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* I read on the [[YMMV/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd YMMV page for Journey's End]] about Captain Jack Harkness not doing his expected gasp of life after his death. The gasp of life everytime he's died on the show and on Torchwood. [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds But in Torchwood's Series 2 finale]], [[BuriedAlive Jack was buried underground for a good 1900 years or so]]. [[FateWorseThanDeath There's a good chance he's learned not to breathe during those 1900 or so years]].
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* Season 4 ran in 2008, which marks the 45th anniversary of the show. However, there isn't an official multi-Doctor crossover given that the year ended in an 8 instead of a 3 like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors "The Three Doctors"]] or [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "The Five Doctors"]]. But the years that ended with an 8 brought something new to the series. In 1968, we were introduced to UNIT in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion "The Invasion"]] which would be a major focus in the next Doctor's tenure. In 1978, The Fourth Doctor embarked on a quest to find the Key to Time, accompanied by a Time Lady who was more or less his equal, at the time. In 1988, the Seventh Doctor faced off against the Daleks accompanied by Davros and created the start of the Time War in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks"]]. That said, Season 4 brings a lot of homages to the Classic Series in celebration of the show's 45th anniversary while bringing more to the show's mythos.
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* Season 4 ran in 2008, which marks the 45th anniversary of the show. However, there isn't an official multi-Doctor crossover given that the year ended in an 8 instead of a 3 like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors "The Three Doctors"]] or [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "The Five Doctors"]]. But the years that ended with an 8 brought something new to the series. In 1968, we were introduced to UNIT in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion "The Invasion"]] which would be a major focus in the next Doctor's tenure. In 1978, The Fourth Doctor embarked on a quest to find the Key to Time, accompanied by a Time Lady who was more or less his equal, at the time. In 1988, the Seventh Doctor faced off against the Daleks accompanied by Davros and created the start of the Time War in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks"]]. That said, Season 4 although many of these episodes may not look like they have much in common with the Classic series, there are enough references that make the transition easier for fans who were introduced to the Revival series into the earlier series. Overall, the execution makes this series worthy of being the 45th anniversary special as it brings a lot of homages to the Classic Series in celebration of the show's 45th anniversary while bringing more to the show's mythos.mythos.
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]] - A callback to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild "The Empty Child"]] with the Doctor calling this day Volcano Day and a small reference to the First Doctor's adventures in Rome during [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans "The Romans"]].
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]] - A callback to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild "The Empty Child"]] with the Doctor calling this day Volcano Day and a small reference to the First Doctor's adventures in Rome during [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans "The Romans"]]. Also somewhat HilariousInHindsight given that a [[Creator/PeterCapaldi future Doctor]] and [[Creator/KarenGillan future companion]] appear in this episode.
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter "The Doctor's Daughter"]] features the Doctor's daughter. A recursive enough statement in a recursive enough episode which wouldn't be too out of place of the Fifth Doctor era given how dark the episode ends up. Despite a low body count, the Tenth Doctor is still emotionally impacted by the loss of Jenny, similar to how the Fifth Doctor was impacted by Adric's death in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock "Earthshock"]].
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter "The Doctor's Daughter"]] features the Doctor's daughter. A recursive enough statement in a recursive enough episode which wouldn't be too out of place of the Fifth Doctor era given how dark the episode ends up. Despite a low body count, the Tenth Doctor is still emotionally impacted by the loss of Jenny, similar to how the Fifth Doctor was impacted by Adric's death in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock "Earthshock"]]. Perhaps a coincidence, or perhaps not given that [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CiNSTimeCrash just a year ago the Tenth Doctor met the Fifth Doctor briefly]] and that [[Creator/GeorgiaMoffett the Doctor's Daughter is portrayed by the Fifth Doctor's daughter]].
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]] deconstructs the Doctor's methods and has his powers being used against him by an alien menace that he doesn't fully understand by once, and is an idea that has never been created before nor replicated since.
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]] deconstructs the Doctor's methods and has his powers being used against him by an alien menace that he doesn't fully understand by once, and is an idea that has never been created before nor replicated since. Also, celebrity bonus, [[Creator/DavidTroughton Patrick Troughton's son David Troughton, who has appeared in Doctor Who three times before, plays Professor Hobbes]].
