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* AbsenceOfEvidence: The Doctor realises that the head of the facility genuinely didn't know about the reporter's death because he didn't try and make a story to explain it.
* AmnesiaMissedASpot: Ali tries to invoke this in reverse by claiming that Zoe just doesn't remember that she was present.
* AmnesiaMissedASpot: Ali tries to invoke this in reverse by claiming that Zoe just doesn't remember that she was present.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The Acromatics do purge the subject of the infections, but they also absorb the healthy DNA in the process.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The director of the institute is killed by the Acromatics, and the Acromatics themselves are killed when the Doctor tricks them into absorbing a fatal virus that infects the rest of them.
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* MeaningfulName: The Achromatics are named for [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]].
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* MeaningfulName: The Also a ShoutOut; the Achromatics are named for [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]].
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Zoe refuses to give the company information about the Achromatics' genetic structure even if they offer to help her with her memory issues.
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* SpottingTheThread: Zoe's most distinct clue that Ali is lying is when she recalls a man saying that ''five'' more corpses won't make a difference when Ali was allegedly in the room as well to make it six.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, Zoe thinks Ali's description of their first meeting sounds odd. Before TheReveal, an alert listener may well have noticed that Ali isn't actually mentioned in Zoe's narration, and that she keeps interrupting to say "And I was there too".
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* CallBack: [[spoiler:Ali's employers]] have listened to Zoe's counselling sessions from ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS1E2FearOfTheDaleks Fear of the Daleks]]''.
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* CallBack: [[spoiler:Ali's employers]] Ali's employers have listened to Zoe's counselling sessions from ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS1E2FearOfTheDaleks Fear of the Daleks]]''.
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* CommonalityConnection: Like Zoe, Ali was a lonely child prodigy working in an isolated base. [[spoiler:Subverted. Her backstory was faked to gain Zoe's trust.]]
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* CommonalityConnection: Like Zoe, Ali was a lonely child prodigy working in an isolated base. [[spoiler:Subverted.Subverted. Her backstory was faked to gain Zoe's trust.]]
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* MeaningfulName: The Achromatics are named for [[spoiler:[[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]]]].
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Enforced by the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe; they destroy all records of the Achromatics before their departure. [[spoiler:However, the Company have realised there's still a copy of the plans in Zoe's eidetic memory.]]
* SequelHook: At the end of the framing story, an offer is made to Zoe. [[spoiler:Her memory restored in exchange for her knowledge of the Achromatics. She rejects it, and wonders if the Company might come back with a better offer... or turn nasty.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Not Zoe, but Ali; she was never there, and the passages she narrates never took place.]]
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Enforced by the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe; they destroy all records of the Achromatics before their departure. [[spoiler:However, the Company have realised there's still a copy of the plans in Zoe's eidetic memory.]]
* SequelHook: At the end of the framing story, an offer is made to Zoe. [[spoiler:Her memory restored in exchange for her knowledge of the Achromatics. She rejects it, and wonders if the Company might come back with a better offer... or turn nasty.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Not Zoe, but Ali; she was never there, and the passages she narrates never took place.]]
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* MeaningfulName: The Achromatics are named for [[spoiler:[[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]]]].
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* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Enforced by the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe; they destroy all records of the Achromatics before their departure.[[spoiler:However, However, the Company have realised there's still a copy of the plans in Zoe's eidetic memory.]]
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* SequelHook: At the end of the framing story, an offer is made to Zoe.[[spoiler:Her Her memory restored in exchange for her knowledge of the Achromatics. She rejects it, and wonders if the Company might come back with a better offer... or turn nasty.]]
nasty.
* UnreliableNarrator:[[spoiler:Not Not Zoe, but Ali; she was never there, and the passages she narrates never took place.]]
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Enforced by the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe; they destroy all records of the Achromatics before their departure.
* SequelHook: At the end of the framing story, an offer is made to Zoe.
* UnreliableNarrator:
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* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Enforced by the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe; they destroy all records of the Achromatics before their departure. [[spoiler:However, the Company have realised there's still a copy of the plans in Zoe's eidetic memory.]]
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* CommonalityConnection: Like Zoe, Ali was an orphaned child prodigy working in an isolated base. [[spoiler:Subverted. Her backstory was faked to gain Zoe's trust.]]
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* CommonalityConnection: Like Zoe, Ali was an orphaned a lonely child prodigy working in an isolated base. [[spoiler:Subverted. Her backstory was faked to gain Zoe's trust.]]
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* SequelHook: At the end of the framing story, an offer is made to Zoe. [[spoiler:Her memory restored in exchange for her knowledge of the Achromatics. She rejects it, and wonders if the Company might come back with a better offer... or turn nasty.]]
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* SequelHook: At the end of the framing story, an offer is made to Zoe. [[spoiler:Her memory restored in exchange for her knowledge of the Achromatics. She rejects it, and wonders if the Company might come back with a better offer... or turn nasty.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Not Zoe, but Ali; she was never there, and the passages she narrates never took place.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Not Zoe, but Ali; she was never there, and the passages she narrates never took place.]]
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Ali, it transpires, was working at the Whitaker Institute in Australia when the TARDIS showed up, with the Doctor, Jamie and the younger Zoe. Exploring the facility, they discovered computer records detailing patients with terminal diseases -- who, apparently, were nevertheless discharged. Then they ran into another intruder, who wasa looking into stories of strange goings-on, involving the word 'Achromatics'. When he set an alarm off, guards arrived and in the confusion Zoe got separated from the others. She found herself in a room with unknown alien lifeforms floating in vats: the Achromatics.
