History Recap / BigFinishDoctorWho043DoctorWhoAndThePirates

** He gleefully sings it as soon as the next episode starts.

** He sings it as soon as the next episode starts, though.

As the story goes on, though, Sally starts to see some uncomfortable similarities to her own life. In particular, to a very recent, very painful, very personal loss... someone very dear to her was killed in a car crash. She was driving. And she doesn't think she can go on.

Sally, a history student, is having a hard time, and the ''last'' thing she wants is for her favourite tutor, Dr. Evelyn Smythe, to turn up and tell her a long, rambling story about pirates.

The story deals with a pirate captain named Red Jasper, who's after a map leading to a treasure. A cabon boy named James London (Jem for short) turns out to be the son of the only man who knew its location. Evelyn and Jem are captured by Red Jasper, and despite Evelyn's best efforts to bluff her way out (posing as "Evil Evelyn, the Pirate Queen"), Jem is tortured and brutally murdered. Evelyn blamed herself for his death, and asked the Doctor to take her home after the adventure was over. When she got home, she found Sally's suicide note in the mail. She asked the Doctor to take her back in time so they could talk Sally out of it.

The story deals with a pirate captain named Red Jasper, who's after a map leading to a treasure. A cabon boy named James London (Jem for short) turns out to be the son of the only man who knew its location. Evelyn and Gem are captured by Red Jasper, and despite Evelyn's best efforts to bluff her way out (posing as "Evil Evelyn, the Pirate Queen"), Jem is tortured and brutally murdered. Evelyn blamed herself for his death, and asked the Doctor to take her home after the adventure was over. When she got home, she found Sally's suicide note in the mail. She asked the Doctor to take her back in time so they could talk Sally out of it.

The story deals with a pirate captain named Red Jasper, who's after a map leading to a treasure. A cabon boy named James London (Jem for short) turns out to be the son of the only man who knew its location. Evelyn and Gem are captured by Red Jasper, and despite Evelyn's best efforts to bluff her way out (posing as "Evil Evelyn, the Pirate Queen"), Jem is tortured and brutally murdered. Evelyn blamed herself for his death, and asked the Doctor to take her home after the adventure was over. When she got home, she found Sally's suicide note in the main. She asked the Doctor to take her back in time so they could talk Sally out of it.

As the story goes on, though, Sally starts to see some uncomfortable similarities to her own life -- in particular, to a very recent, very painful, very personal loss... someone very dear to her was killed in a car crash. She was driving. And she doesn't think she can go on.

Sally, a history student, is having a hard time of it, and the ''last'' thing she wants is for her tutor, Dr Evelyn Smythe, to turn up and tell her a long, rambling story about pirates.

But Dr Smythe won't be dissuaded. In fact, she even invites her friend and travelling companion, the Doctor, into Sally's apartment so they can ''take turns'' with the pirate story, which Evelyn insists is true even though Sally points out that it's a transparent SelfInsertFic set in a mess of pirate cliches.

As the story goes on, though, Sally starts to see some uncomfortable similarities to her own life--in particular, to a very recent, very painful, very personal loss... her lover, killed in a car crash. She was driving. She doesn't think she can go on.

The pirate story starts getting darker, too, so the Doctor decides that the only way to cheer them all up is... to [[CrazyAwesome turn it into a musical!]]

* HamToHamCombat: Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor versus Bill Oddie's Long John Silver {{expy}} Red Jasper.

* InexplicableTreasureChests: Played with--Evelyn invents some treasure for the ''Sea Eagle'' to be carrying, so it'd sound more like a pirate story.

* PirateGirl: The Doctor claims Evelyn is 'Evil Evelyn, the Pirate Queen'. The masquerade works... briefly.

!!Tropes

* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: The Doctor and Merryweather have a song about this.

* CompleteMonster: Jasper, in a very down-to-earth, actual-unhinged-psychopath manner.

-->'''Doctor''': Why, you could almost say I was the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer. ''[background music begins to play]''

The pirate story starts getting darker, too, so the Doctor decides that the only way to cheer them all up is to [[CrazyAwesome turn it into a musical.]]

The pirate story starts getting darker, too, so the Doctor decides that the only way to cheer them all up is to turn it into a musical.

* AnythingYoucanDoICanDoBetter: The Doctor and Merryweather have a song about this.

* PatterSong: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=E5d-cteMguQ I Am the Very Model of a Gallifreyan Buccaneer]]"

Sally, a history student, is having a hard time of it, and the ''last'' thing she wants is for her tutor, Dr Evelyn Smythe, to turn up and tell her a long and pointless story about pirates.

As the story goes on, though, Sally starts to see some uncomfortable similarities to her own life--in particular, to a very recent, very painful, very personal loss... and Evelyn's story may be just the catharsis that all three of them need.

But that's before the singing starts...

But Dr Smythe won't be dissuaded. In fact, she even invites her friend and travelling companion, the Doctor, into Sally's apartment so they can take turns with the pirate story, which Evelyn insists is true even though Sally points out that it's a transparent SelfInsertFic set in a mess of pirate cliches.

* MusicalEpisode: Colin Baker sings!

Sally's having a hard time of it, and the ''last'' thing she wants is for her tutor, Dr Evelyn Smythe, to turn up and tell her a long and pointless story about pirates.

But Dr Smythe won't be dissuaded. In fact, she even invites her friend and travelling companion, the Doctor, into Sally's apartment so they can take turns with the pirate story, which Evelyn insists is true even though Sally points out that it's a transparent SelfInsertFic set in a mess of pirate cliches strung end-to-end.

Then the singing starts.

* MoodWhiplash: An light-hearted romp set during the golden age of piracy gets pretty damn dark before the dawn.

* {{Mutiny}}

* AristocratsAreEvil

* HookHand: Which, as Sally points out, is historically very unlikely.

* PirateTropes: By the truckload!