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End]] are notable for bringing three concurrent shows together in the same episode, reintroducing Davros after his last onscreen appearance 20 years ago from Remembrance of the Daleks, reintroducing Davros and Sarah Jane since their first meeting in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks "Genesis of the Daleks"]], and having three Doctors meet in the same time, although not the Doctors you were expecting. Donna's fate near the end is painfully similar to the fate that Zoe and Jamie faced in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames "The War Games"]] in that all three companions had their memory of the Doctor erased against their will.
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* Although many of these episodes may not look like they have much in common with the Classic series, there are enough references that make the transition easier for fans who were introduced to the Revival series into the earlier series. Overall, the execution makes this series worthy of being the 45th anniversary special.
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End]] are notable for bringing three concurrent shows together in the same episode, reintroducing Davros after his last onscreen appearance 20 years ago from Remembrance of the Daleks, reintroducing Davros and Sarah Jane since their first meeting in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks "Genesis of the Daleks"]], and having three Doctors meet in the same time, although not the Doctors you were expecting. Painfully, Donna's fate near the end is painfully similar to the fate that Zoe and Jamie faced in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames "The War Games"]] in that all three companions had their memory of the Doctor erased against their will.
* Although many of these episodes may not look like they have much in common with the Classic series, there are enough references that make the transition easier for fans who were introduced to the Revival series into the earlier series. Overall, the execution makes this series worthy of being the 45th anniversary special.will.
* Although many of these episodes may not look like they have much in common with the Classic series, there are enough references that make the transition easier for fans who were introduced to the Revival series into the earlier series. Overall, the execution makes this series worthy of being the 45th anniversary special.
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* Even more from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft "Turn Left"]]: Assuming that all things constant apart from Donna Noble not being a temp at HC Clemmens, there's a good chance that Lance drugged another temp with Huon Particles. After all, the Racnoss Queen needed Huon Particles to awaken her children under the Earth's core. After all, how and why else would the Doctor be found at Torchwood London's secret Thames laboratory? Based on what [[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS1E7E8WhateverHappenedToSarahJane we know about the leader of the Trickster's Brigade]] and that there is no mention of Lance or anyone or anything else besides the bodies of the Doctor and the Racnoss Queen. Also given what happened to Lance in the original timeline, the same fate could have happened to the Turn Right Temp...
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** Don't forget, for much of the Doctor's time at UNIT, the Tardis was non-functional. Even if Torchwood initially ''did'' have the covert intention of stealing him out from under UNIT's control, they may have opted to wait and see if he could get his time machine working so they could abscond with ''it'', too. But by the time his ride's functionality was restored following the events of "The Three Doctors", the Doctor had proven himself too invaluable for UNIT to give him up without a ''ferocious'' political fight.
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** Don't forget, for much of the Doctor's time at UNIT, the Tardis TARDIS was non-functional. Even if Torchwood initially ''did'' have the covert intention of stealing him out from under UNIT's control, they may have opted to wait and see if he could get his time machine working so they could abscond with ''it'', too. But by the time his ride's functionality was restored following the events of "The Three Doctors", the Doctor had proven himself too invaluable for UNIT to give him up without a ''ferocious'' political fight.
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* The Doctor says "both sides had secrets" when talking about the Genesis Ark. Given how later stories portray the often negative relationship between the Doctor who fought in the War and the higher-ranked Time Lord politicians (as well as their often negative relationships from before the War), it's no surprise they kept secrets from him!
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** People wonder why the Doctor is so harsh on the Family, when he isn't usually this harsh even to the Daleks or Cybermen. Well, one reason is that, as John Smith, he got to fall in love and be loved, for the first time in years, or centuries, or maybe ''ever.'' He got to see himself as a father and a grandfather again. He got to live a simple, normal, beautiful human life with no monsters or fate of the world decisions. And then the Family ripped it away. No wonder he's '''furious!'''
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** People wonder why the Doctor is so harsh on the Family, when he isn't usually this harsh even to the Daleks or Cybermen. Well, one reason is that, as John Smith, he got to fall in love and be loved, for the first time in years, or centuries, or maybe ''ever.'' He got to see himself as a father and a grandfather again. He got to live a simple, normal, beautiful human life with no monsters or fate of the world decisions. And then the Family ripped it away.away (after he'd gone to the deliberate effort of running away and trying to be merciful, no less). No wonder he's '''furious!'''
