History Recap / BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS4E10ToTheDeath

The Monk and Tamsin are gathering priceless works of art. Tamsin, entirely LockedOutOfTheLoop, thinks that the Monk is preserving human culture so that humanity can rebuild itself after the plague. [[WhatAnIdiot The Daleks, she thinks, are medical volunteers.]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:The day that the Eighth Doctor's hearts were so badly broken, all he had left inside of them was rage.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:The day that the Eighth Doctor's hearts were so badly broken, all he had left inside of them was rage.]]

* PlagueMaster: The Dalek Time Controller's plan is the original Plague plan UpToEleven. He plans to drive Earth through space, infecting other worlds with the Amethyst viruses.

[[caption-width-right:350:The day that the Eighth Doctor's hearts were so badly broken, all he had left was rage.]]

* ThisIsUnforgivable: After the Monk discloses the full litany of crimes he committed that led to so much death, the Doctor chastises him and then contemplates when he will ever be able to look past this affront and stops himself from saying "forgive", because he cannot bring himself to use that word. He quietly tells the Monk to leave, and when 5he Monk tries to speak, the Doctor blows a fuse and bellows at him to just go.

-->"Get out. GET OUT. '''JUST GOOOO!!''' '''''GO!!!'''''"

* PetTheDog: The Monk saving the Doctor and Susan.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: "And just in case you wanted to know who it was who blew you to pieces �- the name is Lucie Miller. You got that? Lucie BLEEDIN' MILLER!"

* CallBack: The Doctor's state of mind at the end is parallel to Six roaring with grief at the end of [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho057ArrangementsForWar "Arrangements For War"]]. Six had Evelyn to stop him from [[spoiler: going back in time to save the girl]]; Eight has Susan to remind him of what's right and what's wrong.

* CruelMercy: The Dalek Time Controller plans to leave the Doctor on Earth as it is infected by the viruses, as he will survive longer then the humans and see the world die. [[spoiler: The end is this to the Doctor and Susan, Susan has lost her son, the Doctor has lost his Great-Grandson and his friend. It's even this for the Monk, who has lost his friend and realises how much trouble he has caused.]]
* [[spoiler: DeathByDisfigurement: Lucie.]]

* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome: "And just in case you wanted to know who it was who blew you to pieces —- the name is Lucie Miller. You got that? Lucie BLEEDIN' MILLER!"]]
* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Subverted. Despite the Monk saving him and Susan the Doctor is still furious at him and tells him to leave.]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* MeaningfulEcho:

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:The Monk after Tamsin is exterminated.]]

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Says a variant of that to Susan, when he's considering going back and [[spoiler:snatching Lucie just before the bomb goes off]]. Susan basically tells him he'd be JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope if he did, so ultimately he decides against it.

* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: Happens thrice. Tamsin, Alex and Lucie.]]

* DownerEnding: One of the biggest in Doctor Who's history.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Doctor wants to do this by going back to the Amethyst Station with the bomb and making sure to destroy the Dalek Time Controller. He is stopped.

[[WhamEpisode The conflict that assassinated the Eighth Doctor's cheerful disposition once and for all.]]

[[WhamEpisode The adventure that assassinated the Eighth Doctor's cheerful disposition once and for all.]]

-->"Get out. GET OUT. '''JUST GO!!''' '''''GOOOO!!!'''''"

-->"Get out. GET OUT. '''JUST GO!!''' '''''GO!!!'''''"

* GrandFinale: For the New Eighth Doctor Adventures.

* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: Happens thrice. Tamsin, Alex and Lucy.]]

So, when the Monk is forced at Lucie's gunpoint to confess, Tamsin is absolutely horrified. [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho124PatientZero After the Dalek Time Controller was destroyed by the Doctor]], he was propelled back in time. The Daleks sent out a distress call, hoping to lure in a particularly stupid Time Lord. The Monk answered. He patched up the Time Controller, who went on to tell the Daleks what would happen in their future. And in order to prevent that, the Daleks [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth repeated their invasion of Earth]], and persuaded the Monk to sow the plague across the planet. But this time, their plan to drag the Earth across the universe was more elaborate: the Earth will now function as a plague planet, spreading the sickness throughout galaxies. The Monk helped the rebels, then the Daleks, and then, as the battle progressed, mostly just himself. Tamsin is sick with guilt from the revelation. It doesn't help much, as she's exterminated moments later. So is Alex, in a fantastic HeroicSacrifice.

The Monk reveals that he was the one who caused the Doctor to show up two years too late. And that he had feelings for Tamsin. The Doctor doesn't even want to hear it, and he sobs and roars at the Monk to get out. He and Susan try to decide how to go on living after all this. The Doctor wants to snatch Lucie away from the explosion at the last moment; Susan reminds him that he can't, and shouldn't, change history. With a hasty goodbye to Susan, the Doctor heads back into the TARDIS, where he plays Lucie's recording over and over, speaking along with it and filling in his own lines. Deeply traumatised and just a little off the deep end, he promises her that he shall come back for her, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth one day, he shall come back.]]

* MakeRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Doctor wants to do this by going back to the Amethyst Station with the bomb and making sure to destroy the Dalek Time Controller. He is stopped.

* [[spoiler: DeathByDisfigurement]]: Lucie.

** The Doctor's final scene very strongly evokes Charley's goodbye in [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho103TheGirlWhoNeverWas "The Girl Who Never Was"]]. Only much, much more dramatic.

* PetTheDog: The Monk's reaction when the Daleks kill Tamsin. And saving the Doctor and Susan.

* CruelMercy: The Dalek Time Controller plans to leave the Doctor on Earth as it is infected by the viruses, as he will survive longer then the humans and see the world die. [[spoiler: The end is this to the Doctor and Susan, Susan has lost her son, the Doctor has lost his Great-Grandson and his friend.]]

* DownerEnding

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