Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,8 (click to see context) from:
The people living in the town are regular British folk with regular shops and a regular hatred of Bryan Adams. The odd thing is that Adams is dominating the charts despite it being 2008, someone's teenaged daughter Sally has gone missing, and all the canned food has a sell-by date of 1991. Not that big of a problem, because no one in the village eats. The Doctor soon realises that everyone believes they're in 1991 forever, and that they have a WeirdnessCensor preventing them from noticing anything weird about that. Also, [[CityInABottle the village has no roads to the outside]]. This is quickly explained when the Doctor realises that the town is on an island. Or rather, used to be, because all the water is gone.
Meanwhile, Lucie is kidnapped by spies with East Block accents, who don't know the first thing about England and assume she's American.
Sally the teenager is spotted by the Doctor eventually, protecting a nearby oil rig and spouting environmental slogans. The Doctor suspects a GreenAesop for the episode, and is therefore rather surprised when the villagers suddenly have guns coming out of their hands. Autons! He admits he should have seen ''that'' one coming.
Meanwhile, Lucie is kidnapped by spies with East Block accents, who don't know the first thing about England and assume she's American.
Sally the teenager is spotted by the Doctor eventually, protecting a nearby oil rig and spouting environmental slogans. The Doctor suspects a GreenAesop for the episode, and is therefore rather surprised when the villagers suddenly have guns coming out of their hands. Autons! He admits he should have seen ''that'' one coming.
to:
The people living in the town are regular British folk with regular shops and a regular hatred of Bryan Adams. The odd thing However, not everything is that as it seems: Bryan Adams is dominating the charts despite it being 2008, someone's teenaged a man named Jason Taylor is worried that his teenage daughter Sally has gone missing, and all the canned food has a sell-by date of 1991. Not that big of a problem, because apparently no one in the village eats. The Doctor soon realises that everyone believes they're in 1991 forever, the date is the first of September 1991. Just like it was yesterday, and will be tomorrow. It appears that they have a WeirdnessCensor preventing them from noticing anything weird about that. Also, He also realises that [[CityInABottle the village has no roads to the outside]]. This is quickly explained when Police Constable Sharp, who has been giving the Doctor realises a tour of the town, explains to him that the town is on an island. Or rather, used to be, because all the water is gone.
Meanwhile, LucieAn island, it appears, without a sea. The Doctor then spots Sally, protecting a nearby oil rig and spouting environmental slogans. Seeing them, she creates a large explosion and runs away.
Lucie, who stayed behind with Jason Taylor, is kidnapped by spies with East Block accents, who don't know the first thing about England and assume she'sAmerican.
SallyAmerican. She gets let out to go to the teenager is spotted by toilet, but when she's ready to come back, she hears the sounds of screaming and machine gun fire. When the door opens, Lucie meets a young girl, who she assumes to be Sally.
The Doctor and Jason, seeing the approaching tanks, run and hide. Jason apologises to the Doctoreventually, protecting a nearby oil rig and spouting environmental slogans. extends his hand, only for it to drop away entirely to reveal a gun. Autons! The Doctor suspects a GreenAesop for the episode, and is therefore rather surprised when the villagers suddenly have guns coming out of their hands. Autons! He admits he should have seen ''that'' one coming.
Meanwhile, Lucie
Lucie, who stayed behind with Jason Taylor, is kidnapped by spies with East Block accents, who don't know the first thing about England and assume she's
Sally
The Doctor and Jason, seeing the approaching tanks, run and hide. Jason apologises to the Doctor
Changed line(s) 15,16 (click to see context) from:
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sally is this to her [[spoiler:Auton]] parents.
* CityInABottle
* CityInABottle
to:
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sally is this to her [[spoiler:Auton]] Auton parents.
*CityInABottleCityInABottle: The village is completely cut off from the outside world.
*
Changed line(s) 23 (click to see context) from:
* [[spoiler: SpySchool: The town was intended as this.]]
to:
* [[spoiler: SpySchool: The town was intended as this.]]
Changed line(s) 25 (click to see context) from:
* TomatoInTheMirror: Predating the similar Auton plotline in "The Pandorica Opens" by a few years.
to:
* TomatoInTheMirror: Predating the similar Auton plotline in "The Pandorica Opens" by a few years.Sally and Jason realising that they're Autons.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 15 (click to see context) from:
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sally is this to her [[spoiler:apparant]] parents.
to:
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sally is this to her [[spoiler:apparant]] [[spoiler:Auton]] parents.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sally is this to her [[spoiler:apparant]] parents.
Changed line(s) 21 (click to see context) from:
* NoAntagonist: The Uzbek people who capture Lucie are a brief danger, but everyone quickly realises that they're all shooting at each other for no reason.
to:
* NoAntagonist: The Uzbek people who capture Lucie are a brief danger, but everyone quickly realises that they're all shooting at each other for no reason. reason.