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*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink Blink]]" introduces the Weeping Angels, the statues that send you back in time after they touch you and let you live your life in the past. This is more of an ActorAllusion than anything but remember what happened to [[Creator/JohnSimm]] in [[Series/LifeOnMars]]? The entire premise of the show is about a man from 2000s England ending up in 1970s England due to a deadly touch... albiet probably not from a Weeping Angel.
* In the ''Human Nature'' 2-parer, several characters note the Doctor failing to consider the possibility of falling in love as John Smith, with John in particular being aghast that it wouldn't occur to him. However it is not the case that the Doctor didn't consider love; the very reason he never notices Martha's feelings for him is that he's still mourning Rose, it never occurred to him that, with his memory suppressed, that trauma would vanish, leaving him free to love again.
* In the ''Human Nature'' 2-parer, several characters note the Doctor failing to consider the possibility of falling in love as John Smith, with John in particular being aghast that it wouldn't occur to him. However it is not the case that the Doctor didn't consider love; the very reason he never notices Martha's feelings for him is that he's still mourning Rose, it never occurred to him that, with his memory suppressed, that trauma would vanish, leaving him free to love again.
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*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink Blink]]" introduces the Weeping Angels, the statues that send you back in time after they touch you and let you live your life in the past. This is more of an ActorAllusion than anything but remember what happened to [[Creator/JohnSimm]] in [[Series/LifeOnMars]]? The entire premise of the show is about a man from 2000s England ending up in 1970s England due to a deadly touch... albiet albeit probably not from a Weeping Angel.
* In the ''Human Nature'' 2-parer, several characters note the Doctor failing to consider the possibility of falling in love as John Smith, with John in particular being aghast that it wouldn't occur to him. However it is not the case that the Doctor didn't consider love; the very reason he never notices Martha's feelings for him is that he's still mourning Rose, it never occurred to him that, with his memory suppressed, that trauma would vanish, leaving him free to loveagain.
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** For those who don't ship Doctor/Rose, the other explanation is that ''the Doctor'' would never fall in love with a human. John Smith, on the other hand...
** Plus, they were only in 1913 for about three months total. It is fairly unlikely that he'd have the chance to form a real attachment to someone that quickly; he was just (un)lucky that Joan was around.
* The Doctor promised that "everything John Smith is and was, I'm capable of that too." Which means that everything Yana was--kind and gentle and self-sacrificing--the Master is capable of, too. And this is actually proven true, as the Simm incarnation does in the finale of "The End of Time, Part 2" and the following incarnation does throughout the latter half of Season 10, culminating in a genuine (but unfortunately brief) HeelFaceTurn.
* In the ''Human Nature'' 2-parer, several characters note the Doctor failing to consider the possibility of falling in love as John Smith, with John in particular being aghast that it wouldn't occur to him. However it is not the case that the Doctor didn't consider love; the very reason he never notices Martha's feelings for him is that he's still mourning Rose, it never occurred to him that, with his memory suppressed, that trauma would vanish, leaving him free to love
** For those who don't ship Doctor/Rose, the other explanation is that ''the Doctor'' would never fall in love with a human. John Smith, on the other hand...
** Plus, they were only in 1913 for about three months total. It is fairly unlikely that he'd have the chance to form a real attachment to someone that quickly; he was just (un)lucky that Joan was around.
* The Doctor promised that "everything John Smith is and was, I'm capable of that too." Which means that everything Yana was--kind and gentle and self-sacrificing--the Master is capable of, too. And this is actually proven true, as the Simm incarnation does in the finale of "The End of Time, Part 2" and the following incarnation does throughout the latter half of Season 10, culminating in a genuine (but unfortunately brief) HeelFaceTurn.
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*** She is also a Time Lord in her own right, albeit of human rather than Gallifreyan extraction. (No, I'm not going to spoiler that; if you didn't know it, you're something like three years behind. Catch up!) Who else for the Doctor? And it's interesting, isn't it, to consider what it means for the vaunted Gallifreyan sense of jaded superiority, that the essential characteristics of the Time Lords have nothing to do with one's species, but rather with having been exposed in early life to the time vortex? For Gallifreyans, it's the Untempered Schism; for River Song, it's having been conceived aboard a TARDIS in flight. Either way, it means the Gallifreyan Time Lords ''aren't nearly so special as they fondly imagine themselves to be''.
