History Recap / BigFinishDoctorWho025Colditz

Meanwhile, Ace doesn't actually die in her escape attempt, because Kurtz wants to suck up to Klein and decides to let Ace live for that reason. This means that Klein's time travel is already starting to unravel the Web of Time. When Klein reveals that she was only able to pilot the TARDIS with the help of her friend Johann Schmidt, the Doctor finally realises what happened: after being shot and killed by the Nazis in the future, he would have regenerated into the Eighth Doctor, befriended Klein for years, and eventually convinced her to steal the TARDIS from Nazi headquarters and travel back in time. Eight also programmed the TARDIS to vworp off as soon as Klein landed, leaving her stuck. All along, Klein was an unwitting pawn, whose only purpose was to loop back in on her own paradox (which Eight couldn't have done without very seriously upsetting time itself) and undo everything that happened, including the Doctor's own regeneration.

And if the Nazis were never able to control the TARDIS without Eight's help, something else must have led them to win the war... Ace's CD player. Its technology gave the Nazis ''lasers'', which naturally led to the discovery of nuclear power well before its time. Ace is ''not'' happy with the realisation that her carelessness enabled a global holocaust.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Generally avoided, as the Nazis are portrayed in a very realistic light. Until Klein shows up, that is.

The TARDIS parks Ace and the Seventh Doctor somewhere ''really'' cheerful: a POW camp in WorldWarII Germany. Ace is understandably pissed off when they enter what looks like a giant classic mansion, since that's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight usually]] a sign of the Doctor wanting to manipulate her with some kind of masterplan. Fortunately, the Doctor has no idea where they are. Unfortunately, they immediately get themselves captured by Nazis, separated, and imprisoned as Prominente: ally spies.

* PortalCut: [[spoiler: Kurtz attempts to shoot at the Doctor and Ace while half-in/half-out of the TARDIS. His gunfire causes an emergency dematerialisation. The results are...unpleasant.]]

In the end, Klein manages to do what no one else in the story had so far managed: escape from Colditz castle (although this is far from the last the Doctor see of her). Hauptmann Julius Schäfer -- an ally sympathiser -- betrays the Nazis and helps the Doctor and Ace escape as well. Kurtz dies a ''very'' messy death when the TARDIS vworps off with him stuck in her doors.

And if the Nazis where never able to control the TARDIS without Eight's help, something else must have led them to win the war... Ace's CD player. Its technology gave the Nazis ''lasers'', which naturally led to the discovery of nuclear power well before its time. Ace is ''not'' happy with the realisation that her carelessness enabled a global holocaust.

The Doctor baffles everyone with his two hearts, and plays some spoons on the Nazis. Ace, meanwhile, attracts a very nasty character named Feldwebel Kurtz (DavidTennant, in his first BigFinishDoctorWho role), who tries to get her naked and at his mercy as quickly as possible. He's also very confused by her portable CD player. Luckily for Ace, these are the kind of realistic Nazis who adhere to the Geneva Conventions and don't particularly care for Hitler's master race theory, so she's treated like an actual human being and Kurtz is reprimanded for perving on her.

In the end, Klein manages to do what no one else in the story had so far managed: escape from Colditz castle. Hauptmann Julius Schäfer -- an ally sympathiser -- betrays the Nazis and helps the Doctor and Ace escape as well. Kurtz dies a ''very'' messy death when the TARDIS vworps off with him stuck in her doors.

In the end, Hauptmann Julius Schäfer -- an ally sympathiser -- betrays the Nazis and helps the Doctor and Ace escape. Kurtz dies a ''very'' messy death when the TARDIS vworps off with him stuck in her doors, and Klein manages to do what no one else in the story had so far managed: escape from Colditz castle.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Generally avoided, as the Nazis are portrayed in a very realistic light. Until Klein shows up, that is.

* ALittleSomethingWeCallRockAndRoll: The Nazis find Ace's portable CD player (that she aquired in [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho005TheFearmonger "The Fearmonger"]]. It doesn't end well.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: The alternate Eighth Doctor]] spends pretty much his entire regeneration trying to correct time to its proper course. It's up to interpretation if he's trying to attone for the corruption of the timeline, or if he's trying to prevent [[spoiler: Ace's untimely death]] by meddling. Probably both.