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Ali, it transpires, was working at the Whitaker Institute in Australia when the TARDIS showed up, with the Doctor, Jamie and the younger Zoe. Exploring the facility, they discovered computer records detailing patients with terminal diseases -- who, apparently, were nevertheless discharged. Then they ran into another intruder, who wasa was looking into stories of strange goings-on, involving the word 'Achromatics'. When he set an alarm off, guards arrived and in the confusion Zoe got separated from the others. She found herself in a room with unknown alien lifeforms floating in vats: the Achromatics.
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Ali, it transpires, was working at the Whitaker Institute in Australia when the TARDIS showed up, with the Doctor, Jamie and the younger Zoe. Exploring the facility, they discovered computer records detailing patients with terminal diseases -- who, apparently, were nevertheless discharged. Then they run into another intruder, who's looking into stories of strange goings-on, involving the word 'Achromatics'. Then he sets an alarm off, and everyone has to run from approaching guards. Zoe gets separated from the other two, and finds herself in a room with unknown alien lifeforms floating in vats...
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Ali, it transpires, was working at the Whitaker Institute in Australia when the TARDIS showed up, with the Doctor, Jamie and the younger Zoe. Exploring the facility, they discovered computer records detailing patients with terminal diseases -- who, apparently, were nevertheless discharged. Then they run ran into another intruder, who's who wasa looking into stories of strange goings-on, involving the word 'Achromatics'. Then When he sets set an alarm off, guards arrived and everyone has to run from approaching guards. in the confusion Zoe gets got separated from the other two, and finds others. She found herself in a room with unknown alien lifeforms floating in vats...vats: the Achromatics.
The Achromatics, it turned out, had unusual powers. But these weren't supposed to include roaming the Institute and killing people...
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* CallBack: [[spoiler:Ali's employers]] have listened to Zoe's counselling sessions from ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS1E2FearOfTheDaleks Fear of the Daleks]]''.
* ChekhovsGun: The cut on Zoe's hand.
* CommonalityConnection: Like Zoe, Ali was an orphaned child prodigy working in an isolated base. [[spoiler:Subverted. Her backstory was faked to gain Zoe's trust.]]
* FriendlessBackground: Zoe lives alone, and has no friends or family, which she puts down to the damage to her memory.
* GroinAttack: Performed accidentally by Zoe on Jamie, when they're forced to hide in a wardrobe.
* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: In the time it takes for Zoe to be captured and interrogated, the Doctor has convinced everybody that he's an agent of the Company and Jamie and Zoe are his subordinates.
* MeaningfulName: The Achromatics are named for [[spoiler:[[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]]]].
* SequelHook: At the end of the framing story, an offer is made to Zoe. [[spoiler:Her memory restored in exchange for her knowledge of the Achromatics. She rejects it, and wonders if the Company might come back with a better offer... or turn nasty.]]
The Achromatics, it turned out, had unusual powers. But these weren't supposed to include roaming the Institute and killing people...
!!Tropes
* CallBack: [[spoiler:Ali's employers]] have listened to Zoe's counselling sessions from ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS1E2FearOfTheDaleks Fear of the Daleks]]''.
* ChekhovsGun: The cut on Zoe's hand.
* CommonalityConnection: Like Zoe, Ali was an orphaned child prodigy working in an isolated base. [[spoiler:Subverted. Her backstory was faked to gain Zoe's trust.]]
* FriendlessBackground: Zoe lives alone, and has no friends or family, which she puts down to the damage to her memory.
* GroinAttack: Performed accidentally by Zoe on Jamie, when they're forced to hide in a wardrobe.
* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: In the time it takes for Zoe to be captured and interrogated, the Doctor has convinced everybody that he's an agent of the Company and Jamie and Zoe are his subordinates.
* MeaningfulName: The Achromatics are named for [[spoiler:[[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]]]].
* SequelHook: At the end of the framing story, an offer is made to Zoe. [[spoiler:Her memory restored in exchange for her knowledge of the Achromatics. She rejects it, and wonders if the Company might come back with a better offer... or turn nasty.]]
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Zoe, now in her late fifties, is approached by a young woman, Ali, who's positive she's met her -- a much younger version of her -- before. She's aware that her memories have been tampered with, and accepts Ali's offer of help to try and reconstruct the events of their previous encounter. Fortunately Ali has the necessary equipment with her, so they can get started straight away...
Ali, it transpires, was working at the Whitaker Institute in Australia when the TARDIS showed up, with the Doctor, Jamie and the younger Zoe. Exploring the facility, they discovered computer records detailing patients with terminal diseases -- who, apparently, were nevertheless discharged. Then they run into another intruder, who's looking into stories of strange goings-on, involving the word 'Achromatics'. Then he sets an alarm off, and everyone has to run from approaching guards. Zoe gets separated from the other two, and finds herself in a room with unknown alien lifeforms floating in vats...
Ali, it transpires, was working at the Whitaker Institute in Australia when the TARDIS showed up, with the Doctor, Jamie and the younger Zoe. Exploring the facility, they discovered computer records detailing patients with terminal diseases -- who, apparently, were nevertheless discharged. Then they run into another intruder, who's looking into stories of strange goings-on, involving the word 'Achromatics'. Then he sets an alarm off, and everyone has to run from approaching guards. Zoe gets separated from the other two, and finds herself in a room with unknown alien lifeforms floating in vats...