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*** She is also a Time Lord in her own right, albeit of human rather than Gallifreyan extraction. (No, I'm not going to spoiler that; if you didn't know it, you're something like three years behind. Catch up!) Who else for the Doctor? And it's interesting, isn't it, to consider what it means for the vaunted Gallifreyan sense of jaded superiority, that the essential characteristics of the Time Lords have nothing to do with one's species, but rather with having been exposed in early life to the time vortex? For Gallifreyans, it's the Untempered Schism; for River Song, it's having been conceived aboard a TARDIS in flight. Either way, it means the Gallifreyan Time Lords ''aren't nearly so special as they fondly imagine themselves to be''.
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** Moreover: it makes perfect sense that Ten would reference the War Doctor -- [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks she saw him step back from killing the Daleks once, in one of his most morally complicated moments.]] It only makes sense that he'd tell her about the time he [[spoiler: [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor seemingly]]]] went through with it.
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* The significance of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]] hit me some time after I watched it: The UltimateEvil MonsterOfTheWeek is a nameless creature. It learns to simulate an identity. Those with identities, names to be precise [[spoiler:except for Dee Dee]] are subverted by it in its quest to [[spoiler:kill the Doctor]]. In the end, it's [[spoiler:the nameless Hostess]] who sees through its deception. I found this subversion of NominalImportance powerfully symbolic.
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* The significance of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]] hit me some time after I watched it: The UltimateEvil MonsterOfTheWeek is a nameless creature. It learns to simulate an identity. Those with identities, names to be precise [[spoiler:except for Dee Dee]] are subverted by it in its quest to [[spoiler:kill the Doctor]]. In the end, it's [[spoiler:the nameless Hostess]] who sees through its deception. I found this subversion of NominalImportance powerfully symbolic.
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** Well, many of the invasions happened in small, isolated villages, so they wouldn't have been such as public as the revival series' "everyone invades London every other year." And then "The Invasion" happened while almost the entire human population was asleep. Plus, no Internet or cell phone cameras yet, so word doesn't spread as widely. It also wouldn't make sense for the Time Lords to strand the Doctor in a parallel universe, so we can safely assume all of the UNIT stories happened on "our" Earth. However, this could well explain some of the stories. As for the level of technology being unrealistic, it could easily be explained by time travel and/or the side effects of the Time War retconning things.
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* Additional brilliance for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen "Rise of the Cybermen"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel "The Age of Steel"]]. Earlier on in part 1, the Doctor throws away a rather quick explanation as to how they ended up in the parallel world by mistake. And in particular, he said that "When the Time Lords kept their eye on everything, you could hop between realities, home in time for tea. Then they died, and took it all with them. The walls of reality closed, the worlds were sealed." And that in itself explains all the 20 minutes into the future looks of the classic stories. Before the Time War, the Doctor could travel across parallel universes. After it, no more.
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* Additional brilliance for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen "Rise of the Cybermen"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel "The Age of Steel"]]. Earlier on in part 1, the Doctor throws away a rather quick explanation as to how they ended up in the parallel world by mistake. And in particular, he said that "When the Time Lords kept their eye on everything, you could hop between realities, home in time for tea. Then they died, and took it all with them. The walls of reality closed, the worlds were sealed." And that in itself explains all the 20 minutes into the future looks of the classic stories. Before the Time War, the Doctor could travel across parallel universes. After it, no more.Parallel universes with Earth that has slightly advanced technology compared to the technology from the viewer's home. It explains how in the classic series, Earth could have been under the constant threat of alien invasion with the human population constantly unaware of said invasions because for much of the series, that alien menace of the story could have been the first time aliens have invaded that particular Earth of that universe. It also explains the existence of companions such as Viki and Zoe, both whom were from a futuristic time period envisioned by the 1960s but realistically wouldn't be possible especially as the real world progresses. Because for those characters and for certain events, those events happen on parallel Earths. All of the events during the revival series more or less revolve around a certain Earth that have been televised since the 1970s at the very earliest.
