established the narrative origins of the Torchwood Institute , and thus was significant to the overall Torchwood story arc in " Doctor Who " and to the " Torchwood " spin - off , as well . As an early Tenth Doctor episode , it set down some important character beats for that still - young incarnation . In particular , the story saw the Tenth Doctor ' s first remembrance of his lost race , with Queen Victoria ' s talk of loss and death . In addition , it showed David Tennant ' s Doctor to be an aficionado of 20th century pop culture . It also confirmed that this incarnation would occasionally use his tongue to identify the chemical composition of non - foodstuffs , just as he had earlier done in " The Christmas Invasion " . Behind the scenes , the episode was unusual in that it had a " guest visual effects artist " . Because the wolf was to have close - ups , and animal hair was at the time particularly difficult to portray convincingly , The Mill were compelled to import a " CGI hair specialist " for this one adventure . ( DCOM : " Tooth and Claw " ) Synopsis . Landing in the 1870 ' s by accident , the Tenth Doctor and Rose get caught up in trying to protect Queen Victoria . However , it seems something more sinister is afoot than a simple assassination plot ; can the time travelers stop the coming of the Empire of the Wolf ? Plot . Hooded monks travel across the Scottish moors . They enter the Torchwood Estate belonging to Sir Robert MacLeish . Their leader , Father Angelo , demands possession of the house . When the steward refuses , he beats him into submission with a quarterstaff . The monks remove their cassocks , revealing orange robes . Exhibiting martial skill , they make short work of the rest of the men . They take over the house , chaining everyone they find in the cellar , including Lady Isobel MacLeish . They carry a covered cage into the cellar . When Father Angelo uncovers it , Lady Isobel screams . In the TARDIS , the Tenth Doctor offers to take Rose to Sheffield in 1979 to see Ian Dury in concert . In the Doctor ' s words it was a hell of year ; China invades Vietnam , " The Muppet Movie " . Grabbing his jacket , the Doctor ushers Rose out into the 1970s ; however , they are meet by armed . soldiers on horseback . They demand explanations for the Doctor ' s presence and Rose ' s " nakedness " . The Doctor realises that they have arrived in 1879 Scotland ; " close enough " the Doctor shrugs . Using psychic paper and a Scottish accent , he convinces Captain Reynolds he is a Scottish doctor named James McCrimmon from the township of Balamory . Rose also attempts to speak with a Scottish accent , only to be shushed by the Doctor ; unlike him , she would slip up and speak in her natural accent . The Doctor claims to be disorientated due to chasing Rose for some time ; when he was buying in London , " it was either her or the elephant man . " Reynolds isn ' t amused by the joke . An authoritative voice from the carriage the soldiers are escorting asks the Doctor and Rose to approach . The Doctor introduces Rose to Her Majesty , Queen Victoria , who is on her way to Balmoral Castle . When Victoria sees the psychic paper , she notes it says the Lord Provost has appointed the Doctor as her protector ; looks like the time travelers are stuck in this time period for a while . The royal carriage is travelling by road because a fallen tree has blocked the train line to Aberdeen . The two travellers accompany the carriage on to the Torchwood Estate , where the Queen plans to spend the night . On the way , Rose bets the Doctor a tenner that she can get the Queen to say , " I am not amused " . Sir Robert watches from the window , with Father Angelo , disguised as a servant , behind him . Sir Robert goes to receive Victoria . Despite his hinting that all is not right , the Queen insists on staying ; the estate was a favourite of her late consort , Prince Albert , who used to visit Sir Robert ' s father . They enter the manor , with Reynolds deploying his men to guard the estate . He also carries a small leather box inside , which he locks in a safe . In the cellar , the captive in the cage , who appears to be a hooded man , indicates to the other prisoners to be silent . Sir Robert shows the Queen , Doctor and Rose the observatory , which contains a telescope his father designed . The Doctor notices it has many prisms , causing too much magnification for simple stargazing . Sir Robert says he knows little of his father ' s eccentric work . Victoria mentions that Sir Robert ' s father was a polymath , equally versed in science and folklore , and that Albert was fascinated by local stories of a wolf . Before Sir Robert can tell the tale , however , Father Angelo interrupts , offering to take the guests to their rooms to prepare for dinner . While Rose searches through