* [[spoiler: SpySchool: The town was intended as this.]]
* [[spoiler: SpySchool: The town was intended as this.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
The Doctor takes Lucie to the beach in England, 2008. The TARDIS instead lands them near some desert ruins. She complains ([[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS2E2MaxWarp again]]) that he's a rubbish date, and they go check out the nearby UncannyVillage.
to:
The Eighth Doctor takes Lucie to the beach in England, 2008. The TARDIS instead lands them near some desert ruins. She complains ([[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS2E2MaxWarp again]]) that he's a rubbish date, and they go check out the nearby UncannyVillage.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* DeadpanSnarker: Lucie's in fine form here.
-->'''Doctor''': "I'll be away with the Constable."
-->'''Lucie''': "That'll make a nice change, everyone else here is away with the fairies."
-->'''Doctor''': "I'll be away with the Constable."
-->'''Lucie''': "That'll make a nice change, everyone else here is away with the fairies."
Changed line(s) 22 (click to see context) from:
* WhatNowEnding
to:
* WhatNowEndingWhatNowEnding
* WrongGenreSavvy: When they first spot the dilapidated town, Lucie's immediate thought is ZombieApocalypse, followed by some kind of nuclear accident. The Doctor points out that he's hardly going to shove her out the door into an irradiated wasteland, but she doesn't give up on the zombie theory until they spot the villagers.
* WrongGenreSavvy: When they first spot the dilapidated town, Lucie's immediate thought is ZombieApocalypse, followed by some kind of nuclear accident. The Doctor points out that he's hardly going to shove her out the door into an irradiated wasteland, but she doesn't give up on the zombie theory until they spot the villagers.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11,12 (click to see context) from:
The Doctor manages to disable the device, and the "autonomous Autons" choose to go back to the village and live a peaceful life. They'll have to learn how to find happiness and meaning without getting orders.
to:
The Doctor manages to disable the device, and the "autonomous Autons" choose to go back to the village and live a peaceful life. The Doctor is quite happy that he's managed to save a whole new race just by being clever. They'll have to learn how to find happiness and meaning without getting orders.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) from:
The people living in the town are regular British folks with regular shops and a regular hatred of Bryan Adams. The odd thing is that Adams is dominating the charts despite it being 2008, someone's teenaged daughter Sally has gone missing, and all the canned food has a sell-by date of 1991. Not that big of a problem, because no one in the village eats. The Doctor soon realises that everyone believes they're in 1991 forever, and that they have a WeirdnessCensor preventing them from noticing anything weird about that. Also, [[CityInABottle the village has no roads to the outside]]. This is quickly explained when the Doctor realises that the town is on an island. Or rather, used to be, because all the water is gone.
to:
The people living in the town are regular British folks folk with regular shops and a regular hatred of Bryan Adams. The odd thing is that Adams is dominating the charts despite it being 2008, someone's teenaged daughter Sally has gone missing, and all the canned food has a sell-by date of 1991. Not that big of a problem, because no one in the village eats. The Doctor soon realises that everyone believes they're in 1991 forever, and that they have a WeirdnessCensor preventing them from noticing anything weird about that. Also, [[CityInABottle the village has no roads to the outside]]. This is quickly explained when the Doctor realises that the town is on an island. Or rather, used to be, because all the water is gone.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 21 (click to see context) from:
* WeirdnessCensor: The Doctor does manage to snap a villager out of it with some effort.
to:
* WeirdnessCensor: The Doctor does manage to snap a villager out of it with some effort.effort.
* WhatNowEnding
* WhatNowEnding
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* NoAntagonist: The Uzbek people who capture Lucie are a brief danger, but everyone quickly realises that they're all shooting at each other for no reason.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) from:
The people living in the town are regular British folks with regular shops and a regular hatred of Bryan Adams. The odd thing is that Adams is dominating the charts despite it being 2008, someone's teenaged daughter Sally has gone missing, and all the canned food has a sell-by date of 1991. Not that big of a problem, because no one in the village eats. The Doctor soon realises that everyone believes they're in 1991 forever, and that they have a WeirdnessCensor preventing them from noticing anything weird about that. Also, [[City in a Bottle the village has no roads to the outside]]. This is quickly explained when the Doctor realises that the town is on an island. Or rather, used to be, because all the water is gone.
to:
The people living in the town are regular British folks with regular shops and a regular hatred of Bryan Adams. The odd thing is that Adams is dominating the charts despite it being 2008, someone's teenaged daughter Sally has gone missing, and all the canned food has a sell-by date of 1991. Not that big of a problem, because no one in the village eats. The Doctor soon realises that everyone believes they're in 1991 forever, and that they have a WeirdnessCensor preventing them from noticing anything weird about that. Also, [[City in a Bottle [[CityInABottle the village has no roads to the outside]]. This is quickly explained when the Doctor realises that the town is on an island. Or rather, used to be, because all the water is gone.