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* Additional brilliance for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen "Rise of the Cybermen"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel "The Age of Steel"]]. Earlier on in part 1, the Doctor throws away a rather quick explanation as to how they ended up in the parallel world by mistake. And in particular, he said that "When the Time Lords kept their eye on everything, you could hop between realities, home in time for tea. Then they died, and took it all with them. The walls of reality closed, the worlds were sealed." And that in itself explains all the 20 minutes into the future looks of the classic stories. Before the Time War, the Doctor could travel across parallel universes. After it, no more.
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** Partners in Crime: If Donna had not been investigating as well then The Doctor wouldn't have had the second
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second Pendant and thus wouldn't have been able to save the day. Despite how it seems, the Doctor isn't all knowing, and doesn't always have all the answers, sometimes it is the companion that finds the key to saving the day.
** Fires Of Pompeii: Donna's desperate begging convinces the doctor to save one family; the companions some times have to hold the Doctor to the mark, making sure he keeps his promise (Never give up, never give in)
** Sontaran Stratagem/Poison Sky: Martha's a member of UNIT. The point here is that the companion's story doesn't end when they leave the TARDIS and many of them serve as the defenders of earth in the Doctor's stead when he isn't on earth, something both Series/Torchwood and Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures put in more focus, and of course comes to the forefront later.
** Midnight: as has been discussed above, a key part of what goes wrong is Donna failing perhaps the most important responsibility of the companion; serving as a relatable buffer between frightened civillians and the alien, and at time unrelatable Doctor.
** Turn Left: We see here how some times the duty of the companion is to save the Doctor from himself, Donna's absence costs the Doctor his life, and we see the above point; in his absence Sarah Jane and Jack worked in his stead to stop the Plasmavore and the Sontarans, albeit at the cost of their lives.
** Stolen Earth/Journey's End: Again, until they realize it's the Daleks, we see Jack, Sarah Jane and Martha working to protect the earth before the Doctor's arrival, and even working on their own plots to stop the Daleks after his capture.
** Fires Of Pompeii: Donna's desperate begging convinces the doctor to save one family; the companions some times have to hold the Doctor to the mark, making sure he keeps his promise (Never give up, never give in)
** Sontaran Stratagem/Poison Sky: Martha's a member of UNIT. The point here is that the companion's story doesn't end when they leave the TARDIS and many of them serve as the defenders of earth in the Doctor's stead when he isn't on earth, something both Series/Torchwood and Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures put in more focus, and of course comes to the forefront later.
** Midnight: as has been discussed above, a key part of what goes wrong is Donna failing perhaps the most important responsibility of the companion; serving as a relatable buffer between frightened civillians and the alien, and at time unrelatable Doctor.
** Turn Left: We see here how some times the duty of the companion is to save the Doctor from himself, Donna's absence costs the Doctor his life, and we see the above point; in his absence Sarah Jane and Jack worked in his stead to stop the Plasmavore and the Sontarans, albeit at the cost of their lives.
** Stolen Earth/Journey's End: Again, until they realize it's the Daleks, we see Jack, Sarah Jane and Martha working to protect the earth before the Doctor's arrival, and even working on their own plots to stop the Daleks after his capture.
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* In hindsight it's hard not to notice how much the Stolen Earth Arc parallels the Time War;
** The obvious part, with the enemy being an army of Daleks
** The Doctor being ordered to fight in a war.
** The companions becoming the children of time, and the whole fashioning them into weapons thing could be taken as an example of how the Time Lords got a lot darker in the war.
** The metacrisis Doctor, who was effectively the Doctor being remade as soldier, and then commiting genocide.
** Dalek Cann, a member of the Daleks who is considered mad by his peers and conspires to destroy his own race because of how evil they are, outright declaring "no more", he is essentially the War Doctor as a dalek.
** With all this considered it is not surprising that the Doctor begins down the slippery slope towards the Time Lord Victorious; he's had those old wounds ripped open.
** The obvious part, with the enemy being an army of Daleks
** The Doctor being ordered to fight in a war.
** The companions becoming the children of time, and the whole fashioning them into weapons thing could be taken as an example of how the Time Lords got a lot darker in the war.
** The metacrisis Doctor, who was effectively the Doctor being remade as soldier, and then commiting genocide.
** Dalek Cann, a member of the Daleks who is considered mad by his peers and conspires to destroy his own race because of how evil they are, outright declaring "no more", he is essentially the War Doctor as a dalek.
