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* CripplingOverspecialization: The Light came to Earth over a century ago to subtly take over the planet, but as they focused their initial arrival in Britain, by the present day Britain has lost most of its old global power, making their expansion program harder to implement.

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* CripplingOverspecialization: The Light came to Earth over a century ago to subtly take over the planet, but as they focused their initial arrival in Britain, by the present day Britain has lost most of its old global power, making their expansion program programme harder to implement.
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* SequelEpisode: To ''Remembrance of the Daleks''.

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* SequelEpisode: To ''Remembrance "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks''.Daleks]]".
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* RequiredSpinoffCrossOver: The Doctor and Ace assist the Counter-Measures team in investigating a nuclear missile. Though it technically debuted ''after'' Series 1 of ''Counter-Measures'' had already come out, it's their [[OriginStory earliest adventure]] chronologically.

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* RequiredSpinoffCrossOver: The Doctor and Ace assist the Counter-Measures team in investigating a nuclear missile. Though it technically debuted ''after'' released after Series 1 of ''Counter-Measures'' had already come out, it's this is their [[OriginStory earliest adventure]] chronologically.



* StableTimeLoop: The Doctor and Ace came back to 1963 when they discovered, in 2013, veiled references to themselves showing up in 1963 in Gilmore's autobiography. The Doctor has to explain to Gilmore that history's not immutable and Gilmore's not invincible, though.

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* StableTimeLoop: The Doctor and Ace came back to 1963 when they discovered, in 2013, veiled references to themselves showing up again in 1963 in Gilmore's autobiography. The Doctor has to explain to Gilmore that history's not immutable and Gilmore's not invincible, though.
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The Counter-Measures team, lead by Group Captain Ian Gilmore, investigate the assassination of a government official who was tied to a secret project involving an advanced missile, the Starfire. Along the way, they receive some help from two unexpected sources, including a politician and maid who look ''strangely familiar''.

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The Counter-Measures team, lead by Group Captain Ian Gilmore, investigate the assassination of a government official who was tied to a secret project involving an advanced missile, the Starfire. Along the way, they receive some help from two some unexpected sources, including a politician and a maid who look ''strangely familiar''.
strangely familiar...



* BeenThereShapedHistory: Anti-nuclear Independent MP John Rutherford turns out to be the Doctor! Turns out he served a term as an MP during Alec Douglas-Home's tenure as PM.

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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Anti-nuclear Independent MP John Rutherford turns out to be is in fact the Doctor! Doctor. Turns out he served a term as an MP during Alec Douglas-Home's tenure as PM.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: The Light came to Earth over a century ago to subtly take over the planet, but as they focused their initial arrival in Britain, by the present day Britain has lost most of its old global power, making their expansion program harder to implement.


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* FailedASpotCheck: The Doctor takes time to work out where a certain politician fits into the conspiracy he's investigating until he realises that the link is the politician's ''wife'', who attended the same school as the other two known conspirators.
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* ExactWords: When Alison is hypnotised to kill John Rutherford, Captain Gilmore and herself, in that order, she is able to resist the command as she knows ‘John Rutherford’ as the Doctor and therefore believes that she hasn’t found Rutherford yet, giving the Doctor time to break her conditioning.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Anti-nuclear Independent MP John Rutherford turns out to be [[spoiler: the Doctor! Turns out he served a term as an MP during Alec Douglas-Home's tenure as PM.]]

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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Anti-nuclear Independent MP John Rutherford turns out to be [[spoiler: the Doctor! Turns out he served a term as an MP during Alec Douglas-Home's tenure as PM.]]
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Anti-nuclear Independent MP John Rutherford turns out to be [[spoiler: the Doctor! Turns out he served a term as an MP during Alec Douglas-Home's tenure as PM.]]



* SequelEpisode: To ''Remembrance of the Daleks''.

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* SequelEpisode: To ''Remembrance of the Daleks''.Daleks''.
* StableTimeLoop: The Doctor and Ace came back to 1963 when they discovered, in 2013, veiled references to themselves showing up in 1963 in Gilmore's autobiography. The Doctor has to explain to Gilmore that history's not immutable and Gilmore's not invincible, though.
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* CharacterFocus: Although this is a main range title, most of the story follows the Counter-Measures team, not the Doctor and companion.
* RequiredSpinoffCrossOver: The Doctor & Ace assist the Counter-Measures team to investigate a nuclear missile. Though it technically debuted ''after'' Series 1 of ''Counter-Measures'', it's their earliest chronologically.

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* CharacterFocus: Although this is a main range title, most of the story follows the Counter-Measures team, not team until they cross paths with the Doctor and companion.
Ace.
* RequiredSpinoffCrossOver: The Doctor & and Ace assist the Counter-Measures team to investigate in investigating a nuclear missile. Though it technically debuted ''after'' Series 1 of ''Counter-Measures'', ''Counter-Measures'' had already come out, it's their [[OriginStory earliest adventure]] chronologically.
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The Counter-Measures team, lead by Group Captain Ian Gilmore, investigate the assassination of a government official who was tied to a secret project involving an advanced missile, the Starfire. Along the way, they receive some help from two unexpected sources, including a politician and maid.

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The Counter-Measures team, lead by Group Captain Ian Gilmore, investigate the assassination of a government official who was tied to a secret project involving an advanced missile, the Starfire. Along the way, they receive some help from two unexpected sources, including a politician and maid.
maid who look ''strangely familiar''.



* CrossOver: The Doctor & Ace assist the Counter-Measures team to investigate a nuclear missile.

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* CrossOver: RequiredSpinoffCrossOver: The Doctor & Ace assist the Counter-Measures team to investigate a nuclear missile.missile. Though it technically debuted ''after'' Series 1 of ''Counter-Measures'', it's their earliest chronologically.

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* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Subverted, in that the Counter-Measures series had already been established prior to the release of this story. The focus on the Counter-Measures team was to encourage people solely interested in the Doctor Who main range to branch out into the spinoffs, in this case, the Counter-Measures series.

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* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Subverted, in that the Counter-Measures series had already been established prior to the release of this story. CrossOver: The focus on Doctor & Ace assist the Counter-Measures team was to encourage people solely interested in the Doctor Who main range to branch out into the spinoffs, in this case, the Counter-Measures series.investigate a nuclear missile.
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The Counter-Measures team, lead by Group Captain Ian Gilmore, investigate the assassination of a government official who was tied to a secret project involving an advanced missile, the StarFire. Along the way, they receive some help from two unexpected sources, including a politician and maid.

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The Counter-Measures team, lead by Group Captain Ian Gilmore, investigate the assassination of a government official who was tied to a secret project involving an advanced missile, the StarFire.Starfire. Along the way, they receive some help from two unexpected sources, including a politician and maid.
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The Counter-Measures team, lead by Group Captain Ian Gilmore, investigate the assassination of a government official who was tied to a secret project involving an advanced missile, the StarFire. Along the way, they receive some help from two unexpected sources, including a politician and maid.

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* CallBack: The events of Shoreditch are mentioned.
* CharacterFocus: Although this is a main range title, most of the story follows the Counter-Measures team, not the Doctor and companion.
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Subverted, in that the Counter-Measures series had already been established prior to the release of this story. The focus on the Counter-Measures team was to encourage people solely interested in the Doctor Who main range to branch out into the spinoffs, in this case, the Counter-Measures series.
* SequelEpisode: To ''Remembrance of the Daleks''.

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