History Recap / BigFinishDoctorWho169TheWrongDoctors

* IHatePastMe: The older Sixth Doctor is a lot more mellow, after having spent time with Evelyn, and as a result he can't stand the younger and more bashful Sixth Doctor.

* IHatePastMe: The older Sixth Doctor is a lot more mellow, after having spent time with Evelyn, and as a result he can't stand the younger Sixth Doctor.

* RetCon: This story explains why the Doctor starts wearing his patchwork colour coat when he starts travelling with Mel again, instead of his blue one.

* RetCon: This story explains why the Doctor starts wearing his patchwork color coat when he starts travelling with Mel again, instead of his blue one.

* RetCon: This story explains why the Doctor starts wearing his patchwork coat when he starts travelling with Mel again, instead of his blue one.

* IHatePastMe: The "current" Sixth Doctor is a lot more mellow, after having spent time with Evelyn.

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], both the Mardacks and Petherbridge try to have the Doctor shot the moment they confront them.

* ActorAllusion: Mel, who's [[InformedAbility actually a programmer]], is first encountered in a panto rehearsal. Actress Bonnie Langford was actually a stage actress before she joined DoctorWho.

* ShoutOut: Mel thinks [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim Sixth's Doctor]]'s coat is for an audition of JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat.

** The Doctor mentions he thought Mel was [[[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E3TerrorOfTheVervoids an exercise fan]].

As the TARDIS [[MostWonderfulSound vwoarps]] in, the Sixth Doctor steps out, and ... so does Mel? Ah, of course. Fresh out of his [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet trial]] the Sixth Doctor took Mel along to bring her back where she would first meet his future self. Hushing her when she mentions [[TimeParadox where that will happen]] .
The young Doctor, satisfied, walks off and suddenly notices something very, very wrong. A black cab, crushed, driver included.

As he rushes off, Melanie realizes her pet cat is still alive. [[OhCrap Who was dead]] when she left with the Doctor. Then the Doctor is back at the front door.. But he's the older Doctor. Who then after a chat realizes that [[TimeyWimeyBall the Doctor]] that meets up with her is older ''still''.
The younger Doctor gets knocked off his feet by a [[HaveWeMetYet younger Mel Bush]] who doesn't recognize him.. [[FailedASpotCheck and doesn't see the car crash]]. As she drives off, making fun of the [[IWasQuiteTheFashionVictim coat]], he's beset upon by an old lady, who ''also'' doesn't see the car crash. In fact... [[InvisibleToNormals what car?]]
Young Melanie goes to her theatre, where [[ObviouslyEvil Stapleton]] and Jebidiah are discussing unsavoury things.. Including a BankRobbery.

The younger Doctor meets up with younger Mel, and notices a lot of radar equipment for a drama group.. But ... they're not scanning for aeroplanes, it's looking for something way up high. And the echo? Oh that's nothing to worry about, Mel says, it's just the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Time Explosion]].
This sets the Doctor off to investigate.

As the older Doctor sees the younger Doctor, he runs to stop him from interfering, and winds up in a snare. The younger Doctor scoffs at the older Doctor, wondering why he didn't see what was ''obviously'' there.
After some [[IHatePastMe bickering]] the Sixth Doctor and .. erm .. the Sixth Doctor trace their steps back to their respective TARDIS-es only to find them... Gone?
Meanwhile, Mel is with Mrs. Roberforce, a friend of the family, when a loud noise alerts them to the backyard.
And are eye to eye with an ''Iguanadon''. A herbivore. That's good. And a Baryonyx. A carnivore. [[{{Understatement}} That's bad]]. As they run off, Jebidiah beckons them into an open building, and barricades the door.

As the younger Doctor distracts the Baryonyx with a whistle, it starts coming for him. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Oh dear]].
The older Doctor meets up with the younger Mel, [[TimeyWimeyBall for the first time]] and he finds out what his younger self had already found out.
It turns out that everybody in Peas Pottage is [[FishOutOfTemporalWater time displaced]] explaining the dinosaurs and why nobody batted an eyelid at why Mel suddenly looks older.
While the younger Doctor and Mel A go and stop the AlienInvasion, the older Doctor and Mel A go and confront Mr. [[BigBad Petherbridge]].

The younger Doctor manages to [[BavarianFireDrill convince he's an]] assessor of the MegaCorp and blags his way into the ship while sending the older Mel back into the village.
The older Doctor manages to discover that everything leads back to ... Mel. He ushers her out of the radar hut, and goes to confront Petherbridge.
Petherbridge turns out to be a [[HumanoidAbomination a being who came into existence due to the Time Vortex]], attracted to Mel because Mel's [[TimeyWimeyBall very travels with the Doctor]] are so messed up. And then promptly, the young Doctor on the Mardack vessel [[StuffBlowingUp is due to blow up]], which [[GrandfatherParadox can't be good]].
Petherbridge takes people from their times and promises them their heart's desire. Lost loves, freedom, riches.
And he's getting away with everything!