** With all this considered it is not surprising that the Doctor begins down the slippery slope towards the Time Lord Victorious; he's had those old wounds ripped open.
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* In the ''Human Nature/Family of Blood'' two-parter, the Family of Blood are specifically after The Doctor to steal his regenerations. There's four of them, but as the Tenth Doctor, he'd have three regenerations left [[spoiler: Actually two, as we'd find out in ''Day of the Doctor'']]. Even if The Family succeeded, they'd probably end up in an EnemyCivilWar over who gets The Doctor's remaining lives.
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** The idea that Donna's world is on the brink of a Cyber uprising makes a scary amount of sense; south england is flooded with radiation, rendering it uninhabitable, Cybermen could easily survive that sort of thing.
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* In the ''Human Nature'' 2-parer, several characters note the Doctor failing to consider the possibility of falling in love as John Smith, with John in particular being aghast that it wouldn't occur to him. However it is not the case that the Doctor didn't consider love; the very reason he never notices Martha's feelings for him is that he's still mourning Rose, it never occurred to him that, with his memory suppressed, that trauma would vanish, leaving him free to love again.
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** This episode is why the Doctor [[spoiler:is afraid to regenerate in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]] — he remembers John Smith's death.]]
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** This episode is one reason why the Doctor [[spoiler:is afraid to regenerate in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]] — he remembers John Smith's death.]]]]
** People wonder why the Doctor is so harsh on the Family, when he isn't usually this harsh even to the Daleks or Cybermen. Well, one reason is that, as John Smith, he got to fall in love and be loved, for the first time in years, or centuries, or maybe ''ever.'' He got to see himself as a father and a grandfather again. He got to live a simple, normal, beautiful human life with no monsters or fate of the world decisions. And then the Family ripped it away. No wonder he's '''furious!'''
** People wonder why the Doctor is so harsh on the Family, when he isn't usually this harsh even to the Daleks or Cybermen. Well, one reason is that, as John Smith, he got to fall in love and be loved, for the first time in years, or centuries, or maybe ''ever.'' He got to see himself as a father and a grandfather again. He got to live a simple, normal, beautiful human life with no monsters or fate of the world decisions. And then the Family ripped it away. No wonder he's '''furious!'''
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* In ''Doomsday'', upon being told that Harriet Jones has been elected President in Pete's World, the Doctor immediately warns Pete about her, it is not entirely surprising that his dispute with his version of Harriet immediately comes to his mind, given that Yvonne took credit for the destruction of the Sycorax during the previous episode, a few hours earlier at most, dredging the incident up in his mind.
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* One of the Doctor's Catchphases "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." is first used by him in "Age of Steel". However it's first appearance comes in the previous episode, "Rise of the Cybermen", in which the President of Britain says it to the Cybermen while the Doctor is in the background. There's a very real possibility that, at least subconsciously, the Doctor [[MeaningfulEcho chose to use the phase to honor the man]], he still remembers those he can' save.
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*** Perhaps he didn't have the technology and resources? He died right at the beginning of the Time War, and before that, the Daleks were only slowly advancing towards the level they are at in the revival series. Plus having Skaro destroyed would've been a setback.
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** Nope, because then the Doctor's universe would've seen it. As noted above, Caan would've countered the Reality Bomb in every possible universe. Phew!
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** Few things wrong with this: A) the technology was already made. In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]], they had universe hoppers. The dimension cannon was just a bigger scaled replication of this technology. In fact, Jackie and Mickey are seen using a version of the old "Doomsday" tech (which means Rose's was just to be more permanent then the dimension hoppers). B) While yes, she probably did start working on the dimension cannon immediately after being trapped because she didn't want to be in that universe. She stated very clearly her choice was the Doctor. His image didn't come through the universe until three months after the events of Canary Wharf. Which leads into C) Rose also very clearly states it didn't work until the universe was already collapsing. Which by this point, Rose also realized that the stars going out was probably collapsing the walls. Which she was able to prove by making the dimension cannon work. Rose making the cannon in the first place saved not only that universe, but the entire multiverse because if she hadn't come back, the Doctor wouldn't have been on the TARDIS with Donna and the Doctor Donna would have never been made. And ergo, the reality bomb would've gone off. [[SarcasmMode But yeah, we can hate Rose for that too, I guess]].
