History Recap / BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsTheLightAtTheEnd

* ArbitrarySkepticism: When Ace finds it weird meeting the Sixth Doctor, the Seventh Doctor says she should be used to weird by now.

* ActorAllusion: The First and Second Doctors are played by two former companions, William Russell (who played Ian Chesterton) and Frazer Hines (who played Jamie [=McCrimmon=]).

* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: The Eighth Doctor describes the Sixth Doctor as "a matter of taste" when the Fourth Doctor sees ''the coat''.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The First Doctor's attempt to warn the other Doctors away from 1963 ends up bringing them there in the first place.

* PuffOfLogic: The Master's plan to wipe the TARDIS from history by having Bob say "But that's not possible!"

* RetGone: The Master's ultimate plan for the Doctor by proxy by deleting his TARDIS.

* TemporalParadox: Due to the TimeCrash nature of the PocketDimension what happens in the Doctor's past doesn't directly influence his future. [[spoiler:To further complicate things, the only reason any of the Doctors end up in said PocketDimension is because of a flashing red light on the console; said light was caused by an explosion contained into a single point, designed to be a warning to prevent any of the Doctors from landing in 1963. The Fifth Doctor, distrustful of the light, manages to avoid falling into the pocket dimension... and ends up allowing the circumstances to set up the explosion to begin with!]]

* ArbitraryScepticism: When Ace finds it weird meeting the Sixth Doctor, the Seventh Doctor says she should be used to weird by now.

** Charley mentions having stown away on the [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho016StormWarning R-101]].

** Nyssa and the [[Creator/PeterDavison Fifth Doctor]] mention having met the Master at [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E6TheKeeperOfTraken before that]].

** Straxus mentions both the events of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth "The Dalek Invasion of Earth"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames "The War Games"]] as being made undone by the TimeCrash.
** The First, Second and Third Doctors are unable to fully materialize, just like it happened to the First Doctor in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors "The Three Doctors"]].

* NebulousEvilOrganisation: The CIA.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The First Doctor's attempt to warn the other Doctors away from 1963 ends up bringing them there.

* NostalgicMusicbox: Bob has one of his kids'.

** The [[Creator/ColinBaker Sixth Doctor]] mentions the hairs on the back of his neck standing. He has previously mentioned this "sense" in [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho097TheWishingBeast "The Wishing Beast"]].

[[caption-width-right:350:"Do come out to play, Doctor. I'm waiting for you..."]]

* BigBrotherIsWatchingY: The Seventh Doctor and Ace end up in an area filled with CCTV's.

* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: The Seventh Doctor and Ace end up in an area filled with CCTV's.

* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Invoked and exploited. [[spoiler:4 and 8 manage to get a crucial bit of the puzzle to figure out the Master's plan by stroking his ego a bit. Hearing their praises, the Master [[VillainBall just can't help himself]] and lets himself get [[EvilGloating utterly carried away]] for a moment as he describes his ''brilliant'' plan in detail]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: 1's attempt to warn the other Doctors away from 1963 ends up bringing them there.

** THe Fourth Doctor correctly identifies the Eighth Doctor's outfit as [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie a Wild Bill Hickok costume]].

** IronicNickname: 8 mentions most people mistake his costume as being styled after Lord Byron. Guess what name Ace gives him?

* ActorAllusion: 1 and 2 are played by two former companions, William Russell (who played Ian Chesterton) and Frazer Hines (who played Jamie [=McCrimmon=]).
* AlienSky: What shows Charley and 8 they're not on Earth.

* ArbitraryScepticism: When Ace finds it weird meeting 6, 7 says she should be used to weird by now.

* BatDeduction: 4 manages to deduce Charley is from the future without any knowledge aside from her appearing in the TARDIS, merely because he doesn't remember her.
* BatmanGambit: How The Master got the Conceptual bomb into the TARDIS, and which set the plot in motion.
* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: 7 and Ace end up in an area filled with CCTV's.
* BiggerOnTheInside: {{Exploited| Trope}}. [[spoiler:The Master makes the ever-recurring moment of a human being freaked out about the spacial impossibility of the TARDIS the trigger for the conceptual bomb]].
* BlobMonster: Ace and 7 are beset upon by one.
* BondVillainStupidity: The Master has a chance to kill 4 and 8, twice, but wants to see his original plan go through.
* CallBack / ContinuityPorn:

** The [[Creator/ColinBaker Sixth]] Doctor mentions the hairs on the back of his neck standing. He has previously mentioned this "sense" in [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho097TheWishingBeast the Wishing Beast]].
** 6 and Peri see [[Creator/PatrickTroughton 2]] and mention the events of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors "The Two Doctors"]].
** Nyssa and [[Creator/PeterDavison 5]] mention having met TheMaster at [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E6TheKeeperOfTraken before that]].
** When 6 and Peri end up trapped, the Cloister bell rings.
** Straxus mentions both the events of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth "The Dalek Invasion of Earth"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]] as being made undone by the TimeCrash.
** The 1, 2 and 3 are unable to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors fully materialize]].
** 4 correctly identifies 8's outfit as [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie a Wild Bill Hickok costume]].
** The music playing in the opening scene of 1963 is "Please Love Me" by the Common Men, from Big Finish's ''1963: Fanfare for the Common Men''.

* CargoShip: InUniverse Charley pokes fun at 8 for "caressing" the TARDIS.

* CycleOfRevenge: [[spoiler:The Master's attempt to erase the Doctor's TARDIS from existence is all to prevent the Doctor from leaving Gallifrey and being a thorn in his side. When this fails, the Master's TARDIS detects something in the Vortex. What does he find? ''EIGHT'' [=TARDISes=] in the vortex, ready to materialize and time ram him beyond oblivion!]]
** [[spoiler: Fortunately, 1 opts for the more pragmatic option of hitting the ResetButton, rather than [[HeWhoFightsMonsters allowing himself and his future incarnations to resort to murder]].]]