the wardrobes for more appropriate attire , the disguised monks serve the soldiers drugged drinks , which knock them unconscious . Rose discovers a frightened servant girl , Flora , hidden in one of the cupboards . Flora tells Rose what has happened . When they leave the room to find the Doctor , they find an unconscious soldier . They are captured , taken to the cellar and chained with the others . At the dinner table , Sir Robert tells them a story . For the past three hundred years , livestock have been found ripped apart every full moon . Once a generation , a boy vanishes , and there are sightings of a werewolf . In the cellar , Rose notices the caged man ' s alien - looking eyes . She asks him what planet he is from . Amused , he tells Rose the human body he possesses was born ten miles away , a boy stolen by the Brethren , but he comes from a much longer distance . Rose offers to take the alien intelligence back home , but he does not wish to leave . He shall bite Queen Victoria , migrate into her body and begin the Empire of the Wolf . He says Rose has " something of the wolf " about her , but while she burned like the sun , all he requires is the Moon . Upstairs , Sir Robert relates that his father believed the story to be fact , and even claimed to have communicated with the beast and learned its purpose . However , the Brethren of the monastery in the Glen of St Catherine opposed his investigations . Sir Robert asks what if the monks had turned from God and started worshipping the wolf ? The Doctor sees Father Angelo face the full moon through the window , chanting in Latin , " Lupus magnus est , lupus fortis est , lupus deus est " — or " The wolf is great , the wolf is strong , the wolf is God " . The enemy is here . The monks throw open the cellar doors and moonlight streams into the Host ' s cage , triggering a horrifying transformation . Rose rallies the other prisoners , telling them not to look , but to pull on the chains . Sir Robert apologises to the Queen for his betrayal ; they were holding his wife . The Doctor demands to know where Rose is , but Father Angelo ignores him , continuing his chanting . The Doctor and Sir Robert rush to the cellar , leaving the Queen with Reynolds , who trains his pistol on Father Angelo , asking him what his goals are . Father Angelo replies , " The throne " , and swiftly disarms Reynolds . The Doctor and Sir Robert reach the cellar just as Rose and the other prisoners manage to break their chains , but the Host has finished his transformation and breaks out of the cage . The others run out of the cellar , the Doctor transfixed at the " beautiful " werewolf until the last second . He seals the door with his sonic screwdriver as the werewolf howls at the moon . Above , Victoria surmises correctly that the monks had sabotaged the train tracks to bring her here . However , she is not unprepared , after 6 attempts on her life , and pulls a small revolver from her bag , aiming at Angelo . He sneers at her sceptically , calling her " woman " . The Queen retorts , " The correct form of address is ' Your Majesty ' ! " and shoots him dead . The women go to leave the house through the kitchen , while the Steward organises his men . The werewolf has broken through the sealed door , but is driven back momentarily by rifle fire . The women find the kitchen door locked and the courtyard beyond guarded by monks with rifles . The Doctor tells the men they should retreat upstairs . The Steward says that nothing could have lived through the rifle barrage — and is promptly seized and killed by the werewolf . Sir Robert , Rose and the Doctor run . The werewolf slaughters the remaining men and makes its way to the kitchen , where Lady Isobel and the other women huddle in fear . However , instead of killing them , it sniffs the air and leaves . Meanwhile , Victoria retrieves the mysterious box from the safe , and meets with Sir Robert , Rose and the Doctor . As they try to escape through the windows , the monks open fire . The four run upstairs , pursued by the werewolf . They meet Reynolds , who confirms Victoria has the contents of the box and says he will buy them time to get away . He fires at the werewolf , but is quickly torn apart as the others enter the library and barricade the doors . However , the werewolf does not try to break through . The Doctor wonders what it is about the room that is protecting them from the wolf . Victoria demands to know what the creature is , and why the Doctor has lost his Scottish accent . The Doctor tries to explain , but she will have none of it , declaring sternly that this is not her world . When asked about weapons , the Doctor points out that they have the greatest weapons of all in this very room : books full of knowledge , which can give them clues as to how to fight back . In the