..If [[ItMakesSenseInContext Mel hadn't knocked herself out]]. The younger Doctor discovers that the Mardacks are the cause of it all, their [[{{Unobtanium}} Phalanxium]] has been aging backwards, creating temporal ripples. And it's akin to 300 tons of gunpowder. [[LikeAWeasel And Petherbridge tries to strike up a bargain with them]].
[[WeHaveReserves The Mardack leader]] considers leaving 25 of her men behind in order to obtain a square mile of Earth ... Where 2 million years of human evolution can be used as slave labour.
The older Doctor suddenly remembers where his younger's TARDIS is.. And ''Petherbridge''!

It is too late though, the Phalanxium has gone unstable, and guess by who? He snaps a Mardack's neck, and is about to blow everybody to kingdom come! [[BigDamnHeroes If the older Doctor]] hadn't fished him out of his time and place into his "radar shack".
The Doctor tries to put Petherbridge back into his regular time, but Petherbridge starts tearing the Doctor's timeline apart, killing him. But wait! Mel the younger shows up, and [[TakeAThirdOption unrafels everything for Petherbridge]] and sticks him in a loop where he dies, [[FateWorseThanDeath and lives, and dies, and lives, and dies]]..
[[HeroicSacrifice But it burned out Mel's mind]]. She dies in the older Doctor's arms. [[RetCon He promises to one day again wear the coat the younger Doctor wore]] because she liked it so. She [[ImColdSoCold feels cold]]...

The Doctor meets up with the Doctor, and Mel the older, who still exists due to the [[PocketDimension Time Pocket]] existing out of normal time. The older Doctor says he's dropped off younger Mel in the village.
The younger Doctor and Mel A say their goodbyes to the older Doctor.








[[EurekaMoment But wait]]!! The Doctor realizes that Mel can't have died... The [[CallBack Blimovitch]] effect! She must ''merely'' be erased from time! The Doctor runs to the radar room, but realizes he can't do this because he hasn't [[HaveWeMetYet met her yet]]! But who can? Wait, doesn't the Doctor have a [[SapientShip sentient]] TimeMachine? The Doctor dashes into the TARDIS and reassembles Mel, who's put back into her normal time, doesn't remember a thing that happened, [[HappyEnding and the Doctor muses about how he'll love to travel with her, one day.]]

* CallBack: When the Doctor thinks he's crossed his own time stream, he mentions it's not a version with [[TomBaker scarves]], [[Creator/JonPertwee frills]] or [[Creator/PeterDavison celery]] but rather [[Creator/ColinBaker him him]].

* CallBack: When the Doctor thinks he's crossed his own time stream, he mentions it's not a version with [[TomBaker scarves]], [[JonPertwee frills]] or [[PeterDavison celery]] but rather [[Creator/ColinBaker him him]].

* AlienInvasion
* AllTheMyriadWays: Someone with control over Phalanxium can see how things ''could'' be and cut and paste.

* CallBack: When the Doctor thinks he's crossed his own time stream, he mentions it's not a version with [[TomBaker scarves]], [[JonPertwee frills]] or [[PeterDavison celery]] but rather [[ColinBaker him him]].

* HaveWeMetYet: There's two [[ColinBaker Sixth Doctors]] with two different Melanie Bushes in this story, one who hasn't met the Doctor yet and one who's already travelled with him extensively.

* TalkingToHimself: ColinBaker versus ColinBaker!

* TimeMaster: [[spoiler: Petherbridge]] and later [[spoiler: Mel]].

The younger Doctor gets knocked off his feet by a [[HaveWeMetYet younger Mel Bush]] who doesn't recognize him.. [[FailedASpotCheck and doesn't see the car crash]]. As she drives off, making fun of the [[IWasQuiteTheFashionVictim coat]], he's beset upon by an old lady, who ''also'' doesn't see the car crash. In fact... [[InvisibleToNormals what car?]]

The Doctor tries to put Petherbridge back into his regular time, but Petherbridge starts tearing the Doctor's timeline apart, killing him. But wait! Mel the younger shows up, and [[TakeAThirdOption unrafels everything for Petherbridge]] and sticks him in a loop where he dies [[FateWorseThanDeath, and lives, and dies, and lives, and dies]]..

** Petherbridge mentions [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E5TheTimeMonster Chronovores]] and several other kinds of ClockRoaches.

The Sixth Doctor is lamenting the departure of [[CoolOldLady Evelyn]] [[NoodleIncident Smythe]], as he's eating the last piece of [[SweetTooth Chocolate Cake]] she'd baked him. As he's feeling blue, he decides to pick up [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E3TerrorOfTheVervoids Melanie Bush]], someone he knows [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe he'll travel]] / [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble traveled with]] [[TimeyWimeyBall but hasn't at that point]] and [[AustinPowers oh dear I seem to have gone crosseyed.

It is too late though, the Phalanxium has gone unstable, and guess by who? He snaps Ksllak the Mardack's