History Recap / BigFinishDoctorWho052Scherzo

* TheVoid

* TwoBeingsOneBody: [[spoiler:The Doctor and Charlie after their FussionDance.]]

* MedicalHorror: The Doctor thinks that [[spoiler: slitting his throat]] will help them contact the sound creature. Charley [[spoiler: slits it for him with her bloodied brooch. His vocal cords are laid bare, but he's still able to talk due to the creature's influence]].

* EvolutionaryLevels: The Doctor's and Charley's [[ItMakesSenseInContext food]] goes through this.

* TimeDissonance

* TwoBeingsOneBody

* MegaMicrobes

* [[spoiler: FusionDance]]

* IgnoredEpiphany / CassandraTruth: As the next episode reveals, [[spoiler: there's indeed someone toying with them.]]

!!!Tropes

* YouAreWorthHell: The reason Charley follows the Doctor to the Divergent Universe. The Doctor is less than thrilled by the gesture. At first, he flat-out refuses to believe that Charley is who she says she is, because he thinks Charley would never be cruel enough to inflict that sort of unwanted loyalty on him.

* Squick: The only food source is a strange creature that keeps coming back, evolving each time it returns. Charley is less than thrilled to be eating raw alien meat, but adapts. Its when the creature returns the final time that The Doctor and Charley notice [[spoiler: it has Charley's face.]] Charley is naturally freaked out by it.

* DarkerAndEdgier: One of the very, ''very'' few episode of ''Series/DoctorWho'' that are almost entirely devoid of comedy. Compared to "Scherzo", even [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]] has more light-hearted moments.

[[caption-width-right:350:Every good story has to come to an end...]]

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[[caption-width-right:600:Every good story has to come to an end...]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: One of the very, ''very'' few episode of ''Series/DoctorWho'' that are almost entirely devoid of comedy. Compared to "Scherzo", even [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E10Midnight "Midnight"]] has more light-hearted moments.

In the aftermath of [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho033Neverland "Neverland"]] and [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho050Zagreus "Zagreus"]], the Eighth Doctor finds himself in an unknown part of the Divergent universe. His time senses are painfully rendered useless, his memory is still recovering from Zagreus, and worst of all, Charley is in the TARDIS with him, making his attempted HeroicSacrifice for her in "Neverland" completely pointless. Shadows have infected the console room. The outside is searing, blinding light, a piercing screech, a dulling of the senses. HellIsThatNoise. The Doctor forces Charley to make the choice for both of them, and they head outside, into the unknown. The TARDIS vanishes. Charley's senses are numbed; she's blinded, overcome by the piercing light, and more scared than she's ever been. The Doctor experiences the same thing, with many more senses than the regular human ones suddenly being dulled or cut off completely. Blind and terrified, they walk along, hand in hand.

* PaintingTheMedium: The blinding light is represented as a searing, high-pitched, constantly changing background screech for the better part of two episodes. HellIsThatNoise. It's direct psychological warfare on the audience.
* [[spoiler: PeopleFarms]]: The Doctor and Charley.

* [[spoiler: TwoBeingsOneBody]]

* WhyWontYouDie:[[spoiler: The Sound Creature asks why Charley and the Doctor won't die, so it can live.]]

* CallForward: The Doctor mentions the [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho053TheCreedOfTheKromon Kromon]], [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho054TheNaturalHistoryOfFear the Censor]] and [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho055TheTwilightKingdom Major Koth]], probably due to the fact the concept of time doesn't exist in the Divergent universe.

* ForeShadowing: While considering what he could evolve into, the Doctor briefly senses some of the possible races in this world. These will show up in the next few episodes.

A PsychologicalHorror BottleEpisode. This story marks the beginning of the Divergent Universe arc that continues up to "The Next Life". It is also one of rare main range stories that have no other characters other than The Doctor, his companion and the MonsterOfTheWeek. Even the TARDIS is missing after the characters leave it.

* CallForward: The Doctor mentions the [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho053TheCreedOfTheKromon]] Kromon, [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho054TheNaturalHistoryOfFear the Censor]] and [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho055TheTwilightKingdom Major Koth]], probably due to the fact the concept of time doesn't exist in the Divergent universe.

* CallForward: The Doctor mentions both the [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho053TheCreedOfTheKromon Kromon and [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho055TheTwilightKingdom Major Koth]], probably due to the fact the concept of time doesn't exist in the Divergent universe.

* * AGodAmI: The Doctor, near the end.

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