kitchen , Lady Isobel notices the monks are wearing mistletoe about their necks , a charm against werewolves . She notices sprigs of mistletoe on the kitchen floor and orders the other women to gather the scraps . In the library , the Doctor notices wooden details on the doors carved into the shape of mistletoe . He realises the walls are varnished with viscum album — oil of mistletoe . The werewolf is allergic to it , or the monks have trained it to be to control it , and Sir Robert ' s father knew this . Lady Isobel and the women cook the mistletoe into a broth . In the library , the others find an account of something falling near the monastery in 1540 . The Doctor theorises that perhaps only a single cell survived , passing itself from host to host while it grew stronger with each generation . Now it wants to establish an empire , advancing technology and building starships and missiles fueled by coal and driven by steam , laying waste to history . Victoria breaks in at this point , telling Sir Robert she will die rather than be infected . She asks him to find a safe place for something more precious . She reveals the contents of the box : the Koh - i - Noor . The Queen had been taking it to the royal jewellers at Hazlehead to be re - cut . The Doctor remembers that Prince Albert kept insisting on having the diamond cut down and was never satisfied with the shape or size . Yelling in shock , the Doctor has an epiphany : the diamond , the telescope , Prince Albert and Sir Robert ' s father are all connected . The Doctor asks , what if the two men were not just exchanging stories , but treated it all as real and laid a trap for the wolf ? Just then , the werewolf crashes through the skylight , forcing the others to flee the library . The werewolf nearly catches up with Rose , but Lady Isobel appears , throwing the mistletoe broth in the werewolf ' s face and forcing it away . Sir Robert kisses his wife and tells her to take the women back downstairs , while he and the others climb the stairs to the observatory . The Doctor needs time . The doors to the observatory are not barred against the werewolf — Sir Robert ' s father intended the wolf to come in . Sir Robert offers to place himself between the werewolf and them , willing to die with honour to atone for his betrayal . He holds the werewolf off with a sword . As his screams penetrate the door , the Doctor and Rose manoeuvre the telescope to align it with the full moon . The telescope is not a telescope , but a light chamber , magnifying the moon ' s rays . The werewolf may thrive on moonlight , but it can still drown in it . The werewolf crashes through the door and moves to slash at Victoria , but the Doctor tosses the diamond on the floor . It catches the light , which intercepts the werewolf and suspends it in mid - air . The werewolf reverts to human form ; the host asks the Doctor to make the light brighter , to end its life and the " Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform " as the Doctor calls it . Honouring the request of the poor boy , the Doctor precedes to do so . The werewolf form reasserts itself , howls and fades away in the moonbeam . The Doctor notices Victoria ' s wrist is bleeding and wonders if the werewolf bit her after all , but the Queen dismisses his concern , saying it was just a splinter from the door . In the morning , Victoria dubs the two travellers Sir Doctor of TARDIS and Dame Rose of the Powell Estate . Having rewarded them , she banishes them from the Empire ( " not a problem for Rose , as she lives in the 21st century ; the Doctor isn ' t even native to Earth " ) . The Queen admits that she does not know who or even what they are , but that their world is steeped in terror and blasphemy and yet they consider it fun . She makes it clear that she cannot allow this in her world , and warns them to consider how much longer they might survive such a dangerous life . During this she says , " I am not amused " . Having won her bet with the Doctor , Rose cannot suppress a smirk , until Victoria adds that she is " not remotely amused " . The two make their way back to the TARDIS , where the Doctor reflects it was always a mystery how Victoria and then her children had contracted haemophilia . He muses that perhaps was just a Victorian euphemism for lycanthropy . Rose speculates humorously that perhaps even the royal family of her day are actually werewolves ! Back at the Torchwood Estate , Victoria tells Lady Isobel that her husband ' s sacrifice and the ingenuity of his father will live on . The Queen has seen Britain has enemies beyond imagination , and will establish an institute to research and fight these enemies : the Torchwood Institute . If the Doctor returns , he should beware , because Torchwood will be waiting . Story notes . Production errors . " to be added "