Changed line(s) 19 (click to see context) from:
* TomatoInTheMirror: Predating the similar Auton plotline in "The Pandorica Opens" by a few years.
to:
* TomatoInTheMirror: Predating the similar Auton plotline in "The Pandorica Opens" by a few years.years.
* WeirdnessCensor: The Doctor does manage to snap a villager out of it with some effort.
* WeirdnessCensor: The Doctor does manage to snap a villager out of it with some effort.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
The Doctor takes Lucie to the beach in England, 2008. The TARDIS instead lands them near some desert ruins. She complains ([[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS2E2MaxWarp again]]) that he's a rubbish date, and they go check out the nearby UncannyVillage.
The people living in the town are regular British folks with regular shops and a regular hatred of Bryan Adams. The odd thing is that Adams is dominating the charts despite it being 2008, someone's teenaged daughter Sally has gone missing, and all the canned food has a sell-by date of 1991. Not that big of a problem, because no one in the village eats. The Doctor soon realises that everyone believes they're in 1991 forever, and that they have a WeirdnessCensor preventing them from noticing anything weird about that. Also, [[City in a Bottle the village has no roads to the outside]]. This is quickly explained when the Doctor realises that the town is on an island. Or rather, used to be, because all the water is gone.
Meanwhile, Lucie is kidnapped by spies with East Block accents, who don't know the first thing about England and assume she's American.
Sally the teenager is spotted by the Doctor eventually, protecting a nearby oil rig and spouting environmental slogans. The Doctor suspects a GreenAesop for the episode, and is therefore rather surprised when the villagers suddenly have guns coming out of their hands. Autons! He admits he should have seen ''that'' one coming.
Lucie manages to find a beeping Nestene Consciousness device, and the Doctor deduces that they're in Uzbekistan. After the country gained its independence in 1991, a group of spies who were training to sound British on a nearby island were out of a job and went home again. But since most of them were actually Auton infiltrators to begin with, they had nowhere to go. The Nestene Consciousness in them was particularly detailed, and they truly believe themselves to be regular humans, just waiting for new orders that will now never come. Sally and some others, however, picked up new orders from a stray Nestene device instead, triggered by the lowering water levels around the island. And so, they set out to protect the nearby oil rig -- after all, plastic needs oil.
The Doctor manages to disable the device, and the "autonomous Autons" choose to go back to the village and live a peaceful life. They'll have to learn how to find happiness and meaning without getting orders.
----
!!Tropes:
* CityInABottle
* TheDitz: Lucie has a grand moment when the Doctor tries to explain the connection between oil and plastic to her. Where does plastic come from? "...Taiwan!"
* FakeRussian
* UncannyVillage
* TomatoInTheMirror: Predating the similar Auton plotline in "The Pandorica Opens" by a few years.
The people living in the town are regular British folks with regular shops and a regular hatred of Bryan Adams. The odd thing is that Adams is dominating the charts despite it being 2008, someone's teenaged daughter Sally has gone missing, and all the canned food has a sell-by date of 1991. Not that big of a problem, because no one in the village eats. The Doctor soon realises that everyone believes they're in 1991 forever, and that they have a WeirdnessCensor preventing them from noticing anything weird about that. Also, [[City in a Bottle the village has no roads to the outside]]. This is quickly explained when the Doctor realises that the town is on an island. Or rather, used to be, because all the water is gone.
Meanwhile, Lucie is kidnapped by spies with East Block accents, who don't know the first thing about England and assume she's American.
Sally the teenager is spotted by the Doctor eventually, protecting a nearby oil rig and spouting environmental slogans. The Doctor suspects a GreenAesop for the episode, and is therefore rather surprised when the villagers suddenly have guns coming out of their hands. Autons! He admits he should have seen ''that'' one coming.
Lucie manages to find a beeping Nestene Consciousness device, and the Doctor deduces that they're in Uzbekistan. After the country gained its independence in 1991, a group of spies who were training to sound British on a nearby island were out of a job and went home again. But since most of them were actually Auton infiltrators to begin with, they had nowhere to go. The Nestene Consciousness in them was particularly detailed, and they truly believe themselves to be regular humans, just waiting for new orders that will now never come. Sally and some others, however, picked up new orders from a stray Nestene device instead, triggered by the lowering water levels around the island. And so, they set out to protect the nearby oil rig -- after all, plastic needs oil.
The Doctor manages to disable the device, and the "autonomous Autons" choose to go back to the village and live a peaceful life. They'll have to learn how to find happiness and meaning without getting orders.
----
!!Tropes:
* CityInABottle
* TheDitz: Lucie has a grand moment when the Doctor tries to explain the connection between oil and plastic to her. Where does plastic come from? "...Taiwan!"
* FakeRussian
* UncannyVillage
* TomatoInTheMirror: Predating the similar Auton plotline in "The Pandorica Opens" by a few years.
