History Recap / BigFinishDoctorWho169TheWrongDoctors

** Mel calls the older Doctor [[Franchise/IndianaJones Indigo Jones]].

* TimeyWimeyBall: The Sixth Doctor drops off Mel after not having met her yet, so that the Sixth Doctor who knows he still has to meet her comes back to collect her. Except he turns up at the wrong time. So technically you've got the "present", blue-coated Doctor, his past self who arrived with Future Mel, and the local "present-day" Mel, who's really a past Mel that hasn't met any Doctor yet.

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 [[Film/AustinPowers oh dear I seem to have gone crosseyed]].

* SkewedPriorities: Vaneesh is more concerned with the Phalanxium and the money that can be made with it then the fact they need to get rid of it ''now'' or they'll all die.

* TimeyWimeyBall: The Sixth Doctor drops off Mel after not having met her yet, so that the Sixth Doctor who knows he still has to meet her comes back to collect her.

* HumanAlien: The Mardacks are basically purple humanoids. They used to be grey, but bio-engineered themselves to a color they thought would be appealing.

* {{Pun}}: Both the Doctor and Petherbridge launch a few at each other. [[ContinuityNod Amusingly]] the Technicolour Dreamcoat Doctor (who [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness loved wordplay]]) does this much more than the older, calmer Indigo Jones Doctor.
* RetCon: This story explains why the Doctor starts wearing his patchwork multi-colour coat when he starts travelling with Mel again, instead of his blue one.
* SanDimasTime: A very odd version of this trope, and one that actually makes sense. Because everything is happening in a pocket of cauterized time, the older Doctor only remembers what happens to the younger Doctor after it happens to him, because what happens in cauterized time stays in cauterized time, and there's the very real possibility of his younger self dying.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The Sixth Doctor and the Sixth Doctor.

** The younger Doctor names the two Mel's Mel A (older) and Mel B (younger) the younger Mel asks what if [[Music/SpiceGirls another one shows up, will she be Mel C]], the Doctor stops this by saying: "[[TakeThat No! That can not be allowed to happen]]!" She later gets nicknamed [[Film/AustinPowers Mini-Mel]].

* SkewedPriorities: Vaneesh is more concerned with the Phalanxium and the money that can be made with it then the fact they need to get rid of it or they'll die.
* StableTimeLoop: The Mardacks are here due to detecting valaxian. However as it decays backwards they are actually the source of the valaxian they detect.
* StuffBlowingUp: Phalanxium perforates the time vortex in order to bring things from location A to location B. But is highly violitile. The older Doctor lampshades this that this regeneration blows a lot of stuff up.
* TakeAThirdOption: Mel provides the older Doctor with one.

* TimeParadox

* TitleDrop: "You're the wrong Doctors at the wrong time!"
* TwinThreesomeFantasy: When [[spoiler: Mel B walks in on an even younger Mel making out with a childhood friend]] he says : "Has Christmas come early?"
* TookALevelInKindness: Pointed out how much nicer the Sixth Doctor has become since dropping of Mel.
* {{Unobtanium}}: Phalanxium, an element that creates instant teleportation through the time vortex, but due to being unstable it decays ''backwards''.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: There's ''[[spoiler: dinosaurs]]'' about. This only warrants a "Oh they wreck havoc on the rhododendrons!" from Mrs. Robberforce, though considering the temporal manipulation going on she's seen enough of them for the shock to wear off.

** The younger Doctor refuses to listen when Mel tells him they're supposed to meet for the first time (from her perspective) on [[Literature/PastDoctorAdventures Oxyveguramosa]][[note]] In the novel ''Business Unusual'', in other words[[/note]], not Pease Pottage.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The older Doctor is wearing his blue coat, and his younger self the patchwork one. Given that this is an audio adventure, this isn't as helpful as you might think.

* HeroesWantRedHeads: Jedediah has a thing for Melanie Bush [[spoiler: several times over]], and when he gets [[spoiler: brought back to his original timeline]] he marries a redhead.

* IHatePastMe: The older Sixth Doctor is a lot more mellow, after having spent time with Evelyn, and as a result he finds the younger and more bashful Sixth Doctor pretty annoying.

* TheInspectorIsComing: What Vaneesh thinks is happening with the Doctor. [[spoiler:The pilot Ksllak turns out to be the real assessor.]]
* InsufferableGenius: Six. Both of them.

* IronicNurseryTune: Both Mels begin singing different versions Pease Pottage Hot as the Doctor's time runs out, with the time mentioned at the end getting shorter each time, till finally they're singing of it being 5 seconds old.

* OlderThanTheyLook: The people from Peas Pottage.

* PhotographicMemory: Mel has this. And it's far more than an InformedAbility in this story. She even mentions that when 8 she remembered 150 dinosaurs.
* PocketDimension: Peas Pottage is stuck in it's own little time bubble, according to the Doctors.

* {{Pun}}: Both the Doctor and Petherbridge launch a few at each other.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: The older Doctor expresses this opinion on Mel when she one-hit-KOes ... herself.