Meanwhile, Ace doesn't actually die in her escape attempt, because Kurtz wants to suck up to Klein and decides to let Ace live for that reason. This means that Klein's time travel is already starting to unravel the Web of Time. When Klein reveals that she was only able to pilot the TARDIS with the help of her friend Johann Schmidt, the Doctor finally realises what happened: after being shot and killed by the Nazis in the future, he would have regenerated into the Eighth Doctor, befriended Klein for 20 years, and eventually convinced her to steal the TARDIS from Nazi headquarters and travel back in time. Eight also programmed the TARDIS to vworp off as soon as Klein landed, leaving her stuck. All along, Klein was an unwitting pawn, whose only purpose was to loop back in on her own paradox (which Eight couldn't have done without very seriously upsetting time itself) and undo everything that happened, including the Doctor's own regeneration.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Generally avoided, as the Nazis are portrayed in a very realistic light. Until Klein shows up, that is.

While Ace conspires with the other English prisoners (she's sure they can escape -- she's played the board game and everything), the Doctor meets a very, ''very'' nasty Nazi officer named Elisabeth Klein, who tries to steal his TARDIS. He lets her know that no matter how she threatens him, and no matter what her designs on his TARDIS are, she is ''not'' in charge and she has ''no'' idea what she's messing with.

The Doctor baffles everyone with his two hearts, and plays some spoons on the Nazis. Ace, meanwhile, attracts a very nasty character named Feldwebel Kurtz (DavidTennant, in his first BigFinishDoctorWho role), who tries to get her naked and at his mercy as quickly as possible. He's also very confused by her portable CD player. Luckily for Ace, these are the kind of realistic Nazis who adhere to the Geneva convention and don't particularly care for Hitler's master race theory, so she's treated like an actual human being and Kurtz is reprimanded for perving on her.

In the end, Hauptmann Julius Schäfer -- an ally sympathiser -- betrays the Nazis and helps the Doctor and Ace escape. Kurtz dies a ''very'' messy death when the TARDIS vworps off with him stuck in her doors, and Klein manages to do what no no one else in the story had so far managed: escape from Colditz castle.

While Ace conspired with the other English prisoners (she's sure they can escape -- she's played the board game and everything), the Doctor meets a very, ''very'' nasty Nazi officer named Elisabeth Klein, who tries to steal his TARDIS. He lets her know that no matter how she threatens him, and no matter what her designs on his TARDIS are, she is ''not'' in charge and she has ''no'' idea what she's messing with.

* CompleteMonster: The Nazi Colditz commander, Schäfer, is a damn near OfficerAndAGentleman, who treats his prisoners with stern but genuine respect. His second, Kurtz, however is a vile, violent vicious bully. He's voiced by DavidTennant to boot, who is as far removed from the Tenth Doctor as can be.

* PortalCut: Kurtz attempts to shoot at the Doctor and Ace while half-in/half-out of the TARDIS. His gunfire causes an emergency dematerialisation. The results are...unpleasant.
* StupidJetpackHitler: Klein's world springs from the successful Nazi reverse-engineering of Ace's CD Walkman and the capture of the TARDIS.

The Doctor baffles everyone with his two hearts, and plays some spoons on the Nazis. Ace, meanwhile, attracts a very nasty character named Feldwebel Kurtz (DavidTennant, in his first BigFinishDoctorWho role), who tries to get her naked and at his mercy as quickly as possible. He's also very confused by her portable CD player. Luckily for Ace, these are the kind of realistic Nazis who adhere to the Geneva convention and don't particularly care for Hitler's master race theory, so she's treated like an actual human being and Kurtz is reprimaned for perving on her.

Meanwhile, Ace doesn't actually die in her escape attempt, because Kurtz wants to suck up to Klein and decides to let Ace live for that reason. This means that Klein's time travel is already starting to unravel the Web of Time. When Klein reveals that she was only able to pilot the TARDIS with the help of her friend Johann Schmidt, the Doctor finally realises what happened: after being shot and killed by the Nazis in the future, he would have regenerated into the Eighth Doctor, befriended Klein for 20 years, and eventually convinced her to steal the TARDIS from Nazi headquarters and travel back in time. All along, Klein was an unwitting pawn, whose only purpose was to loop back in on her own paradox (which Eight couldn't have done without very seriously upsetting time itself) and undo everything that happened, including the Doctor's own regeneration.

Ace and the Seventh Doctor decide to visit somewhere ''really'' cheerful: a POW camp in WorldWarII Germany.

Guest-starring as Feldwebel Kurtz is some guy named DavidTennant, in his first BigFinishDoctorWho role.