* EurekaMoment: 5 has one when he, 6 and 7 are travelling from the Big Bang back into the PocketDimension.

* GodzillaThreshold: 4 and 8 decide because of an oncoming TimeCrash they'd better get the Time Lords ''straight away''.
* HandWave: The reason why 6 is only able to materialize 4, 5, 7 and 8 and not the others is because of "phasing at the edges" of the stabilization field he created.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Frazer Hines (Jamie [=McCrimmon=]) as the Second Doctor.
* KickTheDog: The Master removes several of the Doctor's companions out of (presumably) existence just to mess with the Doctor before he dies. [[spoiler:He also kills Bob Dovie's family for no given reason.]]
** Technically the companions disappear because [[spoiler:as a result of the conceptual bomb destorying the TARDIS in no set temporal order, they never would have met The Doctor and therefore would never be traveling with him.]]
* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: 8 describes 6 as "A matter of taste" when 4 sees ''the coat''.

* TheOtherDarrin: The first three Doctors are only heard through distorting timefield, but actually get spoken lines. With [[Creator/PatrickTroughton 2]] being done by [[ActorAllusion Frazer Hines]] and [[Creator/WilliamHartnell 1]] by [[ActorAllusion William Russell]] (both reprising their roles from the Companion Chronicles). Three is played by Tim Treloar, who makes his debut in the role.
* OtherMeAnnoysMe: SubvertedTrope with [[Creator/PaulMcGann 8]] and [[Creator/TomBaker 4]], who are very courteous with one another, with 8 complimenting the [[IconicItem scarf]]. 6 also finds 7 a "Charming fellow", indicating this takes place before [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho001TheSirensOfTime "The Sirens of Time"]].
** Played straight with 2 and 3, though, continuing from their [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors previous]] [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors meetings]]. Also 1, who outright snarls at 2 and 3 to stop their constant squabbling and focus on the task at hand.
* PlantAliens: The three legged beings 8 and Charley initially encounter.

* PortalToThePast: When Charley gets back into the TARDIS she sees several of the Doctor's companions and incarnations through the years, including the [[Creator/PatrickTroughton 2]] with Polly, Ben, and then again with Jamie and Zoe, Tegan and Turlough, before ending up in front of [[Creator/TomBaker 4]] and Leela.

* ResetButton: A big fat one is pushed at the end, undoing the events of the story.
** Two, in fact. First the 5 goes back and ensures that Bob will accept the existence of the TARDIS, and then 1 doesn't create the warning light that sent everyone back in the first place.
* RetGone: TheMaster's ultimate plan for the Doctor by proxy by deleting his TARDIS.

** When the [[Creator/WilliamHartnell First]] [[Creator/PatrickTroughton Three]] [[Creator/JonPertwee Doctors]] are squabbling ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors again]]), 1 stops them by shouting:
--->'''1:''' Stop fiddling about, and [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail get ON with it]]!
** Ace describes the image of 6 she sees as "[[Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat Joseph and his amazing technicolor dreamcoat]]."

* TakeThatMe: When stumbling on a TARDIS disguised as a tank, 8 mentions it couldn't be his because none of them ever got to fix the chameleon-circuit.
-->'''[[Creator/TomBaker 4]]:''' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen Could we really become that vulgar]]?
* TemporalParadox: Due to the TimeCrash nature of the PocketDimension what happens in the Doctor's past doesn't directly influence his future.
** [[spoiler:To further complicate things, the only reason any of the Doctors end up in said PocketDimension is because of a flashing red light on the console; said light was caused by an explosion contained into a single point, designed to be a warning to prevent any of the Doctors from landing in 1963. 5, distrustful of the light, manages to avoid falling into the pocket dimension... and ends up allowing the circumstances to set up the explosion to begin with!]]

* VillainousBreakdown: TheMaster has a good one.
* WeirdnessCensor: Bob Dovie has one superimposed over himself so he doesn't realize things like broken phones. Or that [[spoiler:the dolls in the dollshouse look a lot like his family.]]

* GenreSavvy: Both 6 and 5 recognise the light on the console, and the coordinates it sprung from, as spelling nothing but trouble. They fail to avoid said trouble, [[ChekovsGun but their experiences come in handy later...]]

** [[spoiler:To further complicate things, the only reason any of the Doctors end up in said PocketDimension is because of a flashing red light on the console; said light was caused by an explosion contained into a single point, designed to be a warning to prevent any of the Doctors from landing in 1963. 5, [[GenreSavvy distrustful of the light]], manages to avoid falling into the pocket dimension... [[WrongGenreSavvy and ends up allowing the circumstances to set up the explosion to begin with!]]]]

* HandWave: The reason why 6 is only able to materialize 4, 5, 7 and 8 and not the others is because of "phasing at the edges" of the stabalization field he created.

** [[spoiler:To further complicate things, the only reason any of the Doctors end up in said PocketDimension is because of a flashing red light on the console; said light was caused by an explosion contained into a single point, designed to be a warning to prevent any of the Doctors from landing in 1963. 5, [[GenreSavvy distrustful of the light]], manages to avoid falling into the pocket dimension...[[WrongGenreSavvy and ends up allowing the circumstances to set up the explosion to begin with!]]]]

* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Invoked and exploited. [[spoiler:4 and 8 manage to get a crucial bit of the puzzle to figure out the Master's plan by stroking his ego a bit. Hearing their praises, the Master [[GenreBlind just can't help himself]] and lets himself get [[EvilGloating utterly carried away]] for a moment as he describes his ''brilliant'' plan in detail]].