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** Few things wrong with this: A) the technology was already made. In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]], they had universe hoppers. The dimension cannon was just a bigger scaled replication of this technology. In fact, Jackie and Mickey are seen using a version of the old "Doomsday" tech (which means Rose's was just to be more permanent then the dimension hoppers). B) While yes, she probably did start working on the dimension cannon immediately after being trapped because she didn't want to be in that universe. She stated very clearly her choice was the Doctor. His image didn't come through the universe until three months after the events of Canary Wharf. Which leads into C) Rose also very clearly states it didn't work until the universe was already collapsing. Which by this point, Rose also realized that the stars going out was probably collapsing the walls. Which she was able to prove by making the dimension cannon work. Rose making the cannon in the first place saved not only work.
** Except thatuniverse, but if the entire multiverse because if she hadn't come back, the Doctor wouldn't have been on the TARDIS with Donna and the Doctor Donna would have never been made. And ergo, the reality bomb Reality Bomb had gone off, it would've gone off. [[SarcasmMode But yeah, we can hate Rose for destroyed '''every''' universe. The only thing that too, I guess]].could've only begun to break down the walls of the universe would be them working on getting the dimension cannon set up, doubtless testing it over and over again. It doesn't matter that she wanted to be with the Doctor; he warned her it was too dangerous, then she ignored him.
** Except that
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** And on top of that, UNIT has always seemed to be GenreSavvy when it comes to fighting aliens, with specialized equipment, hiring the best scientific minds they can, etc. Torchwood, on the other hand, is seen taking on Daleks and Cybermen with seemingly regular bullets, let Mickey bluff or fake his way in, and [[BullyingADragon seem to think they can actually control the Doctor]]. Aside from all of the political considerations, it's highly doubtful they could win a straight fight either.
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** The Abzorbaloff can absorb any other living creature and obtain their knowledge, which means he could of absorbed the Doctor and gained the Doctor's knowledge including how to use the [=TARDIS=] to travel throughout time and space.
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** The Abzorbaloff can absorb any other living creature and obtain their knowledge, which means he could of have absorbed the Doctor and gained the Doctor's knowledge including how to use the [=TARDIS=] to travel throughout time and space.
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*** And now we know that it's not just his companions' example that did that, inspiring One to a more worthy stance through humanity's example. [[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime It was thousands of humans and their spontaneous Christmas truce, too.]]
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*** And now we know that it's not just his companions' example that did that, inspiring One to a more worthy stance through humanity's example. [[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime It was thousands of humans and their spontaneous a Christmas truce, too.]]]] No ''wonder'' the Doctor had faith that humans' collective humanity would shine through in their darkest hour!
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*** And now we know that it's not just his companions' example that did that, inspiring One to a more worthy stance through humanity's example. [[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime It was ''thousands'' of humans at a Christmas truce, too.]]
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*** And now we know that it's not just his companions' example that did that, inspiring One to a more worthy stance through humanity's example. [[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime It was ''thousands'' thousands of humans at a and their spontaneous Christmas truce, too.]]
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*** And now we know that it's not just his companions' example that did that, inspiring One to a more worthy stance through humanity's example. [[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime It was ''thousands'' of humans at a Christmas truce, too.]]
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** Don't forget, for much of the Doctor's time at UNIT, the Tardis was non-functional. Even if Torchwood initially ''did'' have the covert intention of stealing him out from under UNIT's control, they may have opted to wait and see if he could get his time machine working so they could abscond with ''it'', too. But by the time his ride's functionality was restored following the events of "The Three Doctors", the Doctor had proven himself too invaluable for UNIT to give him up without a ''ferocious'' political fight.
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* The Time Lords' "Ultimate Sanction" takes on another layer of significance when you consider that it's essentially the same path that Davros took that resulted in the creation of the Daleks. Davros wanted the Kaleds to give up their corporeal bodies and become organic machine hybrids in order to outlast the Thals; Rassilon wanted the Time Lords to give up their corporeal bodies and become beings of pure consciousness in order to outlast the Daleks. NotSoDifferent, indeed.
