History Recap / BigFinishDoctorWho092Nocturne

* GrumpyBear: Senor Marry, [[PostHumousCharacter supposedly]].

* SpaceX: Glasst is supposed to be Space Venice. It has many canals, and Ace notes it smells similar. (Having been to Venice as a school kid.)

* BigDamnHeroes / BigDamnVillains: When the Doctor and Lothar are surrounded by faulty [[RobotBuddy Familiars]], Reeney shows up and blasts them.

While Ace befriends a disabled ex-soldier named Will (the twin brother of said composer, and also a student of Thessinger), the Doctor slowly comes to realise just what the music is: an ancient alien technique that captures the atmosphere of a planet and turns it into psychic energy. For those AncientAliens, the music was nice and harmonious, much like their planet -- for the citizens of Nocturne, who only know war, it's just plain horror. Thessinger lures the sentient music in by playing one of Will's compositions, and team TARDIS succeeds in destroying it, although Will dies in the process. The Doctor realises that he had misunderstood history: he knew Will's music would live on through Thessinger's homages to this final piece, but he had always thought that Will had died in the war. Ace is glad to discover that her friend's music won't be forgotten.

* TheRenaissance: Nocturne is home to mankind's second Renaissance.

* HollywoodToneDeaf: The Doctor confronts Lothar that he is this. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Lothar is shocked to find out]].

* InMemoriam: Korbin's last mass with have the subtitle: From a theme by William Alloran, my pupil, and my [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming better]].

* {{Pun}}: See also StandardSnippet below.
** Later, the Doctor quips "A [[LeitMotiff light motive]]."

* BigDamnHeroes / BigDamnVillains: When the Doctor and Lothar are surrounded by [[spoiler: faulty [[RobotBuddy Familiars]]]], Reeney shows up and blasts them.
* BigRedButton:

* InMemoriam: Korbin's last mass with have the subtitle: [[spoiler: From a theme by William Alloran, my pupil, and my [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming better]]]].
* LargeHam: Lothor, as an artist, is veeeery hammy.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the last couple of Ace and Hex ''Series/DoctorWho adventures, a typical sci-fi romp with a MonsterOfTheWeek not involving a warzone, Hex getting tortures (though he does get bullied), and a fairly low death toll (of named characters [[spoiler: just one]]), and it ends on a non campy EverybodyLaughsEnding this is DEFINITELY on the LighterAndSofter scale for Creator/SylvesterMcCoy adventures.

* WronglyAccused: Hex gets a murder charge. [[spoiler: The Doctor later takes it over]].

--> '''Korbin''': "The Doctor told me to [[TheBait play bait]]. I thought it'd be better [[{{Pun}} to play]] {{Beethoven}}."

* FullNameUltimatum: When Hex misses a ShakeSpeare quote, he receives one from the Doctor.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the last couple of Ace and Hex DoctorWho adventures, a typical sci-fi romp with a MonsterOfTheWeek not involving a warzone, Hex getting tortures (though he does get bullied), and a fairly low death toll (of named characters [[spoiler: just one]]), and it ends on a non campy EverybodyLaughsEnding this is DEFINITELY on the LighterAndSofter scale for Creator/SylvesterMcCoy adventures.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the last couple of Ace and Hex DoctorWho adventures, a typical sci-fi romp with a MonsterOfTheWeek not involving a warzone, Hex getting tortures (though he does get bullied), and a fairly low death toll (of named characters [[spoiler: just one]]), and it ends on a non campy EverybodyLaughsEnding this is DEFINITELY on the LighterAndSofter scale for SylvesterMcCoy adventures.