** Petherbridge mentions [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E5TheTimeMonster Chronovores]], [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho016StormWarning Vortisaurs]] and the [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSFDBE1TheFoeFromTheFuture Pantophagen]], all several kinds of ClockRoaches.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The "young" Doctor is described by Mel as a lot more bolshy.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: The "young" Doctor has a quick SherlockScan of the area and suddenly realizes something is very, very wrong. He lampshades this as he dashes into what can only be danger.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
* EvilTwin / EvilKnockoff: The younger Doctor thinks the older Doctor is this, mostly because of the mourning colours, and inability to remember certain things. He changes his tune rather dramatically after a bit of telepathy.
* FailedASpotCheck: The Doctor thinks Mel "the younger" has this.

** The younger Doctor refuses to listen when Mel tells him they're supposed to meet for the first time (from her perspective) on [[Literature/DoctorWhoPastDoctorAdventures Oxyveguramosa]][[note]] In the novel ''Business Unusual'', in other words[[/note]], not Pease Pottage.

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 [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim 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, uhhh, 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. There, they are eye to eye with an ''Iguanadon''. A herbivore. That's good. And a Baryonyx. A carnivore. 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 B 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 unravels 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]]...

* AnachronismStew: The Peese Pottage of the story has become one, with people from different time eras and even dinosaurs.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: The older Doctor expresses this opinion on Mel when she one hit ko's ... herself.

* CallForward: For the younger Doctor anyway, the older Doctor suggests he studies a bit of history and go visit [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho006TheMarianConspiracy Shefield Hallam University]].

** The younger Doctor uses "K9's" sub-sonic dog whistle.

** The older Doctor mentions the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Blimovitch]] effect.

* ChekhovsGun: The Doctor mentioning [[spoiler: The Blimovitch effect]].

* 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 ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* FashionVictimVillain: The Mardacks, full stop. The purple they bio-engineered themselves to be simply clashes with everything they wear rather than bringing in more clients.

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/ColinBaker versus Creator/ColinBaker. Bonnie Langford gets in on the action too.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Petherbridge [[spoiler: feeds upon]] this.

** The younger Doctor names the two Mel's Mel A (older) and Mel B (younger) the younger Mel asks what if [[SpiceGirls another one shows up, will she be Mel C]], the Doctor stops this by saying: "[[TakeThat No! That can not be allowed to happen]]!" She later gets nicknamed [[Film/AustinPowers Mini-Mel]].

** The younger Doctor names the two Mel's Mel A (older) and Mel B (younger) the younger Mel asks what if [[SpiceGirls another one shows up, will she be Mel C]], the Doctor stops this by saying: "[[TakeThat No! That can not be allowed to happen]]!" She later gets nicknamed [[AustinPowers Mini-Mel]].

* CreepyNurseryRhyme: Both Mels begin singing different versions Pease Pottage Hot as the Doctor's time runs out.

* IronicNurseryTune

* PhotographicMemory: Mel has this. And it's far more than an InformedAbility in this story.

** Mel calls the older Doctor [[IndianaJones Indigo Jones]].

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

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The older Doctor is wearing his blue coat, and his younger self the patchwork one.

* ChronicBackStabbingDisorder: Nobody should trust Pehterbridge.

--->'''Doctor:''' Note to self - never, ever drive a taxi.\\

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]].

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, uhhh, 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. There, they 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.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The "young" Doctor is described by Mel as a lot more balshy.

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.

* AmericanAccents: The Mardacks all have one, probably to sound more slick as they're all part of a MegaCorp.

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.

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

** Petherbridge mentions [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E5TheTimeMonster Chronovores]], [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho016StormWarning Vortisaurs]] and the [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTLSFDBE1TheFoeFromTheFuture Pantophagen]] several kinds of ClockRoaches.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The "young" Doctor is described by Mel as a lot more balshy

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: The "young" Doctor has a quick SherlockScan of the area and suddenly realizes something is very, very wrong. And dashes to the rescue.

* DoNotGoGentle: Petherbridge shouts this as the Doctor as he is dying.

* EvilTwin / EvilKnockoff: The younger Doctor thinks the older Doctor is this, mostly because of the mourning colours, and inability to remember

* HeroesWantRedHeads: Jedediah has a thing for Melanie Bush [[spoiler: several times over]], but when he gets [[spoiler: brought back to his original timeline]] he marries a redhead.
* HumanAlien: The Mardacks are basically purple humanoids.

** [[spoiler: But later, Mel A has to avoid Mel B because it's starting to effect the timeline]].

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/ColinBaker versus Creator/ColinBaker!

* TapOnTheHead: Mel knocks herself out. Not herself but ''herself'' mind.

** [[spoiler: There's a third Mel even.]]

* {{Unobtanium}}: Phalanxium, an element that creates instant teleportation through the time vortex.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: There's ''[[spoiler: dinosaurs]]'' about. This only warrants a "Oh they wreck havoc on the rhododendrons!" from Mrs. Robberforce.

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