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* The Time Lords' "Ultimate Sanction" takes on another layer of significance when you consider that it's essentially the same path that Davros took that resulted in the creation of the Daleks. Davros wanted the Kaleds to give up their corporeal bodies and become organic machine hybrids in order to outlast the Thals; Rassilon wanted the Time Lords to give up their corporeal bodies and become beings of pure consciousness in order to outlast the Daleks. NotSoDifferent, Not so different, indeed.
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** More Brilliance implied by that line: The Master and the Doctor became NotSoDifferent in one respect in that story, because they've ''both'' been responsible for finishing off the supreme leader of a race of giant predatory monsters that the Time Lords fought to near-extinction, eons ago. The Master destroyed the vessel of the Racnoss Empress in "The Runaway Bride", and the Doctor sent a rocket through the heart of the King Vampire in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E4StateOfDecay "State of Decay"]]!
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** More Brilliance implied by that line: The Master and the Doctor became NotSoDifferent not so different in one respect in that story, because they've ''both'' been responsible for finishing off the supreme leader of a race of giant predatory monsters that the Time Lords fought to near-extinction, eons ago. The Master destroyed the vessel of the Racnoss Empress in "The Runaway Bride", and the Doctor sent a rocket through the heart of the King Vampire in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E4StateOfDecay "State of Decay"]]!
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* Why does the Doctor never tell a dying Anita his name? It's not because, or at least not just because, of how busy they are and the significance of the secret. If he were to tell her, he would be admitting that there's no way to save her, that she's as good as dead. And that's something the Doctor never, ''ever'' does. As River notes:
-->"Everybody knows that everybody dies, and nobody knows it like the Doctor. But I do think that all the skies of all the worlds might just turn dark if he ever, for one moment, accepted it."
-->"Everybody knows that everybody dies, and nobody knows it like the Doctor. But I do think that all the skies of all the worlds might just turn dark if he ever, for one moment, accepted it."
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** Or maybe Gallifrey's arms designers found a way to ''weaponize'' the Angels' abilities. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent "Hell Bent"]] showed us that some of them are bound captives within the Matrix's data archives, so Gallifrey's most powerful supercomputer certainly has access to their knowledge and properties.
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** Or maybe Gallifrey's arms designers found a way to ''weaponize'' the Angels' abilities. abilities.
*** It looks like Rassilon did. When he marches out to declare the Final Sanction [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]] there are a couple Gallifreyans standing behind him with their eyes covered Angel-style. [[BadBoss Punishment perhaps?]]
[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent "Hell Bent"]] showed us that some of them are bound captives within the Matrix's data archives, so Gallifrey's most powerful supercomputer certainly has access to their knowledge and properties.
*** It looks like Rassilon did. When he marches out to declare the Final Sanction [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]] there are a couple Gallifreyans standing behind him with their eyes covered Angel-style. [[BadBoss Punishment perhaps?]]
[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent "Hell Bent"]] showed us that some of them are bound captives within the Matrix's data archives, so Gallifrey's most powerful supercomputer certainly has access to their knowledge and properties.
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*** There's also Professor Lazarus himself. He was financially backed by Harold Saxon for one reason or another. But it's interesting to note that during "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E6TheLazarusExperiment The Lazarus Experiment]]" Professor Lazarus said "I am reborn" while holding his hands out in a bit of a T-pose, similar to how Time Lords regenerate. The Master would later say the words "The Master reborn!" during the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]". Furthermore, [[Creator/MarkGatiss]] would later play an incarnation of the Master for Big Finish. Is it possible that Harold Saxon backed Professor Lazarus, seeing a lot of his earlier incarnation in him, and would inspire to take his form in the future?
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*** There's also Professor Lazarus himself. He was financially backed by Harold Saxon for one reason or another. But it's interesting to note that during "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E6TheLazarusExperiment The Lazarus Experiment]]" Professor Lazarus said "I am reborn" while holding his hands out in a bit of a T-pose, similar to how Time Lords regenerate. The Master would later say the words "The Master reborn!" during the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]". Furthermore, [[Creator/MarkGatiss]] Creator/MarkGatiss would later play an incarnation of the Master for Big Finish. Is it possible that Harold Saxon backed Professor Lazarus, seeing a lot of his earlier incarnation in him, and would inspire to take his form in the future?
